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Author
Series
Secrets of Dripping Fang volume 5
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
161 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although a paid assassin is stalking Wally while his twin sister Cheyenne is under the power of the queen ont, it is up to them, their vampire Dad, and their friends to save the human race from the giant onts.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In an attempt to force the Daily Planet newspaper to stop wasting paper, Poison Ivy creates a vine of kryptonite that covers the whole building, and a seriously weakened Superman must find a way to stop her before she kills Lois and his other friends.
83) In a jam
Author
Series
Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When rat poison is discovered in the jars of Naomi's strawberry jam sold at the Swiss Miss, Cheryl sets out to prove her friend is not the one responsible for poisoning anyone. But first, she needs to figure out who did it and why. After several people in Sugarcreek end up in the hospital due to the contaminated conserve, Cheryl follows the trail to the perpetrator of the crime and ends up in an unexpected place. As she and Naomi's stepson, Levi....
Author
Series
Secrets of Dripping Fang volume 8
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
129 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Followed by an assassin and her poisonous snakes, ten-year-old twins Wally and Cheyenne Shluffmuffin try to get from their Ohio home to the FBI training facility in Quantico, Virginia, to get help in freeing human hostages from the onts.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
137 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Join cousins Patrick and Beth as they race to discover how a deadly cholera infection is being spread. Many in London have died. Dr. John Snow is a scientist. He is sure he knows how to keep people from getting sick. Curate Henry Whitehead disagrees. So does Nurse Florence Nightingale. Can the disease be stopped before Patrick gets sick? -- Page [4] cover.
89) Earth colors
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 289 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Em Hansen, the popular heroine at the center of Sarah Andrews's geology mystery series, has landed a new job, although an unusual one: a client affiliated with a museum wants Em to investigate a painting by the famed western painter Frederick Remington. The client believes it's a fake, but Em must explore the painting's provenance to find out. The project takes her through Wyoming, Utah, Washington DC and Pennsylvania, and halfway through the trip...
Author
Series
Grantchester mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It is May 1971 and the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer. Attending to his paternal duties, Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking in the woods with his daughter Anna and their aging Labrador Byron when they stumble upon a body. Beside the dead man lies a basket of wild flowers, all poisonous. And so it is that Sidney is thrust into another murder investigation, entering a world of hippies, folk singers, and psychedelic plants, where...
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Pegasus Books ed.
Physical Desc
205 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of short mystery and detective stories by members of the Algonquin Round Table, including S. J. Perelman's "Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer," Ring Lardner's "Haircut," and Dorothy Parker's "Big Blonde."
Author
Series
Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 23
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The future is looking bright for Cheryl Cooper and her new fiancé, Levi Miller. Now that they've decided to make a life together, the biggest problem is how will they tell his family? When the town of Sugarcreek holds a pie-contest fund-raiser and many local business owners are invited to judge, Cheryl worries she may be biased because her best friend and future mother-in-law, Naomi Miller, is a contestant. Sill, with the proceeds going toward a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Cowboys and Indians, buffalo stampedes, eating well-roasted mouse as a cure for measles--what was it like to live in the Wild West? This area of America stretched from the Mississippi River all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Although you don't often see covered wagons or teepees these days, there are still cowboys and Indians. And the West is still wild--especially when you consider what else lives there-- bears, coyotes and poisonous snakes! As well...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Back-packers and Tourists flock to Australia, especially to the amazing Great Barrier Reef. The water is crystal clear and the fish and sea creatures are every colour of the rainbow. The coral beds heave with creatures of every shape and size and the rugged terrain is a treasure trove of exciting finds. Join Jim and others as they show us God's amazing work in the beautiful land and waters of Australia. Watch out for dangerous sea creatures like...
Author
Series
Guinevere's Tale book volume 2
Publisher
Lawson Gartner Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
423 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"History remembers Guineveres sin, but it was Arthur who transgressed first. Forced into a marriage she neither anticipated nor desired, Guinevere finds herself High Queen, ruling and fighting alongside Arthur as they try to subdue the Saxons, Irish and Picts who threaten Britain from every direction. Though her heart still longs for her lost love, Guinevere slowly grows to care for her husband as they join together to defeat their enemies. Meanwhile,...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (1063 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Mac Taylor and his CSI team use high-tech science to follow the evidence and solve crimes in The Big Apple. The team contends with radiation poison deaths; a fugitive that poses as a Federal Air Marshal; incriminating information of some of New York's most influential people; Stella's life is threatened with the discovery of a rare ancient Greek coin; and other cases involving murder, kidnapping and crime solving.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xv, 316 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this modern adaptation of the story of King Arthur, the author resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot. The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword of Excalibur, and the court of Camelot are as recognizable as any from the world of myth. Although many versions exist of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory endures as the most moving and richly inventive....
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xii pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This work is a multigenerational saga of three American families crossing the racial divide. In America, race is a riddle. The stories we tell about our past have calcified into the fiction that we are neatly divided into black or white. It is only with the widespread availability of DNA testing and the boom in genealogical research that the frequency with which individuals and entire families crossed the color line has become clear. In this history,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
621 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
1910, Mexico. The country's revolution spreads. Dolores, daughter of a wealthy banker, must flee her comfortable life in Durango or risk death. Her family settles in Mexico City; she marries Jaime del R̕o. At a party she meets an influential American director who recognizes in her a natural performer. He invites her to Hollywood, and practically overnight, the famous Miss del R̕o is born. Swept up in Tinseltown's glitzy inner circle, she takes her...