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1461) The thin red line
Series
Criterion collection volume 536
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the Pacific. Based on James Jones' novel, this is the story of Charlie Company's landing and battle experience there in 1942. The story concentrates on how the battle affects, and is effected by, Commanding officer Lt. Col. Gordon Tall, Captain James Staros, Sgt. Edward Welsh, and two privates, Witt and Bell. Charlie Company is attacking a...
Author
Series
Road to Nowhere volume 1
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
When she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead. In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth's population--killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant--the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power--and the strong who possess it. A few women like...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not to kill her. And that she must run. Follow Cady and Ty (her accidental savior turned companion), as they race against the clock to stay alive"--
1464) The river challenge
Author
Series
Bear Grylls adventures volume 5
Publisher
Bear Grylls
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Jack is up for anything ... as long as he doesn't have to get wet. No one knows about his fear of water, and he's determined to keep it a secret. But then he slips into a shallow stream and is pulled out of a deep, fast-flowing river gorge by Bear Grylls. They work together to build a bamboo raft, navigate the whitewater rapids and steer clear of hidden dangers ... Can Jack rise to the challenge of being thrown in at the deep end? Will he sink or...
1465) Surviving the Hindenburg
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, fourteen-year-old Werner Franz works as a cabin boy aboard the German zeppelin, the Hindenburg, and resourcefully survives its fatal crash.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publisher's Rosen Central
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In graphic novel format, presents three incidents in which people had to survive after being lost in the wilderness. Also offers survival tips and three additional descriptions of true survival stories.
1467) Silver
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When the students at Mortingham Boarding Academy find a group of strange, silvery beetles on school grounds they are excited, but when the beetles attack them and a mysterious virus starts spreading, a group of mismatched students must work together to survive.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Through fascinating true stories and illuminating photos, learn how people live in--and make it out of--the wilderness to survive against all odds! Additional features include a table of contents, informative sidebars, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author"--Publisher description.
1470) Torpedoed!: a World War II story of a sinking passenger ship and two children's survival at sea
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
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Description
Recreates the events surrounding the attack by a German U-boat on the Athenia in 1939 through firsthand accounts and interviews with survivors.
1471) The lost Compass
Author
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Chess and his crew -- Hazel, Swedish, and Bea -- may have escaped the slums, but they cannot escape the Fog that threatens to swallow the entire mountaintop city of Port Oro. Only one thing can stop the fog: an ancient machine known as the Compass. Only one person can find it: Chess. With the help of his crew, Chess faces dangerous encounters, brutal battles, and deadly driftsharks to unearth the hidden instrument. It's a race against time to save...
1473) The earthquake challenge
Author
Series
Bear Grylls adventures volume 6
Publisher
Bear Grylls
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Fatima is scared of the dark. She has to get through a ruined city at night, avoiding the dangers of crumbling buildings, cracks in the ground and fallen masonry without power or light.
Author
Series
I survived volume 20
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
A Josh y a su primo los unen el amor por los tacos, los reptiles y las bromas, pero en un viaje a un bosque cercano se ven de repente en medio de una tormenta de fuego que se mueve rápidamente, un monstruo abrasador que pronto arrasará con millones de acres de tierra y posiblemente con la ciudad donde viven los chicos. Josh tiene que enfrentar los problemas familiares que lo queman por dentro, pero primero tendrá que sobrevivir a las llamas que...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect: he's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes...except the ones he shares with Celine Bangura. They used to be best friends, until Brad decided he was too cool for conspiracy-theory-obsessed Celine and literally abandoned her for the popular kids' table. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.) These days, there's nothing between them but insults and academic...
1476) The thin red line
Series
Criterion collection volume 536
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adapted from the epic novel by James Jones. A powerful all-star cast explodes into action in this hauntingly realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II. Bonus features include outtakes, interviews, actual WWII newsreel footage, commentary, and an essay.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Most people think that being prepared for catastrophe means stocking up on MREs and building a bunker in their backyard, but this approach leaves you vulnerable in the real world of car accidents, natural disasters, grid failures, and global pandemics. Prepared overturns today's paranoid survival wisdom and teaches the foundational skills of preparedness that will not only help you build situational awareness and acheive greater mobility--but that...
1478) Wild river: a novel
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
When a dam fails and rushing waters sweep away their adult supervisors, five middle schoolers on a white-water rafting adventure are left alone with few supplies and the opportunity to forge powerful bonds as well as develop dangerous disagreements.
Series
Fear the walking dead volume 1
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Living in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead is a gritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark and English teacher Travis Manawa have managed to assemble. The everyday pressure...
1480) Dancing with the sun
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Sadie Harlan visits her daughter, Lauren, at her summer internship in Yosemite National Park, it seems like the perfect way to forget about her empty nest and failing marriage back home. But when the two women get lost on what's meant to be a short hike, they suddenly find themselves fighting for their lives. As they search for food, water, and civilization, they battle injury, exhaustion, and natural predators. Sadie, however, is assaulted by...
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