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Fight against war and terrorismHunt, Jilly 303.6 Knowledge

What's behind the headlines about domestic terrorists? Explore beyond the headlines on thetopics of war and terrorism, learning how these issues are treated in the news and how toseparate truth from spin. Hunt, Jilly. Beyond the headlines. Heinemann infosearch

What's behind the headlines about war and terrorism? -- What was behind the headlines aboutworld wars? -- What's behind the headlines about peacekeeping? -- What's behind theheadlines about international terrorism? --

Collins Spanish dictionary 463 Knowledge

Provides tens of thousands of entries and translations, complemented by a detailed explanationof Spanish grammar and modern business, computer, and cultural terms Includes Grammar-Grammatica. Includes index. Introduction -- Abbreviations used in this dictionary --Pronunciation guide -- Spanish irregular verbs -- Numerals -- Time and date -- Spanish :English -- English : Spanish -- Using the Grammar -- Contents -- Grammar.

lang: spa lang: eng Collins Spanish concise dictionary Spanish dictionary xviii, 877, 320pages ; 20 cm Text in Spanish and English. "Spanish-English, English-Spanish"--Cover. "In

Mars RoverSmith-Llera, Danielle 629.4 Knowledge

Weighing as much as a small car, a rover named Curiosity rolls quietly around Mars. Scientificinstruments pack its body and cluster at the end of a mechanical arm. An arrangement oflenses and instruments tops its mast, like a face. To the many NASA workers involved inCuriosity s mission on Mars, the rover is not simply a robot, but an astronaut bravely exploringan alien place. Curiosity s instruments collect data and its cameras take images of the Marslandscape, including self-portraits, in vivid color and detail. As it roams and explores, Curiositywill help find the answers to such age-old questions as has there ever been life on Mars? Couldthere be one day? Captured history. Science

Amazing magic tricksBrown, Dave 793.8 Knowledge

This recipe book of 20 classic magic tricks - from vanishing coins to a re-appearing scarf - ispresented in cookbook style: first ingredients to make the props yourself then preparation and,finally, the demonstration itself. Every stage is explained with clear step-by-step photos andinstructions.

47 pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm

A day to die forRatcliffe, Graham 796.52 Knowledge

As a first hand witness, Graham Ratcliffe spent the night of 10 May on Everest's South Col, at26,000 ft, sheltering from the deadly storm that would claim eight lives. This is Graham'sincredible story of high adventure and of a very moving personal journey; his quest for thetruth that would help him come to terms with the guilt he carried. For more than a decade hehad shouldered the burden that he and his fellow teammates could have saved lives thatfateful night. So startling are the author's subsequent discoveries that his revelations rewritethe worst day in Everest's long history and reputations are left in tatters. Seminal days ofyesteryear are dotted with high profile disasters that both horrify and grab the attention of the

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The Climb : tragic ambitions on EverestBoukreev, Anatoli 796.52 Knowledge

In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the SoutheastRidge route. Each group contained world class climbers and relative novices, some of whomhad paid tens of thousands of pounds for the climb. As they neared the summit twenty-threemen and women, including the expedition leaders, were caught in a ferocious blizzard.Disorientated, out of oxygen and depleted of supplied, the climbers struggled to find their wayto safety. Experienced climber and guide Anatoli Boukreev led his exhausted and terrifiedgroup of six back to safety before going back out into the blizzard to help others stranded onthe mountain. Rescuing a number of climbers from certain death he emerged a hero. The

Just to let you know I'm still aliveReddiex, Glenn 940.3 Knowledge

This book takes the reader on a journey into the colourful world of the picture postcard duringWorld War One when the form of communicating was to mail a postcard with a message on thereverse side to a loved one serving on the battle fields of Europe. They were the emails ofyesteryear, the economic way to communicate with family and friends across the miles. Whenwar was declared in 1914, postcards took on a more meaningful purpose on a scale not seenbefore. Beyond their heart-filled personal messages to and from the battlefront, postcards alsobecame a patriotic and propaganda tool. The Dominion of New Zealand was quick to rally andanswer the call to serve King and Country and it was not long before New Zealand publishers

PerfectAhern, Cecelia AHE Fiction

Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by amorality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured - all her freedoms gone. Since JudgeCrevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the runwith the complicated, powerfully attractive Carrick, the only person she can trust. But Celestinehas a secret - one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. JudgeCrevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building,Celestine must make a choice: save only herself, or risk her life to save all the Flawed. And,most important of all, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed...?

Driving a bargainBeale, Fleur BEA Fiction

Thomas’s rich best friend has always invited Thomas to join him on his family’s really coolholidays. This year, they’re off to New York and Disneyland! But Thomas’s mum puts her footdown and says he must find someone else to spend time with over the holidays.Nowhere to go, nothing to do. Boring as! Things don’t look too good until Thomas finds an oldMorrie Thou and starts hanging around with Jimmy and Luke...

116 pages ; 19 cm

Pieces of youMerriman, Eileen MER Fiction

Fifteen-year-old Rebecca McQuilten moves with her parents to a new city. Lonely but trying tofit in, she goes to a party, but that's when things really fall apart. Then she meets gregariousCory who helps Rebecca believe in herself and piece her life together; but that's before heshatters it all over again ...

Wise, tough, heart-breaking, funny, this compulsive love story is about facing your demons.

author. 335 pages ; 20 cm Novel for young adults. Secondary National Library of New Zealand.

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WonderPalacio, R. J PAL Fiction

Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-years-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream,playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kidsdon't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't staredat wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooledby his parents his whole life, to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, for thefirst time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted- but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all? Narratedby Auggie and the people are around him whose lives he touches forever, Wonder is a funny,

Laugh out loudPatterson, James PAT

Jimmy loves reading so much that he's inspired to start a book company for kids - run by kids.with a Ferris wheel instead of an elevator, a bowling alley in the break room, and a river filledwith floating books!

1947- author. 275 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

The nerdiest, wimpiest, dorkiest I funny everPatterson, James PAT Fiction

Comedian Jamie Grimm, accompanied by Uncle Frank, New Aunt Flora, and friends, circles theglobe as host of regional competitions, then competes, himself, in the Planet's Funniest KidWorldwide contest Patterson, James, 1947- Middle school novels. Patterson, James, 1947- Ifunny novels ; bk. 6

1947- author. 311 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

The ministry of utmost happinessRoy, Arundhati ROY Fiction

This novel transports us across a subcontinent on a journey of many years. It takes us deepinto the lives of its gloriously rendered characters, each of them in search of a place of safety--in search of meaning, and of love. In a graveyard outside the walls of Old Delhi, a residentunrolls a threadbare Persian carpet. On a concrete sidewalk, a baby suddenly appears, justafter midnight. In a snowy valley, a bereaved father writes a letter to his five-year-olddaughter about the people who came to her funeral. In a second-floor apartment, a lonewoman chain-smokes as she reads through her old notebooks. At the Jannat Guest House, twopeople who have known each other all their lives sleep with their arms wrapped around each

The buried crownSherrick, Ally SHE Fiction

It's World War Two and Britain is on the brink of invasion. Londoner George has been sent tolive in in the countryside while his brother and guardian, Charlie, fights overseas. But the waris closer than he thinks. An ancient burial ground nearby contains a priceless treasure, amagical Anglo-Saxon crown Hitler is desperate to possess. Alongside Kitty, the granddaughterof a Jewish archaeologist, George must find and protect the crown from the Nazi invadersbefore it's too late ...

Original book as it is set during the war but not about the war...