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41) Happy ever after
Author
Series
Bride quartet (Nora Roberts) volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
As the public face of Vows wedding planning company, Parker Brown has an uncanny knack for fulfilling every bride's vision. She just can't see where her own life is headed. Mechanic Malcomb Kavanaugh loves figuring out how things work, and Parker is no exception. Both know that moving from minor flirtation to major hook-up is a serious step. Parker's business risks have always paid off, but now she'll have to take the chance of a lifetime with her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Explore
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Red Kangaroo is having a fun day at the beach! She loves watching the waves go up and down, but, suddenly, she has a question: Do the waves ever stop? Dr. Chris has the answer-not only do waves never stop, but there are all kinds of waves around us! Discover all the waves you can and can't see, plus the waves you can hear! In this new series, Chris Ferrie answers all the questions Red Kangaroo has about what things are made of and how things work...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Las personas que trabajan en una oficina o teletrabajando pasan entre el 70 y el 80% del tiempo sentadas. Es un hecho probado que quienes consiguen reducir el tiempo de estar sentado permanecen más tiempo de pie y se mueven con más frecuencia tienen más energía, mayor concentración y son más productivos. También experimentan una menor fatiga después de una jornada laboral, con menos molestias lumbares y cervicales, por lo que consiguen una...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore, an imprint of Sourcebooks Kid
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Red Kangaroo is playing with her favorite ball she throws it into the air and it comes back down. But what makes this happen? She knows that Dr. Chris will have the answer! Soon, Red Kangaroo learns about force, mass, and acceleration and that Newton's Laws are at work anytime anything moves! Chris Ferrie offers a kid-friendly introduction to Newtonian physics in this installment of his new Everyday Science Academy series. Written by an expert, with...
47) Appare-Ranman!
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
HOW FAR I WILL BE ABLE TO GO? TO THE MOON? Appare Sorano's dreams are big--bigger than his village, bigger than the sea, bigger than the Earth itself. So when fate sweeps him away to Los Angeles without a penny to his name, Appare sees not catastrophe but an opportunity. Likewise, when he hears talk of the 1.51 million dollar prize for the Trans-America Wild Race--a transcontinental trek through the American frontier--he jumps right into the thick...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes a charming story of misunderstandings and unexpected romance"--
After Brady Collins' ex-wife dies, he discovers his nine-month-old son Sam isn't his son at all... and Sam's wealthy maternal grandparents want custody of the child. But regardless of what any blood test says Sam is his son, and Brady will go to any lengths to keep him. Brady's attorney...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Presents experiments for kids and adults, each designed to show how mechanical science and astrophysics work from the inside out. Kids learn to make scientific observations, ask questions, identify and classify and find answers to their questions, all while investigating space.
50) Cobalt Squadron
Author
Publisher
Disney, Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Describes the harrowing story of the courageous bomber pilots and technicians of Cobalt Squadron.
51) Flights
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist discovers the Achilles tendon by dissecting his own amputated leg. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just as suddenly reappear. Through these brilliantly imagined...
52) Change of plans
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When disaster strikes and chef Bryce Weatherford is given guardianship of her three young nieces, her life goes from cooking with fire...to controlling a dumpster fire. Five year old Addison refuses to remove her fairy wings, eight year old Cecily won't bathe, and tween June is majoring in belligerence. With all this chaos, Bryce jettisons hope for a life outside of managing her family and her new job. It's been years since Ryker Matthews had his...
53) Topside
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Jo, a maintenance technician in an underground society, makes a massive error during a routine repair and to set things right, must journey above ground, to a dangerous area swarming with alien life.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Deep within the archives of time-and-motion pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a secret. Famous for producing solid light-tracks that captured the path of workers' movements, Gilbreth helped birth the era of mass observation and big data. But did she also, as her broken correspondence with a young Soviet physicist suggests, discover in her final days a "perfect" movement, one that would "change everything"? An international hunt begins for the one box...
55) Los errantes
Author
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Al principio de Los errantes, la narradora esboza un autorretrato que es también una poética: A todas luces yo carecía de ese gen que hace que en cuanto se detiene uno en un lugar por un tiempo más o menos largo, enseguida eche raíces. (...) Mi energía es generada por el movimiento: el vaivén de los autobuses, el traqueteo de los trenes, el rugido de los motores de avión, el balanceo de los ferrys. Inquieta como ella, esta novela no se detiene...
Series
Clockwork planet volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"After Naoto, RyuZU, Marie, and Halter's mission to save Kyoto succeeded, the group must lie low. Branded as terrorists and with Marie presumed dead, the new allies decide to gather more information while acting out the daily lives of high school students--something Marie isn't used to! While undercover, Marie receives valuable information through a coded message: The government is still abusing core parts to endanger civilians. Meanwhile, RyuZU wishes...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"London and the countryside of Albury, England, 1906 Lydia Wooding can hardly keep up with all the inventions the new century has brought. She's particularly fond of the petrol motor car, a luxury that fuels her longing for independence. Her older brother and guardian, Andrew, however, refuses her frequent requests to learn to drive. He's been extra protective of Lydia after their parents were killed in a motor car accident, and he'd prefer his sister...
Series
Clockwork planet volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"With the sudden appearance of AnchoR, the "sisters" of the Initial-Y series are reunited, but it may not be a happy meeting! Whatever her intentions, this tense encounter means that underground conspiracies may finally come to light. From learning of hidden weapons and a nefarious plan of destruction, the group may be in for more than they bargained for. This time Naoto and his allies may have to go all the way to the top to find justice."-- cover...
Author
Series
Last Chance romances volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Molly Canaday wishes she could repair her life as easily as she fixes cars. She was all set to open her own body shop in Last Chance when her mother ran off and left her to manage the family yarn shop instead. Now guided by the unsolicited-though well-intended-advice of the weekly knitting club, Molly works to untangle this mess. But her plan unravels when the new landlord turns out to be difficult-as well as tall, dark, and handsome. Simon Wolfe...
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