The World of Aluna

The World of Aluna
Author: Paula Garces
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2021-04-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781954044463

Tossed overboard and into the ocean, Aluna wakes up in what she thinks is a foreign land. She will quickly learn that this land is not so foreign after all and that both good and bad awaited her arrival. Soon to be a video game!

Above World

Above World
Author: Jenn Reese
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763659584

A suspenseful sci-fi escapade plucks two children out of the ocean for a thrilling adventure. Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after centuries spent hidden from the Above World, her colony’s survival is at risk. The Kampii’s breathing necklaces are failing, but the elders are unwilling to venture above water to seek answers. Only headstrong Aluna and her friend Hoku are stubborn and bold enough to face the terrors of land to search for way to save their people. But can Aluna’s fierce determination and fighting skills and Hoku’s tech-savvy keep them safe? Set in a world where overcrowding has led humans to adapt — growing tails to live under the ocean or wings to live on mountains — here is a ride through a future where greed and cruelty have gone unchecked, but the loyalty of friends remains true.

The Heart of the World

The Heart of the World
Author: Alan Ereira
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1990
Genre: Colombia
ISBN:

Skildring af Kogi-folket i Colombias bjerge, som forfatteren besøgte i forbindelse med optagelsen af en TV-serie

The World of Aluna #8

The World of Aluna #8
Author: Paula Garces
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781949738513

Aluna can't face the forces of evil alone. Boyez, Warakusi, Qiang, Antonio, and even the jungle itself rise to help her in a harrowing confrontation to finally defeat Nagaric. But are Aluna's untamed abilities enough to win in a final showdown against Nagaric's dark power?

Horizon

Horizon
Author: Jenn Reese
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763669776

In this third and final adventure in the Above World series, Aluna and her friends finally face their most terrifying enemy, Karl Strand. Aluna and Hoku, Kampii from the City of Shifting Tides, and their friends, Equian Dash and winged Aviar Calli, are determined to stop a war. The maniacal ex-scientist Karl Strand is planning to conquer the world with his enormous army of tech-enhanced soldiers . . . unless the four friends can get to Strand first. Aluna’s plan is dangerous: pose as Upgraders and infiltrate the army. But the enemy isn’t what they expected and the strategy begins to crumble. When the friends are torn apart by conflicting allegiances, their slim chance of avoiding war seems to disappear completely. For Aluna and Hoku, what began as a quest to save their own people has become a mission to save the world. But do Aluna and her friends have any hope of defeating Strand if they can’t take him on together?

The 50 Greatest Wonders of the World

The 50 Greatest Wonders of the World
Author: Aaron Millar
Publisher: Icon Books
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2016-11-03
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1785781251

Machu Picchu, the Acropolis, the Great Rift Valley: these are some of the most beautiful, mysterious and awe-inspiring places on the planet. Award-winning travel writer Aaron Millar reveals the greatest wonders of the world and the insider secrets on how to see them. From where to catch the perfect sunrise over the Grand Canyon to how to swim up to the very edge of the Victoria Falls, this is a road map for discovering the greatest experiences of your life. There are wonders of our future too: the Large Hadron Collider, the most complicated machine ever built; the International Space Station, the greatest international peacetime collaboration in history; the Rio Carnival, the biggest party on the planet. The 50 Greatest Wonders of the World reminds us how fantastically inspiring our planet really is, and how we're a part of it.

Who Was Galileo?

Who Was Galileo?
Author: Patricia Brennan Demuth
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-02-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0448479850

Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia Brennan Demuth offers a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous proposition.

The Elder Brothers

The Elder Brothers
Author: Alan Ereira
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1990
Genre: History
ISBN:

Identified as the first American edition of a 1990 book published in the UK by J. Cape Ltd. as The heart of the world, this is an account of the making of a BBC television film on the Kogi, an isolated people of Colombia. The author is a historian and film-maker who writes with clarity and empathy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A Misplaced Child

A Misplaced Child
Author: Heather Michelle
Publisher: Late For Dinner Press
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1952857015

Torn between two worlds, which will she embrace? Elodie Harper is heir to the magical kingdom of Aluna. Trapped by an evil wizard in an illusion; Elodie grows up caught between two worlds, one of magic, and one of technology. As the facade of her mundane life of lies and fake smiles cracks, her kingdom crumbles in the absence of its ruler. Join Elodie as she navigates both lives not knowing which to embrace, and which to push into the back of her mind and forget as a bad dream.

No Meat Athlete

No Meat Athlete
Author: Matt Frazier
Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1592335780

"Combining the winning elements of proven training approaches, motivational stories, and innovative recipes, No Meat Athlete is a unique guidebook, healthy-living cookbook, and nutrition primer for the beginner, every day, and serious athlete who wants to live a meatless lifestyle. Author and popular blogger, Matt Frazier, will show you that there are many benefits to embracing a meat-free athletic lifestyle, including: Weight loss, which often leads to increased speed; Easier digestion and faster recovery after workouts; Improved energy levels to help with not just athletic performance but your day-to-day life; Reduced impact on the planet. Whatever your motivation for choosing a meat-free lifestyle, this book will take you through everything you need to know to apply your lifestyle to your training. Matt Frazier provides practical advice and tips on how to transition to a plant-based diet while getting all the nutrition you need; uses the power of habit to make those changes last; and offers up menu plans for high performance, endurance, and recovery. Once you've mastered the basics, Matt delivers a training manual of his own design for runners of all abilities and ambitions. The manual provides training plans for common race distances and shows runners how to create healthy habits, improve performance, and avoid injuries. No Meat Athlete will take you from the start to finish line, giving you encouraging tips, tricks, and advice along the way"--