John Kelly
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character.
2) The great mortality: an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the Black Death. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history-a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Shhh! Do not disturb! Bella is busy reading. Please come back when she has finished this UTTERLY AMAZING and TOTALLY INCREDIBLE book! A fantastically funny tale, celebrating imagination and the joy of reading.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An uplifting tale of unlikely friendship. A pig seeking solace and a breathtaking vista in his home high above the valley, is crestfallen when a duck moves in to spoil his view -- until he realizes what he's been missing.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Oscar is SO excited, because his parents have finally said he can have a pet! But he doesn't have any idea what kind to get. So he puts an ad in the newspaper in the hopes that the perfect pet will come to live with him. But soon, too many animals show up at his house, and it's CHAOS!
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Duck wants to join a club. But he can't ROAR like Lion or TRUMPET like Elephant. What's a duck to do? Do you want to join a club where everyone's welcome? Then this book's for you.
"A heartwarming celebration of diversity, inclusiveness and friendship. Duck's started a club but there's ONE rule - everyone is welcome! Because when it comes to making friends, being yourself is all that counts--Google Books."
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
They're called The Beastly Pirates and this fearsome ugly bunch scour the seas for other pirates they can gobble up for lunch. Beware The Beastly Pirates - the scariest sailors on the seven seas. They're a cutlass-toting, pirate-eating bunch of renegades and the list of their dastardly deeds is endless. Dare you come to face to face with this motley crew? WARNING: This is most certainly NOT a book for bedtime ...unless you like your pirates with a...
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Newspaper reporter Monty Molenski needs to find a good story to please the editor and to do this he decides to follow his coworkers around after they finish work to see what they are up to.
11) Jack's tractor
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Jack goes for a ride on his big, red tractor with a trailer fixed behind, and collects lots of noisy animals to play with.
12) Blackbird
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their country house for one final gathering after Lily decides to end her life on her terms after a long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily's daughters Jennifer and Anna. Joining the collective farewell is Lily's son in law, her lifelong friend, daughter's partner, and grandson.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recipes are only as good as their ingredients, especially when it comes to meat. That's why having a good understanding of how to select, cut, and cook meat makes all of the difference in the final taste. Written by Ruby & White, one of Britain's leading butcher shops, Great Meat debunks myths and misinformation around selecting and cooking meat and offers up valuable information to meat lovers and serious home cooks who want to learn new and different...
16) Slow magic
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Polly's grandparents teach her about the magic of nature by showing her how a seed can be transformed into something warm to wear.
Author
Series
Araminta Spookie volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When strange moans and clanks echo down the halls of her boarding school, junior detective Araminta is determined to solve the mystery.
18) Skeleton Island
Author
Series
Araminta Spookie volume 7
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
160 pages : illustrations ; 21cm.
Language
English
Description
Stranded overnight during a school trip to Skeleton Island, Araminta and her best friend Wanda must thwart a terrifying crew of pirate skeletons.
Author
Series
Sammy Feral's diaries of weird volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
249 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Sammy Feral's family runs a zoo, where he spends his time cheerfully hanging out with orangutans, crocodiles, and snakes. But the entire Feral family has been infected with a mysterious virus that causes them to turn into werewolves. Now his mom, dad, and sisters are howling at the moon, craving raw meat, and worst of all, trying to infect Sammy! Worse, it seems there is an evil professor trying to take over the Feral Zoo. Could he have anything...
