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1) Steppenwolf
Author
Language
English
Description
In Harry Haller, who considers himself half man, half wolf, as in civilized man of all ages, there is the conflict between nature and spirit. Newly revised translation of the novel.
Author
Series
Folk of the Air volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Description
As seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.
Author
Publisher
Sounds True, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This parable from the beloved philosopher Alan Watts tells the story of a confused fish who begins to chase his own tail in an effort to keep from falling to the bottom of the ocean. The poor fish becomes more and more anxious and exhausted, until the Great Sea speaks up to remind him of what was supporting him all along. This is a 32-page, fully illustrated picture book with illustrations from award-winning illustrator Khoa Le with a message every...
9) Eternal life
Author
Language
English
Description
Ever since she made a deal to save her son's life in Roman-occupied Jerusalem, Rachel has been doomed to live eternally, but as her descendants develop new technologies for immortality, she realizes that, for them to live fully, she must die.
"What would it really mean to live forever? Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can`t die. Her recent troubles--widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son--are only the latest in a litany...
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Language
English
Description
Abraxas, guardian of the universe (1991, ca. 87 min.) : An alien policeman arrives on Earth to apprehend a renegade of his own race who impregnates a woman with a potentially destructive mutant embryo.
Laser mission (1990, ca. 87 min.) : A recently stolen giant diamond could be used to construct a laser cannon which could bring power over the whole world. Who will succeed: CIA or KGB - or neither?
12) Histoire de l'il
Author
Series
Faux titre volume 390
Publisher
Rodopi
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Français
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Over the course of his long and suspicious career, Mr. Snicket has investigated many things, including villainy, treachery, conspiracy, ennui, and various suspicious fires. In this book, he is investigating his own death.
16) I'm not small
Author
Language
English
Description
"A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too"--
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to such oddities as blue caterpillars who smoke hookahs, cats whose grins remain after their heads have faded away, and a White Queen who lives backwards and remembers forwards? Is it all just nonsense? Was Carroll under the influence? This book probes the deeper underlying meaning in the Alice books, and reveals a world...
18) The coral thief
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Arriving in Paris in the aftermath of Waterloo, medical student Daniel Connor discovers that research materials he carried have been stolen and sets out to recover them, an effort that brings him into the underworld of philosopher thieves obsessed with emerging theories of evolution.
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"One of the most trafficked terms in contemporary life, sustainability has risen to prominence as a buzzword before the many parties laying claim to it have even agreed how to define it. But the term's political currency demands that we develop an understanding of this elusive concept. Norton here offers an action-oriented, pragmatic response to the disconnect between public and academic discourse around sustainability, revealing that the path to...