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2) The other
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
When two boys--John William Barry and Neil Countryman--meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they're brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington's remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to...
4) Pig
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A truffle hunter returns home to Portland, Oregon to find his beloved foraging pig who has been kidnapped.
Author
Series
Wilde volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone, including himself. Decades ago, he was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. After the police concluded an exhaustive hunt for the child's family, which was never found, he was turned over to the foster system. Now, thirty years later, Wilde still doesn't know where he comes from, and he's back living in the woods on the outskirts of town, content to be an outcast, comfortable...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
El libro que inspiró la película
“Una primera novela dolorosamente hermosa que es a la vez la historia de un misterioso asesinato, de una iniciación a la vida y una celebración de la naturaleza ... Owens explora las marismas desoladas de la costa de Carolina del Norte a través de los ojos de una niña abandonada. Y en su aislamiento, esa niña nos abre los ojos a las secretas maravillas...
“Una primera novela dolorosamente hermosa que es a la vez la historia de un misterioso asesinato, de una iniciación a la vida y una celebración de la naturaleza ... Owens explora las marismas desoladas de la costa de Carolina del Norte a través de los ojos de una niña abandonada. Y en su aislamiento, esa niña nos abre los ojos a las secretas maravillas...
7) Beast
Author
Series
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"What kind of man am I? I wonder what I think about now that I have spend a year here, watching the layers peel off, stripping myself back...
Beast plunges you into the world of Edward Buckmaster, a man living alone on a west-country. What he has left behind we don't quite know. What he faces is a battle with himself, the elements, and with the animal he begins to see in the margins of his vision. A creature that will become an obsession..."
Publisher
Festival Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
American director Edward A. Burger documents his journey into the lives of China's forgotten Zen Buddhist hermit tradition. The Zhongnan Mountains have been home to recluses for some five thousand years; Burger's experiences demonstrate that the tradition continues to thrive. One of only a few foreigners to have lived and studied with these hidden sages, Burger reveals to us their tradition, their wisdom, and the hardship and joy of their everyday...
Author
Series
(Andrew Wayne),Relic volume 5
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
313 pages : map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A moonshining hermit. An aspiring lawyer. A $55 million-dollar eco-scam.
Criminal clients, a pollution mitigation scam, and a million-dollar double-cross make Moonshine Mesa a dangerous place for an aspiring lawyer, an intrepid deputy, and a moonshining hermit.
Something is killing bees, crows, and humans at Moonshine Mesa. When Parker finds suspicious readings at a remote pump station, clients of a prestigious law firm prepare to toss him off...
10) Broken inn
Author
Series
(Andrew Wayne),Relic volume 5
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
303 pages : map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A moonshining hermit -- A budding reporter -- A $25 million misdirection. The mob, undercover agents, and secret payloads make Broken Inn a dangerous place for a fresh reporter, a newspaper photographer, and a moonshining hermit. Hailey witnesses a murder at the enigmatic Broken Inn, but when she learns that the hotel manager and her editor are pals, she investigates on her own. When a corrupt guard finds her snooping, she flees into a box canyon,...
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