Simon & Schuster Audio
1) Truman
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English
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America's beloved and distinguished historian.
The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe...
The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe...
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Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 40
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English
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Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues, the author has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet...
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Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
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English
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"When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, Ali Reynolds classmate from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime scene investigation shows there's much more to it, and soon Reyes and his pregnant wife are both under suspicion of wrong-doing. Ali Reynolds owes Jose Reyes a debt of gratitude, and when she's summoned...
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Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Some years ago, a remarkable manuscript long rumored to exist was discovered: The Legend of Broken. It tells of a prosperous fortress city where order reigns at the point of a sword, even as scheming factions secretly vie for control of the surrounding kingdom. Meanwhile, outside the city's granite walls, an industrious tribe of exiles known as the Bane forages for sustenance in the wilds of Davon Wood.
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The Unwanteds volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
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Scot Harvath thrillers volume 9
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English
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Recruited as a field operative, Scot Harvath has just returned from his first assignment abroad when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American college students. The evidence points to a dangerous colleague from Harvath's past and a plan for further attacks on an unimaginable scale.
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Angels walking volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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After suffering a career-ending injury, Tyler Ames finds a maintenance job at a retirement home where he meets Virginia Hutcheson, a patient with Alzheimer's who seems to have the answers he is seeking.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 42
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English
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On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, Eisenhower biographer and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944, had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired. The true story of D-Day, as Ambrose relates it, is about the citizen soldiers - junior officers and enlisted men - taking the initiative to act on their own to
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Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
From Marilu Henner-beloved actress and one of only twelve people known to have a "Superior Autobiographical Memory"-comes a guide to enhancing your life by improving your memory, based on her own personal experience.
Could the confidence you felt when your prom date said yes embolden you to ask for a raise today? Would the thrill of wearing your skinny jeans last year inspire you to skip this morning's doughnuts? Could the details of your early days...
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Dork diaries volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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When Miss Know-It-All's inbox overflows with pleas for guidance, Nikki Maxwell, the school newspaper advice columnist, turns to her best friends for help.
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WondLa trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Raised underground by a robot, twelve-year-old Eva Nine finally finds all she ever wanted in the human colony of New Attica, but something very bad is going on there and unless Eva and her friends stop it, it could mean the end of life on Orbona.
14) About average
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
15) Brush of wings
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Angels walking volume 3
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"Despite needing a heart transplant and against the advice of her doctor, Mary Catherine moves to Uganda to work at a new orphanage. Whatever time she has left, Mary Catherine wants to spend it helping children--especially since there will be no children of her own. The only problem is Major League Baseball player Marcus Dillinger, the man she never meant to fall in love with. Neither Marcus nor Mary Catherine's other friends--Tyler Ames and Sami...
16) Blind fall
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Publisher
Audioworks
Pub. Date
p2008.
Language
English
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Disgraced after a split-second decision nearly kills his marine captain, Iraq war veteran John Houck struggles to redeem himself in his captain's eyes and stumbles on a horrifying murder scene that wrongfully implicates the captain's partner.
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English
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New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance returns with her "compelling...satisfying" (USA TODAY) third novel in the gripping suspense series featuring ex-television journalist Ali Reynolds.
With his hand trapped in the door of a speeding car, a man struggles to remain upright as he's dragged along a deserted stretch of San Juan Road in Phoenix's South Mountain Preserve. It's the perfect place to drive a man to his...
With his hand trapped in the door of a speeding car, a man struggles to remain upright as he's dragged along a deserted stretch of San Juan Road in Phoenix's South Mountain Preserve. It's the perfect place to drive a man to his...
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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 19
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English
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Set against the events of the Gulf Coast oil spill, Creole Belle finds Dave Robicheaux languishing in a New Orleans recovery unit since surviving a bayou shoot-out. The detective's body is healing; it's his morphine-addled mind that conjures spectral visions of Tee Jolie Melton, a young woman who in reality has gone missing. An iPod with an old blues song left by his bedside turns Robicheaux into a man obsessed…And as oil companies assign blame...
19) Cruel intent
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English
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When her contractor's unfaithful wife is brutally murdered, former TV anchorwoman Ali Reynolds sets out to prove the husband's innocence in spite of skepticism on the part of Ali's detective boyfriend, a situation that strains their relationship and catches the attention of the real killer.
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Dork diaries volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"Nikki is in the spotlight. A reality TV crew will follow her and her friends for the whole month of March as they record their hit song together. But will the excitement also cause unexpected problems, now that cameras are everywhere Nikki and her friends go?"--