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Series
Jammer Davis volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016].
Description
"Jammer Davis has spent most of his life investigating aircraft accidents. When a small regional jet disappears over the jungles of Colombia, it is a tragedy like dozens of others he has seen...but for one terrible detail--his young daughter, who was enroute to a semester abroad in South America, is listed on the passenger manifest. A distraught Davis rushes to Bogotá and bulls his way into the inquiry. When the wreckage is located, it becomes clear...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Formats
Description
At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission's reverend was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, the 'African Queen' steamboat. The boat is manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie. Together they embark on a long difficult journey, without any comfort. Rose grows...
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War II. On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner S.S. Bremen slipped her moorings on Manhattan's west side, abandoned all caution (including foghorns, radar, and running lights), and sailed out of New York Harbor, commencing a dramatic escape run that would challenge the rules for unrestricted warfare at sea. Written by naval historian Peter Huchthausen,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
One of America's greatest business enterprises, the Pullman Company provided outstanding service aboard a vast fleet of railroad passenger cars that could be found in almost every nook and cranny of the United States. This illustrated history examines Pullman's diverse fleet, from its spectacular custom-built wooden cars of the nineteenth century to steel heavyweight cars in the prewar years and on into the lightweight streamlined era. Author Joe...
70) Passenger 57
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
The safest way to travel is by air, the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. He's "The Rane of Terror", the insane mastermind behind four recent terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth - and that's bad news for passengers on Flight 163. But there's good news, too: the man in seat 57!
73) Last passenger
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train battle the sociopathic driver who has a dark plan for everyone on-board.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"What do you need to know before flying on a plane? Lively photos and age-appropriate text will help prepare you for the exciting experience of taking your first flight. Critical thinking questions, a photo glossary, and other features keep readers engaged while introducing them to nonfiction reading skills." -- by publisher
78) Cruise ships
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book surveys the history, uses, parts, and different kinds of cruise ships.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
She's left her dead husband--and within forty-eight hours Tanya Dubois is a fugitive. It's almost impossible to live off the grid today, but Tanya-once-Amelia-now-Debra and Blue, a bartender, have the courage, the ingenuity, and the desperation, to try. Hopscotching from city to city, Debra especially is chased by a very dark secret... Can she outrun her past?
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