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3661) The ire of Iron Claw
Author
Series
Gadgets and gears volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"The daring and loyal dachshund Noodles, the boy inventor Wally Kennewickett, and his scientific genius family and staff of automatons join forces with Nikola Tesla to defeat sky pirates, cross Europe in a giant mechanical spider, and defy the evil Mesmers"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Travel the multiverse with Dazzler, Captain Howlett, Kid Nightcrawler, and Emmeline Frost--lost between dimensions with no way home! Dazzler adjusts to dimension-hopping life as the ad hoc X-group targets evil versions of Professor X! Howlett and Dazzler butt heads over leadership of the team...but when a jump goes wrong, will the whole team make it to the next dimension?
3663) Of mice and men
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Best friends Lennie and George find themselves unemployed in Depression-era California, unable to maintain a stable working pattern for long because of Lennie's infantile mental capacity. They get hired at the Tyler Ranch but soon their work is ripped apart by tragedy when Curly's beautiful but unhappy wife becomes the innocent victim of Lennie's compassion.
3664) X-Men: X-verse.Wolverine
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"In the uncanny X-verse, he's the best there is at what he does. Join Wolverine on his wildest adventures! When Professor X tasks Logan with taking new student Kitty Pryde under his wing, neither of them is happy about the arrangement--but they'll need to work together to survive the experience! But does Wolverine's future lie with the X-Men? Or back with his old team, Alpha Fight? Why is he going undercover wearing an eyepatch?! And shouldn't Logan...
3665) Holes in my shoes
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
The profoundly moving story of New Yorker Jack Beers. At 94 years old he breaks the age barrier, able to rip a telephone book into 4 pieces with his hands. He is as active and energetic as men half his age. But that is just the beginning. His long and diverse list of lifetime achievements is an inspiring tale for all ages. Jack's story is truly motivational and richly entertaining. He died at the age of 98.
3666) Identity
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Stories from the world outside your window, by diverse creators who are making theirs Marvel -- and making their voices heard! Some of the best super heroes in comics get the spotlight in action-packed and heartfelt tales -- including Shang-Chi, Ms. Marvel, Jubilee, Silk, Wave, Wong and Jimmy Woo! These amazing and legendary heroes star in stories from new and established Asian creators who will surely expand 'the world outside your window!' Plus:...
3667) Ben-Hur
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
The epic story of Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Higher, further, faster - to the very end! Kelly Thompson leaves her final, indelible fingerprints on Earth's Mightiest Hero! Captain Marvel, Spider-Woman, Hazmat and the X-Men embarked on a mission to find Rogue and rescue Binary. But now, overwhelmed and trapped in the alien Brood's backyard, Carol and her team are forced to sacrifice one of their own. The Brood let Carol through their clutches once before and created one of their worst enemies....
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Calamity Jane: Day and Howard Keel fuss, feud and fall in love as Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok in this entertainment mother lode. At first curvaceous Calamity is too darned busy fighting Indians and cracking a bullwhip to pay mind to such girly what-alls as dresses and perfume. And Wild Bill is too danged busy wooing a dainty chanteuse (Allyn McLerie) to give a hoot about a hotheaded tomboy. But things change in a rootin', tootin' big way when...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
From dating dilemmas to career conundrums, the recently engaged Ted and his feisty friends find themselves at the crossroads of young adult life. While newlyweds Marshall and Lily contemplate parenthood, single gal Robin explores the advantages of having 'friends with benefits.' Meanwhile, the irrepressible, opinionated Barney continues his hilariously dogged pursuit of the fairer sex. As for Ted, his Miss Right is out there, but amid bar brawls,...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The nutty professor I: An overweight chemist creates a potion to make him the lean and charming self-centered Buddy Love.
The nutty professor II: Professor Klump finds romance with a lovely fellow geneticist. When his alter ego Buddy Love breaks out and threatens trouble, its up to the rest of the hefty Klump family to save the day.
Bowfinger: With the help of Jiff Ramsey, brother to Hollywood's biggest star, Hollywood's least successful director...
Author
Series
Astonishing X-Men volume 12
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"A family like none other! Through thick and thin, from marriage to apocalypse, these X-Men stood together. But bonds are broken and loyalties tested as the series barrels toward its astonishing conclusion! After she incites an international incident and is declared an enemy combatant by S.H.I.E.L.D., Warbird goes on the lam in Cairo. As she seeks out an ancient artifact with ties to her alien race, the Shi'ar, the deadly soldier will stop at nothing...
3675) The wedding banquet
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Comedy about the age-old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, the Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' matchmaking by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials!
Pub. Date
2012
Description
With both a baby and a wedding on the way, change is in the air and awesomeness abounds. As Marshall and Lily move away to start their family, Ted continues the search for the woman of his dreams. Meanwhile, Robin reveals a shocking secret and Katie Holmes joins the fun in the long-awaited return of the Slutty Pumpkin.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Description
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New...
3678) Animal house
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
In 1962, Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman are freshman in college. They want to join a fraternity. After visiting several, including the snobby Omega house, they come to a Delta house pledge party. Here they meet the handsome, but compulsive womanizer Otter, his best friend Boone, Boone's girlfriend Katy, the daring thrill-seeker D-Day, the ever responsible Hoover, and slacker Bluto. They are accepted into the fraternity and join in on the wild toga...
Pub. Date
2017
Description
War Room : Tony and Elizabeth Jordan have it all- great jobs, a beautiful daughter, and their dream house. But appearances can be deceiving. Their world is actually crumbling under the strain of a failing marriage. While Tony basks in his professional success, Elizabeth resigns herself to increasing bitterness. But their lives take an unexpected turn when Elizabeth meets her newest client, Miss Clara, and is challenged to establish a 'war room' and...
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
When Wolverine's new school, the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, loses the financial backing of a now bereft Warren Worthington, Wolverine must find a new way to fund the school. The new headmaster travels to an intergallactic casino, hoping a little help from his problem psychic student, Quentin Quire, will allow him to win enough money to keep the school going.
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