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Author
Publisher
Bloomsburg Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
311 pages : illustration, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away...' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory - growing up with her father and his two wives...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
3) The Red Room
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the newest international thrill ride from New York Times-bestselling author Ridley Pearson, John Knox and Grace Chu, the incomparable and often incompatible duo, team up again, this time in the exotic "city between two worlds," Istanbul. What's it like to see yourself in a picture you never knew was taken? John Knox is an expert at surveillance and delicate, international dealings. So he is understandably thrown when David "Sarge" Dulwich,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
677 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In October 2005, only a few months after her Turkish husband and five-year-old son are detained by U.S. border patrol, Jeannie Wakefield disappears. She leaves behind in Istanbul a 53-page letter revealing a convoluted tale of political intrigue, intelligence operatives and Turkish teenage radicals, of a grisly murder and a dismembered body in a trunk. It is a grim and heartbreaking history of first loves shattered and best friends betrayed. Can Jeannie...
6) Turkey
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Enchantment of the world. Second series.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, then in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, where she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules and rhythms.
9) Turkey
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Turkey.
10) Holiday country
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nineteen-year-old Ada adores spending every summer in a Turkish seaside town with her mother and grandmother at the family villa. The glittering waters, picturesque olive groves, and her spirited friends make it easy for Ada to leave her idle life in California behind. But no matter how much Ada feels she belongs to the country where her mother grew up, deep down, her connection to the culture feels as fleeting as the seasons. When Levent, a mysterious...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
c2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"This rare testimony of a survivor of the Armenian genocide tells the dramatic story of John Minassian, a young man who witnessed the loss of his family and friends but managed to escape with his life by concealing his identity and connecting with an underground network of survivors, ultimately building a new life in the United States."--
15) Turkey
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
16) Vulture view
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Turkey vultures soar on the balmy air, looking for their next stinky feast. These birds don't hunt--they like their food to be already dead. Vultures are part of nature's cleanup crew"--Inside front dust jacket.
18) The ark: a novel
Author
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Edition
1st Pocket Star Books pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
440 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Archaeologist Dilara Kenner and former combat engineer Tyler Locke realize that they have just seven days to find the remains of Noah's Ark before shadowy agents use its secret to wipe out civilization.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
196 p.: ill. (some col.); 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, then in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, where she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules and rhythms and offers her unexpected opportunities during Turkey's brief Tulip Period of the 1720's.