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Laundry files novels volume 2
Language
English
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Charles Stross continues to make a name for himself in the sci-fi genre. The Jennifer Morgue is an extension of Stross' award-winning novella The Concrete Jungle. Bob Howard is a special operative for the British agency called The Laundry, and his task is to stop a rogue billionaire from using an artifact, known as Gravedust, with the power to reanimate the dead. The U.S. Black Agency sends the lethal Ramona Random to aid Bob's mission, but she seems...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
A fifteen-year-old "geek" who keeps a list of the high school jocks and others who torment him, and pours his energy into creating a great graphic novel, encounters Kyra, Goth Girl, who helps change his outlook on almost everything, including himself.
Author
Series
Nerdy dozen volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"Out of this world! Neil Andertol never thought playing video games would make him a real-life hero. But then his favorite game, Chameleon, turned out to be the training simulator for an actual fighter jet, and Neil and the eleven other high scorers of the game were recruited to fly a top-secret rescue mission for the United States Air Force. Now it's been four months since Neil and his friends saved the planet, and the thirteen-year-old supernerd...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Chuck is back with new missions, a new business, and no Intersect. The stakes are high as Chuck sets out to become a full-fledged spy. But without the CIA as backup, Chuck will have to rely now more than ever on John Casey, Sarah Walker, and a new Intersect, Morgan Guillermo Grimes. Across this thrilling final season, Chuck will find that his wits, his friends, and his family are the only backup he needs.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Kim Possible is a teenage girl who can do anything, including stopping evil supervillains. During the day she is your average teen and goes to high school with her friend and sidekick Ron Stoppable. At night Kim tackles the bad guys that threaten the world. She's helped by Wade, a genius computer nerd, and a growing network of grateful people that she's helped in the past.
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English
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"The book collects dozens of Hurley's essays on feminism, geek culture, and her experiences and insights as a genre writer, including "We Have Always Fought," which won the 2013 Hugo for Best Related Work. The Geek Feminist Revolution will also feature several entirely new essays written specifically for this volume."--Amazon.com.
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Language
English
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"Until May 1987, fourteen-year-old Billy Marvin of Wetbridge, New Jersey, was a nerd, but a decidedly happy nerd. Then Playboy magazine publishes photos of Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White, Billy meets expert programmer Mary Zelinsky, and everything changes"--
Author
Series
Laundry files novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Computer science guru Alan Turning paves the way for esoteric mathematical computations that Nazi Germany uses to perform a summoning, bringing an unexpected evil to Earth through a portal to an alternate universe.
11) Chuck: Season 4
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Operation Wedded Bliss: will Chuck and Sarah finally become Mr. and Mrs. Superspy? Season Four's 24 laugh- and action-filled episodes include the duo's romance from proposal to planning to the big day. Yes, Chuck's in love, but he has more than romance (and the Intersect) on his mind. His mom comes in from the cold, escaping the evil control of an international arms dealer to become part of the Nerd Herder turned spy's life, and more.
12) Chuck: Season 2
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Chuck is in luck. Intersect II is ready for the espionage service. That means that the old Intersect, a.k.a. Chuck, can go back to his old life. But if Chuck goes, he's going to be gone. Casey has orders to off him. Chuck survives to unravel mysteries of the past, become a hero in the present, and chop-and-drop himself into an even more perilous future.
13) Chuck: Season 3
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
No more Mr. Nice Spy! Chuck is back and he's the Chuck you know: the hapless Nerd Herder hopelessly devoted to sexy superspy Sarah. And he's the Chuck you don't know: a master martial artist whose brain is locked and loaded with the new Intersect 2.0. How the two Chucks clash, bash, and (sometimes) cooperate makes Season Three total action-packed fun.
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