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43) La corona
Author
Series
Selection novel volume 5
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has captured the hearts of readers from its very first page. Now the end of the journey is here. Prepare to be swept off your feet by The Crown; the eagerly awaited, wonderfully romantic fifth and final book in the Selection series. In The heir, a new era dawned in the world of The Selection. Twenty years have passed since America Singer and Prince Maxon fell in love, and their daughter...
44) Marco Polo
Author
Pub. Date
[1985]
Description
Recounts the adventures of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who travelled in Asia and lived at the court of Kublai Khan.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Appears on list
Description
"The opportunity to be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and pricelss jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her, and leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she begins to realize that the life...
49) La selección
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Para treinta y cinco chicas, la Selección es una oportunidad que solo se presenta una vez en la vida. La oportunidad de escapar de la vida que les ha tocado por nacer en una determinada familia. La oportunidad de que las trasladen a un mundo de trajes preciosos y joyas que no tienen precio. La oportunidad de vivir en un palacio y de competir por el corazón del guapísimo príncipe Maxon. Sin embargo, para América Singer, ser seleccionada es una...
50) Before I burn
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
A terrorizing month of arson fires and suspicion in a 1970s Norway community ends in the christening of a young boy named Gaute Heivoll, whose youth is shaped by the time of fear and fire until, as an adult, he begins to retell the stories of his neighbors while gradually discovering the identity of the arsonist.
Series
Shout select volume 93
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
An overweight chemistry professor falls for a colleague and develops a potion to change himself into a ladykiller; professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow scientist Denise Gaines, but his alter ego intervenes. It is up to his family to save the day.
52) Whale rider
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village people, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people. With remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge her family and embraces a thousand years of tradition in order...
54) Watergate
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Description
Analyzes events in the scandal known as Watergate, which paralyzed American politics and led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.
55) La heredera
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
When the time comes for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own, she does not expect a fairy-tale love story like her parents, but the princess discovers her own happily ever after may not be as impossible as she thought.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[c1949]
Description
"THE TURNER THESIS: CONCERNING THE ROLE OF THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY is a series of critical essays on both sides of the debates regarding the settling of the western portion of the North American Continent. Essays include, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," "Contributions of the West to American Democracy," "Sections-Or Classes?," Political Institutions and the Frontier," "The Frontier and American Institutions: A Criticism...
58) Small soldiers
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Meet the Commando Elite--toy action figures with an attitude. They've escaped from their boxes along with the Gorgonites, kindhearted but unusual-looking creatures. Now teenager Alan Abernathy gets enlisted to help the Gorgonites and rescue the girl of his dreams before the whole town is turned upside down.
Series
Select editions large type volume 189
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: For years twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille, a woman trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen. When Camille is killed by a truck, CeeCee's previously unknown great-aunt, Tootie Caldwell, whisks CeeCee away to Savannah, a world seemingly run entirely by women. These exotic women keep CeeCee enthralled for an entire summer.
The sentry: When...
60) Birds of prey
Author
Pub. Date
c1980
Description
Descriptions of hunting birds such as eagles, hawks, vultures, and owls and their habits. Includes drawings of each in characteristic poses.
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