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Series
The true lives of the Fabulous Killjoys California volume s 1-6
Physical Desc
156 pages ; Chiefly color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Over a decade ago, the Killjoys, a team of revolutionaries, lost their lives while saving a mysterious young girl from the tyrannical megacorporation Better Living Industries. Today, the Killjoys live on in memory, if not belief, as BLI widens its reach and freedom fades. The Girl, now grown, reemerges and is put in the spotlight as a saviour, a role she knows nothing about. But with the new revolution hell-bent on body counts, the Girl must look...
Author
Series
Physical Desc
215 pages : Chiefly color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Forget everything you already knew about the Fabulous Killjoys! Writers Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, along with Illustrator Leonardo Romero (Hawkeye), colorist Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), and letterer Nate Piekos (The Umbrella Academy) team up to present an all-new modern day Killjoys series as Way and Simon take it all the way back to the original story that inspired My Chemical Romance's concept album Danger Days and its dystopian comic book series...
Author
Series
Publisher
Garrard Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1967]
Physical Desc
96 p. illus. (part col.), 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells of the building of Bent's Fort, a trading post along the Santa Fe trail, and describes work there, the wagon trains, Indians who traded there, and life at the fort in summer and winter.
7) Robespierre
Series
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
c1967
Physical Desc
vii, 181 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
9) Gandhi
Author
Series
Publisher
Bookwright Press
Pub. Date
1987, c1986
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language
English
Description
The life and times of India's beloved leader who helped to unify the country.
12) The Egyptians
Author
Series
Publisher
Mallard
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
46 p. : col. illus.
Language
English
13) The Greeks
Author
Series
Publisher
Mallard Press
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
46 p. : col. illus.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people-and other famous musicians-really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? And-possibly most interesting of all-what did their neighbors think?
Discover the fascinating and often humorous stories of twenty famous musicians-people of all shapes, sizes, temperaments,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides a look inside the lives of such notable writers as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and others.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Most people can name some famous artists and recognize their best-known works. But what's behind all that painting, drawing, and sculpting? What was Leonardo da Vinci's snack of choice while he painted Mona Lisa's mysterious smile? Why did Georgia O'Keeffe find bones so appealing? Who called Diego Rivera "Frog-Face"? And what is it about artists that makes both their work and their lives so fascinating-to themselves, to their curious neighbors, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents twenty true stories of athletes--mostly admirable, occasionally quirky--whose physical accomplishments create a world of thrills and spills.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Interactive Library
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simple introduction to the lives and work of the two brothers who invented the first engine-driven flying machine.