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(0)Charlie O'Brien
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Are you interested in dinosaurs, and want to know more about the Bone Wars? This book is full of intriguing facts about the various dinosaurs fossilised in the Morrison Formation, and the two palaeontologists who spent years uncovering them - Edward Drinker Cope, and Othniel Charles Marsh. There is information about all the dinosaurs of the Morrison formation, such as the Alcovasaurus, Brontosaurus, Stegasaurus, and so many more amazing dinosaurs....
2) Hound
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Fifteen-year-old Bex Ramirez, and her older brother Theodore, have spent the past few years on the road trying to find a place to fit in. They have been lucky so far - dodging hunters as they travel through the midwest. Bex is sick of constantly moving from town to town, and keeps hoping desperately that they will one day settle down. One early morning, the siblings enter the sleepy town of Nora Springs, Iowa, hoping to stay for a few days undetected....
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Jimmy and his little brother, Cody, receive a very strange phone call on Halloween night. The man on the other end, claims to be their father. But that can't be right! Their father has been dead for a year! Jimmy and Cody decide to investigate . . . at the creepy Greystone Cemetery, which the locals believe is haunted.
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The Fantastic World of Foxes' is a children's book about everything to do with foxes, and what makes them such intriguing animals. They are highly intelligent, and fascinating animals. This book has chapters about their diet, their relationships with nature and humans. The book has pictures and information about the different types of foxes that exist on planet Earth – from the Kit Fox, Arctic Fox, Red Fox, and so many more. Some of the fox species...
5) Just Breathe
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Stuart Wilmington, fresh out of high school, has decided to take the leap and move in with his boyfriend, Jason Banciu. It is a huge change for him, as it means he'd have to move half an hour away to Harrison. Stuart is reluctant to change his regular routines and habits, and feels extremely overwhelmed. It will mean leaving behind his friends, and his father. His whole life will be different. At first, Stuart is glad that he'd moved in with Jason....
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Peter and the Moon, is a fun book for young children. Peter Mullins and his little brother Edgar, decide that they want to go to the moon. With the help of their mother and their next door neighbour, they begin to build a spaceship in the backyard.Complete with fun photographs and illustrations for the short story, the book will capture the imagination of every budding astronaut, and every child who ever wanted to leave earth's atmosphere and explore....
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Fox-hunting: the Savage Sport is a book detailing some of the brutal hunting tactics used in foxhunting. The book covers a brief history of the sport, the roles of the many members involved, hunting attire, and some of the social rituals. Also, the book covers cub hunting, activism, the hunting ban, badger baiting, and the cruelty towards foxes, foxhounds, and the hunt horses
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Theodore feels lonely and completely isolated after his dad moves the family into their late grandfather's cabin at the lake. He's stuck renovating the cabin, and babysitting his little brother, Alex, when what he actually wants to do is practice diving to hone his skill.When his little brother donates his birthday wish to Theodore, he decides to wish for the thing that he loves the most - becoming a merman. Theodore begins to spend more and more...
9) Limerence
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Stuart Wilmington isn't an exceptionally social person. He has had the same tight-knit group of friends for most of Junior high and High school, which include his best friend Scott, and close friends Natalie and Lindsay. Though he's been invited to all the senior parties, it is more of a formality on his friend's part; Stuart has rarely attended any of them, because he feels extremely uncomfortable in most social situations. But Scott has made Stuart...
10) Brother, Brother
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Jimmy Matson finds himself spiralling into a hopeless depression following the death of his identical twin brother, Alex. The police have no leads, and it looks like his brother's murder is going to go unsolved. Unable to cope with the loss, Jimmy has begun on a self-destructive streak – drinking excessively, and locking himself in his apartment for days on end.However, Jimmy becomes plagued with strange dreams about his brother, and soon becomes...
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Adam, Thomas, Lily, and Aston decide to spend their evening on a nice double date at a restaurant, before taking a drive out in the country. At first, the trip is pretty fun. Being out in the country means they have a good view of the meteor shower. However, things quickly turn sour when a meteorite with strange yellow flecks smashes into the road in front of their vehicle. They rush to the meteorite for a closer look, but the space rock has a strange...
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On a warm evening in May 1962, twenty-three-year-old nurse and beauty queen Alexandra Wiwcharuk, was brutally murdered, and buried alive in a shallow grave by the South Saskatchewan River.
It is a murder that has been investigated for decades, but is still considered unsolved. Alexandra Wiwcharuk had been a beautiful and intelligent young woman in the prime of her life, and had recently been serenaded by Johnny Cash in front of a crowd of more than...