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Author
Series
Skull and Bones volume 1
Language
English
Description
A gritty, cinematic pirate adventure charting a course across the high seas in the merciless, bloody world of Ubisoft's upcoming epic video game.
A merchant vessel is besieged by a vicious crew of pirates, but the fighting is interrupted by a devastating typhoon. When the storm crashes in, it leaves predator and prey stranded on an island somewhere in the Indian Ocean.
The merchant ship captain and his crew, lucky enough to have survived the...
Author
Series
Dr. Panda volume 9
Language
English
Description
At the Panda City museum Dr. Panda is delighted to discover he'll be helping Richy put together a new dinosaur exhibit. / Dr. Panda is a milkman today. When he goes to pick up the milk at Moo's farm, he decides to help her pick strawberries before they ro
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
133 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1841, a quiet, curious boy who stuttered when nervous committed to becoming a surgeon--a profession then more feared than respected. Through study, persistence, and careful research, Joseph Lister proved that unsanitary conditions contribute to infections. Despite others scoffing at his ideas, Lister slowly changed the way all surgeons work, saving countless lives"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Exploring separation, generational trauma and the toll of the American dream, the author recounts what happened when, at age 15, her parents were forced back to Mexico, leaving her and her brother to fend for themselves as underage victims affected by broken immigration laws.
Series
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 237 pages : black and white illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Archaeological case studies that explore the rituals and cultural significance of foods in the southeastern United States Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast, however, is the first collection devoted exclusively to southeastern foodways analyzed...
Series
Publisher
The University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xi, 358 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation-and how those meanings still influence Americans today. In each essay, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite-including large marble temples, unmarked graves beneath the waves, makeshift markers on battlefields, mass graves on hillsides, neat rows...
Author
Series
Treasures of the earth volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
469 pages (large print ) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anna Lakeman has spent her life working alongside her paleontologist father, drawing intricate sketches at every dig. When they find dinosaur bones near their home in Wyoming Territory, they're swiftly caught up in the era known as the Bone Wars. But when her father becomes sick and an old beau, Joshua Ziegler, returns for the summer, Anna's world is upended and the practical, orderly life she has made for herself shatters. Medical student Joshua...
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