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The Underground City is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, serialized in Le Temps in March and April 1877 and published immediately afterward by Pierre-Jules Hetzel. Covering a time span of over ten years, this novel follows the fortunes of the mining community of Aberfoyle near Stirling, Scotland. Receiving a letter from an old colleague, mining engineer James Starr sets off for the old Aberfoyle mine, thought to have been mined out ten years...
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"The Call of the Canyon" is a novel by American author Zane Grey, first published in 1924. Set in 1920s New York, it is the story of a veteran returning from war who is nursed back to health by a compassionate girl from Arizona. A powerful tale of Western romance, "The Call of the Canyon" would make for a worthy addition to any collection and is not to be missed by fans of Grey's fantastic work.
4) Breaking sky
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In the year 2048 Chase Harcourt, call sign "Nyx," is one of only two pilots chosen to fly the experimental "Streaker" jets at the junior Air Force Academy, but few know the pain and loneliness of her past or the dark secret about her father, and as the world tilts toward war, Chase cracks open a military secret.
5) Firestorm
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Destroyermen volume 6
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Roc
Pub. Date
2011
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422 p. : maps : 24 cm.
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Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy and the crew of the USS "Walker" find themselves caught between the nation they swore to defend and the allies they promised to protect.
6) Bear's scare
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Bear and Spider volume 1
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Bloomsbury
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2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Bear cares about keeping his house clean and tidy almost as much as he cares about his stuffed friend, Ursa, so he is determined to find the spider building messy webs there.
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Alex Rider adventures volume 10
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Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
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2013.
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374 pages ; 22 cm.
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Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's greatest nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led him to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle, became a spy.
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Barsoom series volume 1
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Tantor Media
Pub. Date
p2012
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6 CD s (6.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Ex-Confederate Army captain John Carter finds himself suddenly and unwittingly transported to Mars while fleeing Apache Indians. This new world is populated by a race of monstrous Martians whose culture is based on the ability to fight for their race. Captured by the savage green men of Thark, John discovers that the gravitational difference between Mars and Earth has endowed him with the strength that he will need for survival on this hostile planet....
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Swallow Press
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[2017]
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344 pages ; 23 cm
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"Sacred chants are Ada Franklin's power and her medicine: by saying them, she can remove warts, stanch bleeding, and, especially, draw the fire from burns. At age twenty, her reputation as a faith healer defines her in her rural Pennsylvania community"--
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Tantor Media, Inc
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[2011]
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12 CDs (14.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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The standard source of classic tales from Greece, Rome, the Norse tradition, and beyond, "The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes" from Bulfinch's Mythology is a vibrant collection of the stories that form our cultural heritage.
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Faces of evil volume 1
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Tantor Media, Inc
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2013
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7 sound discs (8 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Special Agent Jess Harris travels to Birmingham Alabama to advise on a case of four missing young women, but the case forces her to confront all the reasons she put her hometown, and her first love, behind her all those years ago.
14) Say her name
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In a novel based on the author's real-life tragedy, Goldman, consumed with grief and guilt over the accidental death of his wife just before their second anniversary, obsessively collects every memory of her, especially her writings, with the hope of keeping her alive in his mind.
16) The absolutist
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In September 1919, Tristan Sadler travels to Norwich to deliver some letters to the sister of a man he fought beside in World War I, but the real reason for his visit is the need to unburden himself of his wartime experiences.
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Tantor Media
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p2011
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6 sound discs (7.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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William Silver is a talented and charismatic young teacher whose unconventional methods raise eyebrows among his colleagues and superiors. His students, however, are devoted to him. Emotionally scarred by failures in his personal life and driven to distraction by the City of Light's overpowering carnality and beauty, Silver succumbs to a temptation that will change the course of his life. His fall will render him a criminal in the eyes of some and...
19) Fuzzy
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When Max (Maxine Zealster) befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, she helps him navigate Vanguard Middle School and together they reveal the truth behind the Robot Integration Program.
20) Hemingway's girl
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2012
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In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman, knows hunger. Her struggle to support her family following her father's death leads her to a bar and bordello, where she bets on a risky boxing match...and attracts the interest of two men: world-famous writer Ernest Hemingway and Gavin Murray, one of the World War I veterans who are laboring to build the Overseas Highway. When Mariella is hired as...
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