Telling his story the Navajo way, Hillerman ( Coyote Waits ) fully develops the background of the cases pursued by Navajo Tribal Policemen, Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee, so that the resolutions--personal and professional--ring true with gratifying inevitability. A white woodshop teacher at St. Bonaventure's mission school is bludgeoned to death in his schoolroom; a student, a young boy from Tano Pueblo, is missing. ...
Eight Days Gone Snappy verse and retro art recounts Apollo 11's historic, eight-day mission to the moon in 1969. Young readers learn the basics about the gear, equipment, and spaceship used by the astronauts, as well as the history of NASA's moon mission.
Seventy-year old Sam Cayhall has been on death row for more than twenty years. Then a young lawyer named Adam Hall appears on the scene and declares his mission to save him. Can Adam save Sam from execution? And what does he discover about Sam's past?
AN IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY WITH DANGER AT EVERY TURN...
Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis. There they hope to find help from the Guardian Council's powerful Stonekeepers. It's a mission that Alledia's survival depends on, and time is running out--Emily's got to find Cielis before the Elf King finds her.
Into darkest Africa goes ace news reporter Henry Stanley to find and bring back the world-famous explorer, Dr. David Livingstone. Venturing through the dangerous, seething jungles, fighting off attacks by man-eating animals and enduring perilous hazards, Stanley continues on his dangerous mission. be sure to read Stanley's own breathtaking and thrilling account of his adventures.
