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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From Rachel Hawkins, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, comes Reckless Girls, a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set on an isolated Pacific island with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel...
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
470 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chicago, 1897. An obsessive collector and insurance magnate commissions the world's tallest building. Determined to compete with Marshall Field's recent donation of $1 million to found the Field Museum, the tycoon funds a private collecting voyage into the Pacific.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and with no clear international authority, the oceans have become the setting for rampant criminality--from human trafficking and slavery to environmental crimes and piracy. Now, in The Outlaw Ocean, Ian Urbina--prize-winning reporter for The New York Times--gives us a galvanizing account of the several years he...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A little more than 70 percent of Planet Earth is ocean. So wouldn't a better name for our global home be Planet Ocean? You may be surprised at just how closely YOU are connected to the ocean. Regardless of where you live, every breath you take and every drop of water you drink links you to the ocean. And because of this connection, the ocean's health affects all of us. Dive in with author Patricia Newman and photographer Annie Crawley's visit the...
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