The Dam Keeper, Book 2

The Dam Keeper, Book 2
Author :
Publisher : First Second Books
Total Pages : 160
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781626724273
ISBN-13 : 162672427X
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Dam Keeper, Book 2 by : Robert Kondo

The second volume in a lush, vibrantly drawn graphic novel series based on the Oscar-nominated animated short film, about a young pig who must save his village from a toxic black fog.

Damn Delicious

Damn Delicious
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Publisher : Time Inc. Books
Total Pages : 420
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780848751432
ISBN-13 : 0848751434
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Damn Delicious by : Rhee, Chungah

The debut cookbook by the creator of the wildly popular blog Damn Delicious proves that quick and easy doesn't have to mean boring.Blogger Chungah Rhee has attracted millions of devoted fans with recipes that are undeniable 'keepers'-each one so simple, so easy, and so flavor-packed, that you reach for them busy night after busy night. In Damn Delicious, she shares exclusive new recipes as well as her most beloved dishes, all designed to bring fun and excitement into everyday cooking. From five-ingredient Mini Deep Dish Pizzas to no-fuss Sheet Pan Steak & Veggies and 20-minute Spaghetti Carbonara, the recipes will help even the most inexperienced cooks spend less time in the kitchen and more time around the table.Packed with quickie breakfasts, 30-minute skillet sprints, and speedy takeout copycats, this cookbook is guaranteed to inspire readers to whip up fast, healthy, homemade meals that are truly 'damn delicious!'

Sketchtravel

Sketchtravel
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1452112452
ISBN-13 : 9781452112459
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Sketchtravel by :

Sketchtravel is an artistic journey unlike any other. No editorial project has ever before brought together as many visual artists around a common object. Passed between 72 artists over 5 years and across over 35,000 miles, the Sketchtravel sketchbook showcases the creativity of artists in numerous disciplines from around the world. Illustrators, animators, painters, and more each illustrated a page with their unique style before passing the book to the next artist. Reflecting a who's who of popular contemporary artists, this imaginative diverse collection of artwork will inspire art lovers with its scope, diversity, and beauty, much as it did each artist who contributed a link in its chain.

Huge Harold

Huge Harold
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 52
Release :
ISBN-10 : 039532923X
ISBN-13 : 9780395329238
Rating : 4/5 (3X Downloads)

Synopsis Huge Harold by : Bill Peet

An extremely large rabbit has trouble hiding from the hunters.

Little Robot

Little Robot
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 146
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781626720800
ISBN-13 : 1626720800
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Little Robot by : Ben Hatke

A robot finds life confusing outside the robot factory, until it finds a friend in a little girl.

The Cryptid Keeper

The Cryptid Keeper
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 220
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374305574
ISBN-13 : 0374305579
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cryptid Keeper by : Lija Fisher

Clivo and the Myth Blasters are back on the trail of the immortal cryptid in this conclusion to a monstrously funny middle-grade duology by Lija Fisher. Life has gotten complicated for thirteen-year-old Clivo Wren. After taking up his deceased father’s mission to find the extraordinary creature whose blood grants everlasting life, Clivo is spending his summer not at camp or hanging out with his friends, but jetting all over the world tracking cryptids—while keeping his aunt Pearl in the dark about his dangerous adventures. At the same time, a shocking development unveils the truth about Clivo’s enemies, and the cryptids themselves are posing trouble at every turn. With the help of his crew of Myth Blasters, Clivo is going to need all of the tools, gadgets, and training he has to prevent the immortal cryptid from falling into the wrong hands—and to keep Aunt Pearl off the case.

