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Great God's war volume 1
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The acclaimed author of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles launches a powerful new trilogy about a prince's desperate quest for a sorcerous library to save his people. Fire. Wind. Pestilence. Earthquake. Drought. Lightning. These are the six Decimates, wielded by sorcerers for both good and evil. But a seventh Decimate exists--the most devastating one of all... For centuries, the realms of Belleger and Amika have been at war, with sorcerers from...
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English
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On New Year's Eve, 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver supplies to Nicaragua after an earthquake. Journalist Maraniss now brings the great baseball player back to life. Anyone who saw Clemente play will never forget him--he was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. But Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above...
7) California history for kids: missions, miners, and moviemakers in the Golden State ; 21 activities
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Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of Big Data is back, this time with a unique and in-depth insight into how specific companies use big data. Big data is on the tip of everyone's tongue. Everyone understands its power and importance, but many fail to grasp the actionable steps and resources required to utilise it effectively. This book fills the knowledge gap by showing how major companies are using big data every day, from an up-close, on-the-ground perspective....
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Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
Describes everyday life in Pompeii as it would have been on the day of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the destruction and panic which occurred after the event, and the rediscovery of Pompeii in the eighteenth century.
12) Ghostly game
Author
Series
GhostWalker novel volume 19
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Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes things just go south and there isnt a damn thing you can do about it. Gideon Eagle Carpenter eased his body back slowly until he was entirely prone, linked his fingers behind his head and stared up at the stars. This was San Francisco. Viewing stars wasnt always easy because fog liked to creep in at night, at least where he was located. He was on the roof of the four-story, wedged shaped original warehouse made of red bricks that rose like...
Publisher
NGHT, LCC
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Catastrophic tornadoes, historic floods, destructive fires, violent earthquakes: through eyewitness video, historical archives, and cutting edge CGI, National Geographic provides a comprehensive, yet intimate look at the most significant natural disasters of all time. A team of world experts reveal the pivotal moments that turned the top ten from natural phenomenon into human catastrophe and explain why these disasters became genuine game-changers....
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Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Junior tells the games he played in his mind during the eight days he was trapped in his house after the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Includes author's note about Haitian children before the earthquake and her own children's reactions to the disaster.
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Pacific Northwest lies in ruins in the aftermath of the 9.2 Cascadia earthquake. There is a tsunami at the coast, annihilated infrastructure in all the towns and cities, and failed dams in the Oregon river valley where 15-year-old Cielo lives with her mother, a fearful evangelical who's become caught up in a fearsome cult called The Collection of Redeemed Souls. Cielo and her mother, Mexican citizens without U.S. papers, have always had their...
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Series
Publisher
Bearport
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Describes the training of and work performed by disaster search dogs, presents photos of dogs at work after such events as the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, lists breeds that often do this work, and provides a list of further resources.
19) Shaken up
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A California earthquake is just the first in a series of chain of events that shakes Devin's confidence: she fails a test in a subject she knows well, her crush seems to have his attention on another girl, and worst of all, her soccer game is off, so nowDevin, the girl who usually inspires confidence in her friends and teammates, will have to turn to them for support.