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Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
On the verge of becoming a vampire, Manolito De La Cruz is called back to his Carpathian homeland and unexpectedly finds his destined life-mate, MaryAnne Delaney, who has no idea of the lengths that Manolito will go to in order to keep his mate.
5) White cargo
Author
Language
English
Description
Stuart Woods delivers a riveting novel of one man's desperate war against the richest and most ruthless drug cartel in the world.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
South America is a remarkable continent, with its lush Amazon rain forest and its vibrant cities. But did you know that South America has the world's highest waterfall? Or that a South American desert is the driest on Earth? Learn more about the diverse continent of South America, from its people and countries to its landforms, economy, and more.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...
Author
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
On the first day of the year 1900, a small town deep in the Uruguayan countryside gathers to witness a miracle / the mysterious reappearance Pajarita, a lost infant who will grow up to begin a lineage of fiercely independent women. Her daughter, Eva, a stubborn beauty intent on becoming a poet, overcomes a shattering betrayal to embark on a most unconventional path. And Eva's daughter, Salome, awakens to both her sensuality and political convictions...
13) South America
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes the continent of South America, including climate, landforms, plants, animals, countries, people, as well as South America and the world"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Diane Fallon mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
©2010.
Language
English
Description
"Diane Fallon has been working hard to put the past behind her, and she has established herself as the head of the River Trail Museum of Natural History. Late one night at the museum, Diane is shocked when terrified cries lead her to an injured man--a former coworker Diane recognizes from her time as a human rights activist in South America. Clutching a child's femur in his hands, he whispers to her, 'It was one of us--' and dies. Left with a body,...
Author
Series
Reluctant heroes volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Former Navy SEAL Ian Dunn has been tasked by a mysterious government agency with rescuing two kidnapped children believed to have been taken prisoner in a South American embassy. Leading the mission alongside Phoebe Kruger, the new hire at the prestigious law firm where Dunn is a longtime client, Dunn will embark on a race against time while simultaneously dealing with an equally pressing danger -- he's being hunted by the mob for a job gone bust....
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
An introduction to South America that provides facts and figures on the history, geography, economy, people, and cities of the continent, and includes a calendar of South American festivals, recipes, a glossary, project and report ideas, maps, a chronology, and resources.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Mann shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities -- such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital -- were greater in population than any European city. Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running...
18) South America
Author
Series
Publisher
Redback Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
South America is home to the Amazon rainforest a place with legendary status and one of the worlds most treasured locations. With their Spanish, Portuguese, African and South American indigenous heritage the people of South America manage to combine their cultural heritages to produce populations that are vibrant and unique.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A pygmy marmoset falls from her father's back and finds herself alone on the rainforest floor, where she must remember what Papa taught her to stay safe.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In colonial South America, the doomed love of a 12-year-old girl and a priest thrice her age sent to exorcise her. She is a nobleman's daughter who has been bitten by a rabid dog. The authorities decide she is possessed by the devil and lock her up in a convent. By the author of Love in the Time of Cholera.
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