In the Shadow of the Dam

In the Shadow of the Dam
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 308
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781416572640
ISBN-13 : 1416572643
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Shadow of the Dam by : Elizabeth M. Sharpe

Early one May morning in 1874, in the hills above Williamsburg, Massachusetts, a reservoir dam suddenly burst, sending an avalanche of water down a narrow river valley lined with factories and farms. In just thirty minutes, the Mill River flood left 139 people dead and 740 homeless -- and a nation wondering how this terrible calamity had happened. In this compelling tale of a man-made disaster peopled with everyday heroes and arrogant scoundrels, Elizabeth Sharpe opens a rare window into industry and village life in nineteenth-century New England, a time when dam failures and other industrial accidents were widespread and laws favored factory owners rather than factory workers. In the Mill Valley, the townsfolk depended upon generally benevolent patriarchs who assured them that the dam was safe, when most people could see that it was not. The story of the Mill River flood is the story of those townsfolk: of George Cheney, the dam keeper whose repeated warnings about leaks in the dam had been ignored by the mill owners; of his wife, Elizabeth, who watched in disbelief as the dam burst open from the bottom; of Isabell Hayden, the mother who saw her young son swept away in the river's torrent; and of Fred Howard, a box maker who spent the days after the flood searching for bodies, burying friends, and waiting to see if the button factory he relied upon for his livelihood would be rebuilt. It is also the story of the well-meaning but overconfident businessmen who built the dam: of Onslow Spelman, the manufacturer who dismissed the dam keeper's flood warning, irrationally insisting that the dam could not break; of Lucius Fenn and Joel Bassett, the engineer and contractor whose roles in the construction of the dam would be questioned during the public inquest into the causes of the flood; of William Skinner, the factory owner who struggled to decide whether or not to rebuild his silk factory in the village that bore his name; and of many others. The flood highlighted class divisions between worker and owner, as well as the disorganized state of professional engineering, then still in its infancy. As the flood exposed the dangers of allowing mill owners -- who were not trained engineers -- to design their own dam, legislation to regulate the building of reservoir dams in Massachusetts was enacted for the first time. Engineers, politicians, and business owners battled over control of the reform measures to prevent similar tragedies, yet saw them continually repeated. In the Shadow of the Dam is the story of an event that reshaped a society. Told through the eyes of villagers like Collins Graves, lauded as a hero for his desperate ride through the valley to warn people of the impending flood, and industrialists like Joel Hayden Jr., entrusted with the responsibility of disaster relief despite his culpability in failing to maintain the leaking dam, In the Shadow of the Dam is a history of our uneasy relationship with industrial progress and a riveting narrative of a tragic disaster in small-town Massachusetts.

The Record Keeper

The Record Keeper
Author :
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Total Pages : 334
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780785255918
ISBN-13 : 0785255915
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Record Keeper by : Charles Martin

“Because you’re worth rescue.” The unrelenting third installment in the Murphy Shepherd series from New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin. Murphy Shepherd’s last rescue mission very nearly cost him his life. He’d like nothing more than to stay close to his wife and daughters for a while. But Bones’s nemesis must be stopped, and there are so many who still need to know they are worth rescuing. As the cat-and-mouse game moves into the open, Murphy is tested at every turn—both physically and mentally. Then the unthinkable happens: his beloved mentor and friend is taken. Gone without a trace. Murphy lives by the mantra that love always shows up. But how can he rescue Bones when he has no leads? With heart-stopping clarity, The Record Keeper explores the true cost of leaving the ninety-nine to find the one. Part of the Murphy Shepherd series: Book One: The Water Keeper Book Two: The Letter Keeper Book Three: The Record Keeper Full-length novel Includes discussion questions for book clubs Also by Charles Martin: The Mountain Between Us, Chasing Fireflies, When Crickets Cry, Long Way Gone

It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk

It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk
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Publisher : Two Lions
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1542045657
ISBN-13 : 9781542045650
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk by : Josh Funk

With laugh-out-loud dialogue and bold, playful art (including hidden fairy tale creatures for kids to find), this retelling of a favorite story is sure to have children rolling with laughter till Bessie the cow comes home. Full color.

Animus

Animus
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Publisher : First Second
Total Pages : 115
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250317100
ISBN-13 : 125031710X
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Animus by : Antoine Revoy

The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed monster. In Animus, a beautiful but spooky young adult graphic novel of everyday hauntings, Antoine Revoy delivers an eerie tale inspired by the Japanese and French comics of his childhood.