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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Professor Arronax and his two companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Consider by scholars as the single most influential book in naval strategy, Alfred Thayer Mahan's "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660-1783," is a history of naval warfare and sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that would have a profound influence on the world in the early part of the twentieth century. After the publication of this work the policies outlined in it would soon be adopted by the major military powers...
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Language
English
Description
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England. At mealtimes, he is placed at the lowly "Cat' Table" with an eccentric and unforgettable group of grownups and two other boys. Looking back from deep within adulthood, and gradually moving back and forth from the decks and holds of the ship to the years that follow, the narrator unfolds a spellbinding and layered tale about the magical, often forbidden discoveries of...
8) Santa cruise
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Series
Santa's Crew volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"At Ridgewood High, Amy, Frankie, Rachael, and Nina formed a deep bond. Now, fifteen years after leaving school behind, they're back for a reunion, laughing, reminiscing, and chatting how much has changed and how much hasn't. All four are strong, successful, and somehow, still looking for the right partner. But Frankie has an idea to help solve that: a singles cruise for the holiday"--
9) Starbreaker
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Series
Language
English
Formats
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The galaxy's Most Wanted, Captain Tess Bailey, Shade Ganavan and the remaining crew of the Endeavor must learn to trust each other to change history while tackling one crisis at a time.
10) Ships
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Publisher
Kingfisher
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations describe how ships and boats have been used throughout history, from the earliest trading vessels to modern luxury liners.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means. Thus begins Michael Crichton's exciting and provocative technothriller, State...
14) Saturn run
Author
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science fiction aficionado Ctein. Over the course of thirty-seven books, John Sandford has proven time and again his unmatchable talents for electrifying plots, rich characters, sly wit, and razor-sharp dialogue. Now, in collaboration with Ctein, he proves it all once more, in a...
16) Submarines
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Publisher
Bellwether Media
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to submarines. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning journalists Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel, the gripping, true-crime story of a notorious maritime hijacking at the heart of a massive conspiracy-and the unsolved murder that threatened to unravel it all. In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working...
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Publisher
Firefly Books
Language
English
Description
This is a beautiful guide to 50 water vessels that played a key role in world history and had a great impact on human civilization. The book presents the ships chronologically, beginning with Pharaoh Khufu's solar barge from about 2566 BCE. The chapter includes a photograph of the reconstructed ship, discovered in 1954 near the Great Pyramid. Religious beliefs held that in the afterlife the pharaoh would need a ship to sail the cosmic waters of the...
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