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The illegal : a novel / by Hill, Lawrence,1957-;
Fast moving and compelling, The Illegal casts a satirical eye on people who have turned their backs on undocumented refugees struggling to survive in a nation that does not want them. Hill's depiction of life on the borderlands of society urges us to consider the plight of the unseen and the forgotten who live among us.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Illegal immigration; Marathon running; Political refugees;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The illegal : [Book Club Set] / by Hill, Lawrence,1957-;
Fast moving and compelling, The Illegal casts a satirical eye on people who have turned their backs on undocumented refugees struggling to survive in a nation that does not want them. Hill's depiction of life on the borderlands of society urges us to consider the plight of the unseen and the forgotten who live among us.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Illegal immigration; Marathon running; Political refugees;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Deep-sea creatures / by Musgrave, Ruth A.,1960-;
"[This book is] all about how ocean creatures adapt to a life in the dark deeps of the ocean"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Deep-sea animals; Marine animals;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Sea monsters : a prehistoric adventure / by Delano, Marfe Ferguson.; Richards, Mose.;
Follows a dolphinlike reptile called dolichorynchops as she travels through the oceans of 82 million years ago and encounters fierce predators.LSC
Subjects: Marine reptiles, Fossil;
© c2007., National Geographic,
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The Mitford trial / by Fellowes, Jessica,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A timeless murder mystery with the fascinating, glamorous Mitford sisters at its heart, The Mitford Trial is the fourth installment in the Mitford Murders series from Jessica Fellowes, inspired by a real-life murder in a story full of intrigue, affairs and betrayal ..."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Mosley, Diana, 1910-2003; Mitford family; Aristocracy (Social class); Ocean travel;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mutiny on the Bounty / by FitzSimons, Peter,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories-- a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order-- and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the leadership of Fletcher Christian most of the crew mutinied soon after sailing from Tahiti, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen adrift in a small open boat. In one of history's great feats of seamanship, Bligh navigated this tiny vessel for 3618 nautical miles to Timor. Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sailed back to Tahiti, where most remained and were later tried for mutiny. But Christian, along with eight fellow mutineers and some Tahitian men and women, sailed off into the unknown, eventually discovering the isolated Pitcairn Island-- at the time not even marked on British maps-- and settling there. This astonishing story is historical adventure at its very best, encompassing the mutiny, Bligh's monumental achievement in navigating to safety, and Fletcher Christian and the mutineers' own epic journey from the sensual paradise of Tahiti to the outpost of Pitcairn Island. The mutineers' descendants live on Pitcairn to this day, amid swirling stories and rumours of past sexual transgressions and present-day repercussions. Mutiny on the Bounty is a sprawling, dramatic tale of intrigue, bravery and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of historical detail and total command of story that are Peter FitzSimons' trademarks.
Subjects: Bligh, William, 1754-1817.; Christian, Fletcher, 1764-1793.; Bounty (Ship); Survival at sea; Survival; Bounty Mutiny, 1789.;
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Mountains : traverse the vast ranges and peaks that shape our planet--from towering fold mountains, to deep underwater mountains in the ocean / by Tomecek, Steve.;
Mounatins are incredible landforms that tower over surrounding landscapes across the planet, and are even found deep in the ocean. Explore a variety of mountain types through fascinating case studies of iconic mountains and ranges such as the Himalayas, Uluru, and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Subjects: Mountains;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Earth / by Van Rose, Susanna.;
Includes index.Examines the natural forces that shape our planet, covering such topics as climate, the oceans, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and glaciers.LSC
Subjects: Earth sciences;
© 2013., DK,
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Empire of ice and stone : the disastrous and heroic voyage of the Karluk / by Levy, Buddy,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it. In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again. Twenty-two men and an Inuit woman with two small daughters now stood on a mile-square ice floe, their ship and their original leader gone. Under Bartlett's leadership they built make-shift shelters, surviving the freezing darkness of Polar night. Captain Bartlett now mad919e a difficult and courageous decision. He would take one of the young Inuit hunters and attempt a 1000-mile journey to save the shipwrecked survivors. It was their only hope. Set against the backdrop of the Titanic disaster and World War I, filled with heroism, tragedy, and scientific discovery, Buddy Levy's Empire of Ice and Stone tells the story of two men and two distinctively different brands of leadership: one selfless, one self-serving, and how they would forever be bound by one of the most audacious and disastrous expeditions in polar history, considered the last great voyage of The Heroic Age of Discovery"--
Subjects: Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946.; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962.; Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918); Karluk (Ship); Shipwrecks;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Iceberg / by Nielsen, Jennifer A.;
Twelve-year-old Hazel Rothbury stows away aboard the Titanic and, with the help of a porter named Charlie and a first-class passenger named Sylvia, she sets out to explore the great ship, uncovering a haunting mystery--until the ship hits an iceberg and she must fight to save herself and her friends.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Titanic (Steamship); Shipwrecks; Survival at sea; Stowaways; Shipwrecks; Survival; Adventure and adventurers;
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