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Another book about bears.
Have you ever wondered why there are so many books about bears? No? Well consider this… every time you pick up a book about a bear, some poor grizzler has to jump up and perform the story for you – even if they were in the middle of something really good – like sleeping, snoozing, or napping. And because there are so many books about bears, the bears are pooped! They’re always on …
- Edition
- English, 2020
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780702302350
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 LAU a
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on their Chicago rooftop. Forced to move to a new city, with her strict African American grandmother as her guardian, Rachel is thrust for the first time into a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring a constant stream of attenti…
- Edition
- English, 2011
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781616200152
- Collation
- 272 pages, Paperback
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 DUR g
Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule
On a peaceful summer day in 1952, ten monks on horseback arrived at a traditional nomad tent in northeastern Tibet where they offered the parents of a precocious toddler their white handloomed scarves and congratulations for having given birth to a holy child—and future spiritual leader. Surviving the Dragon is the remarkable life story of Arjia Rinpoche, who was ordained as a reincarnate …
- Edition
- English, 2010
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781605297545
- Collation
- 272 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 RIN s
The Almost Moon
Unfolding over 24 hours, this novel explores the ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion and the line between love and hate.
- Edition
- English, 2007
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780330451352
- Collation
- 291 pages, Paperback
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 SEB t
WOMEN OF SAND AND MYRRH
A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab world's leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state.
- Edition
- English, 1992
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780385423588
- Collation
- 280 pages, Paperback
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 SHA w
Getting the Boot
The exciting series for teens that explores life and love around the world. Studying abroad isn't at all like Kelly thought it would be. Instead of shopping for fine Italian leather and living in an apartment with a view of the Colosseum, she is stuck in a stuffy dorm room with three other girls, and is sharing one shower with the entire floor! This is not the bella Roma that she'd dreamed o…
- Edition
- English, 2005
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0051488006992
- Collation
- 198 pages, Paperback
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 STA g
The Revenant
Hugh Glass isn't afraid to die. He's done it once already. When expert tracker Glass is viciously mauled by a bear, death seems inevitable. The two men ordered to remain with him flee, stripping him of his rifle and hatchet and leaving him to die alone. But soon a grim, horribly scarred figure is seen wandering, asking after two men, one with a gun that seems too good for him...
- Edition
- English, 2002
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780008124021
- Collation
- 308 pages, Paperback
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 PUN t
A Map of Days
The first three novels in the series introduced Jacob Portman and the world of the peculiars - and saw that world threatened by, and spared from, destruction by a hostile splinter faction and their monstrous servants. Now, in a thrilling new story arc, Jacob's adventure continues as Ransom Riggs reveals even more secrets of the peculiar world, set against the rich landscapes of American history.
- Edition
- English, 2018
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780735231566
- Collation
- 480 pages, Paperback
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 RIG m
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where …
- Edition
- English, 2011
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781594746031
- Collation
- 352 pages, Paperback
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 RIG m
Goodbye, Jimmy Choo
Goodbye, Jimmy Choo [Paperback] Sanders, Annie
- Edition
- English, 2004
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780752864082
- Collation
- 368 pages, Paperback
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 SAN g
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