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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 118
Language
English
Description
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy’s genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle—all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of this complex...
Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy’s genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle—all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of this complex...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity-but it was an unimaginable tragedy...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local South Carolina journalist Mandy Matney had an instinct that something wasn't right in the Lowcountry. The powerful Murdaugh dynasty had dominated rural South Carolina for generations. No one dared to cross them. When Mandy and her reporting partner Liz Farrell looked closer at a fatal boat crash involving the storied family's teenage son Paul, they...
4) The posture workbook: [free yourself from back, neck and shoulder pain with the Alexander technique]
Author
Publisher
D & B
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Illustrates 5 key exercises to improve posture, awareness, flexibility, and mobility. These exercises will teach you how to move more easily and freely, and avoid such consequences of poor posture as overuse injuries to hands, arms, and shoulders.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Marrying the Romanov heir, nineteen-year-old Danish princess Minnie becomes empress of Russia and treads a perilous path of compromise in a beloved but resistance-torn country where her son becomes the last tsar.
Minnie knows that her station in life as a Danish princess is to leave her family and enter into a royal marriage. She is brought to Russia, and marries the Romanov heir, Alexander. Once he ascends the throne, she becomes empress Maria....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing/Melcher Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims our country's origins for a diverse new generation. HAMILTON: THE...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
" In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander--poet, mother, and wife--finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband, who was just 49. Reflecting with gratitude on the exquisite beauty of her married life that was, grappling with the subsequent void, and feeling a re-energized devotion to her two teenage sons, Alexander channels her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid prose that describes a very personal and...
Author
Publisher
Watkins Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Helps sufferers discover how their posture and movements harm their health and gives new ways of performing daily activities. The result: reduced muscular tension and stress on the bones and joints--and a more pain-free life. Features fact panels, tips, quick reference summaries, and illustrations.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander argued against near-death experiences until a rare illness forced him into a coma for seven days. When he came to, Alexander recounted his journey into new realms of existence, where he met an angelic being not of this world.
18) Anna Karenina
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Tolstoy's romantic saga of the passionate affair between a married aristocrat and a dashing count.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In these delightful poems, Alexander McCall Smith writes about his travels, from Africa to Greece, London to Dubai, and back home to Scotland. He shares his gentle, inimitably McCall Smith-esque observations on life, love, and beauty, reminding us how deeply satisfying it can be to take in the world around us with all our senses, and with all our mind and heart"--
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