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Author
Series
Beitrage zu Bildungstheorie und Bildungsforschung volume Band 4
Publisher
Logos Verlag Berlin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Deutsch
Author
Language
English
Description
Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and...
6) Saturn run
Author
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science fiction aficionado Ctein. Over the course of thirty-seven books, John Sandford has proven time and again his unmatchable talents for electrifying plots, rich characters, sly wit, and razor-sharp dialogue. Now, in collaboration with Ctein, he proves it all once more, in a...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Description
In a snow-cloaked kingdom, two rival servants--one who desperately wants to win the approval of the Red Jaga and the other who hopes to escape the Black Jaga--compete for the pure heart of a prince, only to discover they might be falling for each other instead. Includes author's note.
10) The hating game
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, executive assistants to the CEOs of newly merged Bexley-Gamin Publishing, it's hate-at-first-sight. So begins a series of daily passive-aggressive maneuvers, including the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games. Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin, and both their bosses put their names up for the promotion....
11) The Hunger Games
Author
Series
Hunger Games volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
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Description
Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone fighting against you? Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Teams make sure that no roadblock, detour, or challenge stands in their way as they race through 4 continents, 13 countries, and over 40,000 miles in under 30 days. This season marks first-time visits to Kuwait, Mongolia, Ukraine, Mauritius, Finland, and Madagascar ... featuring a high-speed chariot race, a face-first repel down a 236 foot high tower and, a climb onto the Great Wall of China! In a new twist, the intersection is where the real challenge...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The globe-spanning race continues in the Emmy Award-winning third season of The Amazing Race. Increasing the number of teams from eleven to twelve ratchets up the tension as the contestants race everywhere from Switzerland to Singapore. Armed with only their wits and their passports, the diverse cast members include a pair of twin models, soccer moms, the memorable father/son team of Dennis, a conservative southern Baptist, and Andrew, an openly gay...
18) The anatomy of competition in sports: the struggle for success in major U.S. professional leagues
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
20) Riding the storm
Author
Series
Dragonsdale volume 2
Publisher
Chicken House
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Breena's determination to secure a position with the guard flight by qualifying for the Island Championship pits her against her best friend, Cara, and damages the Trustbond she has with her dragon, Moonflight.