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In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called "The Lost City of Z."--Publisher description.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle the clues they left behind"--
3) Roughing it
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English
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Originally published over one hundred years ago, "Roughing It" tells the (almost) true story of Mark Twain's rollicking adventures across the United States. A hilarious account of how the author tried finding wealth in the rocks of Nevada, it was published before his most famous works and shows why he would grow to become one of the most beloved American writers of all time. The story follows many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to...
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn't have a spontaneous bone in her body. With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon."--Jacket.
As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space...
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Chupacarter volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A cursed Aztec dagger. A five-hundred-year-old witch's riddle. And a . . . screaming sombrero? These are the ancient artifacts that mysteriously hold the answer to the location of the priceless El Dorado treasure hidden in New Mexico—not far from where Jorge and Carter live. When their friend Ernie's dad is accused of stealing the artifacts, it's a race against time to clear his name. They find help from the unlikeliest—and loudest—source they've...
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Report / 113th Congress 1st session House of Representatives volume 113-195
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[U.S. Government Printing Office]
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
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Deutsch
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A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.
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Geological Survey bulletin volume 1576
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Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
1988.
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English
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Geological Survey bulletin volume 1341
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United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey
Pub. Date
1971.
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English
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U.S. Geological Survey bulletin volume 1854
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Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
1988.
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English
19) Mineralogy and morphology of amphiboles observed in soils and rocks in El Dorado Hills, California
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U.S. Geological Survey open-file report volume 2006-1362
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U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2006
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English
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U.S. Geological Survey open-file report volume 2008-1170
Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2008
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English