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Stand on the sky / by Bow, Erin.;
Aisulu is a Kazakh nomad girl living in Mongolia. She has always been a bit different - she likes girl things well enough and milks the yaks and fetches water as a daughter should, but she also likes math and a fast ride on her horse, Moon Spot, that she tamed herself. But when her brother Selik breaks his leg trying to catch an eagle, and is discovered to have osteosarcoma, everything changes for Aisulu. Her parents rush off to the city with Selik, leaving Aisulu to tend the herds alone. She rescues the dead eagle's chick, moves in with her aunt and her uncle, a former Burkitshi (eagle hunger), and begins to tame the eaglet, which she names Toktar. Soon it becomes clear that Aisulu and Toktar have a special bond, and her uncles begins training her to become an eagle hunter herself, even though she is a girl, and girls do not become eagle hunters. Aisulu is not sure she can do it - but when she finds out that there will be a Festival, and foreigners (from ESPN, a crew filming "the weird sports") have provided a substantial prize, Aisulu changes her mind. The prize can buy her brother an expensive prosthetic leg and allow him to run and ride again. Her uncle begins training her, Toktar and Moon Spot and her aunt enlists the women to create a suitable and special outfit for the competition, something fit for a Burkitshi. The odds are stacked against her, but Aisulu is determined to prove herself and help her family.LSC
Subjects: Hunters; Girls; Eagles;
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Into the wind [videorecording] / by Holland, Ezra.; Nash, Steve,1974-; ESPN Films (Firm);
Edited by Paul Carruthers, Daniel Goddard ; music by Daniel Goddard and Jonathan Griffin.Narrated by Tyler Kitsch.Three years after having his right leg amputated six inches above the knee, Fox set out to cover more than a marathon's distance each day until he reached the shores of Victoria, British Columbia, spreading awareness and raising funds for cancer research. Anonymous at the start of his journey, Fox steadily captured the heart of a nation with his marathon of hope. After 143 days and two-thirds of the way across Canada, with the eyes of a country watching, Fox's journey came to an abrupt end when newly discovered tumors took over his body. Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash shares Fox's incredible story of perseverance and hope.E.DVD.
Subjects: Fox, Terry, 1958-1981.; Biographical films.; Cancer; Documentary films.; Marathon running; Osteosarcoma; Runners (Sports);
© c2010., ESPN Films,
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Trapped / by Läckberg, Camilla,1974-author.; Fexeus, Henrik,1971-author.; Giles, Ian(Translator),translator.; translation of:Läckberg, Camilla,1974-Box.English.;
"A shocking murder ... It's a case unlike anything detective Mina Dabiri has seen before. A woman trapped inside a magician's box, with swords pierced through. But this time, it's not a magic trick. It's murder. A case which twists and turns ... Knowing she has a terrifying killer on her hands, Mina enlists the help of celebrity mentalist, Vincent Walder. Only he can give her an insight into the secret world of magic and illusions. A ticking clock to stop a serial killer... Mina and Vincent soon discover that the murder victim has the roman numeral III engraved on her leg. The killer is counting down. There are going to be three more murders. And time is running out to stop them."--Publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Magicians; Murder; Police; Women detectives;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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SpongeBob SquarePants. [videorecording] / by Brown, Clancy,voice actor.; Bumpass, Rodger,voice actor.; Fagerbakke, Bill,1957-voice actor.; Kenny, Tom(Thomas J.),voice actor.; Nickelodeon (Firm),production company.; Paramount Pictures,distributor.; United Plankton Pictures,production company.;
Voices: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown.The complete eleventh season of SpongeBob SquarePants is resurfacing, and it's bringing some of the most unforgettable characters in Bikini Bottom with it! Dive headfirst into 50 deep-sea tales of nautical nonsense! Enter DoodleBob's alternate dimension and take a trip to Bubble Buddy's hometown. Help SpongeBob keep Fred's leg out of harm's way, move Bubble Bass out of his mom's basement, and stop SpongeGar from wreaking havoc all over town! Make new friends, including an imaginary hamster, a sea bunny, the Krusty Krab's peculiar night crew and Sandy's nutty nieces. Plus, take a trip to the moon, solve the curious case of the missing clarinet and hear Gary speak for the very first time ever!Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; SpongeBob SquarePants (Fictitious character); Friendship; Marine animals;
For private home use only.
