Author: Search Press. Published: 2016 Call Number: 746.5 Format: Books Summary: "This comprehensive guide to bead embroidery features more than 30 stunning and versatile projects. With over 440 step-by-step photographs, it brings bead embroidery within the reach of anyone who can thread a needle. Find out how to work tambour beading, beadpoint, padded beading, how to handle sequins and bugle beads, and so much more. Discover the best tools for the task and learn to identify different beads by their size, shape and finish. Full of hints, tips and historical insights, and all patterns are provided."--
Author: Brandt, Charles, author. Published: 2016 Call Number: 364.106 BRANDT Format: Books Summary: Provides an account of the life and activities of hitman Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, including his account of how he killed Jimmy Hoffa.
Author: Princeton Review (Firm) Published: 2016 Call Number: 428.4 Format: Books Summary: Being "good at reading" isn't just about speed, it's about being able to read through info, quickly sort out what's important, and draw useful connections. That's why we at The Princeton Review created Reading Smart, a book designed to help people who have a hard time keeping up with assignments, understanding novels, or even absorbing news articles. Reading Smart will give you the skills and strategies you need to read efficiently and build your confidence as both a reader and thinker. --Back cover.
Author: Patterson, James, 1947- author. Holmes, Andrew, author. Published: 2016 Call Number: PB PATTERSO Format: Books Summary: When former SAS captain David Shelley goes looking for an old comrade who has taken to a life on the streets, he finds his friend is dead. An MI5 agent contacts Shelley and arranges a meeting. All the signs point to murder, and the agent believes this is part of something much bigger. The only way Shelley can discover the truth is to put himself on the streets, and into the same danger that got his friend killed.
Author: Windham, Ryder. Wallace, Daniel, 1970- Published: 2012 Call Number: 791.43 Format: Books Summary: Provides detailed information about the six Star Wars films, discussing characters, plotlines, visual effects, merchandise, and video games.
Author: Stein, Garth. Published: 2008 Call Number: PS3569.T3655 A88 2009 Format: Books Summary: Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
Author: Krakauer, Jon. Published: 1997 1996 Call Number: B KRA Format: Books Summary: In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $$25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.
Author: Keyes, Daniel, author. Published: 1994 1966 Call Number: HSF KEY Format: Books Summary: When brain surgery makes a mouse into a genius, dull-witted Charlie Gordon wonders if it might also work for him. With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie? An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
Author: Toboso, Yana, 1984- author. Published: 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Call Number: 741.5 TOB V.2 Format: Books Summary: "Just a stone's throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its master, one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria's faithful servant ... and a slip of a twelve-year-old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master's wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark secrets of London's underbelly, there apparently is nothing Sebastian cannot do. In fact, one might even say Sebastian is too good to be true ... or at least, too good to be human."--P. [4] of cover.