Steve Roberts
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Robert Fulton didn't actually invent what he is most commonly associated with, yet Fulton's innovations on the steamboat changed America's trade and travel in a progressive way. Readers will enjoy learning more about Fulton and his contributions to American society through easy to follow text and vibrant illustrations.
Author
Language
English
Description
John Joseph Steward fought in the Great War, from the Battle of the Somme to the final offensives of 1918, and he was an acute, unflinching observer of the conflict he took part in - of life and death on the Western Front. He was a writer, too. He recorded his experiences in accurate detail and later in life he wrote a graphic fictionalized account of his wartime career - the story of his war, his comrades and his platoon. His narrative is published...
3) Henry Ford
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henry ford revolutionized transportation with the design and invention of the car. He also introduced the assembly line concept, creating work and production across America. Perhaps most remarkable in a time when deplorable factory conditions were commonplace, Ford believed in treating his employees well.
4) Vampires!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Vampire stories are at a peek in popularity among readers. Tales of vampires living in the midst of humans have existed for centuries. Readers can judge the truth in these tales as they follow one story of a suspected vampire that, allegedly, really happened in the 1700s in Serbia. Facts, lore, and legends are all presented-encouraging further reading and discussion.
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Series
Language
English
Description
The history of Pawleys Island can be summed up in four words: rice, sea, golf, and hammocks. The rivers threading through coastal South Carolina created an ideal environment for cultivating rice, and by the mid-18th century, vast plantations were producing profitable crops and wealthy landowners. But those plantations also produced malaria-carrying mosquitoes, so the landowners sent their families to the seashore for the summer and built the first...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Southern Wyoming 1872
Sheriff James Matthews thought that his life was going well. Offered the job of Sheriff in a small town near his family ranch, he's been struggling to serve God while being the best Sheriff he can for the people of his town. He quickly finds out that the loneliness he hides is not only evident to his friends and family, but that they are all intent on solving it.
After her fiancé ends up in jail, Catherine Woodfield finds out...
8) Kindled Love
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Southern Wyoming 1871
William has wandered the west since the Civil War ended; spending the last several years running from the call that God has on his life as he nurses a bitter grudge against his father.
Anna lost her husband in a tragic fire that left her scarred for life. She struggles to keep her ranch afloat with the help of her young son; she prefers solitude instead of facing the pity of others.
When William tragically loses his horse, he...
Author
Language
English
Description
God wants us to have faith, but for us to have Faith, we must first understand what faith is. Faith is not a blind leap in the dark without knowledge. There is another word for that...foolishness.
So, how is faith different? It is simple: God has pointed in the direction He wants us to go, and faith is taking that next step toward that destination. These fourteen devotions on faith will help the reader understand the real meaning of faith.
Author
Language
English
Description
PSALM 119 is a Psalm of praise and reverence for the Word of God. Although the author is not noted in the original, it is generally attributed to the Psalmist David.
At 176 verses, it is the longest Psalm, as well as the longest chapter in the Bible.
In the original Hebrew, it is broken into twenty-two sections of eight verses-each verse beginning with the same Hebrew letter.
In the King James Version, the translation from Hebrew to English lost...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Southern Wyoming 1872
Barely a week after a gunfight that almost took both of their lives, Parson William Stone and Sheriff James Matthews are both faced with life changing decisions.
Strife in the Church, and his wife falling ill were almost too much for William to deal with, but when a part of his past he wanted to leave buried shows itself, William comes face to face with the root of bitterness that he never realized was in his heart.
As James...
12) Animals
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to draw different animals including dogs, lions and giraffes.
13) Dinosaurs
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Even though dinosaurs have been extinct for a very long time, young artists can make them seem alive through their own budding art skills. With pencil in hand, they'll draw leaf-eating reptiles and the excitingly ferocious T-Rex. Young artists will learn basic drawing skills and what materials are needed, how to shade, and how to create realistic movement.
15) Energy
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and experiments demonstrate the nature and uses of energy in its various forms.
16) Journey of man
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c1999
Language
English
Description
An odyssey following the stages of human development from birth to maturity, with each stage presented by a Cirque du Soleil act.
Publisher
KaBOOM! Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[c2009]
Language
English
Description
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, the young mouse novice Matthias is called on to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior and help save his home and community.
18) Boy erased
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Jared, the son of a Baptist preacher, is forcibly outed by his parents and forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program.