John Green
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John Green's family moved to Lee-on-the-Solent just in time for the outbreak of war in 1939. For a seven-year-old, war sounded like an exciting adventure, but as he sheltered with his mother and sister under the stairs during an air-raid, someone said they thought they heard machine-gun fire. They all held their breath and listened, but the noise turned out to be the rhythmic rat-a-tat of his mother's trembling knee knocking against the panelling....
23) Rod of Moses
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1923. When RAF airman Jack Toulson finds a wooden box buried in the desert, he hopes to uncover a cache of jewels or even an antique sword, but all it contains is a worthless old stick with Arabic writing on it. Disappointed, he shoves it into his bag and thinks no more of it. The next day, he decides to take a picture of the empty horizon with his new Kodak Hawk-Eye, but when the picture is developed, it shows a camel-train that had not been there....
25) Bright Spots
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Why Bright Spots?
In writing this book, my purpose is to identify the presence of light within those who have given thought to giving up. There have been many who have given up when faced with hardships. There are many who, as of this moment, are having thoughts of giving up. This book may inspire you (and them) to consider a different perspective and make a decision to live.
There are moments in our lives when we experience situations that leave...
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Buckeye Battleground is the result of a decade's worth of research at the Bliss Institute on elections in Ohio, with special emphasis on the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns, and the 2006 gubernatorial campaign. This book seeks to explain why Ohio is, and has been, at the center of American elections. Using historical analysis, demographic data, and public opinion surveys, the authors demonstrate Ohio's role as the quintessential "battleground"...
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Walking around Lee-on-the-Solent provides tantalising glimpses into its past - whether it's the balconied Victorian buildings in Pier Street, the Art Deco frontages above the shops in Marine Parade West, the airfield with its gliders soaring peacefully overhead, the hovercraft museum, the sight of yachts on the sparkling waters of the Solent, or the lengthy list of names on the War Memorial. And perhaps you remember, or have heard talk of, the Tower...
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First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
200 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Thats right, Bongo and Marsha, the super-spy Badgers, are on the case&and way over-budget. When S.U.I.T. realizes just how much money the Badgers waste with their gadgets and spy vehicles and custom plush toys, theyre sent to Bora Bora to investigate a case&the old-fashioned way. The beesthats {28}bee-ee-ee,
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
46 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"The intrepid detective and his faithful assistant take on a supernatural challenge in one of Arthur Conan Doyle's most popular mysteries. This graphic novel's original illustrations accompany an easy-to-read account of Holmes and Watson's investigation of a family curse. Readers will be irresistibly drawn into the search for a giant spectral hound that haunts the fog-shrouded moors" --
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First Second
Pub. Date
2018-
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All Marmalade wants to do is build things. She is, after all, a trained architect. Shes also a distractingly adorable kitten. Fed up with not being taken seriously because she's so cute, Marmalade bands together with a handful of other aspiring builders, all of them kittens. But in a world where humans call the shots, can the Kitten Construction Company prove their worth . . . without giving up the very things that make them kittens?
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Series
InvestiGators volume 6
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
201 pages, 1 unnumbered page : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
When rare paintings go missing, the InvestiGators are called on the scene...the ART SCENE! Mango and Brash go undercover and under canvas as internationally renowned painters to expose a crook who has truly mastered the art of CRIME! Can they recover the missing masterpieces and save the city art museum's fundraising gala before it's too late...and they run out of appetizers? Find out in this latest pièce de résistance of action-packed illustrated...
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Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
8 CDs (10 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet--from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu--on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully...
33) Hippopotamister
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First Second
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"The zoo isn't what it used to be. It's run down, and Hippo hardly ever gets any visitors. So he decides to set off for the outside with his friend Red Panda. To make it in the human world, Hippo will have to become a Hippopotamister: he'll have to act like a human, get a job, and wear a hat as a disguise. He's a good employee, whether he's a construction worker, a hair stylist, or a sous chef. But what he really needs is a job where he can be himself"--Amazon.com....
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Titan Comics, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Presents a collection of comic strips featuring the stars of "Shrek" and "Madagascar," including tales in which Shrek and Donkey try to open a day care center and the Madagascar crew attempts to build a new house.
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InvestiGators volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
208 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through back up―and the InvestiGators take the blame for it! Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?
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InvestiGators volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
208 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Sewer-loving secret agents Mango and Brash fight for the GATOR good in this zany adventure that will have readers HOOKED! The InvestiGators are the best crime-fighting duo in the world. But not even their hi-tech training programs can prepare them for the return of their greatest nemesis, Crackerdile, in a shocking new form! Even worse, he’s creating a team of super villains! Faced with the choice between saving themselves or catching the crooks,...
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Teen Boat! volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
139 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Stories of a boy with the power to transform himself into a small yacht. From breaking out into barnacles to facing pirates and detention, all the challenges of adolescence hit the boy.
39) InvestiGators
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Series
InvestiGators volume 4
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
208 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
With their Very Exciting Spy Technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks―or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.