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41) Daniel Deronda
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Anne" or "Marian"), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for...
42) White Fang
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Set during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory, London's 1906 story chronicles the story of a half-dog, half-wolf beast in the wild. As opposed to his famous Call of the Wild tale of a domestic dog reverting to the wild, White Fang depicts a wild animal eventually becoming domesticated. It is a gripping tale told from the wolf's point of view about the hard life in the frozen wilds of the north. The story concludes with White Fang returning...
43) The poems
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Series
Description
A complete standard edition of the Nobel laureate's verse, including poems from the plays and essays.
44) Concrete mixers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Describes how concrete mixers look, how they function, and the names of fundamental parts.
45) The city of God
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Series
Description
The City of God is a book of Christian philosophy presenting human history as a conflict between what Augustine calls the Earthly City and the City of God-a conflict that is destined to end in victory for the latter. The City of God is marked by people who forego earthly pleasure to dedicate themselves to the eternal truths of God, now revealed fully in the Christian faith. The Earthly City, on the other hand, consists of people who have immersed...
46) The tempest
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
Presents the annotated text of the darkly humorous play about Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who is exiled to a magical island with his daughter, Miranda; and includes an introduction, an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare, and a note on the text used.
47) Julius Caesar
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A triumphant Caesar enters Rome after defeating the sons of his old enemy, Pompey. Jealousy and fear over Caesar's reforms reveal a brewing conspiracy to assassinate him. As the plot thickens, Caesar's wife is plagued by terrible nightmares and begs him not to go to the Capitol. But Caesar shrugs off her fears and is accompanied to the Senate by the conspirators thus sealing his fate. Caesar's loyal friends rally to avenge his death and preserve...
48) Titus Andronicus
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Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Titus Andronicus" (1594). This edition features a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. Unlike Shakespeare's other plays based on Roman histories, the story of "Titus Andronicus" is a fictional work. The play dramatises the gruesome events that take place in the battle for a nation between the brutal Roman general Titus and his powerful...
49) Hamlet
Pub. Date
1987, c1980
Description
This richly costumed production maintains all the tension of a murder mystery as it examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt and death.
50) Bulldozers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Smash! A massive bulldozer flattens a building! Learn more about how bulldozers move over any surface, and find out what they are used for. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative sidebars and captions, an activity, critical-thinking questions, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, an index, and an introduction to the author"--
51) Energy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c 1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Text and experiments demonstrate the nature and uses of energy in its various forms.
52) Dump trucks
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
What do dump trucks carry? How do they dump their loads? Who drives dump trucks? Learn all about these awesome trucks in this book. --Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
One of Shakespeare's most frequently performed comedies, Much Ado About Nothing includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are kept apart by pride and mutual antagonism until others decide to play Cupid. --Publisher
54) Cranes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Describes how construction cranes look, how they function, and how they are used.
55) Airplanes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Simple text describes what airplanes look like and what they do.
56) Garbage trucks
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Introduces garbage trucks, describing what they do and their various parts.
57) Tow trucks
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Introduces tow trucks, describing their function, parts, and how they work.
60) Rain
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Illustrations and simple text explain what rain is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and the importance of clean water.