The Rocket Returns

The Rocket Returns

Author: W. Awdry

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780375972041

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In this Step into Reading adventure based on an episode from the newest Thomas & Friends DVD release, Spills and Thrills, Thomas the Tank Engine's new friend Stephen used to be known as The Rocket, and with Thomas' help, he will be so again!


Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

Author: Stephen King

Publisher: Pocket Books

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 1982138866

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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor! From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining—an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is “[a] vivid frightscape” (The New York Times). Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance’s sanity, as his paranormal gift known as “the shining” opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook—and his father’s legacy of alcoholism and violence—kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname “Doctor Sleep” by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone—who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining—the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot, reigniting Dan’s own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girl’s soul and survival...


Thomas' Mixed-Up Day/Thomas Puts the Brakes On (Thomas & Friends)

Thomas' Mixed-Up Day/Thomas Puts the Brakes On (Thomas & Friends)

Author: Rev. W. Awdry

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2010-12-22

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0375984240

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Peep! Peep! Get ready for a trainload of fun with two Thomas & Friends stories and over 50 stickers! Based on the TV/DVD episodes, this deluxe format is sure to give little engineers lots to love while they read about all of the Really Useful Engines! From the Trade Paperback edition.


Motorized Obsessions

Motorized Obsessions

Author: Paul R. Josephson

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2007-09-02

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780801886416

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From dirt bikes and jet skis to weed wackers and snowblowers, machines powered by small gas engines have become a permanent - and loud - fixture in American culture. But fifty years of high-speed fun and pristine lawns have not come without cost. technology it powers, Paul R. Josephson explores the political, environmental, and public health issues surrounding one of America's most dangerous pastimes. Each chapter tells the story of an ecosystem within the United States and the devices that wreak havoc on it - personal watercraft (PWCs) on inland lakes and rivers; all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in deserts and forests; lawn mowers and leaf blowers in suburbia. In addition to environmental impacts, Josephson discusses the development and promotion of these technologies, the legal and regulatory efforts made to improve their safety and environmental soundness, and the role of owners' clubs in encouraging responsible operation. research, nongovernmental organizations, and manufacturers, Josephson's compelling history leads to one irrefutable conclusion: these machines cannot be operated without loss of life and loss of habitat.


The Invited

The Invited

Author: Jennifer McMahon

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0385541392

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A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house--they build one . . . In a quest for a simpler life, Helen and Nate have abandoned the comforts of suburbia to take up residence on forty-four acres of rural land where they will begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams. When they discover that this beautiful property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by the local legend of Hattie Breckenridge, a woman who lived and died there a century ago. With her passion for artifacts, Helen finds special materials to incorporate into the house--a beam from an old schoolroom, bricks from a mill, a mantel from a farmhouse--objects that draw her deeper into the story of Hattie and her descendants, three generations of Breckenridge women, each of whom died suspiciously. As the building project progresses, the house will become a place of menace and unfinished business: a new home, now haunted, that beckons its owners and their neighbors toward unimaginable danger.


Hope Mountain

Hope Mountain

Author: Jon Land

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1429957204

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It's the end of the line for Jamie Brooks. After losing his house and his girlfriend, Jamie opts for a prescription bottle and the easy way out. But when even that fails, he heads north on a snowy road straight into his past. Retracing a route from his days as a champion skier, before an ugly accident cost him his skiing career, he finds himself back at a ski school that specializes in second chances, hoping there's one waiting for him. It's going to take a miracle. But Jamie has come to a place where miracles still happen. A place called Hope Mountain. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

Author: Tim O'Brien

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0547420293

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A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.


Enterprising Engines

Enterprising Engines

Author: Rev. W. Awdry

Publisher: Egmont Books (UK)

Published: 2004-10-01

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781405203531

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Flying Scotsman visits the Fat Controller's Railway and Henry is jealous because he has two tenders. Duck makes Henry look silly, but it is Henry who rescues the passengers when the other railway and Duck's Branch line gets a new name.