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Thirteen-year-old Brian is going to visit his father for the first time since his parents` divorce. Haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother`s infidelity, Brian wonders how he will face his father who is now living in the Canadian wilderness. When the single-engine plane he is traveling on crashes, Brian is the only survivor. Now stranded in wilderness with only the clothes on his back and the hatchet his mother gave him as a parting gift, Brian must find a way to survive. AUTHOR: Gary Paulsen
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | The Call of the Wild by Alex Kershaw, Barry Moser, Bob Blaisdell, Brian Parry, Daniel Dyer
THE CALL OF THE WILD, Jack London's masterpiece, tells the gripping tale of a dog named Buck who is wrenched out of his life of ease and luxury to become a sled dog in Alaska. Drawing on his wolf heritage, Buck must fight for survival in an alien environment. AUTHOR: Alex Kershaw, Barry Moser, Bob Blaisdell, Brian Parry, Daniel Dyer
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The New Australian Parakeet Handbook by Mathew Vriends
Description not available.Describes the various species of Australian parakeet, and discusses their care, breeding, and health AUTHOR: Mathew Vriends
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Pets & Animals
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 | A Mathematical Dictionary for Schools by Brian Bolt, David Hobbs
A Mathematical Dictionary for Schools contains contains over 500 definitions of technical terms found within GCSE syllabuses. Key words and phrases are explained in clear, simple language with illustrations to aid understanding of more difficult terms. It has been written for key stages 1/GCSE students but is also suitable for key stage 3 and is the ideal companion for coursework and revision. AUTHOR: Brian Bolt, David Hobbs
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | At the Edge of Space by Milton O. Thompson, Neil A. Armstrong
In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson, a pilot active in the X-15 program from beginning to end, tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. Initiated in the 1950s by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA), the U.S. Air Force, and the Navy, the X-15 program tested the survivability of rocket-powered aircraft at hypersonic speeds and at the outermost limits of the earth's atmosphere. Nine phases of the program tested engine capabilities, altitude and speed capacity, and pilot ability, as well as experiments unrelated to the aircraft itself. Achieving hypersonic speeds, the X-15 aircraft also yielded design and materials data integral to the subsequent Apollo and space shuttle missions. The first full-length account of the X-15 program, At the Edge of Space profiles the twelve test pilots (Neil Armstrong, Joe Engle, Scott Crossfield, and the author among them) chosen for the program. Thompson has translated a highly technical subject into readable accounts of each pilot's participation, including many heroic and humorous anecdotes and highlighting the pilots' careers after the program ended in 1968. AUTHOR: Milton O. Thompson, Neil A. Armstrong
PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press
FORMAT: E-book
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Little Locksmith by Alix Kates Schulman, Janet Rosenberg, Katharine Butler Hathaway, Nancy Mairs, William R. Phillips
In this bestseller, which was first published in 1943, author Hathaway recalls her horrific experience of being diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis in the early 20th century and being subjected to the era's crude treatment procedures. Between the ages of 5 and 15, while strapped to an immobilizing device, she developed a highly creative imagination. Despite Hathaway's family's low expectations of her, she achieved independence, buying her own house and becoming a writer. AUTHOR: Alix Kates Schulman, Janet Rosenberg, Katharine Butler Hathaway, Nancy Mairs, William R. Phillips
PUBLISHER: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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