David Ackroyd
1) Swamplandia!
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Fantasy for Those Who Don't Like Fantasy (SCPL)
FPPL Roadtrip Through Books: South
Southern Gothic
Where the Crawdads Sing Readalikes
FPPL Roadtrip Through Books: South
Southern Gothic
Where the Crawdads Sing Readalikes
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Twelve year old Ava must travel into the Underworld part of the smamp in order to save her family's dynasty of Bigtree alligator wresting. This novel takes us to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine. The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, formerly no. 1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon...
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Willa Cather’s story of the missionary priest Father Jean Marie Latour and his work of faith in the wilderness of the Southwest is told with a spare but sensuous directness and profound artistry—with an Introduction by A. S. Byatt. When Latour arrives in 1851 in the territory of New Mexico, newly acquired by the United States, what he finds is a vast desert region of red hills and tortured arroyos that is American by law but Mexican and Indian...
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Nearly every society and culture has stories of "monsters," beasts that are said to populate the remote regions, and whose existence is the subject of controversy. Some are familiar, like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Others, like mermaids, have been categorically dismissed. But some have been found. There are squid that reach lengths of 100 feet or more. The Komodo dragon, living on a remote island in Indonesia, has deadly saliva, a nasty disposition,...
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Journey to the world's most famous and enigmatic sites. From the Egyptian Pyramids to Easter Island, Machu Picchu to Jerusalem, Stonehenge to Chaco Canyon, prominent scholars guide us through the fascinating history of these mystical places. Explore the latest theories of how they were built and used, and see what they can tell us of the ""primitive"" people who created them. Behind-the-scenes tours of areas that are off-limits to the public and interviews...
10) First Words
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Most kid write stories. A few of them grow up to be successful authors. Before Stephen King created Carrie, he created Jhonathan, at age nine. And before there was Rabbit Angstrom, there was Manuel Citarro, detective in John Updike's hard-boiled mystery, written at fourteen. Before Jurassic Park, there was young Michael Crichton's story about the mysteriously wounded man lying unattended in the street.
Editor Paul Mandelbaum persuaded our most popular...
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A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer
In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one of them strongly suspects that he...
In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one of them strongly suspects that he...
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Yosemite National Park embraces nearly 1,200 square miles located near the Sierra Mountains in California. One of the world's pre-eminent scenic wonders. Encompasses mountains, tranquil valleys, roaring rivers, mist-enshrouded waterfalls and groves of giant sequoias - the largest living things on Earth. Enjoy the sights of the massive granite shapes of Half Dome, El Capitan and Cathedral Rock, plus Bridal Veil, Vernal and Yosemite Falls and the sounds...
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The White Sox baseball team from Chicago became known as the Black Sox in 1919 due to their unclean uniforms. This film exposes the corrupt events of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds who won nine games to one. When professional gamblers became involved, court action resulted and the White Sox players were banned from participation in future games.
17) Legacy
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Major Norman Starr of the National Security Council prepares to appear before a congressional committee to publicly account for his covert actions. Hoping to learn something from his proud, troubled heritage, Starr looks for guidance in the lives of his ancestors--all-Americans who weren't always right. From a framer of the Constitution to a slave owner, from a Supreme Court justice to a courageous suffragist, each recalls an important legacy they...
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The bastian of some of the most top-secret activities in the world is literally impenetrable. It was the original testing site for the atomic bomb and then a high-security aero-engineering cluster. Here its public history ends and after 1968, it simply does not exist. Known by insiders as "Dreamland", Area 51 invokes conjectural theories like no other place. What happens in this zone of the Nevada desert? Through declassified documents and interviews...
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Exploring Greek myth's most popular hero, of the ancient world. Journey with Hercules as he embarks on his celebrated twelve labors to atone for committing a heinous crime. Follow his quest for redemption as he battles injustice, slays fearsome creatures, commits thefts and murders; and even defies the gods themselves. But could a real person have inspired his story? Find out, with archaeological evidence from Eleusis to Athens.