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Book Synopsis Adventures in Extreme Reading (Set) by : Abdo Publishing
Download or read book Adventures in Extreme Reading (Set) written by Abdo Publishing and published by Calico Chapter Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this action-packed series, Carter Lewis and Isabelle Hunter have a computer crazy uncle who has created a totally new kind of book experience. You don't read Uncle Dan's version of classic books; you live them in a virtual reality simulation. Uncle Dan ropes Carter and Isabelle to help test his new system. The team works together until the book program starts acting strange. Uncle Dan realizes someone has hacked his system and is corrupting his books. He suspects it's a rival trying to slow down the completion of his prototype. Carter and Isabelle must work together to help him uncover and beat the hacker. The series introduces readers to the excitement and adventure that exists inside books! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Book Synopsis The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading by : Phyllis Rose
Download or read book The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading written by Phyllis Rose and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phyllis Rose embarks on a grand literary experiment -- to systematically read her way through a random shelf of books in the library, LEQ-LES, "fairly sure that no one in the history of the world has read exactly this series of novels." An original take on literary taste and habits by the acclaimed author of Parallel Lives. Rose, after a career of reading from syllabuses and writing about canonical books, decided to read like an explorer. She "wanted to sample, more democratically, the actual ground of literature." Casting herself into the untracked wilderness of the New York Society Library's stacks, she chose a shelf of fiction almost at random and read her way through it. What results is a spirited experiment in "Off-Road or Extreme Reading." Rose's shelf of roughly thirty books has everything she could wish for—a remarkable variety of authors and a range of literary ambitions and styles. The early-nineteenth-century Russian classic A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov is spine by spine with The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. Stories of French Canadian farmers sit beside tales about aristocratic Austrians. California detective novels about a novel from an Afrikaans writer who fascinates Rose to the extent that she ends up watching a YouTube video of his funeral. A joyous testament to the thrill of engagement with books high and low, The Shelf leaves us with the feeling that there are treasures to be found on every library or bookstore shelf. Rose investigates her own discoveries with exuberance, candor, and while pondering the many questions her experiment raises and measuring her discoveries against her own inner shelf. “Exhilarating, adventurous, original--Phyllis Rose's The Shelf is a reminder of what reading and writing are all about.” -- Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran
Book Synopsis Crocodile Attack: Extreme Adventures by : Justin D'Ath
Download or read book Crocodile Attack: Extreme Adventures written by Justin D'Ath and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I didn't want to die, and I especially didn't want to be killed by a crocodile. But there was no escape.' A robber has kidnapped Sam Fox and his cousin Nissa during a tropical cyclone. When the getaway car crashes into the raging Crocodile River, Sam and Nissa must face one ordeal after another to survive against incredible odds. Sam fights to keep his head above water and Nissa out of the jaws of certain death. As the waters rise and the crocodiles close in, Sam must push himself to the limits of endurance. An action-packed rollercoaster ride, Crocodile Attack is the first book in a thrilling new series! Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.
Download or read book Grizzly Trap written by Justin D'Ath and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crocodile Attack 9781610671880, Bushfire Rescue 9781610671620, Shark Bait 9781610671194Assistant Cub Scout leader Sam Fox is on a trip to North America with his pack when their bus crashes. With some people seriously injured, Sam and two cubs must set off to find help. They are thousands of miles from home, in the middle of the wilderness ... a wilderness full of howling wolves, and a massive, unpredictable grizzly bear...
