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1) The Stray
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A struggling family allows their oldest son to adopt a stray dog even though it may cause more hardship, but Pluto the wonder dog more than proves his worth during a shocking turn of events.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
On July 15th, 1942, a squadron of two B-17 bombers and six P-38 fighters bound for Iceland crash-landed in Greenland after getting lost in a blizzard. The crews were rescued, but the planes remained, eventually entering aviation lore as the "Lost Squadron." In 1981, two adventurers from Atlanta, Pat Epps and Richard Taylor, set out not just to find these planes, but to restore them to their former glory.
Pub. Date
c2018.
Description
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Description
High school senior Carson Phillips was destined for bigger things than his close-minded small town could ever offer. He was on that path, but was suddenly killed by a bolt of lightning in his school parking lot. Demonstrating that life is what happens while you're busy planning your future, Carson recounts the last few weeks of his life via witty, insightful flashbacks, including a blackmail scheme targeting the popular kids in school that he concocts...
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
When Chroma Chameleon discovers that her cousin's habitat is endangered, the TreeSchoolers naturally want to help. With Rachel's guidance, they discover that there are lots of things they can do to take care of our Earth! Along the way, they learn about continents, seasons and the many ways our earth takes care of us.
10) A rainy day
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A rainstorm interferes with the TreeSchoolers' plans to play outside. Abacus Finch is afraid of thunder and lightning. His friends, with your help, teach Abacus about weather phenomena so he won't be afraid.
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Jefferson Pierce, respected educator and father of two, is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. And he doesn’t fight alone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa, aka Thunder, and Jennifer, aka Lightning, as well as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn. Together, the Pierce family combats the ills eroding their city, including a menacing gang that calls itself The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale.
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Parts three and four of a propaganda series of seven information films shown to the American G.I. in the 1940's. Originally produced by the United States government for the Morale Services Division which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to support the war effort. Divide and conquer: Recounts the successive defeats of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, and France by the seemingly invincible German army,...
Pub. Date
2006
Description
World Ware II was an epic conflict in which victory was achieved not only by the brilliant battles strategies of the Allied commanders, but also by the tactical errors and fatal miscalculations of the Axis powers.
The German blunder at Dunkirk -- Hitler's declaration of war on the U.S. -- The pilot who bombed London -- Hitler's flying blunders.
