Lia Park and the Missing Jewel
Lia Park and the Missing Jewel

Author: Jenna Yoon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1534487956

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Perfect for fans of the Storm Runner and Aru Shah series, this “intriguing, fast-paced” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade fantasy follows a young girl who must venture to the undersea kingdom of the Dragon King in Korea to save her parents from an evil diviner spirit. Twelve-year old Lia Park just wants to fit in. Her parents work with a mysterious organization that makes them ridiculously overprotective. Lia’s every move has been scrutinized since she was born, and she’d love to have the option of doing something exciting for once. So when she gets invited to the biggest birthday party of the year—and her parents say she can’t go—Lia sneaks out. But her first act of rebellion not only breaks her parents’ rules, but also an ancient protection spell, allowing an evil diviner spirit to kidnap and ransom her parents for a powerful jewel that her family has guarded for years. With just the clothes on her back and some very rusty magical skills, Lia finds herself chasing mysterious clues that take her to her grandmother’s home in Korea. From there, she has to make their way to the undersea kingdom of the Dragon King, the only person who knows where the powerful jewel might be. Along with her friend, Joon, Lia must dig deep and find courage to stand up for those who are weak—and become the hero her parents need.

Crown Jewel Wilderness
Crown Jewel Wilderness

Author: Lauren Danner

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780874223521

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North Cascades National Park is remote, rugged, and spectacularly majestic. Efforts to establish a park gained traction after World War II, as national interest in wilderness preservation and concerns about the impact of harvesting timber grew. Troubled by the National Park Service¿s policy favoring development for tourism and the United States Forest Service¿s policy promoting logging in the national forests, conservationists leveraged a changing political environment and the evolving environmental values of the natural resource agencies. Their activism eventually led to the 1968 creation of a crown jewel--Washington¿s magnificent third national park. This engaging account tells the story.

Crown Jewels
Crown Jewels

Author: Randolph Delehanty

Publisher: American Alliance of Museums

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933253732

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Since the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, the national park movement has spread quickly and internationally. There are now over seven thousand national parks in 140 countries, and these numbers continue to grow. But national parks are facing new challenges in the modern age, such as rapid environmental change, the worldwide recession, and political pressures of varying degrees. In this richly illustrated and beautifully designed volume, Randolph Delehantypresents a diverse group of national parks from the United States, East Africa, Italy, Australia, Amazonia, and Tibet. Originally published to coincide with an exhibition at the Presidio of San Francisco, this book is organized into portraits of each park, complete with gorgeous images from internationally renowned photographers and incisive analyses by park experts from each region. Serving as both a testament to the beauty of the natural world and a timely call to action, Crown Jewels shows us that the world's stunning national parks are an irreplaceable resource with an uncertain future--and all of us are key to securing that future.

Forest Park
Forest Park

Author: Sally J. Altman

Publisher: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Books

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780979605413

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212 Views of Central Park
212 Views of Central Park

Author: Sandee Brawarsky

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2002-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781584792246

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A glorious souvenir of Manhattan's unique urban arcadia, 212 Views of Central Park shares the experience of being in Central Park through every season with out-of-town visitors and New York residents alike -- an experience as varied as the park's many structures, landscapes, activities, and environments.

A Year in the National Parks
A Year in the National Parks

Author: Stefanie Payne

Publisher:

Published: 2018-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780692926789

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On January 1 of 2016, Stefanie Payne, a creative professional working at NASA Headquarters, and Jonathan Irish, a photographer with National Geographic, left their lives in Washington, D.C. and hit the open road on an expedition to explore and document all 59 of America's national parks during the centennial celebration of the U.S. National Park Service - 59 parks in 52 weeks - the Greatest American Road Trip. Captured in more than 300,000 digital photographs, written stories, and videos shared by the national and international media, their project resulted in an incredible view of America's National Park System seen in its 100th year. 'A Year in the National Parks, The Greatest American Road Trip' is a gorgeous visual journey through our cherished public lands, detailing a rich tapestry of what makes each park special, as seen along an epic journey to visit them all within one special celebratory year.

A Jewel Amid the Yellow Dust
A Jewel Amid the Yellow Dust

Author: K. Lee Washington

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1412003601

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How do you feel when you take a new job? The first day of anxiety and uncertainty are eased with you blending into the system, and everyone and everything seems to adjust comfortably around you. What if you took a job on the other side of the world, where you could not understand the language, customs, currency, food, and just about everything else? YOU will be different for a whole year! This is the world of a foreign ESL teacher. A Jewel Amid the Yellow Dust--K.O.R.E.A. will explain how this works.

A Jewel for the Keeping
A Jewel for the Keeping

Author: PAULETTE M. WITHINGTON

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2004-02-23

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1414005407

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The legend had lived for more than a century, yet, in spite of eye witnesses who had seen her ghost, no one wanted to believe the validity of The Blue Lady. Why was she haunting Brindle Point? What was she trying to say? After one dockside farewell too many, Josiah Abbotts need for hearth and home suddenly outweigh his taste for salt air and billowing sails. When he is offered the commission of lighthouse keeper at a Virginia lighthouse station; he jumps at the chance and hangs up his captains hat for good. His family is more than willing to follow him to the new lighthouse, but will the ghost of Brindle Point welcome them? Can obstacles like: unannounced inspections, coastal storms and ghostly apparitions surmount their faith, or, will they ingratiate the Abbotts into a deeper love for the life? As the passing crew of a line packet ship becomes distracted by a murder on board, they face disaster. Josiahs daughter must put her faith into actions when one of the injured crew members falls in love with her. When the mending crew is brought before a board of inquiry, previous encounters with this ghost can no longer be kept secret. Only, after the Abbotts decipher messages revealed by the ghost, can they discover truth, the true meaning of love and a true jewel for the keeping.