Alia's Mission

Alia's Mission
Author :
Publisher : Dragonfly Books
Total Pages : 34
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780375857638
ISBN-13 : 037585763X
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Alia's Mission by : Mark Alan Stamaty

The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war. It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country and its people.

Alias Grace

Alias Grace
Author :
Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 482
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307797957
ISBN-13 : 0307797953
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Alias Grace by : Margaret Atwood

The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments reveals the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century in this "shadowy, fascinating novel" (Time). • A Netflix original miniseries. It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.

A Secret Life

A Secret Life
Author :
Publisher : Bantam Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 210
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780375890314
ISBN-13 : 0375890319
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis A Secret Life by : Laura Peyton Roberts

It’s Sydney Bristow’s first mission–in Paris. Her first alias. Her first real enemy. Her first real crush. And her first big mistake. There are a lot of firsts for Sydney. But no second chances.

Sister Spy

Sister Spy
Author :
Publisher : Bantam Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 226
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780375890338
ISBN-13 : 0375890335
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Sister Spy by : Laura Peyton Roberts

Alpha Kappa Chi sorority sister Jen Williams has recently died of “natural causes.” Turns out that Jen was also a rookie agent for SD-6. AKX is spending spring break in Waikiki, and Jen was supposed to undertake an important mission for SD-6 there. But now Jen is dead, and it’s up to Sydney to infiltrate the sorority and carry out Jen’s Hawaiian mission . . . and find out what really happened to her sister spy.

Alias

Alias
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 308
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781416902157
ISBN-13 : 1416902155
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Alias by : J. J. Abrams

Agents Sydney Bristow and Marcus Dixon are hot on the trail of a drug lord who has created a mind-control drug so potent that in the wrong hands it could be one of the world's most dangerous bioweapons. The agents go undercover as buyers.

Disappeared

Disappeared
Author :
Publisher : Bantam Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 138
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780375890352
ISBN-13 : 0375890351
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Disappeared by : Lynn Mason

A crumbling Gothic mansion on a craggy Scottish isle. A secret meeting among the world’s most powerful underground organizations. And lots of bad blood.Sydney’s sent by SD-6 to pose as the heiress of a former ruling family of Romania now mixed up in the black market. Except instead of collecting intelligence, something goes very wrong. One by one people end up disappearing. Gone. Vanished. When someone is found, they’re dead. Will Sydney be the prime suspect . . . or the newest victim?

The Librarian of Basra

The Librarian of Basra
Author :
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 37
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780152054458
ISBN-13 : 0152054456
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Librarian of Basra by :

"In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.

Alias Olympia

Alias Olympia
Author :
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 193
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780801468247
ISBN-13 : 0801468248
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Alias Olympia by : Eunice Lipton

Eunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had this bold and spirited beauty really descended into prostitution, drunkenness, and early death—or did her life, hidden from history, take a different course altogether? Eunice Lipton's search for the answer combines the suspense of a detective story with the revelatory power of art, peeling off layers of lies to reveal startling truths about Victorine Meurent—and about Lipton herself.

Replaced

Replaced
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781416915683
ISBN-13 : 1416915680
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Replaced by : J. J. Abrams

Agent Sydney Bristow has always held her own in the traditional boy's club of espionage. In fact, she's grown comfortable in her well-earned role as respected go-to girl. But with the recent addition of her half-sister, Nadia, dynamics inevitably shift as Sydney finds herself with a new partner, roommate, and -- even if unintentional -- competitor. APO's mission to retrieve a mysterious biological weapon is compromised, and in the melee Weiss is infected. Driven by concern and guilt, Sydney searches for the only known vaccine -- until her cover is blown and she must watch Nadia assume her field role next to Vaughn. But when Vaughn and Nadia's cover is blown, only Sydney and Nadia's collective strength can keep Sydney's "family" alive.

Alia's Mission

Alia's Mission
Author :
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 36
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307792860
ISBN-13 : 0307792862
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Alia's Mission by : Mark Alan Stamaty

The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war. It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country and its people.