John Kelly
Author
Formats
Description
This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character.
2) The great mortality: an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Chronicles the Great Plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the fourteenth century, documenting the experiences of people who lived during its height while describing the decline of moral boundaries that also marked the period.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Oscar is SO excited, because his parents have finally said he can have a pet! But he doesn't have any idea what kind to get. So he puts an ad in the newspaper in the hopes that the perfect pet will come to live with him. But soon, too many animals show up at his house, and it's CHAOS!
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Duck wants to join a club. But he can't ROAR like Lion or TRUMPET like Elephant. What's a duck to do? Do you want to join a club where everyone's welcome? Then this book's for you.
"A heartwarming celebration of diversity, inclusiveness and friendship. Duck's started a club but there's ONE rule - everyone is welcome! Because when it comes to making friends, being yourself is all that counts--Google Books."
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"It's time for Bear to hibernate, but he just can't get to sleep because his cave is crowded with all of his friends. Raccoon snores, Beaver fidgets, and Skunk doesn't exactly smell too good. So Bear gets a great idea and reserves a room at the Hibernation Hotel. "This is the life!" he exclaims, eating all the snacks he wants and bouncing up and down on the bed. But for some reason, at bedtime, he still can't sleep. Could something be missing?"--Goodreads....
Author
Pub. Date
1972
Description
Car section: contains repair and service procedures for all American cars. In the past The American manufactourers established their own standards for production for current-year vehicles. Unit repair section: contains detailed repair procedures for all major system components.
13) Slow magic
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Polly's grandparents teach her about the magic of nature by showing her how a seed can be transformed into something warm to wear.
Author
Series
Araminta Spookie volume 6
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When strange moans and clanks echo down the halls of her boarding school, junior detective Araminta is determined to solve the mystery.
Series
Pub. Date
1969.
Description
Clint Eastwood is a 19th century adventurer who rescues Shirley MacLaine, a nun, from a group of would-be rapists. The nun decides to tag along with Eastwood who's joining a band of Mexican revolutionaries fighting against the French occupation of Mexico. On his way to overtaking the enemy's garrison, a romance develops and he discovers the nun is really a prostitute!
20) Divergent
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In a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.