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Language
English
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"Richard Hill's true and intensely personal story of how he pieced together the long-kept secret of his own origins. This highly suspenseful book is a page-turning saga of personal detective work that will appeal to anyone who loves a good mystery. But this isn't fiction. It's an engrossing account of an adoptee trying to reclaim the biological family denied him by sealed birth records. This fascinating quest, including the author's landmark use of...
2) Omens
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After learning that she is the daughter of accused serial killers Todd and Pamela Larsen, privileged 24-year-old Olivia Taylor ends up in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois, to prove her birthparents' innocence. But as she and Gabriel, her mother's lawyer, start investigating the case, Olivia finds herself drawing on abilities that have remained hidden since her childhood, gifts that make her both a valuable addition to Cainsville and deeply vulnerable...
Author
Series
Public education volume no. 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
An extensive update, this edition includes, for the first time, 96 color photographs of salamanders, frogs and toads, turtles, lizards, and snakes, as well as an impressive collection of black-and-white photographs. The addition of 1,000 new records since the first edition has enhanced the accuracy of the maps, which identify counties where each animal has been found. Also new in this edition is information on a snake recently discovered in Kansas,...
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
c1982
Language
English
Description
With meticulous illustrations and detailed descriptions of plants and animals found in every corner of the continent, this newly updated and revised edition is the perfect companion in the field and a storehouse of information for the armchair naturalist or student.
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A guidebook for a new generation of plant enthusiasts, it includes up-to-date nomenclature, keys, and descriptions, as well as habitat, distribution, and ecological information. In addition to herbaceous plants, the book profiles several woody species. For purposes of identification, conservation, study, or the simple pleasure of thumbing through, it is a resource without parallel.
11) The photo album
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Series
Publisher
Annie's Attic
Language
English
Description
"No one seems to recognize the young man caught in the background of some old photos that Annie found in the attic of Grey Gables. But Mary Beth, owner of A Stitch in Time, turns strangely pale when Annie shows the photos at the Hook and Needle Club meeting. Annie is determined to find out who this stranger is and what became of him. His young, sad face haunts her and she feels compelled to unearth his story. Then disturbing information gleaned from...
14) Shells
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Provides information about mollusks and their shells and how to identify them, along with detailed descriptions and photographs of fifty common North American shells.
15) Mammals
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Explores the world of mammals, identifying their characteristics and describing individual species.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Describes how the author was accidentally separated from his family and home in India as a child, how he survived as an orphan in Kolkata, his adoption by an Australian family, and his search for his biological family as an adult.
