George Newbern
1) The stranger
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Harlan Coben's seven consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers feature unrivaled depths of emotion combined with cutting-edge suspense. His latest shocking thriller proves that a well-placed lie can help build a comfortable life, and a secret has the explosive power to destroy it. In The Stranger, married parents Adam and Hannah confront the shocking secret on which their marriage is built, leaving Adam wondering whether he ever truly knew Hannah...
Author
Language
English
Description
"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being...
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Language
English
Description
"Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But now, he's served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. The hometown where his childhood best friend, Walk, is now the chief of police. The town where his childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed. Duchess, Star's daughter, is a self-proclaimed outlaw. She needs to be. Who else is going to take care of her and her five-year-old...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"A new hardcover in the acclaimed Mercy Thompson series--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fire Touched. Attacked and abducted in her home territory, Mercy finds herself in the clutches of the most powerful vampire in the world, taken as a weapon to use against alpha werewolf Adam and the ruler of the Tri-Cities vampires. In coyote form, Mercy escapes--only to find herself without money, without clothing, and alone in the heart of Europe......
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife Alice, he is doing his best as a single Dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. His unit at the hospital has just been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of doctors and nurses who are as caring as Eric is. But when he...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty...
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Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling master of psychological suspense returns with a riveting thriller in which the possible heirs of a wealthy dying man are mysteriously being eliminated, one by one by one"--
Tech billionaire Miles Cookson has everything he could dream of-- except time. Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, there is a fifty percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation. Two decades ago young, struggling Miles was...
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Language
English
Description
"Based on the hugely popular cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind the scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history. Award-winning journalist Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leader. In addition Schlender, who knew Jobs personally...
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Language
English
Description
"The incredible true story of fighter pilot Joe Moser's war in the sky and secret survival at Buchenwald during World War II. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his 44th combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly of Nazi concentration camps. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down tells this largely untold and riveting true story. Moser was just...
Author
Language
English
Description
Author Steven Johnson uncovers powerful tools for honing the important skill of complex decision-making. Through compelling stories that reveal surprising insights, Johnson explains how we can most effectively approach the choices that can chart the course of a life, an organization, or a civilization. Farsighted will help you imagine your possible futures and appreciate the subtle intelligence of the choices that shaped our broader social history....
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Language
English
Description
It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the 13 colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America's "First Frontier" beyond the Appalachian Mountains engage in a never-ending series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and finally against the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Austin and Julie Locke are devastated when they receive news that their young son, Dax, has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. With courage, determination and faith, they decide to give their beloved boy a joyful, final Christmas-in October. When the community learns the heartbreaking truth, what happens next is a miraculous outpouring of caring and support that stretches beyond the neighborhood and around the world.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An all-new Disney holiday classic is born--a brand-new litter of the cutest talking pups ever, Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble--it's perfect for the whole family. When Mrs. Clause travels to Pineville, the playful Santa Pups stow away on her sled. They grant joyful wishes to Pineville's boy's and girls, but something goes terribly wrong--the Christmas spirit begins to disappear. Now, the Santa Pups and Mrs. Claus must race to save Christmas around...
Author
Series
Revolution trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Dennis Mitchell is making a list and checking it twice, and then some. He aims to find the perfect gift for his grumpy ol' neighbor Mr. Wilson. It'll take a miracle to get it right. And a miracle is what he gets, thanks to a visiting angel who's on a mission to impart the Christmas spirit to someone who needs it.
17) Moonglow
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Moonglow unfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as "my grandfather." It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at midcentury, and, above all, of the destructive impact--and the creative power--of keeping secrets and telling lies"--Dust jacket.
Series
Publisher
Manufactured and distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Language
English
Description
Under the leadership of the original Justice League, Earth's superheroes band together to form an unbeatable force that's always ready for action! These three exciting adventures from the hit TV show feature battles with a menacing nuclear robot, the egomaniacal child magician Mordred and the dangerous god of war Ares. In Justice League Unlimited, there's always a hero around when you need one!
20) Justice League
Publisher
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The greatest super heroes of all time team up in the 21st century to battle intergalactic villians. Martian Manhunter comes to Earth to warn of an impending alien invasion. With the help of Superman and Batman, he enlists the world's greatest heroes to fend off the unstoppable invading force.