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A Refugee's Journey from Iraq by Rodger Ellen
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Leaving My Homeland
Zainab has never known peace in her homeland of Iraq. She and her family flee the country after her father is threatened by one of the many groups fighting against the government. Zainab's life is on hold as her family seeks safety in Jordan and, later, the United States. Interspersed with facts about I ...Show more
A Refugee's Journey from Syria by Mason Helen
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Leaving My Homeland
Five-year-old Rojs home is bombed during the civil war that has been raging in his homeland of Syria. He and his family are forced to flee the country secretly by boat, and they end up in a camp for refugees in Europe. Interspersed with facts about Syria and its people, this narrative tells a story comm ...Show more
A Refugee's Journey from The Democratic Republic of Congo by Rodger Ellen
Category: Biography | Series: Leaving My Homeland Ser.
Eight-year-old Etienne and his family live in The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Kidnapped by a rebel army and forced to be a child soldier, Etienne finally escapes and is sent to a camp for freed child soldiers. He is reunited with his family who then flee the country, arriving as refugees in ...Show more
A Rising Thunder by David Weber
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Honor Harrington Ser.
# 3 New York Times bestseller in hardcover. David Weber New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international bestselling phenomenon delivers book #13 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Honor Harrington series. Honor Harrington faces down a powerful attack by a corrupt and powerful s ...Show more
A Roman Adventure (Histronauts) by Frances Durkin
Category: Children's | Series: HISTRONAUTS
When the Histronauts travel back in time to the Roman Empire they'll need your help to uncover the secrets of the past. In this new exciting activity book, you can explore the Roman baths, try on the armour of a legionary, make a sacrifice at the temple of the gods, ride in a speeding chariot and meet f ...Show more
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks
This literary landmark about the male supremacy and female subordination at Oxford University shines a brave, searing light on the obstacles that must be overcome on the path toward a harmonious unity of the sexes.
A Room of One's Own (Hero Classics) by Virginia Woolf
Category: Literature | Series: Hero Classics Ser.
Part of the Hero Classicsseries "Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size." Based on two talks given by the author, and first published in September 1929, Virginia Woolf's seminal essay r ...Show more
A SHORT HISTORY OF BRISBANE ARCHITECTURE by BINGHAM-HALL PATRICK
Category: No Category | Series: Short History of...
A Sapphire Child by Janet MacLeod Trotter
Category: Audio | Series: The\Raj Hotel Ser.
In 1930s Northern India, childhood friends Stella and Andrew have grown up together in the orbit of the majestic Raj Hotel. Spirited Stella has always had a soft spot for boisterous Andrew, though she dreams of meeting a soulmate from outside the close-knit community. But life is turned on its head when ...Show more
A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Stephanie Baudet; Arianna Bellucci (Illustrator)
Category: Children's | Series: The\Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection (Easy Classics) Ser.
At quarter to eight o'clock tonight a gentleman will call. He would like to ask you about a very important matter. Do not think it odd if your visitor wears a mask. When Sherlock Holmes is asked for help by a powerful yet dim king, it seems that he cannot refuse. But the detective has no idea that this ...Show more
A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: A\Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Ser.
Walking her dog Violet late one night, Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop, acts quickly when she smells smoke outside the West London Museum. Fortunately no one is inside, but it's too late to save the museum's priceless collection of furniture, and damage to the historic house is extens ...Show more