Rachel Ward
1) The drowning
Author
Publisher
Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Carl Adams awakens beside his drowned brother, unable to remember anything about himself, the incident, or the girl who rides with him in the ambulance.
Author
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When a young woman is attacked walking home from her local supermarket, Bea Jordan, a smart but unfulfilled checkout girl, is determined to investigate. Colleagues and customers become suspects, secrets are uncovered. While fear stalks the town, Bea finds an unlikely ally in Ant, the seemingly airheaded new trainee, but risks losing the people she loves most as death comes close to home."--Provided by publisher.
3) Num8ers
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a boy named Spider and they plan a day out together, they become more involved than either of them had planned.
4) Traitor
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
During the closing months of World War II, a fifteen-year-old German girl must decide whether or not to help an escaped Russian prisoner of war, despite the serious consequences if she does so.
Author
Series
Numbers ; 2
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the follow-up to Numbers [Num8ers], sixteen-year-old Adam like his mother, Jem, looks in people's eyes and can see the dates of their deaths and now he sees the same date, six months in the future, in nearly everyone around him in the London of 2026.
Author
Series
Numbers ; 3
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Adam, Sarah, and Mia are living together, struggling with the fame brought about by their knowing the dates when people will die, but ever since Mia swapped her number for another, her new power makes her a target that puts them all in jeopardy.
7) On the beach
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Radioactive fallout from a nuclear war has wiped out the entire northern hemisphere. Australia is the only civilized area spared from destruction. With fallout expected momentarily, the Australians review their lives, establish new relationships and prepare for their tragic demise.
Author
Publisher
Zeitgeist
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Practical strategies, checklists, and planning tools to help couples navigate the pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn stages together Preparing for the birth of your child is a life-changing experience, but it doesn't have to be an overwhelming one. Couples can tackle everything that needs to get done if they work together as a team, all while setting the foundation for a strong partnership that carries them through the next stage as first-time parents....
11) The thorn birds
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Colleen McCullough's epic novel about an Australian priest torn by personal desires and ambition. This title has been repackaged. Disc one contains episodes 1 and 2; disc two contains episodes 3 and 4; disc three contains extra content.
12) Against all odds
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
Terry Brogan, a cynical ex-football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler, the runaway mistress of a ruthless L.A. nightclub owner, Jake Wise. According to Jake, Jessie had stabbed him and vanished with $50,000. But Terry's mission is soon forgotten when he tracks down the beautiful Jessie on a Mexican island and falls in love with her.
15) Memento monstrum
Author
Publisher
Arctis
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This book contains [parts of] Count Dracula's memoirs. And as you would expect, there are plenty of hideous creatures in it--giant yetis, insidious werewolves, slimy fish monsters--maybe you shouldn't read it! You might learn things you didn't know about monsters before. Hair-raising things that make these monsters appear . . . friendly . . . even downright human"--Back cover."--
17) Blackbeard
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In the 18th century, Blackbeard stood out among the lawless rogues as the most fearsome and notorious seafarer of them all. He killed for the reputation which is now legend. The true story of pirate Edward Teach, the man who terrorized the seas.
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In the first year of Wyoming's statehood, fresh battle lines are drawn pitting cattle barons against the newly arrived homesteaders. The three Hammett brothers are divided on the issue and must work out their differences in the midst of war.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Based on the novel, Silent Parts, by John Charalambous, An Accidental Soldier is about an Australian soldier who flees the carnage of the Western Front and finds refuge with a French woman in a remote farmhouse. Harry Lambert is a shy, thirty five year old Australian soldier, working as a baker behind the lines. He is a gentle man, a reluctant soldier, but a man like many who has been shamed by his local community into joining up. But when he is...