Don Brown
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Bestselling author and former US Navy JAG Officer Don Brown's Pacific Rim series is now available in one volume! Thunder in the Morning Calm Sixty years after his grandfather disappeared in Korea, a young naval intelligence officer seeks the truth behind rumors that American POWs are still being held there. Risking his life, fortune, and freedom, he leads a daring mission into the dangerous dictatorship of North Korea -- all for the love of his country...
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[2015]
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English
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The riveting tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness,...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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JEF - Graphic Novels for Adults
NPM - NPMS 8th grade Nonfiction
NPM - Outstanding Books for the College Bound (YALSA) 2019
NPM - NPMS 8th grade Nonfiction
NPM - Outstanding Books for the College Bound (YALSA) 2019
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Presents a graphic account of the events of Syrian refugees' attempt to escape the horrors of their country's civil war in search of a better tomorrow.
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English
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I was 14 when this incident occurred. We hadn't lived at this area for long. My father wanted to move every 2 or 3 years for some reason. I still do not know how so many people found out that we needed help so quickly. We didn't have a TV. I didn't get one until I was about 23. I spent a lot of years on the road in my truck hauling furniture for Allied Van Lines, across the US. I have met a couple of angels in my life, but I was truly amazed at what...
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Big ideas that changed the world volume 2
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English
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"Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines to guiding spaceships to the moon. Included are fascinating looks at the world's earliest calculators, the birth of computer programming, and the arrival of smartphones. Contributors discussed include Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Ada Lovelace, and Bill Gates. From the abacus...
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[2019]
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English
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New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's something coming that is deadlier than any war. When people begin to fall ill, most Americans don't suspect influenza. The flu is known to be dangerous to the very old, young, or frail. But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. Soon, thousands of people succumb. Then tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and more. Graves can't be dug quickly...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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The award-winning cartoonist offers “a witty history of the planet” for young readers—covering everything from the Big Bang to climate change (Publishers Weekly).
Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a Big Bang. What began as a cloud of gas, dust, and rock eventually took shape and bloomed into a molten sphere. Battered by asteroid collisions, ice ages, and shifting tectonic plates, our fledgling...
Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a Big Bang. What began as a cloud of gas, dust, and rock eventually took shape and bloomed into a molten sphere. Battered by asteroid collisions, ice ages, and shifting tectonic plates, our fledgling...
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Big ideas that changed the world volume 3
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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"Beginning with smallpox--perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date--and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza."--publisher.
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