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1) Achilles
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English
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This powerful, passionate, and beautifully crafted retelling of the epic tale of Achilles re-creates Homer's fated hero in a new and striking reality. Born of the Sea nymph Thetis by the mortal King Peleus, and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks' greatest warrior at Troy. Into his story comes a cast of fascinating characters-among them, Hector, Helen, Penthiseleia the Amazon Queen, and the centaur Chiron; and...
2) Dirty Wounds
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English
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Kate McCullough is a brilliant trauma surgeon. She has dedicated her life to working to save others in a quest to atone for a tragic mistake in her past. A recovering alcoholic, estranged from her father, she has closed herself off from others, afraid to hurt them or be hurt by them. But when she is forced to help one of her patients, a prisoner, break out of the hospital, her carefully built walls begin to crumble. She is drawn to Mike, a police...
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Dragons still walk the Earth in the remote Galapagos Islands, where Iguanas swarm both land and sea. Dicover the island's unique strategies for survival, as a land iguana lays her eggs in an active volcano and marine iguana forage for food alongside hungry pelicans, penguins and dolphins.
Madagasca-s wildlife and vegetation have evolved in near isolation for hundred of millions of years. Discover a sunken forest on the island's isolated Angkarana...