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265 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Beautifully and hauntingly written, "After Disasters" is told through the eyes of four people in the wake of a life-shattering earthquake in India. An intricate story of love and loss weaves together the emotional and intimate narratives of Ted, a pharmaceutical salesman turned member of the Disaster Assistance Response Team; his colleague Piotr, who still carries with him the scars of the Bosnia conflict; Andy, a young firefighter eager to prove...
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367 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Kidnap negotiator Thea Paris has spent her entire life with survivor's guilt, following an unspeakable childhood tragedy. At eight years old, she watched, frozen in fear, as her twelve-year-old brother, Nikos, was abducted from their home in Kanzi, Africa. Although he was recovered nine months later, he was never the same after that; worse, Thea discovers that she was supposed to have been the target. This defining experience drives Thea to become...
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Sheriff Hank Worth mysteries volume 1
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viii, 310 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"The Branson Beauty, an old showboat, has crashed in the waters of an Ozark mountain lake just outside the popular tourist destination of Branson, Missouri. More than one hundred people are trapped aboard. Hank Worth is still settling into his new role as county sheriff, and when he responds to the emergency call, he knows he's in for a long winter's day of helping elderly people into rafts and bringing them ashore. He anticipates a lot of anxiety,...
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A yacht bearing a young American couple is attacked by Somali pirates, leading to bloodshed and the violent kidnapping of the pregnant woman on board. To aid in her rescue from the lawless and war-torn jungles of coastal Africa, Sigma Force enlists the aid of a unique search team.
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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With special access to the site of the San Jose, Chile, mine, the mining engineers, and the miners' families, NOVA chronicles the miners' 69-day ordeal and the work of a global team of engineers who struggled tirelessly around the clock in a desperate bid to bring the trapped miners safely to the surface.
11) Yellow Copter
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"A teacher is stuck on a Ferris wheel! Who can save her? WHUP WHUP WHUP ... it's Yellow Copter!"--
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English
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"These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines that come to our rescue including fire engines, lifeboats, and helicopters. Find out which rescue machine is the mightiest of them all!"--
13) Blue Boat
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"When a family is stranded at sea, there is only one rough, tough tugboat that can save them. Blue Boat!"--
14) Meet Tracker!
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23 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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When Carlos falls into a hole while digging for lost treasure, he is saved by Tracker, a puppy that calls the PAW Patrol for help and then joins the team.
16) Contagion
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Achlys volume 1
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423 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
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English
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After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project--including its members' dead bodies. As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried--and some monsters are only too ready...
18) Work song
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National Book Award finalist and Wallace Stegner Award winner Ivan Doig has garnered critical and popular acclaim for his vibrant, authentic tales of the American West. In Work Song he takes listeners to Butte, Montana, in 1919 for the tale of one charmer's efforts to elude Chicago gangsters. Stepping off the train in the world's copper mining capital, Morris Morgan secures a room at the boarding house of an attractive widow he'd like to know better....
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84 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Ryder and his team of dogs describe their characteristics, abilities, favorite activities, and vehicles; rescue Mayor Goodway when her hot air balloon goes awry; and Skye rescues her hero, pilot Ace Sorenson, as the others ready a landing.
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Zoey and Sassafras volume 4
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English
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"When an unexpected snowstorm causes trouble for the magical creatures of the forest, Zoey and Sassafras come to the rescue. But their first attempt to save trapped caterfly eggs results in a big mistake. Can they figure out a way to fix things before the baby caterflies hatch?"--Jacket.
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