David Sharp
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The story of a unique athlete's remarkable journey-from riding his bike in the Ngong Hills of Kenya to the sport's pinnacle, victory in the Tour de France.
On 21 July 2013, Chris Froome made history as the second British cyclist to win the Tour de France-in the 100th edition of the world's most famous bike race-and the first ever African-born rider to wear the coveted maillot jaune on the top step of the podium in Paris. Froome's path into the elite...
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From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, I committed my thoughts to paper almost daily. This period started with my self-separation from both my birth families and commenced with my becoming a registered nurse after graduating from the nursing program at the City College of San Francisco.
Although I have shared some of what I wrote with a few people, I never wrote anything with the intention of anyone else ever seeing it.
I recently rediscovered,...
3) Seeker
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English
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This is my second book. My first book, The Book of David, is a collection of thoughts written about forty years ago. This book, Seeker, contains thoughts both old and new. Unlike The Book of David, in which each thought can stand alone, Seeker is arranged in a specific sequence. Read in that sequence. Each thought, though whole in itself, is intended to present a complete, though continuing story.
While doing an interview for the syndicated program...
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Traditional and original Celtic, European, and Old Time American music for the Mountain Dulcimer. Sheet music combined with tablature along with charts of scales and fingerings, a brief history of the instrument, discography of recordings and resources for further study. Illustrations, photos, tips, and index. A brief description of modal scales inherent to the instrument, Guitar chords over the score, notes on other instruments suitable to play the...
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[2021].
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English
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"Joe Slade is a detective with a hot lead and a warm gun. He no longer believes in happy-ever-afters, but the jury's still out on plot twists. Good thing. He's about to discover the mother of all twists that will cure his doldrums like pliers to a toothache: Joe Slade is not real. He's the protagonist of a series of hardboiled mysteries. And when Joe finds out that all his strife has been in the name of boosting book sales, there will be hell to pay....
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During the Cold War, the CIA secretly raised a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The six-year operation included an intricate cover story by billionaire Howard Hughes. Drawing on declassified documents and never-before-seen interviews, NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY tells one of the highest-stakes, yet least-known stories of the Cold War.
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Tarzan volume 3
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1360L
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English
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The Beasts of Tarzan is the third adventure of the jungle lord and displays the author's mythic hero at his most loyal, as he struggles through terrible trials to reunite his family, and his most savage, as he confronts the men who dared tear his family apart.
Edgar Rice Burroughs returns to the chronicles of one of the world's most celebrated fictional characters, Tarzan of the Apes. Old enemies resurface to torment Tarzan while he's in England,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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The Land that Time Forgot follows the narrative of Bowen Tyler, who is among the few who survived after their ship sank while heading for a battle during World War Ⅰ. Accompanied by Lys La Rue, the only woman on the ship, and a loyal dog, Bowen is rescued by a British ship. However, their relief does not last long after they discover that a German spy is aboard and has been sabotaging the vessel and crew. Forced to drop their anchor at a mysterious...
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Tarzan volume 5
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English
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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is the fifth adventure in the saga of the jungle lord and features both one of the series most celebrated locations, the lost city of Opar, as well as one of its most celebrated characters, the ruthless, obsessed and fatally beautiful La of Opar.
Seeking to make off with some of the lost city of Opar's treasures, Tarzan survives an earthquake only to take a blow to the head and be stricken with partial amnesia, leaving...
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Tarzan volume 4
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English
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Alice discovers an unknown land on the other side of the mirror and finds herself part of a problem in chess, meeting some unlikely characters of nursery rhyme and puzzled by the reversal of many of the laws of nature.
The follow-up to Alice in Wonderland, originally appeared in 1871 and has not been out of print since. Curious Alice finds her way through a mirror into an amazing alternate world that is, in some ways, a reverse version of our own....
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Pellucidar novels volume 1
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English
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At the Earth’s Core reveals an entire world 500 miles below the surface of our planet. With dinosaurs, cavemen, and perpetual noon, the eerie world of Pellucidar is the perfect setting for this adventurous science fiction novel.
David Innes is a wealthy miner who gave his friend, Perry Abner, the money to invent a powerful excavating vehicle. While the pair are carrying out a test run of the machine, they discover that it is incapable of turning...
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"And because the town of this story is what it is, there came to dwell in it a Spirit - a strange, mysterious power - playful, vicious, deadly; a Something to be at once feared and courted; to be denied - yet confessed in the denial; a deadly enemy, a welcome friend, an all-powerful Ally." ...This story began in the Ozark Mountains. It follows the trail that is nobody knows how old. But mostly this story happened in Corinth, a town of the middle class...
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When a mysterious stranger, who goes by the name of Honorable Patches, walks into town seeking employment at the Cross-Triangle Ranch, life changes for the simple country folk. The newly employed Patches is repeatedly put to the test by the other employees and continues to prove his worth as a man.
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After the death of his mother, Neewa the black bear cub, is captured by Challoner, the woodsman. Neewa soon learns that the woodsman and his Husky pup, Miki, are his friends. The bear and the dog become inseparable playmates. But their fun and games become of secondary importance when Challoner's canoe overturns in river rapids causing the two to become separated from Challoner and finally responsible for their own survival in the wilderness. Instinct...