Neil Kaplan
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English
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Neil Kaplan was born in London, England during World War II. Neil survived polio as a child and surgery for scoliosis as a teenager. Despite many years of missed schooling, he qualified as a lawyer and has had a distinguished career at the Bar as a Queens Counsel, later as a High Court Judge in Hong Kong and as a leading international arbitrator. His memoir covers his early life, his life as a student and provides many fascinating insights into the...
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Lorien Legacies volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.
Friendships and a beautiful girl are distracting to a teenager who is hiding on Earth while he waits to develop the powers he will need to rejoin the other six...
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Lorien Legacies volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The aliens must come together because their power is in numbers.
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Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 1
Language
English
Description
The Taskforce operates at the highest level of the U.S. government, outside the bounds of the law. Pike Logan was the most successful operator on the Taskforce until tragedy struck his life. Now Pike has crossed paths with two terrorists whose attack he will stop at nothing to prevent.
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Series
Lorien Legacies volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In order to thwart the Mogadorian invasion, a group of the Garde head to a pyramid in Mexico in order to awaken a power that can save the world.
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Lorien Legacies volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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In a Spanish convent, seventeen-year-old Marina longs to join forces with her fellow Loriens to prepare for battle with the Mogadorians who destroyed their home planet, while in the United States, John, Six, and Sam elude authorities who think John is a terrorist.
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Lorien Legacies volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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The Garde, broken and divided, discover that the Mogadorians have commenced their ultimate invasion plans and will stop at nothing to thwart it.
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Lorien Legacies volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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After facing off with the Mogadorian ruler and almost being annihilated, the Garde go into hiding. They must learn to master their Legacies and learn to work together as a team. When they receive a sign from Number Five -- a crop circle in the shape of a Loric symbol -- they know they are close to being reunited. But could it be a trap? Time is running out, and the only thing they know for certain is that they have to get to Five before it's too...
9) Iron Man
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Series
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Tony Stark arrives in Japan to help implement his goal of world peace by building the Arc Reactor, a carbon-neutral power plant that, once operational, will be able to provide limitless (thus free) energy to the world. Set to retire his Iron Man persona, and about to mass-produce a line of Iron Man armor known as 'Iron Man Dio', Stark's plans are derailed by a series of high tech Mech monsters. Zodiac, a top secret organization funded by the terrorist...
10) Heaven's Devils
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Series
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English
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For the poor, hardworking citizens of the Confederacy's fringe worlds, the Guild Wars have exacted a huge toll. Swayed by the promise of financial rewards, a new batch of recruits joins the fight alongside a slew of mysteriously docile criminals-and a few dubious military leaders. Eighteen-year-old Jim Raynor, full of testosterone and eager to make things right at home, ships off to boot camp and finds his footing on the battlefield, but he soon discovers...
11) Walk Among Us
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Series
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English
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One of the most popular role-playing properties in the world gets new life with this trio of horror novellas set in Vampire: The Masquerade's World of Darkness by three brilliant talents: Genevieve Gornichec, Cassandra Khaw, and Caitlin Starling
The subtle horror and infernal politics of the World of Darkness are shown in a new light in Vampire: The Masquerade: Walk Among Us, an audio-first collection of three novellas that show the terror, hunger,...
13) Little Ghost
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English
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A young boy named Kevin moves into a haunted castle with his mother and her new money hungry boyfriend. His plans to "renovate" the castle and turn it into a health spa displeases both Kevin and the ghost of Sofia, who lived in the castle several hundred years ago. At first the changes just displease Sofia, but it soon turns out as the castle is destroyed, Sofia is slowly fading away. Together Kevin and Sofia will team up to take out the threat to...