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Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Following 9/11, a small band of Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan and rode to war on horseback against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy across the mountainous terrain and captured the strategic city of Mazari-Sharif. The bone-weary Americans were welcomed as liberators, and overjoyed Afghans thronged the streets. Then the action took an unexpected turn: the Horse Soldiers were ambushed.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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In need of some fun and adventure, 30-year-old Conor Grennan traded in his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. But what began as a lark became a passionate commitment that would transform the young American and the lives of countless others.
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Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons took their beloved terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to be put to sleep. What began as a terrible day got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen - missing an ear, and with half his face in scar tissue - captured their hearts. Used as bait for fighting dogs at four months old, Oogy had been left to die. Unable to resist his charms, the Levins - whose sons were adopted...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In the spring of 1865, America's Civil War finally comes to an end, In the midst of the patriotic celebrations in Washington, D.C., John Wilkes Booth - charismatic ladies' man and impenitent racist - murders Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. A furious manhunt ensues, ending in a fiery shootout and several court-ordered executions. With an unforgettable cast of characters, vivid historical detail, and page-turning action, this is history that reads like a...
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English
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Citing costly memory-related inconveniences suffered by average individuals, a science journalist chronicles his own struggles with chronic forgetfulness and his life-changing year in memory training, as well as sharing historical lore and ancient memory techniques.
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English
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This book is a a work of narrative nonfiction that chronicles the author's first year with her Golden Retreiver, Scout, based on her blog of the same name from The New York Times. Is is an instructive and entertaining chronicle of a puppy's first year, by the author, the managing editor of The New York Times. One summer day, she brought home a nine-week-old golden retriever named Scout. Over the following year, as she and her husband raised their...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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"Cats that bite, cats that won't eat, cats that won't stop eating. Feline expert Celia Haddon has seen it all, and in this essential guide she provides practical solutions to a myriad of situations that only cats can dream up. Unraveling the mysteries of cat behavior, she dispenses easy, affordable, animal-friendly strategies to help cats and their owners live happier lives. From kittens to senior cats, Haddon explains things that have puzzled cat...
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English
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This work is a dramatic account of the hunt for and defeat of Osama bin Laden draws on unprecedented access to primary sources to trace how key decisions were made, revealing events from the perspectives of an adept President Obama and an increasingly despondent bin Laden. After masterminding the attacks of September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden managed to vanish. Over the next ten years, as the author shows, America found that its war with al Qaeda,...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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In 1960, Barbra Streisand was just a seventeen-year-old Jewish girl with plenty of talent and even more ambition. Four years later, she had taken over Broadway as the star of Funny Girl, and had three platinum albums. Everyone of a certain age remembers when the phenomenon of Barbra Streisand rewrote all the rules of stardom. In this intimate portrait, William Mann incisively illuminates the woman before she became the icon.
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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In this tell-all of how the Tarte household grew from one recalcitrant cat to six - including a hard-to-manage stray named Frannie - Bob Tarte confesses to allowing these interlopers to shape his and wife's life, from their dining habits to their sleeping arrangements to the placement and furriness of their furniture. But more than that, Bob begins seeing Frannie and the other cats as unlikely instructors in the art of achieving contentment - and...
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life. At loose ends with her daughter leaving home and her husband on the road, Sue Halpern decided to give herself and Pransky, her under-occupied Labradoodle, a new leash--er, lease--on life by getting the two of them certified as a therapy dog team. Smart, spirited, and instinctively compassionate, Pransky turned out to be not only a terrific therapist but an...
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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In 2007, Jon Katz met artist Maria Wulf and felt an immediate connection with her. But a formidable obstacle stood in the way: Maria's dog, Frieda. A rottweiler-shepherd mix, Frieda had been abandoned by her previous owners and had lived in the wild for years. To Maria, Frieda was sweet and loyal. But she was also ferociously protective and barely tamed. It was clear: To win over Maria, Jon would have to gain Frieda's affection as well.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts--ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey that would turn them into lifelong friends. One was an orphaned...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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The 1983 attack on the American Embassy in Beirut killed 63 people, including America's most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East -- CIA operative Robert Ames. Kai Bird, who as a child lived in the Beirut Embassy and knew Ames as a neighbor, draws on years of research and hours of interviews to produce a masterpiece-level narrative of the making of a CIA officer and a uniquely insightful history of the Middle East conflict....
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"#1 International Bestseller When Owen met Haatchi, the lives of one adorable little boy and one great, big dog were destined to change forever. Owen--known to his family as "little buddy" or "Little B"--has a rare genetic disorder that leaves him largely confined to a wheelchair. Before being united with Haatchi, Little B was anxious and found it difficult to make friends. Haatchi--an adorable Anatolian Shepherd puppy--was abused and left for dead...
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