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Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Into the Wild meets Helter Skelter in this riveting true story of a modern-day homesteading family in the deepest reaches of the Alaskan wilderness—and of the chilling secrets of its maniacal, spellbinding patriarch.
When Papa Pilgrim, his wife, and their fifteen children appeared in the Alaska frontier outpost of McCarthy, their new neighbors saw them as a shining example
662) Burma Sahib: a novel
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
390 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"At age nineteen, young Eton graduate Eric Blair set sail for India, dreading the assignment ahead. Along with several other young conscripts, he would be trained for three years as a servant of the British Empire, overseeing the local policemen in Burma. Navigating the social, racial, and class politics of his fellow British at the same time as he learned the local languages and struggled to control his men would prove difficult enough. But doing...
663) The book of life
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
664) Dead man
Series
Criterion collection volume 919
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Author
Publisher
Barns & Noble Books
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
ix, 850 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oliver Twist: As a young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But, Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and that true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.
A tale of two cities: A doctor, unjustly imprisoned in Paris before the French Revolution, is rescued and reunited with his daughter in London. She is...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
834 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tale of two cities: A doctor, unjustly imprisoned in Paris before the French Revolution, is rescued and reunited with his daughter in London. She is loved by two men: she marries one and the other saves her husband from the guillotine.
Great expectations: The orphaned Pip is serving as a blackmith's apprentice when an unknown benefactor supplies the means for him to be educated in London as a gentleman of "great expectations."
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Both a memoir in travel essays and an anti-guidebook, Bad Tourist takes us across four continents to fifteen countries, showing us what not to do when traveling. A woman learning to claim her own desires and adventures, Suzanne Roberts encounters lightning and landslides, sharks and piranha-infested waters, a nightclub drugging, burning bodies, and brief affairs as she searches for the love of her life and finally herself.
Throughout her travels Roberts...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
147 pages, 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of Corey Fah, a writer who has hit the literary jackpot: their novel has just won the prize for the Fictionalization of Social Evils. But the actual trophy, and with it the funds, hovers peskily out of reach. Neon-beige, with UFO-like qualities, the elusive trophy leads Corey, with their partner Drew and eight-legged companion Bambi Pavok, on a spectacular quest through their childhood in the Forest and an unlikely stint on reality...
Author
Series
Shining volume 2
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 24
Physical Desc
531 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless -- mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he...
Author
Publisher
Transit Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
667 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another? Asle, an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway, is reminiscing about his life. His only friends are his neighbour, Åsleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers—two versions...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (817 min.) : sound, color & black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The borrowers: The peach and quiet of rural life is turned topsy-turvy for everyone when a boy visiting from the city discovers a family of tiny people living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home!
Little Lord Fauntleroy: An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
Where the red fern grows: Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
James Bowen and Bob are back in The World According to Bob — a touching and true sequel about one man and the cat that changed his life. As James struggles to adjust to his transformation from street musician to international celebrity, Bob is at his side, providing moments of intelligence, bravery, and humor and opening his human friend's eyes to important truths about friendship, loyalty, trust -- and the meaning of happiness. In the continuing...
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mutants are the future, and the future begins now! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (INFINITY, SECRET WARS) takes the reigns of the X-Men universe with artists Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva to change the way you look at every X-Men story. HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X intertwine to reveal the secret past, present, future, and far future of Mutantkind! It all starts when Charles Xavier reveals his new masterplan for Mutantkind, one that will bring mutants...
Author
Series
Tales of the city volume 10
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa—allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfil his wildest dreams—she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, a romantic country manor in the UK. Now, with her adopted son, Wilfred, Mona has opened Easley’s doors to paying guests to keep her inherited English manor afloat.
As they welcome a married American couple to Easley, Mona and Wilfred discover...
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
186 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Each of these 12 stories is the perfect length for reading aloud in about five minutes, making them ideal for jam-packed days. This treasury stars favorite Marvel superheroes including Spider-Man and Iron Man.
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