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Publisher
Rough Guides
Language
English
Description
Rough Guides' bestselling inspirational coffee-table book draws upon the insider knowledge of in-the-know writers to share the 1000 ultimate travel experiences across the globe. Make the Most of your Time on Earth is a handpicked curation of personal recommendations, from retracing Odysseus's footsteps on Mljet and hippo-spotting in the Bijagós Islands, to wild camping on the Arabian Peninsula and defying gravity at China's Hanging Temple. It might...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"In this updated and expanded edition celebrating 20 years of Warriors, discover all-new interior art and never-before-seen bonus content. This ... full-color guide includes profiles of more than 85 of the most important warrior cats; an insider look at each of the Clans; the stories of how Bramblestar and Tigerstar received their nine lives; an exclusive, never-before-seen glimpse at Firestar and Graystripe's view from StarClan; and more"--
"A comprehensive...
4) Inside out
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions ; Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life.
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Series
Publisher
Apa Publications (UK) Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Explore the best of Snowdonia & North Wales with this indispensably practical Insight Great Breaks Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Snowdon, to discovering hidden gems, including the Centre for Alternative Technology, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking and driving routes will save you time, help you plan, and enhance your Great Break in Snowdonia & North Wales. Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational...
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Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Congratulations! You have been chosen by the Dragon Stone! Here is your official Dragon Master guide. Inside you will find facts about the Dragon Masters and their powerful dragons, review secret notes from me and other wizards, study world maps, learn the history of the Dragon Masters, and more! - Griffith of the Green Fields, Royal Wizard to King Roland of Bracken." --
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Learn how to create a tranquil outdoor space at home with this practical and inspiring guide! With instructive drawings and step-by-step techniques, Inside Your Japanese Garden walks you through designing and creating your very own Japanese garden. From small projects like benches and gates, to larger undertakings like bridges and mud walls, this book provides a wide variety of ways to enhance the space around your home, no matter the size. Instructions...
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Publisher
Inhabit Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"There are 20,000 species of butterflies in the world, but only several dozen are found on tundra of the North American Arctic. Many Arctic animals have warm, woolly coats, downy feathers, or thick layers of blubber, and Arctic butterflies appear fragile with their fluttering, delicate wings. Yet the hardy butterflies that live at the top of the world have many clever ways to keep themselves warm in cool summers and endure icy cold winters. In A Children's...
Author
Publisher
Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"HOOP MUSES will take us through time - literally. We begin in the future, in 2072, on the night of the WNBA's 75th Anniversary, as New York Liberty phenom Jacklyn Jones is paid a visit by one of basketball's long-ago (wink, wink) greats. This unlikely duo then goes on a sweeping, roundtrip adventure through basketball history, starting at the very beginning: Springfield, 1891. As the years pass, they learn the roots of the game (think: the first-ever...
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Language
English
Formats
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"A combination travel guide, encyclopedia, and exciting fan compendium, this ultimate guidebook includes sections such as "Who's Who," "Places to Go," and "Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Things" that explore the backgrounds and histories of the many characters, places, and magic items throughout the beloved Land of Stories series. This book also includes bonus chapters, insider information about the series, and more, including sketches from the author,...
Author
Series
Goosebumps. Original series volume 27
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Sue and her brother, Eddie, are visiting London when they run into a little problem. They can't find their tour group. Still, there's no reason to panic. Because there's no way their tour guide would just leave them. All alone. In a gloomy old prison tower. There's no way they'd get locked inside. After dark. With those eerie sounds. And a strange dark figure who wants them ... dead"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Every second of every day, something is happening. There's a story out there buried in the muck, and Jordan Walsh, coming from a family of esteemed reporters, wants to be the one to dig it up. But it's 1955, and the men who dominate the city room of the Chicago Tribune have no interest in making room for a female cub reporter. Instead Jordan is relegated to society news; but that all changes when she establishes a secret source inside Mayor Daley's...
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Publisher
Ecco Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Memphis, 1954. New Orleans 1957. Philadelphia 1959. Liverpool, 1962. San Francisco 1967. Detroit 1969. New York, 1975. London 1977. Los Angeles 1984 / Norway 1993. Seattle 1991. Rock and roll was birthed in basements and garages, radio stations and dance halls, in cities where unexpected gatherings of artists and audience changed and charged the way music is heard and celebrated, capturing lightning in a bottle. Musician and writer Lenny Kaye explores...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"At Heim Hochland, a Nazi sanctioned maternity home in Bavaria, three women's fates are irrevocably intertwined. Gundi is a pregnant student from Berlin--an Aryan beauty, she's secretly a member of a resistance group. Hilde, only 18, is a true believer in the cause and is thrilled to carry a Nazi official's child. And Irma, a 44-year-old nurse, is desperate to build a new life for herself after personal devastation. All three have everything to lose....
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Canada
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From the top of the world, Hudson Bay looks like an enormous paw print on the torso of the continent, and through a vast network of lakes and rivers, the water in this bay connects to oceans across the globe. Here, at the heart of everything, walks Nanurjuk, or Nanu, one polar bear among the six thousand that traverse the 1.23 million square kilometres of ice and snow covering the bay. For millennia, Nanu's ancestors have roamed this great expanse,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades, who, having lost everything, finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"More than 2,000 years ago, travelers wrote about the incredible sights they saw while on their journeys. They told tales of hanging gardens that were built for a Babylonian queen, and a colossal statue that guided ships through the harbor of Rhodes in Greece. These writers compiled a list of the very best of these sights that are now known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Author Yona Zeldis McDonough takes the readers on a trip to the Great...
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the years since publication of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, millions have had the simple but powerful realization that to get the most out of people you must build on their strengths. And yet, as Marcus Buckingham astutely points out, even though the strengths-based approach is now conventional wisdom, the tools and systems inside organizations-performance appraisals, training programs, and succession planning systems-remain...
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