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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Freddy Otash is the man in the know and the man to know in Tinseltown. He operates with two simple rules--he'll do anything but murder, and he'll never work with commies. Freddy is a corrupt L.A. cop on the skids. He executed a cop killer named Horvath and it gores him. So Captain 'Whiskey' Bill Parker cans him. Now, Freddy dons an array of new hats--sleazoid private eye, shakedown artist, matchmaker for Rock Hudson, pimp for President John F. Kennedy--and,...
3) Sloths
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Details the life and habits of sloths.
5) Slender Man
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"One man's search for the truth about one of the most intriguing urban legends ever--the modern bogeyman, Slender Man--leads him down a dark, dangerous path in this creepy supernatural fantasy that will make you question where the line between dark myth and terrifying reality begins. Lauren Bailey has disappeared. As friends at her exclusive school speculate on what happened and the police search for answers, Matt Barker dreams of trees and a black...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books/Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Her second place finish in a writing contest for third graders disappoints Emma, a deaf girl, but her best friend Izzie, who did not expect much, is thrilled to finish third, so the girls decide to celebrate together. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons describe what it would be like to live without dirt, explaining how it has been used by humans over the centuries, from cave paintings to crop farming, and the exciting prospects for soil in the future.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Protein is just one of many important elements of a healthy and balanced diet. With the help of this innovative book, readers will be excited to learn all about this essential nutrient and the foods it is found in. Vibrant photographs attract readers of all ages and levels and help familiarize them with common protein-rich foods. Accessible text provides important background information on protein and explains how it helps the human body stay strong...
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandad's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house--and gets the shock and delight of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragonfruit tree, and Tomas has got his very own dragon, Flicker ... Tomas soon finds out that life with Flicker is great fun, but also very ... unpredictable. Yes, dragons are wonderful, but they...
11) Contagion
Author
Series
Dark matter trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A scientific experiment goes wrong, and a deadly epidemic sweeps through Scotland. Callie might have survived the disease, but she didn't survive the treatment. She was kidnapped and experimented upon at a secret lab, one that works with antimatter. When she broke free of her prison, she unleashed a wave of destruction. Callie's brother Kai is looking for her, along with his friend Shay, who has been infected and is beginning to change. Now they're...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The women in black, so named for the black frocks they wear while working at an upscale department store called Goode's, are run off their feet selling ladies' cocktail dresses during the busy season. But in Sydney in the 1950s, there's always time to pursue other goals... Patty, in her mid-thirties, has been working at Goode's for years. She's married to Frank, who eats a steak for dinner every night, watches a few minutes of TV, and then turns...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The real story behind the mastermind of the most famous breakout in history--The Great Escape ... Roger Bushell was the mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944. Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers to the Imperial War Museum. Through exclusive access to this material, as well as new research from other sources, Simon Pearson has written the first biography of this iconic...
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