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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2004
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (4.25 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the world's oldest epic. Tyrannical King Gilgamesh rules the ancient city of Uruk, ruthlessly trampling its citizens. The gods send an untamed man named Enkidu to control the ruthless king, but he ends up befriending Gilgamesh and together they embark on a series of adventures. When Enkindu is felled by disease, Gilgamesh moves on in a soul-searching journey of self-discovery.
42) Physik
Author
Series
Septimus Heap volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pulled through a glass that brings him back in time, Septimus Heap becomes the apprentice of an alchemist.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
From the author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times bestselling author Sarah Vowell's exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop's "city upon a hill," a shining example, a "city that cannot be hid."
To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means? and what it should...
To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means? and what it should...
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher by training, and an amateur sleuth by choice. When a young man falls from a balcony to his death, Isabel does not believe it was an accident. Plunging deep into the shady business community of Edinburgh, she is determined to root out the truth.
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 2
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
p2006
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (8 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now thirteen years old, Tom Ward continues his apprenticeship with the Spook as they confront a dangerous bane who can control people's thoughts.
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder's second novel, won him the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes. The novel opens in the aftermath of an inexplicable tragedy-a tiny footbridge in Peru breaks, and five travelers hurtle to their deaths. Most townspeople think to themselves with secret joy, "Within 10 minutes myself...." But for Brother Juniper, a humble Franciscan friar who witnesses the catastrophe, the question is inescapable: Why those...
Author
Series
Sunday philosophy club volume 5
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (7 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a patient dies accidentally, an impeccably credentialed doctor is accused of fraudulent involvement with a new drug. Isabel launches an investigation, concerned that a good man's reputation will be ruined. Could the doctor be taking the fall for someone else's mistake? Or did a nefarious pharmaceutical company put its lofty ambitions ahead of safety?
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume s. 9-16
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
p2002
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (5 hr., 24 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Dolphins at daybreak: Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle.
Ghost town at sundown: Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to the Wild West, where they experience excitement and danger and try to solve a riddle.
Lions at lunchtime: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere, is in an uproar (good and bad) following vast inheritances from wealthy old families. Only "Cool Koko" knows what's happening . . . and he's not telling. Jim Qwilleran thinks it's because he has more whiskers than ordinary cats, but who's counting? Meanwhile... Koko meets a piano tuner. Polly goes to Paris. Qwill writes a play (an absurdist play titled The Cat Who Got Elected Dog Catcher). And there's a...
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke.
Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches, binds boggarts, and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor. Tom doesn't know who the stranger is or what he wants, but the Spook suddenly decides it's time to leave Chipenden and travel
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While the town of Pickax is swept up in its sesquicentennial celebrations, Koko has developed a strange new hobby: He drops himself from balconies, occasionally landing in the oddest of places. When a young man comes to visit his wealthy relatives, Koko plummets straight onto his head! Meanwhile, a hurricane is brewing, and the visitor's family members soon fall deathly ill. Qwill has his work cut out for him as Pickax-as foreshadowed by Koko-is about...
Author
Series
J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beau and his lover Mel (she is also an investigator) are both investigating cases which they discover are linked, and which may be tied to those in high place in the police force.
55) City of glass
Author
Series
Mortal instruments volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
13 sound discs (ca. 15 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, and to its capital, the City of Glass, where with the help of a newfound friend, Sebastian, she uncovers important truths about her family's past that will not only help save her mother but all those that she holds most dear.
56) City of glass
Author
Series
Mortal instruments volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
13 sound discs (ca. 15 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, and to its capital, the City of Glass, where with the help of a newfound friend, Sebastian, she uncovers important truths about her family's past that will not only help save her mother but all those that she holds most dear.
Author
Series
Virgil Flowers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Flowers is only in his late thirties, but heś been around the block a few times, and he doesnt́ think much can surprise him anymore. Heś wrong. Itś a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, and Flowers is in bed with one of his ex-wives (the second one, if youŕe keeping count), when the phone rings. Itś Lucas Davenport. Thereś a body in Stillwater--two shots to the head, found near a veteranś memorial. And the victim has a lemon in his mouth....
Author
Series
John Sutter volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
p2005
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (5.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On McCourt's first day as a teacher, a fight broke out--which ended when a student tossed a sandich in anger. McCourt picked up the sandwich and ate it. For the next three decades, his calm demeanor and stories of difficult childhood in Ireland helped him connect with his students. He grew as a teacher and as a person, developing new techniques to educate his students. But he also became disillusioned with public-school bureaucracy, and what he has...
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (2 hr., 26 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dulcie's Taste of Magic: Poor Dulcie! After the overworked baking fairy nearly ruins breakfast, Queen Clarion tells her to take a holiday. But Dulcie's vacation is no fun at all.
Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse: She's the calmest fairy around, but then a white ladybug lands on Silvermist's head, and her orderly world goes topsy-turvy. She's never been the type of fairy to lose things, or have accidents, or make mistakes--until now.
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