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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[Nash] ignites the page with passion."
—Julia Quinn
Set the hit comedy, The Hangover, in England's Regency Era and what do you get? Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea, the first book in RITA Award-winner Sophia Nash's wickedly clever and wonderfully sensual Royal Entourage series. The author of Secrets of a Scandalous Bride, which was named by Booklist as one of the "Top Ten Romances of the Year," Nash delights readers once
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Language
English
Formats
Description
In the early 1970s, César Alvarez enlists in the navy to escape a life of crime; while the decision saves him from the streets, it also lands him amid volatile racial tensions at a crucial moment in US history. "Skillfully blending his fictional hero's coming-of-age story with a real-life racial confrontation aboard ship, Carter's tale is a winning combination of military procedural, suspense, and Black history." --Booklist, STARRED Review "André...
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Sent with her twin five-year-old sons to a Scottish island after her high-profile attorney husband receives death threats, Lori Shepherd begins to suspect local foul play upon her discovery of a skull on the beach, a situation that prompts her to piece together clues with the assistance of Aunt Dimity.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
For two years, twelve-year-old Hazel has coped with her Mum's accidental death by overprotecting her sister and Mama, but when Mama reconnects with her first love, roles begin to shift.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history -- from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created -- and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.
"For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Vannak Anan Prum left his village in Cambodia to seek work in Thailand. Men who appeared to be employers on a fishing vessel promised to return him, but instead Vannak was hostage on the vessel for four years of hard labor. Vannak survived in large part by honing his ability to tattoo his shipmates--a skill he possessed despite never having been trained in art. After five years away, Vannak was finally reunited with his family. Vannak documented...
Series
Wastelands volume 1
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of short stories from such authors as Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, John Langan, and Octavia E. Butler that focus on the end of the world.
Author
Series
Mermaid tales volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A shark has been spotted in Trident City! Pearl Swamp is so scared, she needs a shark Guard to escort her to and from school. She doesn't trust anyone who likes these terrifying creatures, especially Kiki Coral, who isn't nearly as frightened as Pearl. And to make matters worse, Pearl accuses Kiki of stealing her precious pearl necklace! Will the sharks destroy the peace of their sparking city? Or will the mergirls have to swim in dangerous deep-sea...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Hester Collyer is the wife of an upper-class judge and a free spirit trapped in a passionless marriage. Her encounter with Freddie Page, a troubled former Royal air force pilot, throws her life in turmoil, as their erotic relationship leaves her emotionally stranded and physically isolated.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dive into these fishy facts: Did you know that the prehistoric shark, megalodon, had jaws so big that it could swallow a car? Or that goats, pigs, dogs, cats, and even an alpaca have all learned how to surf? And if that's not weird enough for ya, one man even rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean for 312 days! In this book filled with 300 wacky facts and pictures, you'll glimpse the ocean's weirdest wildlife, uncover shocking shipwrecks, and meet sensational...
Author
Series
Newport Rhode Island volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Years ago, Lyra Davis left behind a world of wealth and privilege and the people she loved most in the world, unable to reconcile the expectations of her celebrated family with the longings of her own wild heart. Now she lives quietly among a community of expatriates on the isle of Capri--until her daughter Pell travels across an ocean to find the mother she remembers and the deeper truths they all need so desperately.
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