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1) Cannery row
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English
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Vividly depicts the colorful, sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey, California.
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Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Deep sea explorer and NUMA director Dirk Pitt encounters the last direct descendants of the Ottoman dynasty as they prepair to incite a revolution in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
In a.d. 327, a Roman galley with an extraordinary cargo barely escapes a pirate attack. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of important mosques...
In a.d. 327, a Roman galley with an extraordinary cargo barely escapes a pirate attack. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of important mosques...
4) Jaws
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English
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With the 1974 publication of the novel Jaws and the release a year later of the film based on the book, an American cultural phenomenon was born. Today, the remarkable bestseller by Peter Benchley still towers as a thrilling classic of suspense, drama, and the eternal conflicts of man against nature ... and man against himself. As the movie continues to broadcast all over the world, entire generations may know the Jaws story only through its cinematic...
5) Cannery Row
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1992, c1945
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
196 p. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vividly depicts the colorful, sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey, California
6) The sea lady
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English
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This is the story of Humphrey Clark and Ailsa Kelman, who spent a summer together as children in Ornemouth, a town by the gray North Sea. As they journey back to Ornemouth to receive honorary degrees from a new university there-Humphrey on the train, Ailsa flying-they take stock of their lives over the past thirty years, their careers, and their shared personal entanglements. Humphrey is a successful marine biologist, happiest under water, but now...
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Marine Biologist Doc Ford is hot on the trail of a dead friend's wife. Apparently, the woman vanished into the steaming jungles of South America guided by a truly disgusting specimen of humanity. From Florida to Columbia and Panama, Doc traces their path, but a shadowy figure is following him-and the violence left in the wake of this individual is terrifying.
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"Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture. Humans, AIs, and animals are swept up in the machinations of governments and corporations in this near-future thriller about the nature of intelligence."--
9) Black wind
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
In the final days of World War II, the Japanese launch two submarines carrying a new strain of a deadly virus to the west coast of the United States, but years after the subs are lost at sea, someone plots to use their deadly cargo.
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"In May 1940, as the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musée de l'Armée is ordered to get a mysterious piece of cargo out of the country. When he arrives at the port of Le Havre and learns that his intended ship has been sunk, he places the object on a decrepit steamer that sails out under German fire. In the present day, Dirk Pitt and the NUMA agency are on a diving expedition in the English Channel...
11) Declan's Cross
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Series
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English
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Marine biologist Julianne Maroney comes to tiny Declan's Cross on the south Irish coast to heal her broken heart. She doesn't expect to attract the attention of FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan who are in Declan's Cross investigating an old art theft case--especially since it was Colin's brother who broke Julianne's heart.
12) Black widow
Author
Series
Doc Ford novels volume 15
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
335 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
13) Night moves
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Series
Doc Ford novels volume 20
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English
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Description
Unsure if he or his friend Tomlinson was the target of a recent murder attempt, Doc Ford continues investigating a near-poisoning, a plane crash, and an explosion off Sanibel Island.
14) Trojan odyssey
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
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Description
Underwater adventurer Dirk Pitt and the NUMA crew investigate a black tide infesting the ocean off Nicaragua, a study complicated by the discovery of a mysterious artifact, a powerful storm, and a conspiracy.
15) Hunter's moon
Author
Series
Doc Ford novels volume 14
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
317 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Saving a controversial former U.S. president from an assassination attempt, Doc Ford learns that the government is planning a secret strike on a Central American oil-rich nation that the former president, aided by a pair of questionable adversaries, is attempting to prevent.
16) Dark light
Author
Series
Doc Ford novels volume 13
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
336 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a massive hurricane off the coast of Florida, an elderly woman seeks Doc Ford's assistance in combing the reshaped ocean bottom for evidence that would exonerate a loved one for alleged activities during World War II.
17) Poseidon's arrow
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
Language
English
Description
Ruthless Austrian entrepreneur Edward Bolcke has managed to steal a crucial component of the U.S. Navy's latest submarine technology--and he has found a way to hijack the world's supply of rare earth minerals. The three Pitts, along with longstanding sidekick Al Giordino, use their usual mix of brains and brawn to see that justice is served.
18) Sanibel Flats
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English
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There's a murder committed on a deserted mangrove island on Florida's west coast. Doc Ford must return to mountain camps of armed guerillas in Central America to save a friend's young boy.
19) Shark river
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English
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While on a working vacation in the Bahamas, marine biologist Doc Ford becomes embroiled in a mystery, when he finds himself dealing with a dangerous sexual predator, a Bahamian relative he never knew he had, and threats against his own life.
20) Odessa sea
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 24
Language
English
Description
A desperate attempt in 1917 to preserve the wealth and power of the Romanov Empire. A Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo. Mysterious deaths on the Black Sea linked to modern day smugglers of nuclear materials. At the center of it all is Dirk Pitt and his team from NUMA. As the danger escalates, there's only one man who can avert catastrophe. From London to Washington, from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, the action never stops, as Pitt races...
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