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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Magdalena offers an impassioned memoir of saving extraordinary plants on the brink of extinction. He describes his search for exotic plants in remote locations, and his laboratory efforts to encourage vulnerable plants to propagate and thrive.
Author
Series
Bourne volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Formats
Description
The harrowing story of a man with no memory--Jason Bourne--an assassin hunted by unseen armies for reasons he doesn't remember. A shooting victim, suffering from amnesia, finds himself with a Swiss bank account in the name of Jason Bourne, a professional assassin being manipulated by a top-secret American government organization to kill his arch rival, the dreaded Carlos.
Author
Series
Bourne volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Super-diplomat Raymond Havilland sets up the kidnapping of Jason Bourne's wife, in order to draw Bourne out of retirement and into a Taiwanese plot to seize Hong Kong and incite China against the West.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level in the Andean cordillera of Peru, the highest human habitation...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Presents a complete collection of the author's short stories, some of which were not previously published. The stories are mysterious, imbued with a sense of menace, and told with the warmth, wit, and humor of Zafón's inimitable voice. A boy decides to become a writer when he discovers that his creative gifts capture the attentions of an aloof young beauty who has stolen his heart. A labyrinth maker flees Constantinople to a plague-ridden Barcelona,...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Tuesday has a personality that shines. I am not kidding when I say it is common for people to pull out their cell phones and take pictures of and with him. Tuesday is that kind of dog. And then, in passing, they notice me, the big man with the tight haircut. There is nothing about me--even the straight, stiff way I carry myself--that signals disabled. Until people notice the cane in my left hand, that is, and the way I lean on it every few steps....
10) The wheel of time: the shamans of ancient Mexico, their thoughts about life, death and the universe
Author
Publisher
LA Eidolona Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the protest against racism by African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, and the iconic photograph that captured the historic event.
12) Get back Jack
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar's off-the-books assignment leads them to the surviving members of Jack Reacher's elite military unit. Five years ago, Reacher sorted and destroyed a team of arms dealers in Lee Child's Bad Luck & Trouble before he moved on. But he made mistakes. Now, his bad luck and trouble legacy plunges Otto and Gaspar into the minefield of a grudge war between Reacher's fearless old friends and chilling new enemies....
13) Jack and Joe
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
When FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are sent to Fort Bird, North Carolina, to find Jack Reacher, powerful enemies with their back against the wall will stop at nothing to keep the secrets Reacher left behind.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Iraq War veteran Montalván takes to the road with his beloved Golden Retriever service dog, Tuesday, advocating for America's wounded warriors and for each other. They show these beautifully trained animals can assist soldiers, veterans and many others with disabilities, and highlight the miraculous talents of service dogs.
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