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Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed. for the U.S. and Canada.
Physical Desc
256 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. + 2 pull-out col. posters.
Language
English
Description
Provides photographs and scale drawings that aid in building the world's landmarks from Lego bricks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, the Louvre, the Coliseum, and the Great Wall of China.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs comes another riveting work of "gloriously twisted" (Marie Claire) psychological suspense. On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate....
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
128 p. : chiefly ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1903, Cambridge Springs was described in Cutter's Guide as "the Great Health and Pleasure Resort of Pennsylvania." Located in northwestern Pennsylvania on the banks of French Creek, it fell halfway between Chicago and New York City on the Erie Railroad. From the promotion of the mineral springs in 1884, this town of some six hundred people grew into a luxurious vacation spot that included accommodations such as the Riverside Hotel, the Rider Hotel,...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents instructions for designing and constructing playhouses, treehouses, and play forts, and includes tips on the required tools and techniques, how to use reclaimed materials, and personalizing the playhouse design.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a shocking tragedy, Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming, but financially strapped bookshop in San Francisco. She also becomes caretaker for her ailing grandfather Andrew, her only living relative--not counting her scoundrel father. But the gruff, deeply kind Andrew has begun displaying signs of decline. Natalie thinks it's best to move him to an assisted living facility to ensure the care he needs. To pay for it, she plans...
11) The Capitol
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the Washington, D.C. Capitol complex buildings, including the United States Capitol building, Senate and House of Representatives office buildings, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress buildings, and others.
12) The White House
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press/Primary Source
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
13) Stop! Bot!
Author
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little boy out for a walk with his family stops to show a building doorman his new "bot": "I have a bot!" Only he doesn't have it for long, because it floats up out of his hands like an escaped balloon. "Stop! Bot!" Springing to action, the kind doorman runs up to each floor of the building to try and catch it -- along with the help of each floor's resident. But while everything looks normal at first, every floor (and resident) is a little more...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Zuretta Palmer travels to Chicago during the 1893 World's Fair to find her missing sister, but when the police and the Pinkertons refuse to help her, Zuretta begins her own investigation by becoming a maid at the notorious Castle.
15) The library book
Author
Language
English
Description
"Susan Orlean reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution--our libraries"--
"Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative...