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28) Down river
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Five years after fleeing to New York in the wake of a murder acquittal, Adam Harston returns to North Carolina, only to find himself trapped in the middle of a new case of murder as the people around him begin to die and he becomes the prime suspect in the crimes.
Author
Language
English
Description
Look around: the largest migration in human history is under way. For the first time ever, more people are living in cities than in rural areas. Between 2007 and 2050, the world’s cities will have absorbed 3.1 billion people. Urbanization is the mass movement that will change our world during the twenty-first century, and the “arrival city” is where it is taking place.
The arrival city exists on the outskirts of
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Delve into the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities. From the first towns in Mesopotamia to today's global metropolises, cities have marked the progress of civilization. Written in the form of illustrated "biographies", Great Cities offers a rich historical overview of each featured city, brought to vivid life with paintings, photographs, timelines, maps, and artifacts. Covers cities both ancient and modern - from...
31) Cities in crisis
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Enterprises
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
"Discusses the nature and growth of cities, how they are kept alive or polluted, who controls them, and their possible future"--T.p. verso.
32) Chocolat
Author
Series
Vianne Rocher novel volume 1
Language
English
Description
In tiny Lansquenet, where nothing much has changed in a hundred years, beautiful, unmarried newcomer Vianne Rocher and her young daughter sweep into the pinched little town on a wave of gossip. On the heels of the carnival, Vianne promptly opens a chocolate shop right across the square from the church, and thus begins to wreak havoc with the town's Lenten vows. Vianne finds herself embroiled in a battle for the town's souls with the local priest,...
34) Greek town
Author
Series
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Presents life in a town in ancient Greece, covering the temple, town square, a family home, an open-air theatre, games, the cemetery, the port, and more.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Drawing together leading scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, this collection reports the leading edge of research and analysis into the contemporary urban condition. With more than half of the world's population living in urban environments, cities are places of huge complexity and diversity and the processes and structures that bind them together reach out across the globe. This volume considers the state of the city and contemporary...
38) Wow! City!
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Soon after her second birthday, Izzy took a trip from the country to the big city with her father. This is the story of their exciting vacation together.
Author
Series
Research publications volume 9
Publisher
Published for the University of Toronto Department of Geography by the University of Toronto Press
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English