Silver Sparks

2011-11-29
Silver Sparks
Author: Starr Ambrose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2011-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451623658
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The Larkin sisters are used to hearing whispers behind their backs. Being raised by hippie parents in the small resort town of Barringer’s Pass, Colorado, they were always considered oddballs, and for a while, they did everything they could to earn the name. But now, older and wiser, they're discovering that it's not so great to be the wild child, and are struggling to earn a new place for themselves in town. When Maggie Larkin resists the come-ons of a sleazy actor in town to shoot a film, she pisses off more than a pretty boy and his manager. Turns out that Rafe DeLuca isn't just a movie star...he's possibly a killer, and Maggie's landed herself in more trouble than she could imagine. Enter Cal Drummond, cop extraordinaire, who's been trailing DeLuca himself for weeks, convinced that his recently murdered sister is one of Rafe's victims. He's determined not to let another woman be victimized by the dangerous Rafe, and if that means sticking like glue to Maggie, so be it. Maggie and Cal seem like perfect opposites, but as we all know...opposites attract!

Silver Sparks

2020-08-24
Silver Sparks
Author: Meg Selig
Publisher: Silver Sparks Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-08-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781641844192
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The Sparks

2020-02-26
The Sparks
Author: Nadia Joynson
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2020-02-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1982242353
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In a world devastated by an environmental cataclysm, the remaining humans formed six tribes, each gifted with extraordinary capacities. Their new abilities and their need to adapt to devastating circumstances led them to question how they could establish a new utopia, Reviathan. It's the year 2093, at the dawn of a new civilization, Reviathan. The Sparks are humanity's tribe of innovators. After an intense period of environmental disaster that devastated much of the Earth's resources, will they continue to create in the same way? Bethanor a young Sparks tribesman is about to celebrate his rite of passage, a moment where he has the opportunity to share his unique creation with the rest of the community. His search for the perfect components takes him and his trusted friends Inalia and Kalto on a wild journey of discovery to parts of their environment that are considered by the governing committee as off limits. Will they decide to conform to the Spark tribe's values or will they decide to use their special gifts differently?

Warrior's Creed

2019-08-13
Warrior's Creed
Author: Roger Sparks
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2019-08-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250151538
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The riveting story of how a young boy's upbringing with outlaw culture and charismatic role models forged him into an elite Marine and a decorated Pararescueman. "Absence of self is my sword" comprises the final line in "The Warrior's Creed," a 14th century poem written by an unknown Japanese Samurai, and this is the code Master Sergeant Roger Sparks embodied as a Recon Marine turned Alaskan Pararescueman. A living legend in the military, Sparks first made a name for himself within elite Marine Reconnaissance units. He went on to become an instructor where he trained future Reconnaissance Marines with unorthodox and ancient indigenous warrior techniques. A decade later, the same methods would keep him and others alive, when he hoisted into a maelstrom of violence to rescue an embattled platoon in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Introduced to a tough code of honor, family, and brotherhood from birth, Roger Sparks rose to become a distinguished instructor in Marine Reconnaissance and a Silver Star recipient as an Alaska Pararescueman. A raw and exhilarating tale of guts, grit, and heart, Warrior's Creed recounts the hidden side of special operations training, heroic and heartbreaking Alaskan wilderness rescues, and the surreal and deadly rescues during Operation Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan’s Watapur Valley. This powerful and inspirational story is as much of a self-help book as it is an edge of your seat military memoir. Warrior's Creed reveals a motivating and mindful approach to overcoming the odds, facing the impossible, and finding mercy and grace in the aftermath.

The Sword and the Spark

2022-01-21
The Sword and the Spark
Author: C. E. Groom
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre:
ISBN:
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In this Shakespeare-inspired tale of betrayal and murder, one man's heroic quest becomes a battle for the soul of an empire-and his own. Mace Ealdor is a revered member of the Order of the Silver Sword, mortals who possess the Spark of the Celestials. For centuries, the Silver Swords have been the guardians of the empire of Danim, but when Mace embarks on a quest to right the wrongs of the monarchy amid a decades-long civil war, his noble ambitions soon threaten everything he seeks to protect. Friends become enemies, heroes become villains, and the only path to salvation rests in the will of the Stars themselves.

Circulars

1895
Circulars
Author: Johns Hopkins University
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1895
Genre: Science
ISBN:
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Lifeboat 12

2019-09-03
Lifeboat 12
Author: Susan Hood
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481468847
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“This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most.”—Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus “Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks.” —Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time Newbery Honor winner “Lyrical, terrifying, and even at times funny. A richly detailed account of a little-known event in World War II.” —Kirkus Reviews “Middle grade Titanic fans, here’s your next read.” —BCCB “An edge-of-your seat survival tale.” —School Library Journal (starred review) A Junior Library Guild Selection The 2019 Golden Kite Middle Grade Fiction Award Winner A 2019 ALSC Notable Children’s Book The 2019–2020 Lectio Book Award Winner The 2020–2021 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award List The 2020 Oklahoma Library Association’s Children’s Sequoyah Book Award Winner The Connecticut Book Award Winner In the tradition of The War That Saved My Life and Stella By Starlight, this poignant novel in verse based on true events tells the story of a boy’s harrowing experience on a lifeboat after surviving a torpedo attack during World War II. With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says he’s one of the lucky ones—one of ninety boys and girls to ship out aboard the SS City of Benares to safety in Canada. Life aboard the luxury ship is grand—nine-course meals, new friends, and a life far from the bombs, rations, and his stepmum’s glare. And after five days at sea, the ship’s officers announce that they’re out of danger. They’re wrong. Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. They’ve been hit. Torpedoed! The Benares is sinking fast. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. Will they get away? Will they survive? Award-winning author Susan Hood brings this little-known World War II story to life in a riveting novel of courage, hope, and compassion. Based on true events and real people, Lifeboat 12 is about believing in one another, knowing that only by banding together will we have any chance to survive.