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The book of Sam / by Shapiro, Rob,1982-;
Sam, the unchosen one, ventures to Hell to rescue his best friend. Seventeen-year-old Sam Sullinger lives in the shadow of adolescence. Lost among his overachieving siblings and chided by his stern father, Sam finds himself the daily target of bullying. His only solace is his best friend and crush, Harper. In a grand plan designed to help Sam confess his love to Harper, he sets off a series of events that lead to her being kidnapped to Hell. Racked with guilt, Sam makes a bold decision for the first time in his life: he's going to rescue his only friend. Sam is thrust into a vivid world fraught with demons, vicious beasts, and a falling city. Every leg of his journey serves to remind him that he isn't some brave knight on a quest -- he's an insecure teenager who is yearning to make his mark on at least one world.LSC
Subjects: Teenagers; Best friends; Rescues; Kidnapping;
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Cyborg cat and the night spider [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Adepitan, Ade.;
Read by Ade Adepitan.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.Super cyborg skills, cat-like reflexes...you've never seen a superhero who rolls like this! From inspirational Paralympian basketball star Ade Adepitan. Ade loves playing football, and he's amazing in goal, despite the heavy metal caliper he has to wear on his leg. He can save any ball that's sent his way, from any direction, so his friends have nicknamed him the Cyborg Cat. But when the Parsons Road Gang stumble upon some unusual graffiti it starts to have a really weird effect on Ade. Somehow, the art is drawing him into another dimension, where he really is Cyborg Cat! But that's not all - after seeing the Night Spider's art, Ade starts to feel weak, and everything begins to go wrong. He's banned from a school trip to a safari park because of his disability, and the doctors have some bad news about his legs. How can Ade overcome his challenges, and what power does the mysterious Night Spider have over Cyborg Cat? Ade needs all his friends' help to uncover the truth.Ages 8 to 11.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Children with disabilities; Cyborg Cat (Fictitious character); Cyborgs; Discrimination; Friendship; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
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Breathless / by McCulloch, Amy,1986-author.;
"Journalist Cecily Wong is in over her head. She's come to Mount Manaslu, the eighth highest peak in the world, to interview internationally famous mountaineer Charles McVeigh on the last leg of a record-breaking series of summits. She's given up everything for this story--her boyfriend, her life savings, the peace she's made with her climbing failures in the past--but it's a career-making opportunity. It could finally put her life back on track. But when one climber dies in what everyone else assumes is a freak accident, she fears their expedition is in danger. And by the time a second climber dies, it's too late to turn back. Stranded on a mountain in one of the most remote regions of the world, she'll have to battle more than the elements in a harrowing fight for survival against a killer who is picking them off, one by one"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Journalists; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Murder; Women journalists;
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Clan / by Brouwer, Sigmund,1959-;
The classic survival story gets a prehistoric twist in this gripping middle-grade adventure featuring a boy and his sabre tooth tiger cub, perfect for fans of Hatchet. Part survival story, part animal-human friendship story and part redemption story, Clan follows the journey of Atlatl and the saber tooth cub he rescued from a dire wolf attack. When Atlatl brings Cub back to his Clan, it begins a series of events that end with Atlatl being banished -- the worst possible punishment for any Clan member. Without the protection of the group, a single person is all but helpless in the face of predators like the short-nosed bear, dire wolves and cheetahs. And Atlatl is even more vulnerable because of a childhood injury to his leg. But before the Clan can leave him behind, disaster strikes, and Atlatl has to rely on his wits, his ingenuity and his bravery to face the biggest foe yet and try to save what remains of his Clan.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Survival; Saber-toothed tigers; Human-animal relationships; Predation (Biology); Exile (Punishment); Children with disabilities; Fathers and sons; Clans; Stone age;
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Beating about the bush / by Beaton, M. C.,author.;
"New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin-now the star of a hit T.V. show-is back on the case again. When private detective Agatha Raisin comes across a severed leg in a roadside hedge, it looks like she is about to become involved in a particularly gruesome murder. Looks, however, can be deceiving, as Agatha discovers when she is employed to investigate a case of industrial espionage at a factory where nothing is quite what it seems. The factory mystery soon turns to murder and a bad-tempered donkey turns Agatha into a national celebrity, before bringing her ridicule and shame. To add to her woes, Agatha finds herself grappling with growing feelings for her friend and occasional lover, Sir Charles Fraith. Then, as a possible solution to the factory murder unfolds, her own life is thrown into deadly peril. Will Agatha get her man at last? Or will the killer get her first?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Raisin, Agatha (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; Murder; Business intelligence;
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This red line goes straight to your heart : a memoir in halves / by Anand, Madhur,1971-author.;
"We begin with a man off balance: one in one thousand, the only child in town whose polio leads to partial paralysis. We meet his future wife, chanting Hai Rams for Gandhiji and choosing education over marriage. On one side of the line that divides this book, we follow them as their homeland splits in two and they are drawn together, moving to Canada and raising their children in mining towns and in crowded city apartments. And when we turn the book over, we find the daughter's tale--we see how the rupture of Partition, the asymmetry of a father's leg, the virus of a mother's rage, makes its way to the next generation. Told through the lenses of biology, physics, history and poetry, this is a memoir that defies form and convention to immerse the reader in the feeling of what remains when we've heard as much of the truth as our families will allow, and we're left to search for ourselves among the pieces they've carried with them." --Amazon.ca.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Upside-down books.; Anand, Madhur, 1971-; Anand, Madhur, 1971-; Immigrants; Panjabi Canadians; Families;
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