Stockwin, Julian
Summary: November 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd must sail to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Royal Family's evacuation in the face of Napoleon's ruthless advance through Iberia. In the chaos of the threatened city an old passion is reawakened when he meets Persephone Lockwood, a beautiful and determined admiral's daughter from his past. But the Royal Family's destination is Brazil, Perspehone's England,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2017
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Summary: "Word has come from the British ambassador Arbuthnot that the neutral Turks are being wooed by the French and if the ancient city of Constantinople falls into their hands, Napoleon's route to India will be completely unfettered and his plans for world domination a reality. Concerned for his safety, Arbuthnot is demanding a large fleet presence to take him off and bring the Turks to their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press, Inc. 2014
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Summary: "As the captain of a useful frigate, Kydd is claimed by the Leeward Islands station, exchanging the harsh situation in South America for the warmth and delights of the Caribbean. It's a sea change for Kydd, who revisits places and people that figured in his time as a young seaman. Some are nostalgic and pleasing, while others bring challenges of a personal nature. In Europe, Napoleon is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: Thomas Kydd's ship, part of a makeship fleet from South Africa under Commodore Home Popham, invades Buenos Aires in hopes of a treasure of silver, only to find the local population, instead of rising against the Spanish, uniting against them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2012
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Summary: Newly victorious at the Battle of Trafalgar, England now rules the seas and is free to colonize the furthest reaches of the world. Captain Thomas Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town, a strategic harbor that will give England a rich trade route to India. With enemies lurking on all sides, Kydd and his men must defend the fragile colony while braving Africa's vast and hostile...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2011
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Summary: In this ninth installment in the Kydd series, Lieutenant Thomas Kydd faces implacable enemies in high places as he reels from the death of his fiancee and the loss of his brig, Teazer. Framed and unfairly dismissed from his ship, he and his friend Renzi struggle to survive in Guernsey while they attempt to clear Kydd's name. Then Renzi is hired by a mysterious nobleman and reluctantly engages...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 0000
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Summary: When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston's most prominent hostesses, to a Rat Tea, she is understandably intrigued. As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early twentieth-century Charleston, where the cream of society would sponsor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHILawrence, Iain
Summary: In the eighteenth century sixteen-year-old John Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he and the crew encounter pirates, fierce storms, fever, and a strange man who some fear may be cursed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC LAWAdler, David A.
Summary: While visiting Aunt Molly at a fancy downtown hotel, Cam uses her photographic memory to help one of the guests find her stolen luggage and pet cat, and to catch the thief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2005
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Summary: On your first solo journey to find the Lost Continent of Atlantis, you failed to bring back proof of your success. Many people think that you imagined the whole thing-or worse. Now you and your colleague Horton James III are returning to document this amazing otherworld. But back below the surface of the sea dangers abound. A treacherous king lures you to riches; rebel slaves lure you to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2005
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MONSummary: Jaws drop and eyes are opened at the surprises happening around the town of Odyssey. Everyone is finding or learning something unexpected! When Connie's roommate Jillian sets out to find a job, the hunt takes her all over town. But whether it's destroying a window display at Triple J Antiques, causing chaos at Odyssey General Hospital, or trying her hand at meteorology, she just can't catch a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD ADVCalandrelli, Emily
Summary: Nina is beside herself with excitement about meeting her favorite artist and enlists Ada and Mr. Peebles’s coding-whiz nephew to help revamp her online portfolio. When Nina finally meets Miroir, he snubs her, and her confidence is shaken—but not enough to miss the art show opening. While there, Ada spots a suspiciously familiar painting that may mean Miroir isn’t the original he claims to be....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Calandrelli 2019McNicol, Alison.
Summary: This book is perfect for kids getting started with their first sewing machine - with bright, modern and clear illustrations, children can quickly learn to use and thread their machine, measure and use fabrics, and make a selection of super cool projects - super easy tote bags, cool cushions, i-pod holders, zip cases and more!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kyle Craig Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 646.2 MCNGreen, Poppy
Summary: Sophie the mouse, Hattie the frog, and Owen the snake find a charming and apparently abandoned cottage hidden in the woods, and soon start spending all their free time there, cleaning and fixing it up for Mrs. Rabbit's family who are in need of a home--the project is going fine until the owner shows up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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Summary: Ollie is an owl who wears glasses; Bea is a bunny with very big feet, and both are very self-conscious about what they see as flaws--but when they meet they help each other turn what seem at first to be problems into superpowers, and so become good friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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Summary: While on vacation at her family cabana, eight-year-old Isla Verde along with best friend Tora and gecko Fitz, search for the mysterious Canto Coast namesake--a mermaid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE COSGilligan, Alison.
Summary: A safari trip to Kenya leads to a search for one of the rarest animals on Earth, in a book where the reader determines the path and ending of the story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GILTreml, Renée
Summary: Bea has planned a whole day of games, but since every game is designed to give Bea the win, the other animals soon abandon her to make their own fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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Summary: Eight-year-old Ada uses new skills she learned from Milton to see if he sabotaged the social studies project Nina and the two of them worked on together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Calandrelli 2018Costa, Dela
Summary: When Isla sets out to help her pastry champion grandparents in the annual Sol Bake-Off, the absence of ingredients and the animal's silence leads her to uncover the creatures' own celebration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023
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Summary: Georgie is a moose who loves to pull practical jokes on his friends, and Ollie and Bea are getting tired of his pranks, and need to figure out a way to tell him, without hurting his feelings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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Summary: Ollie accidentally gets Bea's stuffed animal stuck up in a tree, and when he does not admit it was his fault, Bea assembles a super crew to solve the mystery and retrieve it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TRECosta, Dela
Summary: Isla is excited about her first-ever sleepover at Tora's, but the night takes a spooky turn when they hear strange fluttering sounds in the attic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE COSSummary: A distinguished senior member of the Generation of '98 and Rector of Salamanca University, Miguel de Unamuno considered himself an "ideoclast": someone who breaks in ideas like boots, making them his own by wearing and using them. This program combines documentary material and dramatizations to present the story of a multitalented Spanish philosopher, essayist, novelist, poet, and playwright...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005