Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents three hundred chess problems for beginners, each of which requires no more than ten pieces on the board and can be solved in one move, covering eleven tactical themes including forks, pins, traps, and direct checkmates.
Author
Series
Cedar Cove series volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Terri Miller has married chess champion Bobby Polgar, and now lives in a beautiful home with a view of Puget Sound. When Terri senses something is worrying Bobby, he tells her he's protecting his queen--and she feels he's not talking about chess.
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Scribner trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The astonishing true story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenager from the slums of Kampala, Uganda, who, inspired by an unlikely mentor, a war refugee turned missionary, becomes an international chess champion.
Author
Series
Greystone secrets volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Told from separate viewpoints, as Finn, Emma, and Chess Greystone and Natalie Mayhew, ages eight to thirteen, continue their quest to rescue their mothers they must return to the alternate dimension where truth is illegal.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old year old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
8) The villa
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls' trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end...
Author
Series
Pearl River volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The day Alexis Stone is sworn in as interim sheriff, the Queen's Gambit Killer strikes again, leaving a chilling calling card of a white pawn and a note with a chess move printed on it. Alexis must join forces with Police Chief Nathan Landry to find the killer before their next move"--
No sooner has Alexis Stone been sworn in as the interim sheriff for Russell County, Tennessee, when a serial killer dubbed the Queen's Gambit Killer strikes again....
10) The strangers
Author
Series
Greystone secrets volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from separate viewpoints, Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone, ages twelve, ten, and eight, investigate why their mother went missing and uncover their ties to an alternate world.
11) Forbidden City
Author
Series
City spies volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After taking down a mole within their organization, the City Spies are ready for their next mission--once again using their unique skills and ability to infiltrate places adults can't. The sinister Umbra has their sights set on recruiting a North Korean nuclear physicist by any means necessary, and the City Spies plan to keep an eye on his son by sending Paris to the chess prodigy's tournaments in Moscow and Beijing. Meanwhile, Sydney's embedded...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
221 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships. In each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Early in life, Joseph Stalin became convinced of the inevitability of social revolution. And in it, he was determined to play a prominent role. He carefully masked his great personal ambition during his long climb to power and devoted all this energies to furthering the cause of Lenin and Bolshevism. Only after Lenin's death, with the Bolshevik takeover of Russia accomplished, did Stalin's comrades in leadership find themselves forced to bow to Stalin's...
Author
Language
English
Description
The book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes, everyday examples, and ruminations on history, literature, and more, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions, and equations underpin all our lives. His idiosyncratic worldview gives us new perspecttives on...
19) Infinity reaper
Author
Series
Infinity cycle volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"Emil and Brighton defied the odds. They beat the Blood Casters and escaped with their lives -- or so they thought. When Brighton drank the Reaper's Blood, he believed it would make him invincible, but instead the potion is killing him. In Emil's race to find an antidote that will not only save his brother but also rid him of his own unwanted phoenix powers, he will have to dig deep into the very past lives he's trying to outrun. Though he needs the...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Salina Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request