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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 19
Language
English
Description
In New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Peters's eagerly anticipated Amelia Peabody adventure, the Emerson clan is a hairsbreadth away from unearthing the legendary site they've been searching for. But a sinister plot and a dark family secret stand in the way of their ultimate ambition and threaten to change things forever. Convinced that the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, Egyptologist Radcliffe...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop's Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce's sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. "A church is a wonderful place for a wedding," muses Flavia, "surrounded as it is by the legions of the dead, whose listening bones bear silent witness to every promise made at the altar." Flavia is not your normal twelve-year-old girl. An expert in the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Stifled by tragedy, thirteen-year-old Grace Mockingbird yearns to escape her mother's controlling, grieving hand and find her voice in a small Kentucky coal mining town. A tragic family loss has driven a wedge between Grace and her mother, who seems to be silently punishing Grace by withholding her love. Grace does penance in every chore while doubting she'll ever earn her mother's forgiveness. But change arrives with the hot winds of summer as the...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s, the East Berlin zoo was spacious and lush, a socialist utopia where everything was perfectly planned-- but rarely successfully finished. Berlin's two zoos became symbols of the divided city's two halves. Eventually the head zookeepers on either side started an animal arms race: competing to have the most pandas and hippos. State funds were quietly diverted to give these new animals lavish welcomes worthy of visiting dignitaries. West...
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Language
English
Description
Carrie Slayton, a big-city society-page columnist, longs to write more serious news stories. So her editor hands her a challenge: She can cover any topic she wants, but only if she first scores the paper an interview with Finn Dalton, the notoriously reclusive author. Living in the remote Alaskan wilderness, Finn has written a megabestselling memoir about surviving in the wild. But he stubbornly declines to speak to anyone in the press, and no one...
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three out of three! Sparr has found all of his Three Powers, and that adds up to big trouble for Droon. Armed with the Red Eye of Dawn, the Coiled Viper, and the Golden Wasp, Sparr is more powerful than ever. And once he reaches the Isle of Mists, he is going to try an amazing new magic trick. A trick to take over all of Droon. Evil Lord Sparr has collected all Three Powers, something he has been trying to do since the very first DROON adventure....
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Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet : digital, sound, color ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 USB cable and 1 AC power adapter (in case 22 x 16 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Stories and games will help children solidify their reading comprehension skills, explore storytelling, and learn about everything from U.S. Presidents to animals and nature. Explore works of fiction and non-fiction ; Expand vocabulary ; Increase reading comprehension ; Strengthen critical thinking skills."--
Author
Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The definitive guide to change management in business. Change in business is constant. Manage it well and you'll grow your business, stay ahead of the curve and take full advantage of every new opportunity. The key to successful, well-managed change is in this book. Written by a specialist, its practical, visual, step-by-step approach will make sure you're always on the right track, that change in your business is smooth, stress free and well-structured,...
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Series
Library of America volume 180
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
xvii, 979 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Keats's first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief in the consummate power of poetry and his liberal views. While he was criticized by many for his politics, his immediate circle of friends and family immediately recognized his genius. In his short life he proved to be one of the greatest and most original thinkers of the second generation of Romantic poets, with such poems as 'Ode to a Nightingale', 'On First Looking into...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
25 Blu-rays (94 hr., 35 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : chiefly color photographs ; 14 x 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory. The friends solve everyday problems posed by academia, family and video games. What they prove is that friendship is the element that matters most in the universe.
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