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Author
Publisher
Watson-Guptill Publications
Language
English
Description
A guide to drawing the human head, featuring three hundred drawings and diagrams, with analysis of the basic structure, proportions, and anatomy of the head; descriptions of the form and musculature of facial features; and step-by-step explanations of how to age the face from birth onward
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Reminiscent of another debut Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest this powerful first novel by short story writer Udall (Letting Loose the Hounds) is constructed around grotesque set pieces; black humor drives the plot. Set in the late '60s, Udall's story begins when seven-year-old Edgar Mint, the half-Apache, half-white narrator, is run over by the mailman's car, his head crushed. Abandoned by his grandmother and alcoholic mother after his...
7) Memory Man
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Amos Decker's life changed forever--twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good, and left him with an improbable side effect--he can never forget anything. The second time was at home nearly two decades later....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a shipwreck surfaces, old secrets are sure to follow. Or so goes the lore in Ivy Neale's hometown of Nags Head, North Carolina. When Ivy inherits her family's beachfront cottage upon her grandmother's death, she knows returning to Nags Head means facing the best friend and the boyfriend who betrayed her years ago. But then a winter gale uncovers the shipwreck of local legend--and Ivy soon begins to stumble across more skeletons in the closet...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"How do our eyes and ears work? What do our noses do? This book explores the anatomy of the human head. From hair and skin down to muscle and bone, find out how each part works, and how it is all controlled by our amazing brain."--
15) Canaan's gate
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Bay Tanner investigates the suspicious death of a wealthy matron amid allegations of a scam targeting seniors, a situation that is complicated by the disappearance of Bay's client and Red's mixed feelings about working for the agency.
19) Jericho Cay
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
While restoring her Hilton Head home after a brush with a hurricane, PI Bay Tanner reluctantly accepts bestselling true-crime writer Winston Wolfe as a client. Arrogant and secretive, Wolfe is researching the cold-case disappearance of reclusive millionaire Morgan Tyler Bell from his secluded private island off the South Carolina coast. Adding to the mystery, Bells personal assistant vanished as well. But what has Bays investigative antennae quivering...
20) Concussion
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Concussion is the riveting, unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite sport and puts him in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL.