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"It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places....
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We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet we are listless, divided, and miserable. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, but our political landscape is unmoored, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these truths? And how should we respond? For evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the cause of our troubles is clear: the accelerating...
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
50th anniversary [edition].
Language
English
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"In today's challenging job-market, as recent grads face a shifting economic landscape and seek work that pays and inspires, as workers are laid off mid-career, and as people search for an inspiring work-life change, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. This completely updated edition features the latest resources, strategies, and perspectives on today's job market, revealing surprising advice on what works--and...
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Publisher
Regan Arts
Pub. Date
[2018].
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English
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"Until the lion has its own storyteller, tales of the lion hunt will always glorify the hunter. --Zimbabwean proverb In 2015, an American hunter named Walter Palmer shot and killed a lion named Cecil. The lion was one of dozens slain each year in Zimbabwe, which legally licenses the hunting of big cats. But Cecil's death sparked unprecedented global outrage, igniting thousands of media reports about the peculiar circumstances surrounding this hunt....
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Publisher
Jist Works
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
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"How this book works. First take a self-assessment to discover your top three career skills. Then browse the best jobs list for your top skills. Finally, look at the job descriptions for details on earnings, growth, job tasks, education and training needed, and much more. Simple."--from cover, p. [4]
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
1971-
Language
English
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"With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2018 and tailors Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers. In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career,...
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Sister Jane Foxhunting mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"'Sister' Jane Arnold and her four-legged friends uncover a new tale of mystery and mayhem in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains"--
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Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"It's the start of fox-hunting season and Sister is training a new generation of hounds in eager anticipation of Opening Hunt. But before they make it to that exciting day, a man dies, apparently by suicide, shocking a community that never saw the death coming. Then Crawford Howard receives an ominous video in which he appears to be doing scandalous, career-ending deeds. The video is doctored, but does it matter? The unknown blackmailer promises to...
51) My first rifle
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Publisher
Little Sportsman, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Teaches gun safety and responsible firearm use.
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 3
Publisher
Aaron Johnson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Jake, Amber, and Wes encounter new dangers and find their friendship tested as they follow the clues Jake's grandfather hid away in the old scrapbook. The stakes are higher, and the history goes deeper as the three kids put their heads together to solve a puzzle that is perhaps hundreds of years in the making.
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 1
Publisher
Aaron Johnson
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Before leaving on a two-month summer vacation, Jake Evans finds a gift from his deceased grandfather that will lead him on a scavenger hunt through ten of America's most rugged, wild, and beautiful parks"--Back cover.
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 4
Publisher
Aaron Johnson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
While camping in Zion National Park, Jake Evans and his friends uncover a new set of cryptic clues hidden in his grandfather's scrapbook. Battling unpredictable weather, unforeseen challenges, and an elusive adversary, the three friends are forced to rely on their problem-solving skills, the power of their growing friendship, and the courage to do the right thing.
55) The trap
Author
Series
The hunt trilogy volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First editon.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Now that they know how to reverse the virus, Gene and Sissy have one final chance to save those they love and create a better life for themselves. But as they struggle to get there, Gene's mission sets him on a crash course with Ashley June, his first love . . . and his deadliest enemy"--
56) War cry
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The saga of the legendary Courtney family continues in this fourteenth installment in Wilbur Smith's bestselling series—the sequel to 2009's Assegai—a thrilling tale of espionage, adventure, and danger, set in Africa and spanning from the Great War's end to the dark days of World War II.
As a member of the remarkable Courtney family, Leon Courtney knows how quickly fortunes can be won and lost. Over the course of more than two
...57) Gods & monsters
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Bent on revenge after a heartbreaking loss, Lou must battle the darkness within her, which will take more than love to drive out, in this mesmerizing conclusion to the Serpent & Dove trilogy.
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Series
Octagon Valley volume 1
Publisher
Disney, Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After passing an intense exam, Edwin Edgefield becomes one of the lucky few to attend an exclusive weekend at the mysterious high-tech institute of the uber-famous-ultrabazillionaire-genius-recluse Onasander Octagon. Edwin hopes he'll meet other kids like him--kids who will accept him even though he's got a photographic memory, genius-level math skills, and some very specific personality quirks. But when he meets the other misfits (um, students),...
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Campground Kids volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Adventure starts in the Grand Canyon where Isaiah, Sadie, and Ethan discover a small box engraved with their names. The box contains a hidden message with mysterious clues that lead them on a scavenger hunt. As the kids are solving the carefully crafted riddles on what seems to be a wild goose chase, they stumble across a clue scribbled on a ripped piece of fabric. "Help me," it reads. The kids are stumped by this clue. What can it possibly mean?...
60) Firelight
Author
Series
Firelight novels volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Jacinda, who can change into a dragon, is forced to move away from her community of shapeshifters and start a more normal life, she falls in love with a boy who proves to be her most dangerous enemy.
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