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Rocket Boys - Homer Hickam
Amazon.com ReviewInspired by Werner von Braun and his Cape Canaveral team, 14-year-old Homer Hickam decided in 1957 to build his own rockets. They were his ticket out of Coalwood, ... -
Poison_ A Novel of the Renaissa - Sara Poole
SUMMARY: In the simmering hot summer of 1492, a monstrous evil is stirring within the Eternal City of Rome. The brutal murder of an alchemist sets off a desperate race to uncover t... -
Love Is a Dog From Hell - Charles Bukowski
Review$$$$$$103 Degrees12:18 A.m.225 PoundsThe 2nd Novel462-0614A 56 Year Old PoemThe 6 Foot Goddess99 To OneAbout CranesAfter T... -
Like Mandarin - Kirsten Hubbard
It's hard finding beauty in the badlands of Washokey, Wyoming, but 14-year-old Grace Carpenter knows it's not her mother's pageant obsessions, or the cowboy dances adored by her sm... -
Island Madness - Tim Binding
SUMMARY: It is 1943, and the German Army has been defeated at Stalingrad. The Russians have taken 91,000 prisoners; 145,000 German soldiers have been killed. The tide is beginning ... -
Interesting Times_ A Twentieth- - Eric J. Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes 1914-1991 said, "I know of no other account... -
In Every Heartbeat - Kim Vogel Sawyer
FromIt’s 1914, on the brink of the Great War, when three longtime friends who grew up together in an orphanage are awarded scholarships to the University of Southern Missouri. But ... -
Hunting Badger - Tony Hillerman
Amazon.com ReviewThe marvelous Hunting Badger is Tony Hillerman's 14th novel featuring Navajo tribal police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Here the two cops (who appeared in .... -
How to Ditch Your Fairy - Justine Larbalestier
From School Library JournalGrade 6–10—In New Avalon, most everyone has a personal fairy. Charlie, 14, has a parking fairy; if she is in a car, a perfect parking spot is found on th... -
High Performance Web Sites - Steve Souders
Want to speed up your web site? This book presents 14 specific rules that will cut 20% to 25% off response time when users request a page. Author Steve Souders, in his job as Chief...