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Bantam Books
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English
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A young renegade who's grown to manhood riding freights, prizefighting, and working in mines sails the exotic South China Sea with a trio of dangerous men in search of treasure they figure to divide four ways. But when it's time to dive for the prize, can he trust any of them to guard his back?
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English
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The author of A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg and Pecked to Death by Ducks gives new meaning to the words "going to extremes" in this exhilarating—and frequently hilarious—collection of adventure travel writing. "Cahill . . . (writes) with the precision ofJohn McPhee and Joan Didion tempered by a Monty Pythonesque sense of the absurd."—San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Summoned by the moon to embark on a dangerous journey, thirteen-year-old Ariel Farwalker, knowing she must obey or risk destruction, sets out with her guardian, Scarl, to follow a mysterious map to an unknown entity called "Timekeeper."
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Español
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La vida de Ernest Hemingway se aprecia entre sus páginas, escribió sobre sus experiencias en la guerra, una vida personal conflictiva, sus múltiples viajes entre América y Europa para experimentar diversas realidades y emociones. En nuestro tiempo es el libro ideal para encontrar todas estas referencias en una sola obra. Entre sus relatos, el lector puede transitar por los muy diversos intereses y escenarios literarios de Hemingway.
"En nuestro...
10) Aerie
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Series
Dragon jousters volume 4
Language
English
Description
Kiron and his friends, established in a desert cliff dwelling seemingly made for dragons, must not only bring order to the new society, but be on guard against Magi who might try to achieve conquest surreptitiously after failing to win with violence.
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English
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Before Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark were even a gleam in Spielberg's eye, one intrepid pilot flew out of the sky in search of treasure . . . only to find a bit of hell on earth. Captain Gordon lives like he flies-by the seat of his pants, taking on any job and all comers. Now he's bound for the forbidding mountains along the shores of the Arabian Sea, transporting a team of anthropologists on the trail of Alexander the Great. But ancient...
16) In our time
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Series
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English
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Published in 1925, Ernest Hemingway's collection of short stories focuses on alienation, grief, separation, and loss. Nick, his semi-autobiographical character, appears in multiple stories throughout and is used to explore themes of male comradery, early love, and marriage problems. Known as Hemingway's most experimental book, In Our Time is considered one of Hemingway's early masterpieces.
18) Strike force
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 13
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English
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Moving from the Pentagon to the Middle East, filled with intrigue, adventure, and danger, this is the latest adrenaline-pumped military thriller from the New York Times bestselling master
When a military coup in Iran leads to a crackdown on religious jihadists, it seems as if a new era is dawning in the Middle East, especially when the new leader, General Buzhazi, seeks to normalize relations with both America and Israel. But the Iranians are...
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Series
Kingdom keepers. Original series volume 1
Publisher
Disney Editions
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Finn Whitman, an Orlando teen, is hired to be hologramed as a Disney World park "guide" but soon finds himself being transported into the Magic Kingdom in the dead of night to help fight a group of Disney villains, led by Maleficent, who want to take over Disney World--and maybe more.
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
©1996
Language
English
Description
"Whether they light out for a day hike in the Adirondacks, bodyboard with dolphins off the California coast, [pedal] across New Zealand, road trip through the northwestern United States or mountain bike the Alaskan tundra, each contributor to Solo describes the inspiring challenges and exhilarating rewards of going it alone."--Cover.
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