Download or read book A Cook's Tour written by Anthony Bourdain and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It works extremely well. In large part because Bourdain is a very funny writer; sharp, honest and with a beguiling mix of belligerence and sensitivity' Sunday Telegraph 'Brilliantly written up in a raw, stylish gonzo prose, with pitch-black humour and a devilish turn of phrase' Evening Standard ____________________ Anthony Bourdain, life-long line cook and bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, sets off to eat his way around the world. But being Anthony Bourdain, this was never going to be a conventional culinary tour. Bourdain heads out to Saigon where he eats the still-beating heart of a live cobra, and travels deep into landmined Khmer Rouge territory to find the rumoured Wild West of Cambodia (Pailin). Other stops include dining with gangsters in Russia, a medieval pig slaughter and feast in northern Portugal, the Basque All Male Gastronomique Society in Saint Sebastian, rural Mexico with his Mexican sous-chef, a pilgrimage to the French Laundry in the Napa Valley and a return to his roots in the tiny fishing village of La Teste, where he first ate an oyster as a child. Written with the inimitable machismo and humour that has made Tony Bourdain such a sensation, A Cook's Tour is an adventure story sure to give you indigestion.
Download or read book Man Eater written by Justin D'Ath and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leopard crouching in the bushes looked like something out of a nightmare. One ear was gone and so was one eye, and there was no fur on half its head. The mean glint in its remaining eye told me that it was the man-eater that had killed half the village . . . The next exciting Sam Fox adventure is set in Africa! When the tour bus takes off without him, Sam uses his wits to escape an angry mother elephant, a king cobra, a hyena, baboons and a hungry crocodile. But can he survive an encounter with a ferocious, man-eating leopard? An action-packed adventure, Man Eater is the scariest Extreme Adventure yet!. Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.
Download or read book Shark Bait written by Justin D'Ath and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Suddenly I was back in the blurry green undersea world. And the shark was there, too. Coming straight at me. Fast!' Sam Fox is on holidays at the Great Barrier Reef when he and a young Japanese tourist are swept off a coral shelf by a freak wave. Before they know it, a strong current has pushed them out into open water. First Sam must fight to keep himself and his new friend from drowning; then, as night falls over the inky black ocean, the underwater predators start moving in . . . An action-packed rollercoaster ride, Shark Bait is the most thrilling (and scary) Extreme Adventure yet! Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.
Book Synopsis Killer Whale: Extreme Adventures by : Justin D'Ath
Download or read book Killer Whale: Extreme Adventures written by Justin D'Ath and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The whale flung itself onto the ice and came sliding up the slope on its belly. Straight towards Harry and me... Sam Fox is on holidays with his family in Antarctica when their ski plane crashes on the ice. As the unstable iceshelf cracks apart, Sam and his younger brother become separated from the rest of the group. Before long, they're stranded on a wobbly icefloe. Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a massive creature emerges from the deep. A creature with huge jaws, and rows and rows of enormous teeth... A wild, action-packed ride, Killer Whale is the most chilling Extreme Adventure yet! Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.
Book Synopsis Dangerous Games by : Andrew Todhunter
Download or read book Dangerous Games written by Andrew Todhunter and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this elegant and exciting collection Andrew Todhunter, himself an extreme sportsman and the author of the critically acclaimed Fall of the Phantom Lord, takes readers along as men and women push themselves to their limits in the world’s riskiest sports. In several of these essays Todhunter writes from personal experience, joining his subjects as they free fall from cliffs, wriggle through narrow underground crevices, and dive deep beneath the ice of a frozen lake. In these adrenaline-laced accounts of extreme sportsmanship, Todhunter captures not only the thrill of conquest but the deep pleasure of being someplace few others have gone as well.
Book Synopsis Extreme South by : James Castrission
Download or read book Extreme South written by James Castrission and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 31 October 2011 James Castrission and Justin Jones set out to achieve 'one of the last great polar adventures' - an unsupported return journey from the edge of the Antarctic continent to the South Pole. This is a quest that has been attempted by many experienced polar explorers before them...and all have failed. This book details everything - the preparation, the setbacks, the outset, the highs and the lows - all in brutally honest detail. This expedition is the modern-day equivalent of the exploits of Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton and Castrission and Jones man-hauled a pulk (with 200kg of provisions each), utilising prevailing winds with kites when possible. Why do this? Through realising a childhood dream and committing themselves to a groundbreaking expedition, these two intrepid blokes hope to inspire others to overcome fear and pursue their own adventures and dreams.
