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A. Shaw volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
Description
"Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to "perception manage" his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind. Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to "perception...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 102
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world, and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? The answers to these questions become clear when the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable...
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Lexile measure
1390L
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English
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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real."...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.5 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1340L
Language
English
Description
First published in 1962, this book alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides. The outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations ... Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one...
5) The grey
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English
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After their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness, a roughneck group of oil drillers is forced to find a way back to civilization. As Ottway leads the injured survivors through the brutal snow and ice, they are relentlessly tracked by a vicious pack of rogue wolves that will do anything to defend their territory. Adrenaline-fueled, action-packed and loaded with some of the most intense and brutally realistic attack scenes ever filmed.
6) The price
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English
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"A powerful New York Times bestseller, The Price is a novel of intrigue, passion, ambition, and love set amid Houston's towering skyscrapers and the majestic plains of South Texas ranch country."--page 4 of cover.
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English
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"Months before Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the United States was on the verge of entering another world war for which it was dangerously ill-prepared. The urgent times demanded a transformation of the economy, with the government bankrolling the unfathomably expensive task of enlisting millions of citizens while also producing the equipment necessary to successfully fight--all of which opened up opportunities for graft, fraud and...
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Grace Livingston Hill romance novels volume 85
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
Love endure volume 7
Classic volume 15
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Kennebec Large Print superior collection
Love endure volume 7
Classic volume 15
More Series...
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English
Description
No longer heir to her father's fortune, Laurel Sheridan returns to her hometown of Carrollton to earn her living. But a wrong turn soon brings her to a life-threatening tight spot. Phil Pilgrim, a soldier, rescues Laurel and vows to stick by her for the remainder of his leave...then finds it hard to leave Laurel at all. With Phil gone, Laurel draws strength from beautiful Crimson Mountain....Then she overhears a plot to destroy the town's new munitions...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The author believes that research to develop preemptive vaccines for animal viruses before they jump to humans--research that could also be used for the development of bioweapons--was outsourced to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and posits a conspiracy to hide the source and origin of the COVID-19 virus.
12) Gun digest 2018
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
For more than 70 years, Gun Digest has been the number one go-to source and research guide for firearms enthusiasts worldwide. Informative and entertaining articles by the top writers in the field cover every aspect of the shooting sports including hunting, personal defense, target shooting and collecting. Historical articles provide a look back at the role played by firearms in the history of our country and the greatest gunmakers of the 19th and...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the best-known statistical reference in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics of the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the best-known statistical reference in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics of the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
An analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the 1998 Russian default (and the consequent collapse of U.S. hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble of 1995-2001, and the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis, in an anecdotal report that reveals how public knowledge differed from what was actually taking place.
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