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Pub. Date
2008
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64 p. : col. ill., map ; 22 cm.
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Discover more about sharks. Meet Rachel Graham, marine biologist, and other shark experts discuss their jobs, how they work with sharks and how they protect endangered species. Includes many activities to test your knowledge of sharks and sharpen your shark-spotting skills.
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"Thirty-four-year-old marine biologist Kyra Winthrop remembers nothing about the diving accident that left her with a complex form of memory loss. With only brief flashes of the last few years of her life, her world has narrowed to a few close friendships on the island where she lives with her devoted husband, Jacob. But all is not what it seems. Kyra begins to have visions--or are they memories?--of a rocky marriage, broken promises, and cryptic...
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Doc Ford novels volume 25
Pub. Date
[2018]
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xx, 310 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
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"Murder, sunken treasure, and pirates both ancient and modern send Doc Ford on a nightmare quest in the thrilling new novel in the New York Times-bestselling series. Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams occasionally, but he's never faced a situation like this. His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he's run afoul of the Florida Division of Historical Resources. Its...
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Pub. Date
2012
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520 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
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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.
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"Presenting her research findings at an oceanology conference should be marine biologist Isabelle Barrows's big break--until she spots two men chasing her. With shadowy assailants on her tail, impressing potential investors becomes the least of her concerns. Especially when the men chase her straight into the arms of her high school crush. Unbeknownst to Isabelle, Matt McGuire still regrets the way they parted. Determined not to repeat past mistakes,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Best-selling author Claire A. Nivola has won multiple awards for her captivating books introducing historical figures to young audiences. In this critically acclaimed profile of noted oceanographer Sylvia Earle, listeners follow Sylvia as her childhood adventures in the Gulf of Mexico help inspire her life's work: discovering the secrets of ''the blue heart of the planet.''
7) Dark light
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Doc Ford novels volume 13
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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.
8) Deep blue
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Doc Ford novels volume 23
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"Doc Ford has long lived a double life. This time, it may finally have caught up to him. The electrifying new thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author. "I'll make an example of someone close to you." On a moonless night on Sanibel Island, Florida, marine biologist Marion "Doc" Ford carefully watches a video of a hooded man executing three hostages. The man is an American working with ISIS, and in the next few days, it'll be Ford's job,...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 23
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"While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous--a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that...
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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"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 7
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"Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth-century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums".--
13) Odessa Sea
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[2016]
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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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When she arrives in the Hamptons for the summer, hoping for a fresh start for her and her son, Katie Doyle, exploring a new love affair with a wealthy investor, soon discovers that Southampton is not all that it seems to be, as she becomes submerged in a world of betrayal.
Katie Doyle and her young son move across the country to the Hamptons. She hopes to find summer employment while exploring her love affair with George, a dazzling investor. She...
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FATAL BOUNTY
When former Treasure Point police officer Kelsey Jackson witnesses a murder while temporarily back in her hometown, the killer is dead set on silencing her. The antiques insurance agent didn't see enough to know who killed the museum's curator...but she plans to find out. And the only person offering to assist in her investigation is Sawyer Hamilton-the last man Kelsey ever thought she'd rely on. The handsome marine biologist was once...
17) Arctic drift
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 22
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A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming ;a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia ; a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war ; NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 21
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IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 24
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NUMA director Dirk Pitt searches for the connections among newly discovered Roman artifacts, the rise of a fundamentalist movement, and the existence of a mysterious long-lost "manifest," which, if discovered again, may change the history of the world.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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426 pages ; 17 cm.
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Reflections of yesterday: Simon Canfield and Angie Robinson were in love at seventeen, but Simon's wealthy parents paid Angie and her father to leave town. Now, twelve years later, Angie's got a fiancé and a successful business of her own. She returns home to Groves Point, South Carolina, to repay the money and reclaim her family pride...and discovers that her feelings for Simon haven't changed. But Simon is bitter over her betrayal. Can she make...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
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Randy Wayne White is the author of Mangrove Coast and five additional best-selling Doc Ford mysteries. A mysterious gold medallion precipitates a search that plunges the Florida marine biologist into a world of ancient ritual and modern evil. Filled with suspense and highly-charged atmosphere, this novel has received rave reviews in widespread publications including the Chicago Tribune and The Denver Post.
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