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"Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop's Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce's sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. "A church is a wonderful place for a wedding," muses Flavia, "surrounded as it is by the legions of the dead, whose listening bones bear silent witness to every promise made at the altar." Flavia is not your normal twelve-year-old girl. An expert in the...
Author
Publisher
Townhouse Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
LISTEN, LIGHT UP AND LEARN Rainforest A magical non-fiction journey through the rainforest. Find out what makes this habitat and the creatures that live there so special. With gorgeous detailed illustrations and 20 sounds to find, plus LED lights on every spread, this book will delight and absorb any child or grown-up interested in nature.' -From publisher
All about rainforests -- Rainforest animals -- The essential rainforest.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Television series about a furry alien named Alf who crashed his spaceship into the home of the unsuspecting Tanner family. Alf elusively avoids houseguests, chases the family cat, and eats everything in sight, but the Tanners still love the old Alfer.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A small Colorado town becomes the battleground between two of the deadliest extra-terrestrial lifeforms - the Alien and the Predator. When a Predator scout ship crash-lands in the hills outside the town, Alien facehuggers are released in the crash. Also released is a hybrid Alien/Predator. A man and his son hunting in the forest near the crash site soon become the first victims of the facehuggers. A Predator receives data about the crash on his home...
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family, the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An exquisitely written and nuanced biography of an exceptional individual and writer who has created the # 1 international bestselling hero Jack Reacher, revered by dedicated and loyal readers worldwide. Lee Child has a great public persona: he is gracious and generous with readers and fans. But Jim Grant is a reticent and very private man. This rags-to-riches literary and social biography is based principally on disarmingly frank personal...
Author
Publisher
Corrance Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"They seldom smile or they laugh too long, too loud. They are at the center of activity, effectively leading to accomplish goals or they are quiet at the perimeter, contributing little. Pretty, handsome, well-groomed, simple, plain; age, gender, socioeconomic standing--nothing appears to be a common factor. The sense of non-entity, loneliness, namelessness can happen to anyone, at any time, and for any length of time. Everyone is vulnerable. It's...