David Roberts
61) Terrible times
Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
145 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Leaving his parents, his Mad Uncle Jack, and his Even Madder Aunt Maud at home at Awful End, Eddie Dickens, along with the color-blind Lady Constance, boards the ship the Pompous Pig on a mission to America.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The extreme climber famed for his solo ascents without ropes, partners or gear describes his seven most significant achievements, including a free-solo climb up Mexico's Sendero Luminoso and the Fitz Traverse ascent in Patagonia, "--NoveList.
66) Spinning spiders
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of spiders and how they use their silk for weaving webs and other purposes.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A young emperor, whose advisors have taken advantage of him, enlists the help of honest tailors to reveal the advisors' misdeeds in this retelling of the classic fairy tale. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a robe.
72) The square
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ray is in a loveless marriage and hopes to escape the monotony when he begins a torrid affair with next-door neighbor Carla. Although she is married to a low-level mobster, she also seeks a little excitement. Ray's moral values are tested to the limit when Carla presents him with a bag of cash from one of her husband's latest crimes. What was to be an opportunity to take the money and run, soon becomes a matter of arson, murder, and blackmail.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top
At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason. Four times as deadly as Everest, K2 has claimed the lives of...
At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason. Four times as deadly as Everest, K2 has claimed the lives of...
74) The square
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ray is in a loveless marriage and hopes to escape the monotony when he begins a torrid affair with next-door neighbor Carla. Although she is married to a low-level mobster, she also seeks a little excitement. Ray's moral values are tested to the limit when Carla presents him with a bag of cash from one of her husband's latest crimes. What was to be an opportunity to take the money and run, soon becomes a matter of arson, murder, and blackmail.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 330 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world's eight-thousand-meter peaks sets his sights on Mount Everest, in a work that combines his own climbs as well as narratives of famous climbs throughout the last century.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this beloved New York Times bestselling picture book, meet Rosie Revere, a seemingly quiet girl by day but a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets by night.
Rosie dreams of becoming a great engineer, and her room becomes a secret workshop where she constructs ingenious inventions from odds and ends. From hot dog dispensers to helium pants and python-repelling cheese hats, Rosie's creations would astound anyone—if
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Series
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
AWFUL END
When both of Eddie Dickens's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed he should go and stay with relatives at their house Awful End. Unfortunately for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud, and it doesn't look as if the three of them are ever going to reach their destination ...
DREADFUL ACTS
Eddie Dickens...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new addition to the Questioneers series, a full-color nonfiction early reader series based on the new Ada Twist, Scientist Netflix series!
Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others?
Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Discover everything there is...
Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others?
Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Discover everything there is...
79) All About Plants
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new addition to the Questioneers series, a non-fiction early reader series based on the Ada Twist, Scientist Netflix show!
What do plants eat? Why do some plants have flowers and others donât? And whatâs the tallest plant out there?
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Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Based on the bestselling series and the new Netflix show,...
What do plants eat? Why do some plants have flowers and others donât? And whatâs the tallest plant out there?
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Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Based on the bestselling series and the new Netflix show,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Like her classmates, builder Iggy and inventor Rosie, scientist Ada, a character of color, has a boundless imagination and has always been hopelessly curious. Why are there pointy things stuck to a rose? Why are there hairs growing inside your nose? When her house fills with a horrific, toe-curling smell, Ada knows it's up to her to find the source. Not afraid of failure, she embarks on a fact-finding mission and conducts scientific experiments, all...