Orem Library

Follow the development of fairground rides, as they have grown taller, scarier, and more fantastical through engineering skill, design and ambition.

Eddie is an eighty-three-year-old war veteran. He spends his days maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park. Now Eddie's own life is about to come to an end. One morning, an accident occurs on one of the rides. In front of a horrified crowd, Eddie attempts to save the five-year-old's life. The last thing he sees is the little girl's frightened face, the last thing he feels is the child's hands in his. Then, a blinding flash of light...

Raymond and Roxy are excited now that summer vacation has started and their first summer adventure is at Wild World Park!

While Layla and her three Bots (Beep, Boop, and Bop) are setting up for their rock band's performance, she gets some bad news, Happy Days Amusement Park is closing; Layla thinks she has the perfect solution: turn the place into an amusement park for dogs--but the new rides have to pass a safety inspection before Happy Paws Amusement Park can open.

"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving...

One day at HorrorLand: The Morris family are on their way to Zoo Garden, however seem to have lost their way. They soon find themselves in a theme park called "Horror Land." Luke and Lizzy want to go onto a few rides, so their parents decide to ask for directions. However soon the Morris family discovers that this theme park is not entirely safe. Welcome to Camp Nightmare: It's Billy's first time at summer camp. So far, the camp appears to be a perfectly...

Describes the largest and most spectacular amusement park rides in the world and compares their various features to the size, speed, and other characteristics of other things.

Eddie es un veterano de guerra herido, un anciano que, en su opinión, ha vivido una vida sin inspiración. Su trabajo consiste en arreglar atracciones en un parque de atracciones junto al mar. En su 83 cumpleaños, un trágico accidente lo mata mientras intenta salvar a una niña de la caída de un carro. Despierta en el más allá, donde aprende que el cielo no es un destino. Es un lugar donde cinco personas te explican tu vida, algunas de las cuales...