Nicola Barber
62) Plane crash
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Explores history's worst air disasters, including the runway collision at Tenerife and the September 11 terrorist attacks, and investigates both the emergency response and lessons to be learned from each example.
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"In this historical fantasy novel, the author brings us the magical story of a young girl in search of her mother... who just might be a mermaid. Malin has always been different, and when her father dies, leaving her alone, her choice is clear: stay, and remain an outsider forever, or leave in search of the mythical inheritance she is certain awaits her. Apprenticed to a series of strange and wonderful characters, Malin embarks on a grueling journey...
64) The world of art
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Introduces different art forms such as craft, photography, sculpture, painting and their materials, as well as a brief history of art from the first cave paintings to contemporary art of the 1990s.
68) In a gilded cage
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Irish-born detective and Vasser graduate Molly Murphy is hired to find out the truth about her friend's missionary parents' deaths and her loss of inheritance. Another Vasser grad has a philandering husband to track. Set in early 20th-century New York City.
69) The initiation
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Lock and key (Ridley Pearson) volume 1
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Before James grew up to be a ruthless, remorseless villain, he was a curious boy from Boston, with a penchant for trouble and an acid tongue. Thrown into a boarding school against his wishes, James winds up rooming with a most unlikely companion: a lanky British know-it-all named Sherlock Holmes ("Lock" to his friends). An heirloom Bible, donated by the Moriarty family more than a hundred years ago, has gone missing, and it doesn't take long for the...
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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 1
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"Imagines an alternate 1826 London, where Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects"--
75) Midnight star
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Chancey Fitzhugh, an English heiress, has traveled to San Francisco planning to destroy the very successful Delaney Saxton the same way she believes he destroyed her father, but then she learns how charming, handsome and elusive he is.
79) Against the tide
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Spirit animals. Main series volume 5
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"The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands. Throughout their journey the young heroes have been hounded by pursuers, who always seem to know just where to find them. Now they know why. One of them is a traitor"--Page 4 of cover.
80) City homes
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Describes where people live-in houses in the suburbs, in apartment buildings, in shanty towns, and more. Detailed photography shows what their homes are made from, what they look like inside, and how buildings can be affected by extreme temperatures, earthquakes, and hurricanes.--From publisher description.