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1) Stargazer
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Series
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 6
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 24
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 6
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 24
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 6
Language
English
Description
"What begins as a typical day for Officer Bernadette Manuelito serving a bench warrant, dealing with a herd of cattle obstructing traffic, and stumbling across a crime scene takes an unexpected twist when she's called to help find an old friend. Years ago, Bernie and Maya were roommates, but time and Mayas struggles with addiction drove them apart. Now Mayas brother asks Bernie to find out what happened to his sister. Tracing Mayas whereabouts, Bernie...
Author
Series
Assiti Shards volume 3
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Reeling from her parents' deaths, Lucy Claremont discovers an artifact in their London flat, leading her to a seaside estate. Aided by her childhood friend Dashel, a forensic astronomer, they start to unravel a history of heartbreak, sacrifice, and love begun 200 years prior - one that may heal them both"--Provided by publisher.
Lucy Clairmont's childhood fascination with stories of the high seas led her to become a marine archaeologist. When tragedy...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ember Alzate tries to find love for her best friend, Ranger Lockhart, only to discover that she is in love with him, while he finds himself attracted to her, but fears destroying their friendship if she does not reciprocate.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible."
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Amatuer astronomer Hannah Gardner Price has lived all twenty-four years of her life according to the principles of the Nantucket Quaker community in which she was raised. Then she meets Isaac Martin, a young, dark-skinned whaler from the Azores who, like herself, has ambitions beyond his expected station in life. Drawn to his intellectual curiosity and honest manner, Hannah agrees to take Isaac on as a student. But when their shared interest in the...
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"1938. The Golden Age of Hollywood. Palm trees and movie stars. Film studios pumping out musicals, westerns, and gangster films at a furious pace. Everyone wants to be a star--except society girl and aspiring astronomer Kate Hildebrand, who'd rather study them in the night sky. She's already famous after a childhood tragedy turned her into a newspaper headline. What she craves is stability. But when Kate has to move to Hollywood to live with her washed-up...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A magical, intoxicating debut novel that imagines the future and history of two lovers who are connected by the passing of great comets overhead and by the ancestors that bind them together"--
"A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that braids the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. When Róisin and François meet at a remote research...
Author
Publisher
Avery Hill Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Renowned astronomer Maggie Hill is giving a lecture about her career, to inspire young women to work in science. She's also attending her first ever therapy session, in order to overcome some debilitating anxiety. Both events force Maggie to examine her greatest achievements and biggest regrets
Author
Publisher
Roca editorial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Los Angeles, May 1910. The same night that the Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet, called "The Destroyer", something terrible happens at the home of twins Henry and Ellie Blur that forces them to flee. They are heading towards Mount Wilson, where the largest astronomical observatory in the world is located. Under that transparent sky they will find their own destiny, including love. Until one of the two disappears. And Ellie, who is...
Author
Series
Theo Cray and Jessica Blackwood volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A signal is detected at the outer edge of the solar system. Computational biologist Dr. Theo Cray and magician-turned-FBI-agent Jessica Blackwood are looking-and listening-a little closer. The man at the center of this cosmic mystery is billionaire Thomas T. Theismann. He's spent a lifetime-and a fortune-trying to find out if we're alone in the universe. Highly skeptical, Theo joins the effort to find the source of the signal, and he quickly enlists...
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