Gerard Doyle
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Foyle becomes a man obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and then returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Foyle also uncovers a secret...
102) English passengers
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Description
"When Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband - but not all - confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship Sincerity up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe." "The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter,...
103) Darke
Author
Series
Septimus Heap volume 6
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
Description
Apprentice Septimus Heap must enter the Darke to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction, but he needs the help of many to battle the spreading Darkenesse.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"1930s Austria. Vienna is a bustling, cosmopolitan city on the brink of war. Matthias Sindelar is an internationally renowned soccer player known as 'The Paper Man' because of his because of his effortless weave across the field. When Sindelar speaks out against Hitler, his fame can't protect him from being placed under Gestapo surveillance. Meanwhile, Sindelar falls in love with a young Jewish girl named Rebekah. As the atmosphere in Vienna darkens...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"The book is divided into two parts: New Monsters, which contains seven chilling stand-alone tales that traverse and blend the genres of crime fiction, horror, and speculative fiction; and Old Friends, which contains five short pieces that reveal the origins or hidden backstories of Neville fan-favorite characters like Albert Ryan, Roberta Garrick, and of course Gerry Fegan. It also contains the long-awaited novella The Traveller, the companion piece...
Author
Formats
Description
Award-winning novelist Tóibín brings to this stunning first collection of short works an acute understanding of human frailty and longing. These nine beautifully written, intensely intimate stories explore the psychological push and pull between mother and son. Each story is centered on a transformative moment that alters the delicate balance of power in that relationship and changes the way mother and son perceive one another. With exquisite grace...
Author
Series
Awfully beastly business volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Beasts (RSPCB) operates a rescue center for fantastical creatures and there are those who will do anything to get their hands on one of the mythic animals, and the RSPCB must stop them.
Author
Series
Awfully beastly business volume 2
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"When a sea monster arrives at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Beasts, Ulf the werewolf must risk his life to save it. But the evil Baron Marackai is back, and beasts are on the menu! Can Ulf stop the cruel beast feast before he ends up as a tasty dessert himself? The future of the RSPCB depends on it"--Publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 26
Description
From the bestselling author of Prague comes a witty, inventive, brilliantly constructed novel about an Egyptologist obsessed with finding the tomb of an apocryphal king. This darkly comic labyrinth of a story opens on the desert plains of Egypt in 1922, then winds its way from the slums of Australia to the ballrooms of Boston by way of Oxford, the battlefields of the First World War, and a royal court in turmoil. Just as Howard Carter unveils the...
110) The jungle vampire
Author
Series
Awfully beastly business volume 4
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Ulf the werewolf is training to become an official Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Beasts (RSPCB) agent. His mission takes him to the jungle in search of a legendary jungle vampire. But the evil Baron Marackai is hot on his trail. Can Ulf and his friends find the vampire first? The future of the RSPCB depends on it..
111) Cheating at canasta
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
"A husband sits in Harry's Bar in Venice, thinking of his wife - lost to him now - whose plea has brought him back to one of their favorite haunts. On another table, a young couple quarrel. 'Cheating at Canasta' is the title story of William Trevor's new collection, his first since the acclaimed A Bit on the Side (2004), and its themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories are...