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4901) The last station
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (Plummer) renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya (Mirren), his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for...
4902) Lies we sing to the sea
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarpersCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hanged in an annual sacrificial ritual to Poseidon, seventeen-year-old oracle Leto awakens on an island inhibited by Melantho, a strange immoral girl with oceanic powers, who tells Leto the only way to break Poseidon's curse is to return to Ithaca and kill the prince.
4903) The eleventh plague
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after the start of the war that caused the Collapse, fifteen-year-old Stephen, his father, and grandfather travel post-Collapse America scavenging, but when his grandfather dies and his father decides to risk everything to save the lives of two strangers, Stephen's life is turned upside down.
4904) The magic half
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has two sets of twins and her, until she travels back in time to 1935 and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her back to the present day.
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In The Secret Explorers and the [Jurassic Rescue], dinosaur expert Tamiko and geology expert Cheng travel back to the age of the dinosaurs in an effort to rescue a dinosaur egg from destruction. However, to save the egg, the Secret Explorers first have to use all their courage and skills to outsmart a fierce Allosaurus, rescue a baby Stegosaurus, and find a way to attract an Archaeopteryx. Tamiko and Cheng soon find that, to succeed, they need to...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the bestselling author of The Women comes an action- packed adventure about endangered animals and those who protect them.
Principally set on the wild and sparsely inhabited Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, T.C. Boyle's powerful new novel combines pulse-pounding adventure with a socially conscious, richly humane tale regarding the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world. Alma...
Principally set on the wild and sparsely inhabited Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, T.C. Boyle's powerful new novel combines pulse-pounding adventure with a socially conscious, richly humane tale regarding the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world. Alma...
4907) Mrs. Osmond
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Isabel Archer is a young American woman, swept off to Europe in the late nineteenth century by an aunt who hopes to round out the impetuous but naive girl's experience of the world. When Isabel comes into a large, unexpected inheritance, she is finagled into a marriage with the charming, penniless, and--as Isabel finds out too late--cruel and deceitful Gilbert Osmond, whose connection to a certain Madame Merle is suspiciously intimate. On a trip...
4908) Reader, I murdered him
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Attending boarding school in London, Adele enters the glittering world of society girls and their wealthy suitors, until a violent assault leads her to a roguish young con woman, and together, they become vigilantes who mete out justice.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
87 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23cm
Language
English
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Description
This beautifully illustrated board book edition of instant bestseller Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History showcases women who changed the world and is the perfect goodnight book to inspire big dreams.
Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little One is the irresistible board book adaptation of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.
Among these women, you'll find heroes, role models, and everyday...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were both fierce patriots during the Revolutionary War, but the politics of the young United States of America put them in constant conflict. Their extraordinary story of bitter fighting and resentment culminates in their famous duel.
4911) The Ottoman lieutenant
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, strong-willed woman leaves the United States after meeting a doctor who runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire, which is on the brink of World War I.
4912) The prospectors: a novel
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The middle daughter of struggling California fruit farmers, Alice Bush is accustomed to feeling inferior and destitute. But when her elder sister’s husband strikes a vein of gold in the Yukon Territory, Alice finally seizes control of her destiny by joining a wave of white settlers making the dangerous trek to the Klondike.
What follows is an awakening of ambition for the quietly opportunistic Alice, who, by luck and circumstance, becomes tightly...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"1927. Olivia "Livy" West is a fearless young pilot with a love of adventure. She yearns to cross oceans and travel the skies. When she learns of the Dole Air Race -- a high-stakes contest to be the first to make the 2,400 mile Pacific crossing from the West Coast to Hawaii -- she sets her sights on qualifying. But it soon becomes clear that only men will make the cut. In a last-ditch effort to take part, Livy manages to be picked as a navigator for...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1899, efforts to develop a flying machine were making news all over Europe and the United States. these odd machines--and some were very odd indeed--were capable of many things, but not of flying. Then, along came Wilbur and Orville Wright,"--page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Enjoying his position as the headmaster of Saigon's best English school while indulging in a gambling and womanizing lifestyle, Percival Chen becomes aware of the local violence when his son lands in trouble with the authorities.
4916) Navigating Early
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary encounters"--Provided by publisher.
4917) Rivka's presents
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1918 New York City, little Jewish girl Rivka, who lives on the Lower East Side, trades chores with people in her neighborhood for lessons until she can finally attend school.
4918) The border
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force. What do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish? How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you're on? The war has come home. For over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America's longest conflict: The War On Drugs. His obsession...
4919) Aferim!
Publisher
Big World Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Romanian
Description
Set in early nineteenth century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
4920) Me--Jane
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Me Jane: In the characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. Who says women can't be doctors: This inspiring story of the first female doctor in America shows how one strong-willed woman opened the doors for all the female doctors to come; I could do that! Esther Morris gets women the vote: Esther Morris started out believing she could do anything,...
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