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1) Wild Justice
Author
Series
Physical Desc
25 pages
Language
English
Description
The thrilling first short story in the WILD Mystery Series, WILD JUSTICE was originally published in Ellery Queen Magazine and this long short story was brought back in its own printing due to public demand. In WILD JUSTICE, Resource Protection Agent Jamaica Wild takes on a wolf-killer in remote back-country in spite of the dark and deadly cold of winter's night. Racing against time to find a litter of newborn wolf pups after their mother is murdered,...
Author
Series
Earth's wild places volume 2
Publisher
Friends of the Earth; distributed by McCall Pub. Co., New York
Pub. Date
[1970?]
Physical Desc
160 p. : ill. (some col.) maps ; 36 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Knight's hills of home are the gentler Alps and for that reason the more easily lost. Gerhard Klammet has searched out the mood beautifully. Selections have been included from Alpine literature to explore what the Alps have meant to many men, and what men have brought there to make them less than what was there to begin with. This book represents the quintessential Alps.
Author
Series
Earth's wild places volume 5
Publisher
Friends of the Earth
Pub. Date
[1971]
Physical Desc
176 p. : ill. (part col.), col. map ; 36 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eryri, in northwestern Wales, is one of the last and most beautiful wild places of Britain. It can be rescued from outmoded concepts of what growth and progress consist of, and so can the Snowdonia National Park of which Eryri is a unique and beautiful part.
4) Wyatt Earp
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of lawman Wyatt Earp, describing the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral and other exploits that shaped his life in Kansas and Arizona. Also includes a glossary and a further reading list.
5) Doc Holliday
Author
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of Doc Holliday, the dentist who gave up his practice to be a gambler and gunslinger in the Wild West, eventually joining forces with lawman Wyatt Earp and taking part in the famous shoot-out at the O.K. Corral. Also includes a glossary and a further reading list.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado that bears his name.
7) Wild indigo
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The high desert of New Mexico becomes the backdrop for this debut novel of ancient rituals, restless spirits, a desperate female Fed, and a crime that could destroy an entire culture . . . Bureau of Land Management Agent Jamaica Wild has witnessed the death of a Tanoah Pueblo man trampled to death by stampeding buffalo. The tribe has declared the incident a suicide, the FBI concurs, and the body is hurried to ceremony before the sun can go down on...
Author
Series
Oscar Wilde murder mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
347 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young artist's model has been murdered, and legendary wit Oscar Wilde enlists his friends Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Sherard to help him investigate. But when they arrive at the scene of the crime they find no sign of the gruesome killing -- save one small spatter of blood, high on the wall. Set in London, Paris, Oxford, and Edinburgh at the height of Queen Victoria's reign, here is a gripping eyewitness account of Wilde's secret involvement...
Author
Series
Oscar Wilde murder mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
402 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's 1892, and Wilde is the toast of London, riding high on the success of his play Lady Windemere's Fan. While celebrating with friends at a dinner party he conjures up a game called "murder" that poses the question: Who would you most like to kill? Wilde and friends -- including Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, and poet Robert Sherard (the novel's narrator) -- write the names of their "victims" on pieces of paper and choose them one by one. After...
10) Wild inferno
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jamaica Wild risks the dangers of wildfires on the Southern Ute Reservation to go after a missing Ute man, Grampa Ned, who wandered into the area. But she also finds a dying firefighter who sputters a cryptic message before losing consciousness. As the fire rages out of control, Jamaica must decode the message to save the Pueblo people and also her wolf, Mountain.
Author
Series
Oscar Wilde murder mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
365 p. : map. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Paris, 1883. Oscar Wilde, aged twenty-seven, has come to the city of decadence to discover its charms, to rekindle his friendship with the divine Sarah Bernhardt and to collaborate with France's most celebrated actor-manager, Edmond La Grange. Oscar discovers dark secrets lying at the heart of the La Grange company, and is confronted by murders both foul and bizarre. To solve the crimes, to unravel the mystery, Oscar risks his life -- and his reputation...
12) Wild sorrow
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tracking a wounded mountain lion, Jamaica comes across an old Indian School, where children were 'Americanized' after being taken from their homes. As a snowstorm sweeps the canyon, Jamaica must take refuge in the abandoned school. Exploring, Jamaica discovers the desecrated body of an elderly Anglo woman, frozen on the floor. This discovery, combined with the troubled history of the abandoned school, haunts Jamaica throughout the night with the howling...
13) Dragon haven
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the dragons, the humans--including the strong and defiant Rain Wild girl Thymara; the wealthy dragon scholar and Trader's wife, Alise; and her companion, the urbane Sedric--and their magical supply barge, captained by the gruff Leftrin, forge their way ever deeper into uncharted wilderness, human and beast alike discover they are changing in mysterious and dangerous ways ... an that all of them may not survive.
14) Dragon keeper
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, a tangle of serpents fights its way up the Rain Wild River to the cocooning grounds. But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old; some cannot fly, others are stunted or deformed. To save the dragons, a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them if they are to find their true home--the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra.
Author
Series
Oscar Wilde volume 4
Publisher
John Murray
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
421 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oscar Wilde and the Nest of Vipers opens in the spring of 1890 at a glamorous reception hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Albemarle. All London's haut monde is there, including the Prince of Wales, who counts the Albemarles as close friends. Although it is the first time Oscar and Bertie have met, Oscar seems far more interested in Rex LaSalle, a young actor, who disarmingly claims to be a vampire... However, what begins as a diverting evening ends...
16) Wild penance
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
After witnessing a dramatic death in the Gorge, Jamaica Wild examines a secret, ancient religious group that reenacts Jesus' crucifixion and practices excessive penance, but is warned not to investigate too closely when someone makes an attempt on her life.
17) Bobcats
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bobcats.
18) City of dragons
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once, dragons ruled the Rain Wilds, tended by privileged human servants known as Elderlings. But a series of cataclysmic eruptions nearly drove these magnificent creatures to extinction. Born weak and deformed, the last of their kind had one hope for survival: to return to their ancient city of Kelsingra. Accompanied by a disparate crew of untested young keepers, the dragons embarked on a harsh journey into the unknown along the toxic Rain Wild River....
19) Orangutans
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the world of primates. This title includes information about classification, habitats, adaptations, food chains, behavior, and intelligence. It helps readers learn about the threats these creatures face, how they can help protect them and their habitats, and what the future holds for them.
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Author
Series
Oscar Wilde murder mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
337 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
In 1892 Arthur Conan Doyle, exhausted by his creation Sherlock Holmes, retires to the spa at Bad Homburg. But his rest cure does not go as planned. The first person he encounters is Oscar Wilde, and when the two friend make a series of macabre discoveries amongst the portmanteau of fan mail Conan Doyle has brought to answer -- a severed finger, a lock of hair and finally an entire severed hand -- the game is once more afoot. The trail leads to Rome,...
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