Eamonn Walker
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 20
Description
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes...
2) Duma
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The powerful tale of an unbreakable bond of friendship between a cheetah named Duma and a courageous young boy named Xan. Xan faces the true test of love when he must cross the wilds of Southern Africa to return his best friend to his rightful home.
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
United in the face of peril, the brave firefighters, rescue squad members, and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51 are pulled apart by issues beyond their control in the red-hot fifth season. Firehouse Lt. Matt Casey and Gabriela Dawson work to build a safe home for their growing family, even as their life-saving jobs demand their full attention. Rescue Squad Lt. Kelly Severride risks it all, and faces the consequences, while the crew confronts monumental...
4) Lord of war
Description
Chronicles the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa to selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, and through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s. He forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. His relationship with his younger brother is somewhat volatile, he is married to a famous model, and he is relentlessly pursued...
5) Lord of War
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Chronicles the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa to selling guns to mobsters in his local neighborhood, and through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s. He forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. His relationship with his younger brother is somewhat volatile, he is married to a famous model, and he is relentlessly pursued...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James. Chess makes all of his artists part of his family and takes...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
The red-hot third season of the show. Though many of the firefighters still grieve over the loss of one of their own in a brutal explosion, they are faced with new challenges: a determined arsonist, the complications of staff romance and tension inside the house with shocking results. Watch the passion and conflicts flare amongst the brve men and women of Firehouse 51 in Season Three, presented back-to-back and uninterrupted for maximum impact.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
The men and women of the Chicago Police Department's elite Intelligence Unit continue battling the city's major criminal offenses in Season Nine of the gripping drama series from multiple Emmyʼ-winning executive producer Dick Wolf and the team behind the hit Chicago franchise. Over the past year, Sgt. Hank Voight has had to adapt to changing realities while remaining as committed as ever to bringing criminals to justice. Voight fights to keep the...
Series
Pub. Date
2021
Description
With big reputations and hefty egos, the pressure to perform and make split-second decisions is bound to put squad members at odds. When a tragedy claims one of their own, there's plenty of guilt and blame to go around. When it's 'go-time' though, they put their differences aside and everything on the line for each other.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Welcome to Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison or OZ. As run by Tim McManus and overseen by Warden Leo Glenn, Em City is about prisoner rehabilitation over public retribution. No matter how hardened a criminal or killer, whether you're in for a few years or in for life, you have a role to play. Once inside, choose your friends carefully.
12) The messenger
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
After an injured soldier is assigned the duty of informing soldier's families that their loved ones have died, he faces an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a woman who has recently become a widow.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
The heroic firefighters and paramedics of Firehouse 51 put their lives on the line to protect the citizens of Chicago in Season Ten of the pulse-pounding drama from Emmy®-winning executive producer Dick Wolf and co-creator Derek Haas. Led by Capt. Matthew Casey and Lt. Kelly Severide, the firehouse family also includes Battalion Chief Wallace Boden, paramedic Sylvie Brett, veterans Christopher Herrmann and Randy "Mouch" McHolland, firefighters Stella...
17) Duma
Pub. Date
p2006
Description
The powerful tale of an unbreakable bond of friendship between a cheetah named Duma and a courageous young boy named Xan. Xan faces the true test of love when he must cross the wilds of Southern Africa to return his best friend to his rightful home.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
With the fate of several of the squad hanging in the balance, season six of this series reignites in a blaze of uncertainty. As the brave firefighters, rescue squad, and paramedics deal with the aftermath of each fire they face, more hot romances, pulse-pounding action, and fiery drama unfold every step of the way.
