Tom Sullivan
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English
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Based on a true story, Alive Day is an inspiring, affirming tale about a troubled Marine and a big-hearted Labrador who shows him the power of love, loyalty, and truly living.
A Marine's "Alive Day" celebrates the survival after an almost certain death. It's a time of hope and joy. But Antwone Carver isn't celebrating. Home from war but not quite whole, Antwone's having trouble dealing with his new physical limitations.
Psychiatrist Brenden McCarthy...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children
A thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the U.S.
CASE NO. 001: NORJAK
NOVEMBER 24, 1971
PORTLAND, OREGON
2:00 P.M.
A man in his mid-forties, wearing a suit and overcoat, buys a ticket for Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 bound for Seattle.
3:07 P.M.
The man presents his...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children
The second book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases is a gripping account of an escape from Alcatraz, the infamous island prison.
CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK
June 12, 1962
SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA
7:18 A.M.
A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow...
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English
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Sometimes you can't see what matters most until it's gone. Brenden McCarthy feels like he's lost everything. His fiancee. His independence. And his passion for life. All due to one tragic misstep while mountain climbing that cost him his sight. But he's about to gain the last thing he ever expected. A big-hearted black Labrador named Nelson who's given one last shot at being a Seeing Eye dog. Both are beyond hope and resigned to live alone. And both...
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English
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Life as experienced from the inside out, rather than the outside in, offers us a path to the elimination of labels that cripple our ability to love and care for each other with open hearts and open minds.
With a life in show business touched by relationships with stars like Michael Landon, Robin Williams, and the incomparable Betty White, Tom's personal stories weave a tapestry that offer the reader concrete examples of his unique approach to inside-out...
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English
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Set in the mid nineteen eighties, this story tells of a young man, Richie Butler, a streetwise, anti-establishment character, who unknowingly becomes a witness to a serious crime. He finds himself targeted by a gang of major criminals who believe he is a danger to them and has to be eliminated. After escaping their clutches more than once in his home town, he goes on the run, but arms himself in the process. As his pursuers get closer, he is both...
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Room to Improve volume 4
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English
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This week, Dermot Bannon helps a couple in Enniscorthy renovate an old cottage and prepare their home for a new baby.
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Room to Improve volume 4
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English
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At Sutton in North Dublin, Dermot extends a 1960s suburban house, changing a beloved childhood home into a sumptuous new one for Hannah, James and their twin sons.
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Room to Improve volume 6
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English
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Since they married two years ago, Paul and Sabina Horgan have become the proud parents of baby Mia and the owners of a property on the North Dublin coast: Lismara - a dilapidated 1940s cottage in Portmarnock in an extremely poor condition.
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Room to Improve volume 1
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English
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The series begins in Cork City with our youngest and most ambitious couple yet, Meadhbh and Niall, both 27-years-old.
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Room to Improve volume 6
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English
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This week, Podge and Jo Ussher want to turn their Wexford cottage from a holiday home into their permanent home without sacrificing any of its 1930s charm.
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Room to Improve volume 4
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English
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At the seaside village of Portrane in North Dublin, Dermot creates a workable home for three generations of the one family under the watchful, budget-conscious eyes of two sisters.
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Room to Improve volume 6
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English
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Dermot is in Tullow, with Tom and Lisa who want to renovate their 19th century farmhouse.
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Room to Improve volume 1
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English
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Country and Irish legend Daniel O'Donnell and his wife Majella share a large four bed detached home in Kincasslagh West Donegal. Unlike Daniel, who's fairly happy with the place, Majella is keen to upgrade and reconfigure the interior. With her husband on tour, she's determined to get the very best from her architect.
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Room to Improve volume 6
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English
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Dermot encounters a stumbling block or two when he turns his hand to a badly laid out bungalow in Co Offaly.
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Room to Improve volume 5
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English
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Dermot is in Clontarf, with Denise and Ben who desperately want a second bathroom for their family home, but their budget is limited.
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Room to Improve volume 4
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English
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Marcus and Margaret are about to extend a two-bed cottage in Dundrum and share it with Marcus's beloved Aunt May.
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Room to Improve volume 1
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English
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Eimear Farrell, a single mum and her 8-year-old daughter Hannah with a budget of 20,000 euros (our smallest budget in the series) need the entire downstairs of the 2 bedroomed home in Ballybrack completely re-modelled.
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Room to Improve volume 5
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English
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New Yorker Ursula and accountant Jimmy from Ennis enlist Dermot's help with their colossal house in Firhouse, Dublin