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1) A spy's life
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Series
Robert Harland novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
An ex-British spy finds himself dragged back into the world of espionage after a mysterious plane crash...
Robert Harland ended his career as a British spy in an Austrian hospital, after being tortured and beaten by Czech security agents in the last days of the communist regime. He was young enough then to find a new life with the Red Cross and then with the UN.
Twelve years later his UN plane crashes in mysterious circumstances at La Guardia airport,...
2) Shelter
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English
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Learn basic survival skills and connect with nature! Knowing how to build a safe shelter in any environment is a skill that every outdoor adventurer needs. Did you know that a shelter can be made from sticks and leaves? Or that it can even be made from snow? Learn all this and more in Shelter--a book that gives kids the confidence they need to get outside and explore. --
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year old Lucy can't believe her luck when she is selected for the Wildlands Safari Escape Challenge, which involves solving a series of mind-bending puzzles to unlock access to new animal habitats across the local safari park. Her team will be racing the Wildlands Ambassadors, a group of student animal experts. And if they win, wildlife-loving Lucy will get the chance to be an Ambassador herself!
4) Irrelevant
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The relevance volume Book 1
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English
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For fans who loved Divergent comes an astonishing dystopian romance like no other. Mallory's been hiding who she is for 18 years... But now her terrible secret has been exposed. Branded Irrelevant, Mallory is cut off from everything she knows. Irrelevants are criminals, banished to live in the old city. But in the wasteland between the new city and the old, she stumbles on Cristan. He's bitter, paranoid, and possibly crazy... He may also be right...
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Shipwreck Island volume 1
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English
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Reluctantly moving to California with her newly blended family, Sarah struggles to adjust to life with her new stepmom and stepbrothers during a family vacation that abruptly ends when they are shipwrecked on a spooky deserted island.
6) First aid
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English
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"A new installment in the A True Book series focusing on Survival Skills"--
"Learn basic survival skills and connect with nature! Knowing how to treat injuries is a skill that every outdoor adventurer needs. Did you know that you can splint a broken finger using only tape? Or that cool water is the first step to treating a burn?Learn all this and more in First Aid - a book that gives kids the confidence they need to get outside and explore. ABOUT...
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Nerd series volume 1
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English
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Stranded on a desert island after their plane crashes, Genevieve Terrance finds herself attracted to the man who saved her life, shy computer geek Jack Farley, as they are threatened by their boss, handsome Nick Brogan.
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Sinead O’Malley and her husband, Jameson, fight to reunite their family after the State of Massachusetts tore it apart and ignored their right to due process. Now, as he sits in jail, she has a choice to make. It’s a choice that could lead to losing her eldest daughter forever. Yet, Sinead can no longer watch her daughter, Ruth, deteriorate. She is left with one option, no matter the consequences. When an unexpected storm cell takes down MedAir...
10) ONE LEVEL DOWN
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English
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Trapped in a child's body, a resourceful woman risks death by deletion from a simulated world. With her debut novella for adults, Mary G. Thompson (Wuftoom) has crafted a taut, ultimately hopeful story that deftly explores identity and autonomy. Ella is the oldest five-year-old in the universe. For fifty-eight years, the founder of a simulated colony-planet has forced her to pretend to be his daughter. Her “Daddy” has absolute power over all elements...
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A riveting WWII account of survival at sea - Book 4 in the middle grade True Rescue series from Michael J. Tougias, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours. On May 19, 1942, during WWII, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles from New Orleans. The submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia. Most onboard were merchant seamen, but there were also civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina, and...
12) Storm warning
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Hidden Bay volume 1
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English
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"Haunted by a half-forgotten past, former army photographer Remi Grant is working at an isolated storm-watching lodge on the rocky Washington coast when she receives a mysterious puzzle piece. The piece may be the catalyst to unlock a disturbing incident she struggles to remember -- the event that sent her into hiding. But with heavy storms rolling in, she must focus on the present, not get caught up in the past. When a mysterious man at the lodge...
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"Two years after her parents' surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find themselves on the 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior's north shore -- a journey that Jo had always looked forward to hiking with her dad. It's not a situation that either of them ever predicted they'd find themselves in, yet here they are in the wilderness with their entire lives stuffed into a pair of thirty-pound packs. Along...
14) Wildfire threat
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An out-of-control blaze has single mom Rayna Karstetter scrambling to protect her little boy, grandparents and their cattle. Forest ranger Aden Whitley offers his help, but Rayna doesn't want to accept. Her feelings for Aden haven't gone away ... and neither has the sting of his betrayal. But when the wildfire forces an evacuation order, can they work together in order to survive?
15) Navigation
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English
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"A new installment in the A True Book series focusing on Survival Skills"--
"Learn basic survival skills and connect with nature! Knowing how to navigate - whether it's by using a compass or by using objects found in nature - is a skill that every outdoor adventurer needs. Did you know that you can make a compass out of sticks and rocks? Or that you can use the stars as a guide? Learn all this and more in Navigation - a book that gives kids the confidence...
17) Blood Mountain
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Grace and her eleven-year-old brother Carter are watched by a mountain man when they get lost during a strenuous hike on Blood Mountain.
18) Nil unlocked
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Nil volume 2
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English
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Trapped on the island of Nil in a parallel universe, Rives is the undisputed leader of Nil City but raiders, non-human inhabitants, and new arrivals make it ever harder to maintain order and Rives teams up with Skye, a new arrival with a mysterious past,in a desperate race to save all the residents of Nil.
19) Good dogs
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"The debut novel from viral horror sensation Brian Asman, Good Dogs is a heartfelt and harrowing story of survival, belonging, found family, and the lengths we'll go to protect it. No one ever said being a werewolf was easy. Take Delia, for instance. She's spent much of her life fighting against her own nature, plagued by nightmares of childhood trauma, and trying to find her place in the world. Many werewolves are just like her: ostracized by their...
20) The lost
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In Piper's hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assumes they're just a bunch of runaways. But when yet another person disappears, Piper and her best friend Hazel suspect something more sinister is going on. So they decide to investigate, determined to learn the truth. Their search for answers leads them to the source of the missing people...and their captors. Piper and Hazel suddenly find themselves locked away in a secluded building...