Jeff Miller
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Nerdy dozen ; 2
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English
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"Out of this world! Neil Andertol never thought playing video games would make him a real-life hero. But then his favorite game, Chameleon, turned out to be the training simulator for an actual fighter jet, and Neil and the eleven other high scorers of the game were recruited to fly a top-secret rescue mission for the United States Air Force. Now it's been four months since Neil and his friends saved the planet, and the thirteen-year-old supernerd...
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God's Abundant Provision: A Promise...and a Right Lack is more than just a financial matter. Much of the hardships in life are the result of wrong thinking and wrong decisions. We must learn the importance of renewing our mind with God's higher thoughts. We can only prosper to the degree that our souls (thoughts) prosper. It is imperative that we seek first His kingdom, and not money or material possessions. Prosperity is never to be our goal in life....
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It took the brightest US Navy officers to crack the top secret Japanese Naval code 25, and Lieutenant Michael Holland was among the best. When Lieutenant Holland intercepts an eerie signal from a sunken Japanese aircraft carrier he finds that too much knowledge is not such a good thing.
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English
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The storming of the US Capitol building in January 2021 focused attention on the multiple threats facing contemporary liberal democracies. Beyond the immediate problem of Covid-19, the past two decades saw political polarization, a dramatic rise in inequality, global warming and other environmental threats, as well as the growth of dangerous cultural and political divisions. Western liberal democracies find themselves in the midst of what political...
6) Rare Birds
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English
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Jeff Miller's heartbreaking, coming-of-age middle-grade novel-inspired by his personal experience living through his own parent's heart transplant-invites readers into the world of a twelve-year-old birdwatcher looking for a place to call home and a way to save his mother, even if it means venturing deep into Florida swampland.
Twelve-year-old Graham Dodds is no stranger to hospital waiting rooms. Sometimes, he feels like his entire life is...
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Can the nerds handle the high seas? It's anchors away for this motley crew of middle grade, video-gaming heroes. In the exciting third book of the Nerdy Dozen series, Neil Andertol and his friends are in for their toughest mission yet! Neil and his crew have reunited at Reboot Robiski's video-game convention in order to try the brand-new underwater game, Captain Jolly's Shark Hunt. Except that their win only leads to trouble. Neil, Sam, and Biggs...
8) Canady Park
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English
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Computer programmer Kevin Landstreet thinks too much. He struggles to keep his shaky existence together under the burden of over-thinking. When his reality becomes a weird fantasy, Kevin must find his way back to normalcy. To do this he must pass through Canady Park.
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Ghost Pine: All Stories True offers thirteen years worth of sparkling true stories from the life of author Jeff Miller, compiling the best of his long-running zine. From his youth in suburban Ottawa in the late 1990s, to travels across Canada and North America and his current home in Montreal, Miller's stories are equal measures funny and sad, nostalgic and unsentimental, punk rock and grandparents.
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English
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"I was not prone to drastic actions. I did not rush into the unknown. After fifteen years as a more or less effective lawyer, I approached decisions with a certain caution. I not only weighed the pros and cons but also examined all likely consequences and reasonably foreseeable risks. Looking back, I wondered what could have prompted me to take those initial steps down a path that would alter the course of the rest of my life armed with only an optimistic...
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Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Special Agent Dagny Gray is smart, athletic, and fearless. She's also fragile, depressed, and anorexic. If she doesn't get healthy soon, the FBI will drop he-and she'll never have a chance to end the crime spree of the so-called "bubble gum thief." It all started with the theft of a pack of gum, and the ominous note he left behind: THIS IS MY FIRST CRIME. MY NEXT WILL BE BIGGER. Every two weeks, he delivers on this pledge, committing a bigger crime,...
13) Rare birds
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Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"While his mother waits for a life-saving heart transplant, eleven-year-old Graham Dodds sets out to find an endangered Snail Kite in the Florida Everglades."--
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Publisher
Milbrown Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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During World War I, the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) initiated, organized, and supervised the largest food and relief drive the world has ever seen. Working in concert with its counterpart in Belgium, the Comite National, the CRB fed and clothed for four years more than 9 million Belgians and northern French trapped behind German lines. Young, idealistic Americans volunteered to go into German-occupied Belgium to guarantee the food would...
18) Down to the wire
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Taylor Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
It was a pennant race that found four teams virtually tied for the lead with a week to play. Three were still in the race on the season's final day. Two were alive going into their final at bat. And yet there was much more than the Red Sox, White Sox, Twins, and Tigers staging what was arguably the most exciting pennant race in baseball history during the final days of the 1967 season. There was the day the Tigers were no-hit--and won ... the day...
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National Geographic Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Relive an amazing tale of discovery and exploration as National Geographic brings to life the first crossing. Two hundred years after Lewis & Clark epic journey, go back in time and discover the adventure, danger, and beauty of the unmapped West.