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1) Lone eagle
Author
Language
English
Description
Danielle Steel's 51st bestselling novel tells the story of an extraordinary man, the woman who loved him, and a bond so powerful it could never be broken. It is about finding the courage to let someone you love fly free...
The phone call came on a snowy December afternoon. Kate was certain it was Joe, the brilliant, visionary man who had been her soulmate, her driving force since the night they met, almost thirty-five...
The phone call came on a snowy December afternoon. Kate was certain it was Joe, the brilliant, visionary man who had been her soulmate, her driving force since the night they met, almost thirty-five...
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
NUMA director Dirk Pitt searches for the connections among newly discovered Roman artifacts, the rise of a fundamentalist movement, and the existence of a mysterious long-lost "manifest," which, if discovered again, may change the history of the world.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Rosie is working with Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters, on designing a new invention, but when her designs keep failing, Rosie starts to lose hope until her friends Iggy and Ada offer some help
Author
Language
English
Description
"The new novel--a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan--from the internationally acclaimed author, his first since IQ84"--
Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
New York City thrums with energy, wonder, and possibility in this magical novel about the life of Nikola Tesla. It is 1943, and the renowned inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Louisa, a young maid at the hotel determined to befriend him, wins his attention through a shared love of pigeons; with her we hear his tragic and tremendous life story unfold. Meanwhile, Louisa discovers...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"This is the story of a man, three women, a revolution, and a treasure. An approach to the Mexican revolution in the times of Emiliano Zapata and Francisco Villa, and to the fifteen thousand gold coins of twenty pesos (the 'Maximilianos'), that were stolen from a bank in Ciudad Juaarez on May 8, 1911. The man's name was Martín Garret Ortiz and he was a young Spanish mining engineer. It all changed for him that May 8th, when he heard a distant shot...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
BESTSELLER - "Terrific... gripping... A literally shattering climax." — The New York Times Book Review
All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.
But the carefree...
All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.
But the carefree...
Author
Series
Books4pocket. Narrativa volume 158
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Una satírica novela que expone las diferencias sociales de la época haciendo una comparación con un gobierno dirigido por mujeres. La trama de la historia radica en la intriga que va naciendo en el personaje principal llamado El Hombre-Montaña quién continuamente es influenciado por diversos otros personajes a cerca de un lugar gobernado por mujeres, en donde sus expectativas a cerca de este lugar van evolucionando de tal manera que el personaje...
11) Trojan odyssey
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
vii, 312 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A World War II German rocket engineer under orders to launch V2 rockets at London from Occupied Holland and an actress-turned-English intelligence officer with a mission to neutralize the bombings land on opposite sides in a desperate hunt for a saboteur.
14) Tamarind woman
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
266 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
17) Future engineer
Author
Series
Publisher
Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
AD 350L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Babies demonstrate what it takes to become an engineer, from asking questions to learning from their mistakes.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 1
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primero edición.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
19) Change of heart
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Unabridged edition.
Physical Desc
11 CDs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Best laid plans: She was the sexiest thing in a hard hat that architect Cody had ever seen, yet structural engineer Abra also had a will as strong as a steel girder. But he has plans for her that even this spirited beauty could not resist.
From this day: B.J. Clark, the manager of an inn in Vermont, resents the efforts of the inn's new owner, Taylor Reynolds, to modernize it, while Taylor's fascination with B.J. makes him think about abandoning his...
20) Extinctions
Author
Publisher
Tin House Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, has quarantined himself in a place he hates: a retirement village. His headstrong wife Martha, adored by all, is dead. His adopted daughter Caroline has cut ties, and his son Callum is lost to him in his own way. And though Frederick knows, logically, that a structural engineer can devise a bridge for any situation, somehow his own troubled family-fractured by years of secrets and lies-is always just...
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