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4101) The bug collector
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"George loves bugs. Big ones, leggy ones, ones that glow. So he decides to become the world's best collector. But fabulous creatures aren't meant for a life in a bottle." --book jacket
Author
Series
Secret journeys of Jack London volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jack London makes the arduous journey to the Yukon's gold fields in 1893, becoming increasingly uneasy about supernatural forces in the wilderness that seem to have taken a special interest in him.
4103) The Yankee years
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written as a third-person narrative with "Sports Illustrated" senior baseball writer Verducci, "The Yankee Years" is a thoughtful, utterly honest, and gripping behind-the-scenes look at the Yankees' organization from the most successful--and most respected--baseball manager of the modern era.
4104) Faith of my fathers
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Congressman John McCain explains how he learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Experience the breathtaking dangers and delights of ancient Rome in "The sign of the cross"; trek through a perilous jungle with "Four frightened people"; thrill to the passion, suspense and intrigue of "Cleopatra"; journey back in time with the glorious story of "The crusades"; and see how the West was really won in the explosive "Union Pacific".
4108) Into the Okavango
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The Okavango River Basin provides a vital source of water to about 1 million people, the world's largest population of African elephants and significant populations of lions, cheetahs and hundreds of species of birds. However, this once unspoiled oasis is now under siege due to increasing pressure from human activity. The film chronicles a team of modern-day explorers on their first epic four-month, 1,500-mile expedition across three countries to...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Tall Randolph Scott is every inch a hero in three bullet-laced westerns. The secessionist fervor of the 1850s comes to California, and undercover Army officer Scott aims to thwart the separatist passions in The man behind the gun. There's Thunder over the plains and lightning in Scott's holsters in the second film. He portrays an Army captain assigned to a lawless area of Texas after the Civil War. Next, Scott is Riding shotgun and heading into a...