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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Blood Tide Blood Tide Dave Barry,Ridley Pearson While investigating the strange behavior of the once-peaceful mermaids, the Lost Boys battle their old nemesis, Captain Hook, whose evil plan threatens to destroy the Mollusk village and change life … OL15032826W
I'll Mature When I'm Dead I'll Mature When I'm Dead Dave Barry In eighteen hilarious pieces, Dave Barry tackles everything from fatherhood, new fatherhood (?Over the next five years, you will spend roughly 45 minutes, total, listening to songs you like, and roug… OL15032852W
Science Fair Science Fair Dave Barry,Ridley Pearson The president of Kprshtskan is plotting to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School in Maryland in order to take over the United States government, but when Toby Harbinger, an ordinary stu… OL15032860W
Peter and the Sword of Mercy Peter and the Sword of Mercy Dave Barry,Ridley Pearson James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys, is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of shadow creatures who are aft… OL15655779W
World Literature 1999 World Literature 1999 Téllez, Hernando,Saint Joan of Arc,Yehuda Amichai,Sholem Aleichem,Arthur Conan Doyle,Santha Rama Rau,Rabindranath Tagore,Mark Twain,Abraham Lincoln,Maxine Hong Kingston,Александр Исаевич Солженицын,Mark Mathabane,Dave Barry,Jonathan Swift,Erma Bombeck,Bai Li,Jack Cassidy,John F. Kennedy,Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoy,Robert D. San Souci,Nguyẽ̂n, Thị Vinh,Isaac Asimov,Ramon Sunico,Hwang, Sun-wŏn,Jamaica Kincaid,Leo Slezak,Athol Fugard,Anne Frank,Willy Lindwer,Rudolf Lorenzen,August Strindberg,Michel de Montaigne,Le Ly Hayslip,Chinua Achebe,Tsitsi Dangarembga,Pablo Neruda,William Shakespeare *The Adventure of the Speckled Band*, by Arthur Conan Doyle *Death Arrives on Schedule*, by Hansjörg Martin *The Feeling of Power*, by Isaac Asimov *The Expedition*, by Rudolf Lorenzen *The Cegua… OL18183808W
Dave Barry turns 40 Dave Barry turns 40 Dave Barry Dave Barry Turns 40 is a humor book written by humor Columnist Dave Barry, about turning 40, as well as giving satirical advice on aging. OL19795W
Tricky business Tricky business Dave Barry An unusual assortment of passengers, including Fay Benton, a cocktail waitress and single mother, and hired killer Lou Tarrant embark on a voyage aboard the Extravaganza of the Seas, a gambling ship … OL19797W
Big Trouble Big Trouble Dave Barry A slapstick thriller set in Florida, featuring oddball characters. They include a homeless man who lives in a tree, a student with a squirt gun playing a game called Killer, a couple of real killers,… OL19810W
Live right and find happiness (although beer is much faster) Live right and find happiness (although beer is much faster) Dave Barry A latest collection of previously unpublished writings by the New York Times best-selling satirical author of You Can Date Boys When You're Forty reflects on his granddaughter's learning permit, the … OL19995258W
Best. State. Ever Best. State. Ever Dave Barry Sure, there was the 2000 election and flying insects the size of LeBron James. But Barry is going to show you why Florida is a great state. And whatever else you think about Florida-- you can never s… OL20033311W
Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul Mark Victor Hansen,Dave Barry,Marci Shimoff,Jack Canfield,Jack Canfield,Jennifer Read Hawthorne,Magdalena Holguín,CANFIELD, Jack - HANSEN, Mark Victor - HAWTHORNE, Jenniffer Read - SHIMOFFF, Marci,Jennifer Reade Hawthorne A collection of inspirational writings offering words of wisdom, hope, and empowerment for mothers. OL3180440W
Cave of the Dark Wind Cave of the Dark Wind Ridley Pearson,Dave Barry,Ridley Pearson While Peter is away from the island, James and the other Lost Boys find a forbidden cave feared by the Mollusk tribe as the lair of a creature known only as The Goat Taker. Soon the boys, along with … OL8786323W
Peter and the Shadow Thieves Peter and the Shadow Thieves Dave Barry,Ridley Pearson Realizing that Molly and the other Starcatchers are in danger when the sinister being Lord Ombra visits the island and seems to control people through their shadows, Peter and Tinker Bell travel to E… OL8786325W