The life impossible

When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could ha…

Held

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling author of Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault. 1917. On a battlefield near the River Aisne, John lies in the aftermath of a blast, unable to move or feel his legs. Struggling to focus his thoughts, he is lost to memory—a chance encounter in a pub by a railway, a hot bath with his lover on a…

Satantango

In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm. But when the charismatic Irimias - long-thought dead - returns, the villagers fall under his spell. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might al…

Skyscrapers : the heights of engineering

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!

Seas and oceans

Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia is a well-illustrated and educational series of books covering various subjects which the curious child is always keen to explore and learn. Each book consists of age-appropriate information about a particular topic. The books also contain interesting facts related to the topic. The series contains almost everything that would satisfy the quest for knowledge …

Zoology for Babies

Brainy babies will love learning all about animals, their homes and their habitats!

Iggy Peck Architect

Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun.

Escape velocity: a Charles Portis miscellany

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780715647240

Collation

384 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 POR e

What will I discover?

Sometimes, it seems as if scientists know everything about the world. They've recorded the songs of humpback whales, dug up the bones of dinosaurs, and even tracked the storms of Jupiter. But the young scientist in this charming picture book knows there's so much more to explore, like the answers to questions such as: Do different trees speak different languages to one another through their …

The throne of fire

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781423142010

Collation

452 p. ; 19 cm

Series Title

The Kane Chronicles

Call Number

813 RIO t