Bill Weideman
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity's vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use. First published in 1898, H. G. Wells's masterpiece of speculative fiction has thrilled and delighted generations of readers, spawned countless imitations, and inspired dramatizations by such masters as Orson Welles and Steven Spielberg. The War of the Worlds is a fantasy that...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
Description
"James Fenimore Cooper's romantic adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian War vividly to life. The most popular of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans portrays the inevitable conflict of opposed cultures and stands as a testament to the ways in which this struggle has been mythologized. Featuring the well-loved noble woodsman Natty Bumppo, or "Hawk-eye," Cooper's novel is a memorable...
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"The wounded outlaw blurted out the warning to range boss Jim Seton, and Seton knew that if he wasn't careful, the man's words would prove true; Doug Walters' men were out for his blood. After five years in prison, Seton dared to return to the hostile town he called home and within shooting range of the one man who would pay a fortune to see him dead"--Container.
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Formats
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By creating a mesmerizing world where the surreal and the hyperreal collide, The Helmet of Horror is a radical retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur set in an Internet chat room. They have never met, they have been assigned strange pseudonyms, they inhabit identical rooms that open out onto very different landscapes, and they have entered a dialogue they cannot escape-a discourse defined and destroyed by the Helmet of Horror. Its wearer...
5) Michael Connelly CD Collection three books in one: the concrete blonde; the last coyote; trunk music
Author
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Description
Three suspense novels featuring LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch.
6) Thriller
Series
Thriller anthology volume 1
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
The first collection of pure thriller stories featuring heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises by thirty-two of the most critically acclaimed and award-wining authors in the business.