Download or read book Killer Whale written by Justin D'Ath and published by A&C Black Childrens & Educational. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Fox and his younger brother Harry are thrilled when they win a family holiday to Antarctica. However, things quickly takea turn for the worse when their ski plane crash lands on arrival, withthe boys becoming isolated from the rest of the group. Stranded on a wobbly ice floe andsurrounded by deathly cold water, Sam needs to find a way to stop theiriceberg floating into the Southern Ocean before they freeze to death! Packed with fierce leopard seals, sharp-toothed killer whales, and a crew of cold-hearted whalers, this is astory that really will make your blood run cold...
Download or read book Extreme written by Emma Barrett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some people risk their lives regularly by placing themselves in extreme and challenging situations? For some, such as astronauts, the extreme environments are a requirement of the job. For others, they involve the thrill and competition of extreme sports, or the achievement of what seem like unimaginable goals to some - such as being the first to reach the South Pole or climb Mount Everest. Whether for sport or a career, these people have made the personal choice to put themselves in places where there is a significant risk. What drives such people? What skills and personality traits enable the best to succeed? Does a successful mountaineer, astronaut, and cave explorer share the same abilities? Are there lessons the rest of us can learn from them? In Extreme, Emma Barrett and Paul Martin explore the challenges that people in extreme environments face, including pain, physical hardship, loneliness, disagreements, and the approaches taken to overcome them. Using many fascinating examples and personal accounts, they take a close look at the psychological impact on those who face these challenges, the traits that enable some people to succeed, and what we can take away from their experiences.
Download or read book Scorpion Sting written by Justin D'Ath and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2006-08-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I was lost in the desert. Without transport. Without water. Without a hope.' Sam Fox is on a caving expedition in the desert when the roof collapses, trapping his brother Nathan beneath tonnes of rubble. Nathan is in a bad way, and Sam's his only hope. But when he reaches the cave exit, Sam discovers a sea of huge, angry scorpions! And that's just the first deadly obstacle he will have to face if he's to get his brother out alive . . . An action-packed rollercoaster ride, Scorpion Sting is the fourth book in a thrilling new series! Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.
Download or read book Amazon Extreme written by Colin Angus and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2009-03-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hair-raising true story of the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon. To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible challenge: Tackle the Amazon with nothing more than a rubber raft between them and fate. In Amazon Extreme Colin Angus provides a you-are-there account of his expedition’s terrors and triumphs. In spite of Shining Path gunmen, mosquito-laden drinking water, and, of course, the terrifying rapids themselves, his crew also found a reverence for the equally compelling beauty that makes this region so renowned. Graceful dolphins, lush forests, and the intriguing people who live along the river complete the backdrop as Angus’s five-month excursion unfolds. Culminating in an astonishing victory that garnered major media coverage, this is the story of three guys who truly went off the deep end, and one who came back to write a riveting recollection of it.
Download or read book Bushfire Rescue written by Justin D'Ath and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Help me!' I gasped. 'My name is Sam Fox and I'm trapped in a truck . . . There's a bushfire all around me!' It's the holidays and Sam Fox has gone to the high country to stay with his grandparents. While trying to stop cattle rustlers from stealing a stud bull, an injured Sam is isolated in the mountains during a horrific bushfire. To survive, he must rely on his courage; ingenuity, and the help of Chainsaw – a mad old rodeo bull! An action-packed rollercoaster ride, Bushfire Rescue is the second book in a thrilling new series! Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.
Book Synopsis Extreme Double-Knitting by : Alasdair Post-Quinn
Download or read book Extreme Double-Knitting written by Alasdair Post-Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-Quinn puts a conversational, accessible spin on a complex technique. His expert guidance, combined with a variety of attractive, well-written patterns, will introduce knitters to this fascinating technique.
Book Synopsis Danger on the Mountain! by : Gregg Treinish
Download or read book Danger on the Mountain! written by Gregg Treinish and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True stories of explorer Gregg Treinish's travels and adventures around the United States.