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The relationship between Kansas and the science of war is ingrained, consistent and evident, yet it seems antithetical to the quiet, conservative farmer who is the quintessential image of the state. It is not. The same values created both, and both created Kansas. From early exploration of America, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War and the Plains Indian wars to the world wars and the modern era, the forts and bases of the Sunflower State have been central...
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When Honoré Greenwood sits down to tell his tale, people listen. Friend of such stalwarts of the West as Kit Carson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, John Hatcher, and the Brent brothers, Charles and William, Honoré, at ninety-nine, has lived the life that has become the dime novel.
As a young schoolboy, Jean Guy was considered a genius. The only thing distracting him from his love of books was his love for a kitchen maid, Nicole. When Nicole is raped...
5) Castle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
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In this first-ever standalone full-color edition, Castle is lavishly reborn in digitally finished drawings rendered with felt-tip markers and colored pencils. Factual and artistic details shine in light of newly researched information. With characteristic zest and wit. Architecture enthusiasts of all ages will marvel at the staggering possibilities of human imagination and ingenuity.
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The art of fortification had reached a high state of development even at the dawn of history. Powerful military works, dating from the remotest periods, have been found in Anatolia, Greece, Mesopotamia and Egypt. The medieval castle, with its aura of legend and romance, represents perhaps the most familiar form of a long-crucial art. This volume traces the history of the castle from its ancient roots through Roman times and the Middle Ages, to the...
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"Former US Marine Patrick Larkin purchased shares in a high-tech shelter built in an abandoned underground silo. When disaster strikes, he and his family are among the lucky ones locked inside. With the bunker pushed to its limits, tensions rise and panic erupts when marauders attempt to invade the bunker"--
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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2023.
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"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to...
11) The buried
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
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"Ten years ago, disaster struck the remote town of Indigo Falls. A horrific event drove the residents underground, into shelters that keep them safe from the danger on the surface. No one speaks about what happened that fateful day, but even the youngest still remember the fear and, most of all, the searing pain when sunlight touched their skin. Now, a handful of families inhabit this bunker together, guided by a charismatic leader named Dr. Imogen...
12) The fun fort
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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The imaginations of twins Carlos and Carmen soar as they play with the box their new refrigerator came in, even after it seems too flat to be any more fun.
13) Cave-in
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Stay alive volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A group of kids on a field trip on a coastal island are abandoned after an earthquake hits and the fort they are studying collapses. At first they are trapped inside but after escaping the cave-in, they realize debris from the collapse has destroyed all of their supplies.
14) Castle
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Eyewitness books volume 49
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English
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Discover the medieval world of castles- how they were built and what life was like inside them.
16) A Roman fort
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P. Bedrick
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Text and illustrations describe the construction of an ancient Roman fort and the lives of the soldiers who manned it in defense of the Empire.
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Aladdin Quix
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2020.
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Jax and his twin sisters are getting kittens! The new four-legged members of the family will be coming home any day. And Fort Builders, Inc., has a new project...pet forts! Together, they know they can come up with the purr-fect hangout for the tiny felines. But they hit a major snag in their testing phase. None of the forts they test out is quite right. Can the team manage to build the best pet palace imaginable in time for the kittens' arrival?
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