Jeff Woodman
61) The Arctic Event
Author
Series
Covert-One series volume 7
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers discover the wreckage of a mysterious World War II-era aircraft, a discovery that forces the Russian Federation into a shocking admission. The unmarked plane is a Soviet strategic bomber that disappeared with its crew more than fifty years ago while carrying two metric tons of weaponized anthrax.
Desperate to prevent a political and diplomatic firestorm, the U.S. president dispatches a Covert-One...
Desperate to prevent a political and diplomatic firestorm, the U.S. president dispatches a Covert-One...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"A magnificent collection of short fiction--including two never-before-published novellas--featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, all extending the story of Outlander in thrilling new directions "The Custom of the Army" begins with Lord John Grey being shocked by an electric eel and ends at the Battle of Quebec. Then comes "The Space Between," where it is revealed that the Comte St. Germain is not dead, Master Raymond...
Author
Series
Covert-One series volume 8
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In northern Uganda, an American special forces team is decimated by a group of normally peaceful farmers. Video of the attack shows even women and children possessing almost supernatural speed and strength, consumed with a rage that makes them immune to pain, fear, and all but the most devastating injuries.
Covert-One's top operative, army microbiologist Colonel Jon Smith, is sent to investigate the attack and finds evidence of a parasitic infection...
Covert-One's top operative, army microbiologist Colonel Jon Smith, is sent to investigate the attack and finds evidence of a parasitic infection...
64) Besieged
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In which Lord John, anticipating a voyage home to England after his brief stint as military Governor of Jamaica, instead finds himself on his way to Cuba, where the British navy is preparing to lay siege to Havana-and where the Dowager Duchess of Pardloe (aka John's mother) is a guest (and potential hostage) of Governor Juan de Prado. One of the two final novellas of SEVEN STONES TO STAND OR FALL. This collection of Outlander novellas are all dealing...
65) B for Buster
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Iain Lawrence is the best-selling author of such heralded books for young readers as Lord of the Nutcracker Men, which broached the complicated subject of human experience in war. His novels have been chosen as Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal on more than one occasion. Lawrence again contemplates war in this novel set in 1943 England. Sixteen-year-old Kak escaped his abusive family in Canada to join the Canadian...
66) Weasel
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In 1839, deep in the Ohio woods, a boy's life is changed forever by two people: a voiceless old man and a dangerous killer named Weasel. An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, and a School Library Journal Best Book, Weasel is filled with danger and suspense.
67) Hellfire
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times best-selling author of the multivolume Outlander saga comes Hellfire-a story of intrigue and mystery set in an impeccably drawn world of 18th-century London. Here is the prequel to a captivating new trilogy featuring Lord John Grey, one of the most fascinating and engaging characters to emerge from Diana Gabaldon's best-selling series.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Charley Quinn is a Bowery Boy. He feels tough, clever, and ready for adventure. When he gets a chance to join a New York regiment marching to battle in the Civil War, he is happy to go along. Charley is too young to be a soldier, so he is trained to be a drummer boy. No amount of drumming, though, can protect him when the bullets start flying. Frightened and sickened by the blood, Charley runs. As he scrambles for safety in the Virginia...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
“One part The Da Vinci Code, one part The Name of the Rose and one part A Separate Peace . . . a smart, swift, multitextured tale that both entertains and informs.”—San Francisco Chronicle
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two friends are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two friends are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the greatest songwriters of all time finally shares his story in this "absorbing" autobiography (Rolling Stone).
From his tumultuous marriages and the tragic loss of his daughter to his collaborations with Dionne Warwick and the surprising stories behind the songs that generations have come to know and love, Burt Bacharach offers a frank, moving account of an unparalleled life.
Over six decades, Burt Bacharach's legendary...
From his tumultuous marriages and the tragic loss of his daughter to his collaborations with Dionne Warwick and the surprising stories behind the songs that generations have come to know and love, Burt Bacharach offers a frank, moving account of an unparalleled life.
Over six decades, Burt Bacharach's legendary...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Like his father and grandfather before him, 14-year-old Tomas Torres dreams of catching a great shark in the Sea of Cortez -- and he will catch it, although there are other things he should be thinking about. With an education, her could someday become a marine biologist. Tomas' family want him to stay in school. But Tomas knows he will be more help to them if he leaves school now to become a fisherman. Should he drop out? The choice is Tomas alone...
73) Tex
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The love between two teen-age brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.
74) Stronger
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling memoir of the 27-year-old Boston Marathon bombing survivor and the basis of the major motion picture starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing his legs, the first thing he did was try to speak. When he realized he couldn't, he asked for a pad and paper and wrote down seven words:...
When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing his legs, the first thing he did was try to speak. When he realized he couldn't, he asked for a pad and paper and wrote down seven words:...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Can we really learn to be happy? Yes, we can. Each semester, nearly 1,400 students sign up for Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar's life-changing class, "How to Get Happy." Currently it's the hottest course at Harvard, taken by twenty percent of its graduates. In Happier, Professor Ben-Shahar brings the ideas of the Ivory Tower to Main Street, distilling the lessons and exercises from his course into a slim volume of practical wisdom. Grounded in the...
77) The dragonling
Author
Series
Dragonling series volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Aladdin edition.
Language
English
Description
Darek can't wait to be a dragon hunter like his older brother . . . until he finds an orphaned baby dragon and makes a friend. Now, he must enter the forbidding Valley of the Dragons to return the baby to its home.
Author
Series
Dragonling series volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Darek and his beloved dragonling, Zantor, return triumphant to their village from the Mountains of Krad. But when they arrive, they learn things have taken a turn for the worse and their village is now ruled by a ruthless tyrant. To save their home, Darek and Zantor must team up with their friends and family in a fantastical struggle to defend their home--that may just change the world as they know it.
79) Dragon quest
Author
Series
Dragonling series volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Aladdin hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Now that the villagers have finally accepted Darek's dragonling, Zantor, they've all fallen in love with him. Especially Rowena, the spoiled daughter of the Chief Elder--so much so that she wants the dragonling for her very own. But Darek can't give him up! He and Zantor are so close that he can almost get inside the little dragon's mind. So the Chief Elder orders Darek's father to find another dragonling. Even though a dragon mother will have to...
Author
Series
Dragonling series volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Aladdin edition.
Language
English
Description
Darek must prove to his neighbors that the baby dragon he rescued is not a threat to their community.