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21) Fury
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD-video (129 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Language
English
Description
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Author
Series
World War II trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes Forest. As American commanders respond to the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
275 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"During what seems like an ordinary museum visit, a tour guide lures Sunni and Blaise through a painted doorway-and they discover they've stepped into eighteenth-century London. When they realize their "tour guide" will do anything to get more information about what Sunni and Blaise know about magical paintings, they attempt to flee and encounter body snatchers, art thieves and forgers"--
27) Spare
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full...
Author
Publisher
Sutton Pub Ltd
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
242 p.
Language
English
Description
Merlin, seer and wonder-worker at King Arthur's court, makes his debut in the highly inventive 'History of the Kings of Britain', written during the 1130s by an author known to posterity as Geoffrey of Monmouth. One of the most influential books of the Middle Ages, it planted Arthur himself in European minds. As for Merlin, he seems to be wholly a creation of Geoffrey's active brain. Or, was he? This new book by the leading Arthurian scholar of today...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xviii, 377 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Coburn has always been terrified of dying young. It's the reason she drops everything during the summers on a quest to travel through Europe with her daughter, Katie, before it's too late. Even though her husband can't join them, even though she's nervous about the journey, and even though she's perfectly healthy, she spends three to four weeks per trip jamming Katie's mental photo album with memories. In this heartwarming generational love...
33) The shadow war
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A group of teenagers fights dark magic and Nazis in 1940s Germany"--
34) House of furies
Author
Series
House of furies volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
1st edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
An all-new creepy fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author of Asylum.
Featuring stunning interior illustrations from artist Iris Compiet, plus photo-collages that bring the story to chilling life, House of Furies invites readers to a world where the line between monsters and men is ghostly thin.
After escaping a harsh school where punishment was the lesson of the day, seventeen-year-old Louisa Ditton is thrilled to find employment...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (288 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
National Lampoon's Vacation: A suburban Chicago family travels across the United States and encounters a series of disasters.
National Lampoon's European Vacation: When the Griswolds win a two-week vacation in Europe they have no idea the havoc they will create.
Vegas Vacation: The Griswolds have a series of comedic adventures when they spend their family vacation in Las Vegas.
36) Les Misérables
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Considered to be French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Misérables is a sprawling historical and philosophical epic first published in 1862. Covering the years from 1815 through the Paris Uprising in 1832, it is notable for its many subplots and digressions from the main storyline. The novel's stated aim is ""a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth,"" which can be seen most clearly in the story of...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with saving Gibraltar was blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the War of Independence. Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of...
40) One false note
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A million dollars, or a clue? Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. There's a car and speedboat chase and an angry mob! When there's a clue on the line, anything can happen.