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Criterion collection ; 369-373Wilson, Tom
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HPBooks 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 Volkswagen WilsonWilson, Tom Read
Summary: "From aardvark to zombie, from ogre to gargoyle, every word in our language has its story to tell. Words take an amazing journey from their earliest origins to the meaning they have today. Allow Tom Read Wilson to be your passionate guide and explore with him through entertaining rhymes and fascinating facts the etymology of more than one hundred of his favorite words in this sumptuous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: words & pictures, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 422 WILSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: This fast-paced, three-part narrative takes readers on three expeditions over 15 years to K2, one of the deadliest mountains on Earth. Roped together, these teams of men face perilously high altitudes and battering storms in hopes of reaching the summit. As each expedition sets out, they carve new paths along icy slopes and unforgiving rock, creating camps on ledges so narrow they fear turning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.522 OLSWinton, Tim.
Summary: A story of adolescence spent resisting complacency, testing one's limit against nature and the power of the sea, and being with like-minded souls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINWinton, Tim
Summary: "A beautiful, evocative, and sometimes provocative memoir of Australia's unique landscape, and how that singular place has shaped Tim Winton and his writing. From boyhood, Winton's relationship with the world around him-rock pools, sea caves, scrub, andswamp-has been as vital as any other connection. Camping in hidden inlets, walking in high rocky desert, diving in reefs, bobbing in the sea...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2017