George Guidall
21) The trial
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Language
English
Description
Narrates the experiences and reactions of a respectable bank functionary after his abrupt arrest on an undisclosed charge
22) Texas hills
Author
Publisher
A Signet book
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
A deeply divided nation. Vicious politics. A shamelessly partisan media. A president loathed by half the populace. Smuggling and gang warfare along the Mexican border. Armed citizens are willing to stand their ground and take law into their own hands...That was America in 1881. All those forces came to bear on the afternoon of October 26 when Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers faced off against the Clantons and the McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona....
Author
Series
Publisher
Newmarket Pres
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Ordered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civilization. Thievery and survival soon forced him into the Indian camp, where he began a dangerous adventure that changed his life forever.
24) Frankenstein
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
On the deck of his ice-imprisoned ship, explorer Robert Walton watches from a great distance as an enormous apparition travels with much haste across the frozen shore. The next day, Walton fishes from the sea a melancholy scientist named Frankenstein, who shares with Walton the horrifying account of his life and of the "hideous progeny" he set loose upon the world. Frankenstein was written while 19-year-old Mary Shelley vacationed in Geneva with poets...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Le Guin's Hainish series begins with the assumption that centuries ago humanoids from the planet Hain ventured through the solar system establishing colonies on various planets including Earth. For mysterious reasons these colonies lose all contact and knowledge of each other until the 21st century when an attempt is made to establish a galactic league. Individual stories in this loosely organized series explore the inherent communication difficulties...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 p.
Language
English
Description
Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant has charmed countless new readers with her Henry and Mudge books. In this heartwarming tale, Uncle Jake builds a tree house for Henry. But after 14 minutes up the tree, Henry really misses Mudge. What fun is a tree house if you can't share it with your favorite pal?
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
244 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this delightful new novel featuring Jim Qwilleran and his lovable cats, Koko and Yum Yum, the rites of spring are celebrated with the fine art of bird calling...and a fateful act of murder. It seems that this spring, a cat's fancy may turn to crime-solving...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
227 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Braun's marvelous best-selling series is the cat's pajamas for lovers of animals and frisky crime-solving adventures. This delightful addition finds Qwill and his fabulous felines on the trail of some very unusual "visitors." Could extraterrestrials be behind the strange goings-on in Moose County? It is up to the ever-humble billionaire journalist Jim Qwilleran and his amazing cats to find out. A backpacker has disappeared, and rumor has it that UFOs...
29) Texas Rifles
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Six-time winner of the Golden Spur Award, Elmer Kelton crafts stories that carry listeners into some of the most vivid years of the American West. Texas Rifles is an action-filled tale of courage in the face of divided loyalties. In 1861, men are enlisting in the Texas Mounted Rifles to keep the land free from Indian raids. There are larger conflicts, however. Texas has seceded from the union while war brews between the North and the South. Sam Houston...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
455 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author and former lawman Michael McGarrity's 11th Kevin Kerney novel further showcases this Anthony Award-nominated writer's talent for crafting stunning police stories. In Lincoln County, New Mexico, the slaying of a deputy sheriff and his wife reunites Police Chief Kerney and his son, Sergeant Clayton Istee, on the bloody trail of drug-running killers.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1999, c1973
Edition
1st Forge ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
x, 400 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Forged from Elmer Kelton's 1950s observations of drought-ravaged West Texas, this Spur Award winner-written by the WWA's greatest Western writer-tells the compelling story of one rancher's struggle to maintain his independence. But as rainless years continue and farmers and ranchers sell their souls for federal hand-outs, Charlie finds himself under increasing pressure to compromise his principles.
32) Buffalo wagons
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
For Gage Jameson, the summer of 1873 has been a poor hunt. A year ago, he felled sixty-two buffalo in one stand, but now the great Arkansas River herd is gone, like the Republican herd before it. In Dodge City, old hide hunters speak is awe of a last great heard to the south-but no hunter who values his scalp dares ride south of the Cimarron and into Comanche territory. None but Gage Jameson...
Author
Series
Publisher
Phoenix Books
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Abridged
Language
English
Description
Phoenix Books brings together two of Braun's best mysteries in this Volume 1 in the series of 2-in-1 editions, featuring:
The Cat Who Blew the Whistle: Jim Qwilleran and his feline sleuths investigate the disappearance of a wealthy railroad buff—and alleged multimillion-dollar embezzler—a case that becomes complicated by red herrings, a tragic train wreck, and murder in a railroad tavern.
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast:
...Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1987
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
261 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aging cowboy and bronco-buster Wes Hendricks just wants to be left alone on his poor ranch, even when town developers offer him big money to sell it. Wes's grandson reluctantly tries to convince him to give up his home, but that was before he, too, succumbs to the ranch's--and a young cowgirl's--wild beauty.
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Duff MacCallister and his partner, Elmer, agree to rescue the Texas governor's daughter from a gang of fence cutters called the Blue Devils, they must team up with three outlaws that they don't completely trust.
36) Bull Run
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
37) Stone Fox
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In spite of tremendous odds, a ten-year-old boy and his dog are determined to win a dogsled race and the five-hundred-dollar prize