1962-
Author
Language
English
Description
"Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where...
2) Six years
Author
Language
English
Description
Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself...
3) Codex 1962
Author
Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Over the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has earned a global reputation as one of the world's most interesting writers. But what the world has never been able to read is his great trilogy of novels, known collectively as CoDex 1962-now finally complete. Josef Löwe, the narrator, was born in 1962-the same year, the same moment even, as Sjón. Josef's story, however, stretches back decades in the form of Leo...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Describes the isolated Nevada air base known as Area 51, covering its use for testing top-secret aircraft, and discusses speculation about a connection to unidentified flying objects.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Mouse and Poppa venture into the great outdoors, they discover all the seasonal pastimes that make winter a special time of year for kids. From making snow angels to building a snowman who looks more like a snow mouse, this book is brimming with fun.
6) Flights
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
A seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist discovers the Achilles tendon by dissecting his own amputated leg. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just as suddenly reappear. Through these brilliantly imagined...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A thrilling journey into the spiritual, scientific and sometimes threatened world of dolphins. Includes an 8-page photo insert, explores the extraordinary world of dolphins in an interesting and accessible format that engages as well as entertains.
10) Diego
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.
Author
Series
LEGO power functions idea book volume 1
Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A compilation of small projects to build with LEGO Technic parts, including gears, motors, gadgets, and other moving elements. Contains step-by-step building instructions for rack-and-pinion steering systems, sliding doors, grasping claws, and ball-shooting devices. Explores principles of simple machines, gearing, and power translation"--
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On Ana's first day of kindergarten, the slide stood like a mountain." The other kids in her class encourage her to glide "down, down, down, to the bottom and her new friends." Young readers will relate to these elementary school children playing outside. In first grade, Ana meets Karina, who becomes her best friend. Together, they swing higher and higher as they try to kick the sky! In second grade, Ana and her friends dangle like monkeys, eat pretend...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
No one fights crime harder than the Crimebiters gang... and of course my crime-fighting dog, Abby. Together, we've fought against corruption in the world of elementary school sports and even stopped a neighborhood crime ring! But now a copy of the final math test has been stolen, AND our local animal shelter (where I found Abby!) is in danger of closing. As if that weren't enough, Daisy has introduced her new kitten, Purrkins, into the Crimebiters...
Author
Series
LEGO technic idea book volume 1
Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Each project uses color-coded pieces and is photographed from multiple angles, making it easy to see how the models are assembled without the need for step-by-step instructions. Every model illustrates a different principle, concept, or mechanism that will inspire your own original creations. You're encouraged to...
20) Wheeled wonders
Author
Series
Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Contains ideas and visual instructions for building cars, trucks, and other vehicles using LEGO bricks, motors, and wheels.
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