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Author
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
xviii, 340 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
The Call of the Wild, London’s elemental masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, sees pampered pet Buck snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang, set in the frozen tundra and boreal forests of Canada’s Yukon territory, is the story of a wolf-dog hybrid struggling to survive in a human society every bit as brutal as the natural world. This volume of London’s famed Northland...
3) Explorer
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (mostly col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brief history of famous explorers from ancient times to the present
6) Explorer
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Highlights various explorers and their discoveries.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
82 pages : Color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Open this dynamic book and discover how the greatest explorers in history — from Marco Polo to Neil Armstrong — plunged into the unknown and boldly pieced together the picture of the world we have today. With the help of masterful cross sections, dramatic storytelling, and sidebars that highlight key concepts, places, and technology, immerse yourself in such expeditions as:
—Leif Eriksson’s voyage to North America (eleventh century)
—Zheng’s...
9) Mosaic
Author
Series
Breakthrough volume 5
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
15 sound discs (17 hr., 30 min.) : digital, 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world is losing hope. Political and social infighting threaten to destroy the world. Rancor and hatred only grow stronger, engulfing entire nations. And each day moral and economic strife brings embroiled countries ever closer to war. But hope is not dead. Everywhere, pockets of human kindness and compassion continue to persevere. Where lives are cherished and virtue endures. And one small, extraordinary group fights to save us all. A team in...
10) The discoveries
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
553 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
34 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Nickolas Flux as he travels back in time and must survive the California Gold Rush"--
12) Influx
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
393 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tale set in a world in which technological advances have been suppressed finds particle physicist Jon Grady helping to innovate a device capable of reflecting gravity only to be targeted by a shadowy organization from the future.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Scientists know everything, right? Wrong! This title delves into some of the all-time biggest failures in science and how some of those flops actually led to great discoveries!"--
15) Annihilation
Publisher
Paramount Home Media Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Biologist and former soldier Lena is shocked when her missing husband comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone from which no one has ever returned. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
16) Gold rush girl
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
306 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell longs to live a life as adventurous and independent as that of her heroine, Jane Eyre. When Tory's father loses his job and decides to seek a share of the newly discovered gold in California, Tory stows away on the westbound ship carrying her father and younger brother, Jacob. Though San Francisco is mud-caked, frenzied, and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory quickly finds friends and independence until her father leaves...
17) The Water Castle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Moving into an inherited mansion in Maine with their mother and stroke-afflicted father, three siblings uncover a mystery involving hidden passageways, family rivalries, and healing waters.
18) In Ascension
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
Physical Desc
496 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass the full trajectory of the cosmos and the passage of a single human life. Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to study...
20) Giant island
Author
Publisher
Flashlight Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
