Jay O. Sanders
1) Cross fire
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
As Detective Alex Cross contends with a D.C. sniper, FBI agent Siegel, and his upcoming wedding to Bree, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good.
2) Catch-22
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 30
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him.
3) A Good Woman
Author
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island. But everything changed on a cold April day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shattered her family and her privileged world forever. When she is betrayed, and pursued by a scandal she does not deserve, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, hoping to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Beware - zombies ahead!
NYT - Combined Hardcover & Paperback Fiction
Spooky Books for Adults
Spooky Reads for Adults
NYT - Combined Hardcover & Paperback Fiction
Spooky Books for Adults
Spooky Reads for Adults
Description
An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival.
6) Sudden prey
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
For months, Lucas Davenport's men have been tracking a vicious woman bank robber named Candy, and when they finally catch up with her, she doesn't go quietly. In the ensuing shoot-out, she dies - and Davenport's nightmare starts. For her associates are even worse than she was, particularly her husband, a deeply violent man who swears an appropriate revenge. First he will find the names of those responsible and then he will kill those nearest and dearest...
7) The unquiet
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Connolly's originality and talent for storytelling have quickly made him one of today's preeminent thriller writers. Now, in The Unquiet, private detective Charlie Parker returns to untangle a horrifying story of betrayal, unclean desires, and murder -- a story of never-ending evil whose conclusion is still unknown. Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has gone missing. His daughter insists that he killed himself after allegations surfaced...
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dramatized global warming event triggers a barrage of epic natural disasters: tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. An assortment of individual narratives are threaded together to follow the various catastrophes and their effects on local populations, including the stories of climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and other small bands of survivors as they ride...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows Dr. Stephanie Dalley as she hunts for the gardens using ancient texts and spy satellite images to uncover evidence to support her theory that the gardens were built 100 years before commonly believed. Her search takes her to one of the most dangerous places on earth in a modern-day adventure story searching to find a site thousands of years old.
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Henry spends his time working in the brickyard owned by his family and grieving the loss of his wife. When a young boy enters Henry's life, both man and child find what they desperately need in each other.
Publisher
Blink Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The tale of the Trojan Horse is one of the most captivating stories in Greek mythology. Since the 19th-century discovery of the site of Troy, historians have searched for evidence of a real Trojan War, and the truth behind this world famous myth. Archaeological evidence is mounting that suggests a Trojan War did indeed happen. Scientists investigate the real possibility that a Trojan Horse could have been used to trick Troy into defeat.
13) My losing season
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
14) The big green
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comedy about a group of bored misfits who become local soccer heroes when a British schoolteacher new to Elma, Texas, who is determined to motivate her students, decides to form a soccer team.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
During World War I, the Allies and Germans repeatedly struggled to break the hideous stalemate of trench warfare. In the winter of 1916, Allied engineers devised a massive surprise attack on the German army. Nova follows bomb disposal experts as they clear topsoil packed with shrapnel and unexploded shells and probe one tunnel system connected to what is probably the world's largest unexploded bomb.
16) MatchUp
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this incredible follow-up to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller FaceOff, twenty-two of the world's most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology. MatchUp takes the never-before-seen bestseller pairings of FaceOff and adds a delicious new twist: gender. Eleven of the world's best female thriller writers from Diana Gabaldon to Charlene Harris are paired with eleven of the world's best male thriller writers,...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 2011, a group of amateur historians made an incredible archaeological find: the bones of King Richard III, hunchbacked, with an arrow through the spine. Now, scientists are testing the bones to find out more about the king and also conducting fascinating experiments to determine whether Richard could have fought so ferociously in battle with such a severe deformity.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Astrophysicist Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists, and engineers, follow math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? Humankind's clever trick, or the language of the universe? Join Nova for a mathematical mystery tour, a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries.
19) Half nelson
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A high school teacher with a drug habit finds a friendship in an unlikely source - one of his troubled students. Will their relationship help them or harm them?
Publisher
[PBS Distribution]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A team of archaeologists excavating the site of the early American colony of Jamestown discovers something surprising: the remains of a young woman, dating back to 1609, buried in the trash layer of a cellar. Now, 400 years later, a cellar excavation has uncovered numerous bone fragments, all belonging to this adolescent female. With the help of forensic anthropologists, the extraordinary and frightening story of this young woman comes to life.