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The Pilot's Wife
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Anita Shreve |
Until now, Kathryn Lyons's life has been peaceful if unextraordinary: a satisfying job teaching high school in the New England mill town of her childhood; a picture-perfect home by the ocean; a preco… |
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Making safety work
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National Safety Council |
Discusses the importance of safety and ways to prevent accidents at home, in school, and in business and industry |
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Heat
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Michael Cadnum |
A teenaged diving champion must deal with the aftermath of a diving accident and her attorney father's remarriage and subsequent arrest for fraud. |
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Kate Shelley
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Robert D. San Souci |
A biography of the fifteen-year-old Iowa teenager who helped avert a train disaster in 1881 and became a national heroine. |
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Chernobyl
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Sue L. Hamilton |
Follows the heroic actions of a Soviet firefighter as he describes the disastrous nuclear plant accident at Chernobyl. |
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Holiday hero
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Sandra Byrd |
Tess can't wait for spring vacation of her dreams: a trip with her family to San Diego, but when her brother suffers a serious accident, it looks like her plans are ruined. |
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It wasn't my fault
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Lester, Helen. |
RL 1.
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Things do not go smoothly for Mudley Gurdson. He can't control the toothpaste, breaks valuable vases, and falls into wastepaper baskets. But when a bird lays an egg on his head, it… |
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The Personal Security Handbook
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Silver Lake Editors |
Silver Lake Publishing’s bestselling book THE PERSONAL SECURITY HANDBOOK: Practical Tools for Keeping Yourself and Your Valuables Safe at Work, Home or on the Road translates political theories into … |
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As easy as falling off the face of the earth
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Lynne Rae Perkins |
A teenaged boy encounters one comedic calamity after another when his train strands him in the middle of nowhere, and everything comes down to luck. |
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Dickens' Dreadful Almanac
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Charles Dickens |
Victorian news snippets |
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The Challenger
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Thomas Streissguth,Gil Chandler |
Portrays the space shuttle Challenger, the events that led to its destruction, and the effects of the disaster on the space program. |
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Remainder
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Tom McCarthy |
"A man is severely injured in a mysterious accident, receives an outrageous sum in legal compensation, and has no idea what to do with it. Then, one night, an ordinary sight sets off a series of biza… |
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Staying safe
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Alvin Silverstein |
Describes potential dangers at home, at play, on streets and roads, at school, and when interacting with other people and explains what to do in an emergency. |
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Keep me in your heart
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Lurlene McDaniel |
Collects three novels by the author, in which teenagers find compassion, strength, and love while recovering from tragic circumstances.
In Saving Jessica, helping her boyfriend, Jeremy, work through… |
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Computer forensics jumpstart
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Michael Solomon |
A guide to computer forensics provides information on such topics as conducting a forensics investigation, finding hidden data, capturing images, collecting and preserving computer evidence, and usin… |
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Prudence
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David Treuer |
On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed for the darkened skies over Eur… |
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The Columbia space shuttle disaster
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Michael D. Cole |
Details the first flight of the space shuttle Columbia, as well as its tragic final flight. |
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The Accident Season
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Moïra Fowley-Doyle |
Every October Cara and her family become mysteriously and dangerously accident-prone, but this year, the year Cara, her ex-stepbrother, and her best friend are 17, is when Cara will begin to unravel … |
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After the spill
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Sandra Markle |
Examines the impact of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill on the environment and people of Prince William Sound and describes the steps taken to minimize the damage and prevent a recurrence. |
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Fukushima
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Sean McDonagh |
Nuclear energy was harnessed for civil and military use less than 60 years ago. Ever since it has been a source great debate. While the nuclear industry has provided cheap energy to many countries in… |
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