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1) Building big
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1260L
Language
English
Description
A companion book to the PBS television series about the creation of bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers, domes, and dams, focusing on the connections between the main planning and design problems that had to be solved and the solutions that were ultimately constructed.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 65
Language
English
Description
“Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner,” extolled Publishers Weekly on the release of The Pillars of the Earth. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity. Today, it stands as a testament to Follett’s unassailable command of the written word and to his universal appeal. The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior...
3) Wakefield
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
A modern-day Faust embarks on a wild romp through the peculiar and preposterous American landscape When the Devil shows up in Wakefield's living room to announce that his time is up, the bookish "de-motivational" speaker tries to strike a deal. The Devil agrees to prolong Wakefield's life-for now-on the condition that within the next year he finds a more authentic existence. For Wakefield, who is estranged from his family, nearly friendless, and excellent...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
In ancient times, a Golden Capstone was placed atop the Great Pyramid at Giza during a rare solar event called the Tartarus Rotation. Once every 4,500 years, a superhot sunspot -- the Tartarus Sunspot -- aligned itself with Earth and caused immense worldwide flooding and sun-scorching. --- [Excerpt from back cover.]
5) Return to me
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Always following her parents' wishes and ignoring her psychic inner voice takes eighteen-year-old Rebecca Muir from her beloved cottage and boyfriend on Puget Sound to New York City, where revelations about herself and her family help her find a path to becoming the architect she wants to be.
Author
Series
Jack West Jr. thriller volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Golden Capston atop the Great Pyramid at Giza offered protection from the global flooding and scorching sun that occurs every 4,500 years due to the Tartarus Rotation solar event. But Alexander the Great broke the Capstone into seven pieces and hid them in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Now, in 2006, another Tartarus Rotation is due, and whoever places the reconstructed Capstone on the pyramid in time will gain absolute earthly power....
8) The prince
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1510L
Language
English
Description
Need to seize a country? Have enemies you must destroy? In this handbook for despots and tyrants, the Renaissance statesman Machiavelli sets forth how to accomplish this and more, while avoiding the awkwardness of becoming generally hated and despised. "Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In medieval Europe, God heavily influenced and motivated the people, and religion permeated all aspects of society, molding people's worldviews and guiding their everyday actions. That spiritual mindset is reflected in the most important medieval structure - the Gothic cathedral - which, in a sense, was a model of heavenly cities.
13) The Vatican
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
History of the buildings, occupants, and uses of the Vatican in Rome.
15) Original fake
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Frankie Neumann's an introvert, and he's always been the outsider in his family of performers, but all that's about to change once he finds an outlet for his artistic talents"--
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