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24 cm.
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English
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"In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed-why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared foreverAt the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international...
3) Le Point
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Language
Français
Description
L'hebdomadaire français d'information de référence.Avec rigueur, conviction et ouverture, Le Point analyse et prolonge en toute indépendance l'actualité politique, économique, sociale et culturelle en France et dans le monde.
4) The crossing
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.
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Language
English
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Reclusive tycoon Sir Oswald Coote and his melancholy wife, Lady Coote, have hit upon the ideal plan to spice up their quiet lives. They'll host a lavish weekend party at Chimneys -- their isolated estate. But the festive mood is clouded by doom. A practical joke involving seven clocks and a sleeping guest has ended in death -- indeed, in cause for alarm.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
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"The life of Abraham Lincoln, America's greatest president, in a new, illustrated edition of the Newbery Honor classic. Clara Ingram Judson's Newbery Honor Book is a richly drawn biography of Abraham Lincoln from his backwoods boyhood, to his days as a shopkeeper and lawyer, his entry into politics, and finally through his extraordinary presidency and tragic assassination. Judson presents Lincoln as he was--the plain-spoken and practical man, often...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
A life of the warrior who, as a prince, tamed the powerful horse Bucephalus and, during his short reign as king, built an empire that covered almost all of the then-known world, including Greece, India, Egypt, and Persia.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His estranged actress wife was seen visiting him just before his death and Hercule Poirot himself heard her brag of her plan to get rid of him. But how could she have stabbed Lord Edgware in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? It's a case that almost proves to be too much for the great Poirot.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp. What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman....
14) The Greek Gods
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Tells the myths and legends of the ancient Greek gods.
15) Endless night
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Gypsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after. Yet, as he left the village, a shadow of menace hung over the land. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals' warnings: 'There's no luck for them as meddles with Gypsy's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1967]
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Retelling of the ancient Greek myths, arranged in two sections: Demigods and Fables. Includes a list of Roman names for the Greek gods and a brief section on words from the Greek myths which are part of the English language.
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English
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They were cat and mouse. Antagonists in a deadly game of survival, Ward Cameron and William Olive were linked together by the most fearful word in the West: bounty. Olive was a thrice-hardened Foreign Legionnaire turned bounty-hunter. And Cameron was a fugitive with a newly minted price on his head. An ex-Confederate officer, Cameron had murdered a carpet bagger tax-collector in a fit of rage. As if punished by the gods, he was pursued by a man seeking...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Detective Poirot becomes involved in the murder of the wife of an American archeologist at an excavation in the Iraqi desert. The woman was frightened and being cared for by a nurse. Poirot discovers that every member of the excavation team could be suspect.
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