Tim Gregory
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meteorites have long been seen as portents of fate and messages from the gods, their fiery remains inspiring worship and giving rise to legends that have persisted for millennia. But beyond the lore, meteorites tell an even greater story: that of our solar system. In Meteorite, geologist Tim Gregory shows that beneath the charred crusts of these celestial stones lies a staggering diversity of rock types. Gregory explores the world of meteorites to...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 5
Language
English
Description
The Aldens head back to Mystery Ranch for another summer! They are thrilled to learn their friend Mike has moved to Yellow Sands--a new town nearby. But when a house fire breaks out and Mike is blamed for starting it, the Aldens must find the real culprit to help their friend.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 124
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children investigate a mysterious ghost with a glowing pumpkin head at a friend's farm.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 13
Language
English
Description
The Alden children are trapped in their cabin by a snowstorm, but while they wait for the storm to pass, they discover the cabin is full of secrets.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are spending the summer on a houseboat! Throughout the journey, the children have the feeling they're being watched-- and they are. Someone wants something on their boat, and he'll stop at nothing to get it. Can the Boxcar Children figure it out what it is before it's too late?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys adventures volume 1
Language
English
Description
The Hardy brothers must dismantle a dangerous crime gang in this first book of a fresh approach to a classic series. Teenagers Frank and Joe Hardy are supposedly retired from their detective work. But there is a new mystery in Bayport that needs their investigative expertise, and fast! Starting with a bank heist, a series of alarming pranks have popped up around Bayport. Ultimately harmless, the pranks turn out to be the work of Seth Diller, an amateur...
Author
Series
Hardy Boys adventures volume 2
Language
English
Description
When the Sweet Sixteen party plans of a local rich girl are overshadowed by pranksters who key her expensive car and post a video of the act on the Internet, Frank and Joe resolve to identify the culprits.
8) Adam
Author
Language
English
Description
FBI behavioral psychologist Daniel Clark has been made famous by his arguments that religion is one of society's greatest antagonists. What Daniel doesn't know is that his obsessive pursuit of a serial killer known only as "Eve" will end in his own death at Eve's hand. Twenty minutes later Daniel is resuscitated, only to be haunted by those twenty missing minutes of life. It soon becomes painfully clear that the only way to stop Eve is to recover...
9) Green
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Four Novels. Two Worlds. One Story. As foretold by ancient prophets, an apocalypse destroyed Earth during the twenty-first century. But two thousand years later, Elyon set upon the earth a new Adam. This time, however, He gave humanity an advantage. What was once unseen became seen. It was good and it was called . . . Green. But the evil Teeleh bided his time in a Black Forest. Then, when least expected, a twenty-four year old named Thomas Hunter
...Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 122
Language
English
Description
The Aldens help out at a minor league stadium and investigate when it appears someone in the ballpark is stealing the home team pitcher's signals and relaying them to the batters of the other team.
11) Stolen identity
Author
Series
Hardy Boys adventures volume 16
Language
English
Description
An original Sherlock Holmes manuscript was stolen from the Bayport Museum and now pages keep showing up in Frank and Joe's things: their lockers, menus, even the backseat of their car. It's clear someone is out to frame them. But who could it be?
13) Monkey trouble
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 127
Language
English
Description
While spending two days touring a zoo to see the baby animals, the four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, help catch an escaped monkey, participate in a photography contest, and investigate a missing camera.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 32
Language
English
Description
When the Alden children accompany their grandfather to the Snow Haven Lodge, a series of odd occurrences threaten to disrupt the annual winter games.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 116
Language
English
Description
The Aldens discover there's nothing more fun than a drive-in movie. But pranks and other odd things are happening at the Diamond Drive-In, and late at night, a ghost is seen walking around the empty lot. Is the old theater really haunted?
Author
Series
Hardy Boys adventures volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
While attending an amusement park under the new ownership of their friend Daisy, Joe and Frank investigate the disappearance of a patron who was last seen riding a hit attraction, an event that has threatened Daisy's family's livelihood.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Jace Rawlings' open-heart surgery patients hover between life and death. But the messages they bring back following their near-death experiences predict the deaths of people around him and point a finger of suspicion straight at him. Facing a firestorm of controversy and danger, Dr. Rawlings had come to Kenya to establish a heart-surgery program for the poor, but the turmoil of political intrigue and spiritual warfare will put his marriage, career,...
Author
Series
Hardy Boys adventures volume 11
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the rodeo comes to Bayport, Joe and Frank catch the ranch hands trying to steal a prize horse. After the boys stop the theft, they're recruited to help drive the cattle back to the ranch. However, mysterious things continue to happen and the Hardy boys have to solve the mystery.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys adventures volume 10
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a sinkhole opens up and swallows one of Bayport's historic statues, Frank and Joe suspect something--or someone--shady at play. They jump at the chance to investigate ; Joe as a member of an urban exploration club, and Frank as photographer for the school paper. But in the thick of their search, the boys stumble upon an entire underground city that's been abandoned for years. Now the city is home to a cultish band of criminals who plan to take...
Author
Series
Hardy Boys adventures volume 14
Language
English
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Description
The Hardy brothers investigate after reports of a beast attacking people. Is the Bayport Beast real after all?