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Soon after taking part in the dramatic capture of Martinique in the Caribbean, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is next dispatched to the African coast to gather a flotilla and stop French attacks on British trade routes. But Bolitho must contend with more than Britain's old enemy-he must also face the hatred of his flag captain and betrayal by a man he once counted on as his friend.
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In this story inspired by Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,' Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy--a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world--makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.
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"Emily Dickinson takes a carriage ride with Death. A couple are invited over to a neighbor's daughter's exorcism. A country witch with a sea-captain's head in a glass globe intercedes on behalf of abused and abandoned children. In July of 1915, in Hardin County, Ohio, a boy sees ghosts. Explore contemporary supernatural history in a baker's dozen of ... visions"--
4) Splash dance
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Shark school volume 6
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2015.
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English
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Harry Hammer is determined to win a Fintendo game system in the school's dance contest, but first he needs to learn how to dance.
5) Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
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2007
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Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day -- and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists...
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2018.
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Describes the plight of seabirds, whose numbers are on the decline, and relays the importance of their voyages on sustaining life on Earth. Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land." A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet is in freefall, dropping by nearly...
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[2012]
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"Before Luna's hard-as-nails boss known simply as 'Control' ever became a control agent, Jennifer Kajiwara was once a rookie herself. From Jennifer's freshman year in college, through her struggles with parental pressure and grueling spy training, to her first dangerous mission (and first romance!), being a young secret agent is never easy. Jennifer must learn the hard way how to play the deadly spy games that make her such a competent control agent...
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2018.
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"La nueva maestra de la Escuela de Walkerville, no tiene miedo de arriesgarse, cometer errores y embarrarse. Cuando la clase decide ir a Hawái, los chicos piensan que les espera el descanso y surfear, pero no es así. ¡Vivirán una aventura submarina!" --
Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a trip to a Pacific Island, where the Magic School Bus provides them with individual submarines, and they learn about fish schools and the behavior of undersea...
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2006
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As the feared assassin of the Bakumatsu, Himura Kenshin killed in the name of the new era. As the rurouni of Meiji, he wielded a sakabato to protect those who counldn't protect themselves, all along holding true to his vow to never take another life. Now Kenshin's fight with Enishi has entered its final stage, as has his quest for atonement. Will another life be required to complete the circle? The road of redemption has been a long one for the world-weary...
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2011.
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In researching his acclaimed true crime books, Phil Carlo has interviewed some of the most infamous criminals and killers of our times in prisons throughout the country. He has been able to forge trusting relationships with his subjects, enabling him to extract the facts behind their infamous acts and identify what motivated them to commit their horrific crimes. What wasn't known to his readers is that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a...
11) Odder
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"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--
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[2019]
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"Before Davy Jones, before the Black Pearl, before he was even a captain, there was Jack Sparrow! And even as a teenager, he couldn't stay out of trouble... Hunting the legendary treasures of Hernan Cortés, Jack finds himself two unlikely allies in the idealistic Arabella and the privilaged Fitzwilliam. Together, the three of them search for the cursed sword and scabbard of Cortés, said to possess the power to grant its owner any wish. Can Jack...
13) Lucy at sea
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Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons volume 2
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2013.
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"Lucy travels to Australia in her magical house-turned-ship to find her long-lost Aunt Pru and solve the mystery of the curse on her family"--
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Kaiju no. 8 volume 3
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2022.
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"Kafka wants to clean up kaiju, but not literally! Will a sudden metamorphosis stand in the way of his dream? With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream,...
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[2013]
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January 1988. Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The stress and...
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[2023]
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Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She's math-tutoring her skater-boy crush, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she's prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom has forbidden Ruby from ever getting in the water. But when she breaks her mom's #1 rule, Ruby will discover that she is a direct descendant...
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2016.
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History's greatest love story, Catherine the Great and Potemkin is a sweeping epic of sex, love, power, conquest and extravagance on a magnificent Russian scale. Not only was only was their romance wildly passionate but they were also probably the most successful political partnership of all, outstripping Antony and Cleopatra or Napoleon and Josephine. Their secret letters, which discuss other lovers, sex, wars, politics, arts and health, are surely...
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Ai xie volume 17
Pub. Date
2017
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中文(繁體)
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The most anticipated after 90 new generation of creators! "The sun drying your name" best-selling writer Zhang Xi latest works! The sea of people is vast and the time is long. We all have their own visions, each having its own struggle, and living into a few transparent circles. When they meet each other, they overlap each other. When they say goodbye, they flow into a deep destiny, turning shallow into forever Once upon a time. "Every bruised person...
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2018.
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"Sea-changes in society, technology, consumer expectations and our understanding of behavioral economics have caused us to rethink our understanding of the scope of knowledge required to navigate, analyze and shape consumer behavior. You hold in your hand a field guide for this adventure. Ron Hill and Cait Lamberton have gathered together the very top professors from around the world and invited them to share the beliefs, practices and wisdom that...
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