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Golding's best-known novel is the story of a group of boys who, after a plane crash, set up a fragile community on a previously uninhabited island. As memories of home recede and the blood from frenzied pig-hunts arouses them, the boys' childish fear turns into something deeper and more primitive.
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Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Lonely Planet's Ecuador & the Gal̀pagos Islands is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Surf at Montanita, climb El Altar, and ride the TelefériQo; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Ecuador & the Gal̀pagos and begin your journey now!"--Publisher's description.
43) Man of Aran
Publisher
Home Vision
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Documents the life of a family in a small fishing village in the Aran Islands, Ireland, as it struggles to win the daily battle against its magnificent opponent, the sea.
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Little, Brown and Company
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English
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"Years ago, just before the country was incinerated to wasteland, ten men and their families colonized an island off the coast. They built a radical society of ancestor worship, controlled breeding, and the strict rationing of knowledge and history. Only the Wanderers-- chosen male descendants of the original ten-- are allowed to cross to the wastelands. At the first sign of puberty, their daughters face their Summer of Fruition, a ritualistic season...
52) Orphan Island
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English
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"On the island, everything is perfect. The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts. And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them -- and taking the eldest one away, never to be...
53) Face the fire
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Three Sisters Island trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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When Sam Logan, an old flame, returns to the island, Mia struggles to ignore the passionate bond between them, even as a centuries-old curse draws them together.
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Broadmoor legacy volume 1
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English
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Cousins Amanda, Sophie, and Fanny Broadmoor are as close as sisters, but when their grandfather dies, the terms of his will just might destroy their bond. Seventeen-year-old Fanny has never put much stock in the conventions of society. In fact, she has given her heart to Michael, the family boat-keeper. But when she receives a surprising inheritance, she discovers just how oppressive society can be . . . and that she may be trusting the wrong people....
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Dragonfly
Pub. Date
[1973].
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English
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There is a little island in the oceanand this book is about how it is on that little island, how the seasons and the storm and the day and night change it, how the lobsters and seals and gulls and everything else live on it, and what the kitten who comes to visit finds out about it.
56) Islands
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Series
Publisher
Rourke
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
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Describes the difference between continental and oceanic islands, atolls, and cays and discusses the ecosystems found on or around islands and reefs.
57) The Galapagos Islands and Ecuador: your essential handbook for exploring Darwin's enchanted islands
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Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Six hundred miles off the coast of Ecuador, the far-flung archipelago of the Galapagos Islands awaits you and your curious mind! Ever since Charles Darwin's historic visit in 1835, this fragile yet spectacular place has sparked fascination. Longtime island visitor and dedicated naturalist Marylee Stephenson shares what you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime. Discover the best places to view the islands' famed wildlife, from giant tortoises,...
58) The island
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English
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"After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they're deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking...
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