 | The Sea Pilot
Publication Date: April 21, 2010The story, 'The Sea Pilot' takes place when square rigged ships of the sea were still traveling by using a known latitude only. Compasses were merely a magnetized needle floating on the surface of water in a bowl. Ships clocks needed for finding a ships position by longitude were years away. Even the ships speed was often questionable, and nautical charts were very expensive as they were drawn by hand. This story revolves around those new and marvelous inventions and men who could navigate anywhere in the world were highly sought after. ...
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 | The Shining Isle (Urban Fantasy)
Publication Date: April 8, 2006| Series: Urban Fantasy Among us walk a race older than time-called the Travelers, Tuatha dŽ Dannan, the Sidhe, the Fair Folk, and the F‡'dh, they are the magical beings who remember when forests covered much of the earth and people revered the older gods and goddesses. "The Shining Isle" is the story of Holly Tremenhere and the small island of Inishr'm. Holly was awakened to the mysteries at a young age, but could not cope with their seemingly alien reality and turned away from them. Now, disillusioned with the senselessness of day-to-day existence, ...
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 | Mummies and Mortuary Monuments: A Postprocessual Prehistory of CentralAndean Social Organization
Publication Date: January 1997Since prehistoric times, Andean societies have been organized around the ayllu, a grouping of real or ceremonial kinspeople who share labor, resources, and ritual obligations. Many Andean scholars believe that the ayllu is as ancient as Andean culture itself, possibly dating back as far as 6000 B.C., and that is arose to alleviate the hardships of farming in the mountainous Andean environment. In this boldly revisionist book, however, William Isbell persuasively argues that the ayllu developed during the latter half of the Early Intermediate Period (around A.D. ...
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 | The Devil Who Tamed Her
Release Date: April 29, 2008Johanna Lindsey presents a sparkling, passionate Regency-era novel in which a beautiful but ruthless gossip meets her match in a dashing rake who sets out to change her wicked ways. Featuring two enthralling characters from the unforgettable bestseller The Heir, The Devil Who Tamed Her is a spirited new tale about the transforming power of true love.Ophelia Reid is an incomparable beauty with a reputation for starting rumors and spreading them. Having purposely wrecked her engagement to Duncan MacTavish, a future marquis, which her social-climbing father arranged,...
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 | The Castle of Otranto and The Old English Baron: Two Classic Gothic Romances in One Volume (Reader's Edition)
Publication Date: December 1, 2011Widely acknowledged as the first Gothic novel, "The Castle of Otranto" is a tale of greed, lust, terror, and retribution. After her fiance is mysteriously slain just before they are to be married, Isabella must ward off the attentions of Manfred, her fiance's father, who schemes to marry her despite the existence of a living wife. In "The Old English Baron," the peasant-born but distinguished Edmund is welcomed into the family of the local baron, where he discovers a hidden enemy and uncovers a ghostly secret. These stories have been carefully edited to foll...
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 | Skeleton Hiccups
Release Date: August 9, 2005| Age Level: 3 and up What's the best way to help a skeleton get over his hiccups? ...
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 | What the Mouse Found
Publication Date: May 30, 2008| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up This special collection gathers for the first time a number of obscure and unpublished children's story by master storyteller Charles de Lint, each story featuring a brand new illustration. ...
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 | Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Pacific War
Release Date: February 6, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up"I WANTED TO SERVE, TO BE PART OF THIS THING MY FATHER HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR. I DIDN'T WANT THE WAR TO END, AND ALL I'D BE ABLE TO SAY WAS, NO I DIDN'T SERVE, I WAS RIGHT HERE THE WHOLE WAR, SAFE IN BAKERSFIELD." Adam Pelko witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that killed his father, a lieutenant on the USS Arizona. Even though Adam is underage, he defies his mother's wishes and enlists in the Marines. Sent first to boot camp, then to Okinawa, he experiences the stark reality of war firsthand -- the camaraderie and the glory as w...
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 | Kel Gilligan's Daredevil Stunt Show
Publication Date: September 1, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up From Michael Buckley, the bestselling author of the Sisters Grimm and NERDS series, and Dan Santat, author-illustrator of Sidekicks, comes this hilarious picture book starring Kel Gilligan (a.k.a. “The Boy Without Fear”) that encourages kids to laugh at their fears and celebrates the bravery it takes to try new things no matter how ordinary. Narrated by Kel himself as he attempts his “stunts” with Evel Knievel–like flair, the story unfolds as a performance in which readers themselve...
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 | My Legs and Feet (Welcome Books: My Body)
Publication Date: September 1, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Blasting Off: Rockets Then and Now (Here We Go!)
Publication Date: January 1999| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
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 | The Science of a Loaf of Bread: The Science of Changing Properties
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 | Ocr Gateway Gcse Chemistry (Lonsdale Exam Practice Workbooks)
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 | Ghost Horses (Mysteries in Our National Parks, Book 6)
Release Date: January 1, 2002| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | 1001 Things to Spot Long Ago
Publication Date: January 1, 2010| Age Level: 3 and up...
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 | Old MacDonald Had a Dragon
Release Date: October 9, 2012| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: Pre-K and up Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on that farm he had . . . adragon? The animals aren’t happy that there’s a dragon on the farm. ButOld MacDonald likes his dragon . . . until it starts swallowing up theanimals! Can Old MacDonald save his farm before it’s too late? Find out inthis silly adaptation of the popular song. Christopher Santoro’s brilliantartwork combines with Ken Baker’s fun text for a story sure to ticklekids’ funny bones. ...
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 | Chuck Yeager (Famous Flyers)
Publication Date: December 2003| Age Level: 10 and up...
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 | Vincent Van Gogh (Tell Me About)
Publication Date: June 1998| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | Yom Kippur with Bina, Benny, and Chaggai Havonah (Artscroll Children's Holiday Series)
Publication Date: September 1, 1991| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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