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1) Morgan's run
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Sexy, educated, and a convicted felon, Englishman Richard Morgan finds romance and adventure on a harsh, untamed continent in this historical saga of Australia's first settlers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Language
English
Description
"In the latest series outing, The Knowledge, the Scotland Yard detective nearly meets his match in a Baker Street Irregulars-like gang of kids and a homicide case that reaches into east Africa. Robbie Parsons is one of London's finest, a black cab driver who knows every street, every theater, every landmark in the city by heart. In his backseat is a man with a gun in his hand--a man who brazenly committed a crime in front of the Artemis Club, a rarefied...
3) Sent
Author
Series
The missing volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
313 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king.
Author
Series
Cousins' War volume 1
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
415 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tale of the Wars of the Roses follows Elizabeth Woodville, who ascends to royalty and fights for the well-being of her family, including two sons whose imprisonment in the Tower of London precedes a devastating unsolved mystery.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come-with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast. Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobody's paying attention?...
Author
Series
Richard Jury mystery volume 24
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the latest series outing, The Knowledge, the Scotland Yard detective nearly meets his match in a Baker Street Irregulars-like gang of kids and a homicide case that reaches into east Africa. Robbie Parsons is one of London's finest, a black cab driver who knows every street, every theater, every landmark in the city by heart. In his backseat is a man with a gun in his hand--a man who brazenly committed a crime in front of the Artemis Club, a rarefied...
7) Whittington
Author
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The riveting story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years, solo canoed thousands of miles of American rivers--and then in 2016 disappeared off the coast of North Carolina"--
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the people and events surrounding the political scandal that began with a June 1972 burglary and resulted in the resignation of President Nixon, discussing the scandal's effects on American politics and history.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 541 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Documents the 1924 murder case of millionaire property developer's son Bobby Franks and the high-profile arrest and trial of his teenage killers, in an account that also offers insight into the psychological contest between the case's defense and state attorneys.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents twenty true stories of athletes--mostly admirable, occasionally quirky--whose physical accomplishments create a world of thrills and spills.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.