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English
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A relevant and timely novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece.
He seemed like the perfect pastor to lead Centerville Christian Church.
She was the perfect pastor's wife.
When Paul Hudson accepted the call to pastor the struggling church, he had no idea what to expect. But it didn't take long for Paul to turn Centerville Christian Church around. Attendance was...
He seemed like the perfect pastor to lead Centerville Christian Church.
She was the perfect pastor's wife.
When Paul Hudson accepted the call to pastor the struggling church, he had no idea what to expect. But it didn't take long for Paul to turn Centerville Christian Church around. Attendance was...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Architecture has always had a powerful and intimate relationship with society and the lives of those who build and live with it. It has often been used to try and improve society. But can architecture change our lives for the better? Tom Wilkinson uses ten buildings from across the globe to tell stories of architecture from the beginning of civilization to the present day.
4) Capital
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a history of Washington, D.C., focusing on the National Mall, its monuments and surrounding buildings.
Author
Series
Hope volume 3
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author Philip Gulley offers humorous, small-town storytelling as he follows the foibles and follies of Pastor Sam Gardner. Thanks to an unexpected windfall, Sam Gardner's congregation (with the exception of a few malcontents) is eager to expand their meetinghouse. But before building can commence, the County Environmental Board and the Department of Natural Resources put the quietus on the plan. A colony of endangered Indiana bats have...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : Illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The history of the White House, first completed in 1799, reflects the history of America itself. It was the dream of George Washington to have an elegant "presidential mansion" in the capital city that was named after him. Yet he is the only president who never got to live there. All the rest have made their mark--for better or worse--on the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Megan Stine explains how the White House came to be and offers young readers...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs comes another riveting work of "gloriously twisted" (Marie Claire) psychological suspense. On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate....
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Space Needle, a tower built for the 1962 World's Fair, has become a famous landmark in Seattle, Washington. Engineering the Space Needle introduces readers to the designers and their inspirations, the quick and efficient construction process, and the ways in which the fair used the Space Needle to represented a bright future."--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xv, 512 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated history of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that examines the city from its origins as a Native American settlement to the early twenty-first century and explores the architectural history and urban renovations that has taken place in the city's neighborhoods.
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20cm
Language
English
Description
"Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the Acropolis, one directly hit the Parthenon. Much of the sculpture...
13) Meadville
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Series
Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
127 pages : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1788, David Mead and nine companions established the first settlement, Cussewago, on the present site of Meadville. The town grew slowly at first, but business was stimulated by the arrival of the canal and the railroad. The young town did not want for culture as two colleges, a theater, a library, and an art association were established. By 1910, downtown business buildings crowded out residential holdouts, streets were paved and lighted by electricity,...
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Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Text and bird's-eye-view illustrations follow the action at a construction site throughout the year, from the demolition of an old structure, to pumping concrete, to setting roof timbers, to painting the walls. Includes challenges for readers.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Traversing the countryside, city roads, and a major river, a little red barn is relocated to a new home in a surprising location, where old friends and new ones await his arrival"--
18) Eiffel Tower
Author
Series
Publisher
Weigl
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Tradd Street volume 1
Language
English
Description
Practical Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But she's going to have to accept it. An old man she recently met has died, leaving her his historic Tradd Street home, complete with housekeeper, dog—and a family of ghosts anxious to tell her their secrets. Enter Jack Trenholm, a gorgeous writer obsessed with unsolved mysteries. He has reason to believe that diamonds from the Confederate Treasury are hidden in the house. So he turns...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can't refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home. Having been dormant for years, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island, but she's determined not to ruin their opportunity. Then a surprise visit from the home's conservation...