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82) High Crimes
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Claire is a high-powered attorney whose perfect life comes crashing down around her when her husband is chardged with high crimes of murder. Enlisting the aid of a shrewd military attorney, Claire will risk her career and even her life to find out the truth.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
En la turbulenta Barcelona de los anos 20 un joven escritor obsesionado con un amor imposible recibe la oferta de un misterioso editor para escribir un libro como no ha existido nunca, a cambio de una fortuna y, tal vez, mucho mas. Con estilo deslumbrante e impecable precision narrativa, el autor de La sombra del viento nos transporta de nuevo a la Barcelona del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados para ofrecernos una gran aventura de intriga, romance...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Description
A metaphor of death, a secret meeting of ghosts. This novel depicts the end of a household in the heart of a crumbling country.
Fernando, un escritor colombiano que vive en México, vuelve a su patria de nacimiento para acompañar en sus últimos días a su hermano Darío, enfermo de sida. Darío se ha instalado en la casa familiar. Entre la abundancia de recuerdos sobresalen los dedicados a su padre que, junto a su hermano Darío, es el único miembro...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Her family's new organized schedule for easy housekeeping makes thirteen-year-old Anastasia confident that she can run the household while her mother is out of town, until she hits unexpected complications.
Anastasia cree que el trabajo de la casa es sencillo, ella argumenta que sólo hace falta hacer un horario. Pero sus teorías se pondrán a prueba cuando la señora Krupnik se va a California diez días por motivos de trabajo y deja a Anastasia...
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In this adaptation of the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," friends exchange such gifts as a piñata and "cuatro luminarias." Includes pronunciation and glossary of Spanish words and a description of Christmas foods and other holiday traditions from different Latin American countries.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 42
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Description
"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
91) Un dia de nieve
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young black boy spends an adventurous day in the city when it snows.
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La isla del tesoro (Treasure Island) es una novela de aventuras escrita por el escocés Robert Louis Stevenson, publicada en libro en Londres en 1883 (publicada originalmente por entregas en la revista infantil Young Folks, entre 1881 y 1882 con el título de The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island).Esta obra ha sido fuente de inspiración en el cine, en la televisión, en la literatura, en cómics e incluso en videojuegos. La novela adopta un tono crítico...
93) La odisea
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 24
Description
Las andanzas y aventuras de Odiseo, vividas en el lapso de diez años que duró su regreso al hogar tras una activa participación en la guerra de Troya, conforman la apretada trama, casi novelesca, de uno de los grandes monumentos de nuestro patrimonio intelectual. Probablemente compuesta a fines del siglo VIII a.C., la Odisea nos adentra en un mundo real, el Mediterráneo antiguo, pero repleto de peligros y poblado por seres fabulosos: magas, ninfas,...
96) 24: Season 2
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
It's been over a year since his wife's death, but Jack Bauer and his daughter are still reeling from the tragedy. The two are estranged and Jack no longer works for CTU. But an urgent phone call from the President plunges Jack back into another 24-hour nightmare as he races against time to prevent the detonation of a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
97) Ray
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cuando un niño ve lo que pasa porque no siguío las instrucciones de su padre, trata de hacer correciones.
When he sees the results of not following his father's instructions on the proper way to plant corn, a young boy tries to make things right.
99) Metal shifters
Pub. Date
2012
Description
An alien bacterium that transforms steel objects into furious killing machines has crash landed in Idaho and infected the local scrap yard. Can a local contractor and his estranged ex-girlfriend find a way to stop a heavy metal monster from tearing a path of biological and mechanical destruction through small-town America?
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