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Author
Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Michael Perry returns with a new collection of bite-sized essays from his Sunday Wisconsin State Journal column, 'Roughneck Grace.' Perry's perspectives on everything from cleaning the chicken coop to sharing a New York City elevator with supermodels will have you snorting with laughter on one page, blinking back tears on the next, and--no matter your zip code--nodding in recognition throughout"--
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Confessions of a Recovering Engineer will be a logical Part 2 to Chuck's book Strong Towns. It builds on Strong Towns: Bottom-Up Revolution by focusing on the core transportation insights Marohn has developed in more than a decade of writing for Strong Towns. The article Confessions of a Recovering Engineer (November 2011) remains the most widely read and distributed piece ever published on the Strong Towns website. A In the past few years, we have...
64) Rotherweird
Author
Series
Rotherweird volume 1
Publisher
Jo Fletcher Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The arrival of a teacher and a billionaire in the idiosyncratic town of Rotherweird threaten to expose dangerous secrets that could destroy everything --
66) Down river
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
67) Lost cities
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Who lived in our world's ancient places? How did they survive? Travel back to the lost cities of Babylon, Karnak, Herculaneum, Mesa Verde, Angkor Wat, Great Zimbabwe, Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), Tenochtitlan, Machu Picchu, Fatehpur Sikri, Jamestown, Caughnawaga, and Akrotiri. See why these civilizations were lost--and how they were found! -back cover.
69) Shadow grave
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Arlo is afraid of fire, creepy TV shows, and even his own shadow ... During a Thanksgiving road trip, a sudden collision with a strange beast in the middle of the road totals the family's car, and Arlo, his mom, and his sister end up stranded in a small town. There's something off about Livermore ... When he stumbles upon a dark secret that the town's inhabitants will kill to keep, getting out of Livermore becomes a matter of life or death"--
Author
Series
Chronicles of Amicae volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Amicae, City of Sweepers, survived the Falling Infestation which nearly destroyed it thanks to the efforts of Laura and Okane. While the ancient monsters have been beaten back for the moment, new and more monstrous dangers face them in the form of belligerent bureaucracy, dangerous gangs, grasping Sweepers bent on personal glory... And Rex, the City of Kings, who breed their own kind of monstrosity. Laura and Okane must go to Rex to reclaim the secret...
Publisher
Duopress
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Cars and trucks whoosh in Chicago, a bullet train zooms in Hong Kong, and a bicycle strolls around Paris (ding-ding!). Cities around the world are always on the move, and this lively book puts little ones in the driver's seat with a cacophony of sounds right on the streets of some of the most exciting metropolises on the planet, including San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Tokyo, London, Vancouver, and more. The sturdy pages feature fire trucks, diggers,...
73) Dead astronauts
Author
Series
Borne novels volume 2
Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against a ruthless corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose name he has forgotten and whose purpose remains hidden. Jeff...
Author
Publisher
North Light Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns, and villages where they live and travel. Packed with art and advice from Marc aro Holmes [...], this self-directed workshop shows you how to draw inspiration from real life and bring that same excitement into your sketchbook. Inside you'll find everything you need to tackle subjects ranging...
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"From the mundane to the extraordinary. THE ART OF URBAN SKETCHING brings you more than 500 stunning, full-color illustrations drawn on location by urban sketchers around the world. Picture tall ships visiting the Old Port in Montreal, Gaudi's modernist architecture in Barcelona, bustling street scenes in Hong Kong and Thailand, and colorful outdoor markets in Johanessburg. This visually arresting, stroytelling take on urban life from different cultures...
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Journey to the planets most magnificent places with Lonely Planet's Beautiful World, a thought provoking portrait of our world. It [w]ill help you see the planet as you have never seen it before, renewing your relationship with the place we call home.
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? In Extreme Cities, Ashley Dawson argues that cities are ground zero for climate change, contributing the lion's share of carbon to the atmosphere, while also lying on the frontlines of rising sea levels. Today, the majority of the world's megacities are located in coastal zones, yet few of them are...
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