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1) A new dawn
Author
Publisher
Del Rey, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The first Star Wars novel created in collaboration with the Lucasfilm Story Group set during the legendary "Dark Times" between Episodes III and IV of the popular films tells the story of how two of the lead characters from the animated series Star Wars Rebels first came to cross paths.
Author
Series
Secrets of Heathersleigh Hall volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
©2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Amanda Rutherford joins her family in Devonshire as they rebuild their lives following the Great War.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
On March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, young and striking athlete Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers. As historic and revolutionary as the achievement was, it remains shrouded in myth. The game was not televised; no New York sportswriters showed up. In telling the story, author Gary M. Pomerantz brings to life a lost world of American sports, tracking down players, fans, journalists, and basketball...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution-from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence, and social inequality-and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told,...
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The author, a Stanford biologist reveals the surprising origins of the world's most deadly viruses, and how we can overcome catastrophic pandemics. He discussses the complex interactions between humans and viruses, and the threat from viruses that jump from species to species. He tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by side through history; how deadly viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu almost wiped us out in the...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming with cheap Jim Crow labor. When a white seventeen-year-old Groveland girl cried rape, vicious Sheriff McCall was fast on the trail of four young blacks who dared to envision a future for themselves. Then the Ku Klux Klan rolled into town, burning homes and chasing hundreds of blacks into the swamps. So began the chain of events that would bring Thurgood Marshall, the man known as "Mr. Civil Rights, "...
Author
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The sun is rising on a new day for humanity. The people are beginning to wake up to new ways of thinking and being. In order to assist this wave of change that is moving through humanity, we must begin with our own thoughts and behaviors. We must question our beliefs and notice the things that are out of alignment. We have reached a point in time where the turmoil of the world around us is so strongly highlighting the ways in which we are out of alignment,...
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Includes three short stories and two novels previously-published in 2014 that further the Star wars universe. TARKIN: Under Governor Wilhuff Tarkin's guidance, an ultimate weapon of unparalleled destruction-- the so-call Death Star-- moves ever closer to becoming a terrifying reality. Until then, insurgency remains a genuine threat. Guerrilla attacks by an elusive band of freedom fighters must be countered with swift and brutal action-- a mission...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on the journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures, and their outlook is changed forever.
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