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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Creepella von Cacklefur and her niece Shivereen visit scary Squeakspeare Mansion. There they meet Bobby Squeakspeare, a descendent of the famouse writer, William Squeakspeare. Will the spooky rooms and ghosts they find inside the mansion be friendly--or frightening?
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the days of the Wild West, the "outlaw trail" was a series of rugged routes linking remote hideouts from Canada to Mexico. Winding through mountain ranges and desert mesas, into river valleys and slot canyons, these interwoven trails were frequented by cattle rustlers and bandits, including Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch gang. Discovering the Outlaw Trail explores some of the most stunning and significant locations in the West so you can ride,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
"Why are we drawn to certain cities? Perhaps because of a story read in childhood. Or a chance teenage meeting. Or maybe simply because the place touches us, embodying in its tribes, towers and history an aspect of our understanding of what it means to be human. Paris is about romantic love. Lourdes equates with devotion. New York means energy. London is forever trendy. Berlin is all about volatility. Berlin is a city of fragments and ghosts, a laboratory...
244) New selected poems
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
More than twenty-five years after the appearance of his first Selected Poems, we at last have a magnificent new gathering of Mark Strand's work, one that spans and celebrates his entire remarkable career to date. From Sleeping with One Eye Open (1964) through the wonderful middle work that includes The Continuous Life (1990), and crowned by the Pulitzer Prizewinning Blizzard of One (1998) and his most recent collection, Man and Camel (2006),...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
The story of the American Indians has, until now, been told as a 500-year tragedy, a story of violent and fatal encounters with Europeans and their diseases, followed by steady retreat, defeat, and diminishment. Yet the true story begins much earlier, and its final recent chapter adds a major twist. Jake Page, one of the Southwest's most distinguished writers and a longtime student of Indian history and culture, tells a radically new story, thanks...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Young's book is a personal memoir of the post-2005 period in Lebanon, when the Cedar Revolution led to the pullout of the Syrian army from the country, kicking off a protracted period of domestic tension, invasions, civil war, assassinations, huge rallies, secret meetings, incessant scheming, and fear.
247) The midnight gate
Author
Series
Spellbinder novels volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
It's been two months since Belladonna Johnson discovered she was the Spellbinder. When a ghost gives Belladonna and Steve a mysterious map, the friends don't know if they should be looking for or hiding from the one person who holds the answers to Belladonna's powers: the Queen of the Abyss.
Author
Series
Barb the last Berzerker volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Barb is a Berzerker, part of an elite crew of warriors who protect the land of Bailiwick from the scourge of monsters. The evil Witch Head has captured all the adult Berzerkers and Barb's the only one who can save them. But she's not alone--Barb's got her own amateur crew of would-be zerks, made up of farmers, monsters, and her best pal Porkchop the yeti. This ragtag gang must infiltrate Maug Horn, the monster capital where only monsters are allowed,...
249) All the hidden paths
Author
Series
Tithenai chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With the plot against them foiled and the city of Qi-Katai in safe hands, newlywed and tentative lovers Velasin and Caethari have just begun to test the waters of their relationship. But the wider political ramifications of their marriage are still playing out across two nations, and all too soon, they're summoned north to Tithena's capital city, Qi-Xihan, to present themselves to its monarch. With Caethari newly invested as his grandmother's heir...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic story of one man's recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumas. In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he...
Publisher
A Wave Blue World, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Haphazard pirates, wayward ghosts, dashing knights, rampaging kaiju (and down-to-earth regular joes!) are all assembled here to amaze and delight you in a wildly unique anthology celebrating love between men, from an astounding array of comics creators who know exactly how it feels. Featuring stories and art from SINA GRACE, NED BARNETT, ANTHONY OLIVEIRA, CHARLES PULLIAM-MOORE, NICK ROBLES, IAN MCGINTY, and many more, YOUNG MEN IN LOVE is a heartwarming,...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The definitive story of the California redwoods, their discovery and their exploitation, as told by an activist who fought to protect their existence against those determined to cut them down. Every year millions of tourists from around the world visit California's famous redwoods. Yet few who strain their necks to glimpse the tops of the world's tallest trees understand how unlikely it is that these last isolated groves of giant trees still stand...
254) Red country
Author
Series
First Law World volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
With her cowardly step father for company, Shy South journeys into the lawless Far Country, reckoning with the Ghosts and being forced into an alliance with the infamous soldier of fortune Nicomo Cosca, with one purpose in mind: to get her family back.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Set off on a mystical adventure like no other and trace the history of magical ritual--from alchemy and divination to fortune-telling and séances. Meet witches and wizards, fairies and monsters, UFOs and aliens, and much, much more..."--
256) What became of magic
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Aline Weir, a witch who can talk to ghosts, has kept her talents hidden ever since a disastrous middle school slumber party, choosing to be invisible and use her powers in secret to help lost souls reunite with the keys to send them home. All the while, she finds solace in a bookstore and the three mysterious women who run it... until Aline discovers the book of Mischief, and her powers are enhanced. Living a solitary life until the age of thirty,...
259) Santa Fe
Author
Series
Publisher
Fodor's Travel, a division of Internet Brands, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Whether you want to visit art galleries in Santa Fe, explore Georgia O'Keeffe's studio at Ghost Ranch, or learn about Native American history in Taos, the local Fodor's travel experts in New Mexico are here to help! Fodor's In Focus Santa Fe guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has an easy-to-read layout,...
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Hit the road with this collection of 200 epic bike rides across Australia and New Zealand. Cycle along Tasmania's Bay of Fires Trail or pedal through the South Island's misty native forest on the Old Ghost Road. Featuring 50 first-person stories and a further 150 ideas for similar trips, you'll find inspiration for a lifetime of biking adventures."--Amazon.com.
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