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81) Into the inferno
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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Description
When fire chief Jim Swopes traces the unknown disease that's wiped out half his department in less than a week to a truck crash on a western Washington highway, he knows his days are numbered--like the other victims, all of whom died, he has just seven days to live unless he can find an antidote to a chemical poison no one else believes exists. Helped by a beautiful doctor whose comatose sister drove one of the trucks in the crash, he traces the poison...
82) 3:10 to Yuma
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Arizona in the late 1800s. Infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail,...
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Ilustra pares de vehículos que demuestran las diferencias entre rápido y lento, incluyendo un automóvil y una bicicleta, un cohete y un globo aerostático, y un camión y una carretilla.
Illustrates pairs of vehicles that demonstrate the differences between fast and slow, including a car and a bike, a rocket and a hot air balloon, and a truck and a wheelbarrow.
85) Potential energy
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"When interstellar smuggler Haz Taylor loses his ship, his money, and his tattered reputation, drinking himself to death on a backwater planet seems like his only option. Then the Coalition offers him a contract to return a stolen religious artifact. Sounds simple enough, but politics can be deadly -- and the artifact's not enthusiastic about being returned. Haz didn't sign up to be prisoner transport, but he's caught between a blaster and hard vacuum....
86) Cars
Author
Language
English
Description
Brief text and photographs explain what cars are, describe different types of cars, and examine how they developed and how they are used.
89) Stomp
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Two friends are on their way to see a show in the big city, but they are running very late. Will they make it to the show in time?"--
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The car has shaped the modern era more profoundly than any other human invention. Its manufacture introduced mass-production to the world, bringing with it tarmac, suburbs, and car culture. In this comprehensive world history of the most important transport innovation of the modern age, historian Dr. Steven Parissien examines the impact, development, and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history. He tells the...
94) I stink!
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
96) My car
Author
Language
English
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Description
Sam describes in loving detail his car and how he drives it. On board pages.
Author
Publisher
University of Illinois
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The boom in trained service animal use and access has transformed the lives of travelers with disabilities. As a result, tens of thousands of people in the United States and Canada enjoy travel options that were difficult or impossible just a few years ago. Henry Kisor and Christine Goodier provide a narrative guidebook full of essential information and salted with personal, hands-on stories of life on the road with service dogs and miniature horses....
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
"GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." —Wall Street Journal
The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928.
Triumphantly returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928, the world-famous exploring airship Italia—code-named
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Language
English
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Description
The acclaimed travel writer journeys by train across the Americas from Boston to Patagonia in this international bestselling travel memoir.
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Paul Theroux takes a grand railway adventure first across the United States and then south through Mexico, Central America, and across the Andes until he winds up on the meandering Old Patagonian
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