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41) Ray
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
On August 18, 1648, with no relief from the siege in sight, the royalist garrison holding Colchester Castle surrendered and Oliver Cromwell's army firmly ended the rule of Charles I of England. To send a clear message to the fallen monarch, the rebels executed four of the senior officers captured at the castle. Yet still, the king refused to accept he had lost the war. As France and other allies mobilized in support of Charles, a tribunal was hastily...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Estranged from Ada's father, who was infamously "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," Ada's mathematician mother is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada's mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"James Garfield has only been the United States president for a few days when a stranger begins stalking him. Who is this man? And what does he want from the president? For weeks, the threat to Garfield grows, undetected, until a sudden violent encounter catches Washington by surprise.-- jacket flap
"James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated when he was shot by Charles Guiteau in July 1881, less than four months...
Publisher
Bloom's Literary Criticism
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"With Great Expectations, Dickens applied his bravura storytelling abilities to a familiar subject for a novelist: a young person's coming of age. Over the course of the novel, Pip struggles to define himself and to make his way through a world populated by escaped convicts, cruel guardians, and the unforgettable Miss Havisham, the jilted bride trapped in the disappointments and regrets of the past. Introduced by esteemed critic Harold Bloom, this...
47) Solo
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York Times–bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed delivers a pulse-pounding story of a father out for revenge against a master assassin.
John Mikali is known throughout the world as a brilliant concert pianist and playboy. But his true vocation is far more interesting and lucrative: He is a peerless international assassin. His music and fame give him entrée to complete his assignments...
John Mikali is known throughout the world as a brilliant concert pianist and playboy. But his true vocation is far more interesting and lucrative: He is a peerless international assassin. His music and fame give him entrée to complete his assignments...
Author
Language
English
Description
Charles Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. In what is known today as the "Cambrian explosion," 530 million years ago many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock. In Darwin's Doubt Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal life -- a mystery that has intensified, not only because...
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Twayne's masterwork studies volume no. 42
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Bleak House, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful blend of history, biography, and adventure, ORPHAN TRAINS fills a grievous gap in the American story. Tracing the evolution of the Children’s Aid Society, this dramatic narrative tells the fascinating tale of one of the most famous — and sometimes infamous — child welfare programs: the orphan trains, which spirited away some 250,000 abandoned children into the homes of rural families in the Midwest. In mid-nineteenth-century...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, he likely had no idea that the story and its main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, would remain so popular nearly two centuries later. Today, readers still find themselves entertained by the story of a grumpy, selfish man who becomes a holiday hero after he learns generosity through the help of three spirits in Victorian-era England. Whether a Dickens fan or someone in love with all things "Christmas,"...
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Twayne's studies in short fiction volume no. 72
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.
53) Revealed
Author
Series
The missing volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
After returning the missing children from history to their original time periods, thirteen-year-old Jonah must save time itself when aviator Charles Lindbergh mysteriously appears and kidnaps Jonah's sister
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known American pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, and prepared to take off from a small airfield on Long Island, New York. Despite his inexperience--the twenty-five-year-old Lindbergh had never before flown over open water--he was determined to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised since 1919 to the first pilot to fly nonstop between New...
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Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When his newest book is an utter flop, Charles Dickens' publishers offer an ultimatum: either he writes a Christmas book in a month, or they will call in his debts, and he could lose everything. On one of his long walks, he meets a young woman who might be just the muse he needs. Over the next few weeks, Eleanor Lovejoy propels Dickens on a Scrooge-like journey that tests everything he believes about generosity, friendship, ambition - and Christmas....
Author
Series
Publisher
NorthSouth Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In a country far away, a new invention--the mechanical mousetrap--has caused all the mice but one to flee to America. Now stranded in a dangerous country, the last mouse decides to build a plane and fly to the land of freedom
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Lytton Strachey's biographical essays on four 'eminent Victorians' dropped a depth-charge on Victorian England when the book was published in 1918. This edition is fully annotated and draws on the full-range of Strachey's manuscript materials and literary remains
Author
Series
Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 558
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Charles Dickens.
60) Peanuts 2000
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Peanuts--and the life of its creator--with the only collection of the last year of the strip, including Schulz's unforgettable farewell. Full color
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