Roy Marsden
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
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"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...
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Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia. Here are not only the great battles, Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work.
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King Solomon's Mines volume 2
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Legends of countless riches lie ahead as Quatermain and his crew of explorers encounter thrilling twists and turns deep down in King Solomon's mines.
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King Solomon's Mines volume 1
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Golden Globe nominee Patrick Swayze stars as renowned big-game hunter Allan Quatermain who embarks on an action-packed adventure to find the fabled tomb of King Solomon.
Pub. Date
c2005
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Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh is searching for a "back seat strangler" who has already murdered four people. When an unpopular forensic scientist is found dead in a British government laboratory, Dalgliesh discovers that almost everyone there could be a suspect. When another body is found nearby, the detective must race against time to find the killer.
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Jules Verne's Mysterious Island volume 1
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Escaping from a Confederate prison camp by balloon, five survivors land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. Far from a sanctuary, the island is home to carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and the mad genius, Captain Nemo, who inhabits the mysterious island for his own strange ends.
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Jules Verne's Mysterious Island volume 2
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Escaping from a Confederate prison camp by balloon, five survivors land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. Far from a sanctuary, the island is home to carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and the mad genius, Captain Nemo, who inhabits the mysterious island for his own strange ends.
12) A mind to murder
Pub. Date
c2004
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Scotland Yard commander, Adam Dalgliesh, investigates when the head of a mental health clinic is murdered.
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History meets mystery in this PBS series, with four feature-length episodes set at the height of World War II. War has torn the social fabric of the once quiet coastal community of Hastings and DCS Christopher Foyle's investigations explore the violence and opportunism that the conflict has fostered on the home front.
Pub. Date
[2008]
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Kate is a well-bred lass who passes herself off as a barmaid in order to win the heart of her stuffy suitor. Full of mistaken identities and multiple deceptions, the play pokes fun at the various masks we all wear in different social situations. Along the way, each person learns much about the nature of true love.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
History meets mystery in this PBS series, with four feature-length episodes set at the height of World War II. War has torn the social fabric of the once quiet coastal community of Hastings and DCS Christopher Foyle's investigations explore the violence and opportunism that the conflict has fostered on the home front.