Let the chaos of the Universe decide!
these were chosen completely at random.
we let the chaos of the universe decide.
find something on this list to make your day a little more interesting!!
The book of three
Author(s):
Alexander, Lloyd
Langton, James.
Description:
Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins his journey to heroism with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved homeland, Prydain. Packed with action, humor, romance, and gallantry, Taran's adventures chronicle his love for Prydain and the brave battle he wages against the forces of evil to protect it.
Format:
Audiobook
Call Number:
J FIC Ale
The Landry News
Author(s):
Clements, Andrew, 1949-2019
Murdocca, Sal,
Description:
A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a result.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Cle
Good company
Author(s):
Blank, Arthur (Arthur M.)
Description:
The Home Depot co-founder and owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons relates his experiences with revitalizing troubled organizations and outlines a practical approach to a values-based business that utilizes the cooperative potential of purpose and profit.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
338.04 Bla
The magic school bus inside the human body
Author(s):
Cole, Joanna
Degen, Bruce,
Description:
A special field trip on the magic school bus allows Ms. Frizzle's class to get a first-hand look at major parts of the body and how they work.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J 612 Col
Indigenous Peoples' Day with Yasmin
Author(s):
Faruqi, Saadia
Rahmalia, Debby,
Description:
While learning about Indigenous Peoples' Day, Yasmin and her classmates attend a festival to celebrate the holiday, and after enjoying the beautiful regalia, dancing and drumming, and delicious food, Yasmin learns about Ojibwe dream catchers meant to help protect children. Includes recipe for fry bread.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Far
The impossible first : from fire to ice--crossing Antarctica alone
Author(s):
Description:
Colin O'Brady's memoir spans his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident to his gripping 932-mile solo crossing of Antarctica. Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support and completely human powered. Yet, Colin O'Brady was determined to do just that, even if, ten years earlier, there was doubt that he'd ever walk again normally. From the depths of a tragic accident, he fought his way back. In a quest to unlock his potential and discover what was possible, he went on to set three mountaineering world records before turning to this historic Antarctic challenge. Enduring Antarctica's sub-zero temperatures and pulling a sled that initially weighed 375 pounds--in complete isolation and through a succession of whiteouts, storms, and a series of near disasters--O'Brady persevered. Alone with his thoughts for nearly two months in the vastness of the frozen continent--gripped by fear and doubt--he reflected on his past, seeking courage and inspiration in the relationships and experiences that had shaped his life. The Impossible First reveals how anyone can reject limits, overcome immense obstacles, and discover what matters most.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
919.89 OBr
Wild born
Author(s):
Mull, Brandon, 1974-
Barber, Nicola,
Description:
As a dark force engulfs the land, the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers who each have forged a rare bond with their spirit beasts -- a bond that gives great powers to all of them.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Mul
The gods themselves
Author(s):
Description:
In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The transference process itself will eventually lead to the destruction of Earth's Sun--and of Earth itself. Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who sense the imminent annihilation of the Sun.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Asi
Light from uncommon stars
Author(s):
Description:
"Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate. But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline. As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found" --
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Aok
Habibi
Author(s):
Description:
"Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth-- and frailty-- of their connection. At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling" -- dust jacket wrap.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Tho
The marrow thieves
Author(s):
Description:
"In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the "recruiters" who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing 'factories.'"--
Format:
Book
Call Number:
YA FIC Dim
The song of Achilles
Author(s):
Description:
Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Mil
We are growing!
Author(s):
Keller, Laurie
Keller, Laurie,
Description:
"Walt is not the tallest or the curliest or the pointiest or even the crunchiest. A confounded blade of grass searches for his 'est' in this hilarious story about growing up"--
Format:
Book
Call Number:
Ei Kel
A world on the wing : the global odyssey of migratory birds
Author(s):
Description:
An exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of bird migration--the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the highest mountains, to go weeks without sleep, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch--has exploded. Scientists have made astounding discoveries: certain species, such as thrushes, can avoid dehydration over long flights by "drinking" from their own muscles and organs, extending their flight range by almost thirty percent, or more than two thousand miles, and while we've known for decades that birds are somehow able to orient themselves using earth's magnetic field, a new leading theory is that they do so through a form of quantum entanglement. Scott Weidensaul shares these and other revelations to convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, taking the reader from the shores and mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China, to the remote mountains of northeastern India, and to the salt lakes in southern Cyprus in the Mediterranean. Weidensaul also introduces those trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other rising challenges.--
Format:
Book
Call Number:
598.1568 Wei
Imperial reckoning : the untold story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
Author(s):
Description:
Thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II, but just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenya's largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyu--some one and a half million people. The story of the system of prisons and work camps where thousands met their deaths has remained largely untold, because of a determined effort by the British to destroy all official records of their attempts to stop the Mau Mau uprising, the Kikuyu people's ultimately successful bid for Kenyan independence--Publisher.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
967.62 Elk
An atlas of the difficult world : poems, 1988-1991
Author(s):
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012
Description:
In this, her thirteenth book of verse, the author of "The Dream of a Common Language" and "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" writes of war, oppression, the future, death, mystery, love and the magic of poetry.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
811 Ric
The boy who dared
Author(s):
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
Description:
In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Bar
The cat who went to heaven
Author(s):
Coatsworth, Elizabeth, 1893-1986
Ward, Lynd,
Description:
A small tricolored cat brings joy into the home of an artist and is finally blessed by Buddha.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Coa
