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1) Cave
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Learning Triangle Press
Pub. Date
[1997]c1993.
Language
English
Description
From the wriggly one-celled bacterium to a sleeping grizzly bear, the cave is alive with activity and musty with history. Detailed illustrations and safe activities shed light on a mysterious habitat, complete with creepers, crawlers, swimmers, and fliers--and more! Full color.
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English
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"From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles underground for nearly three weeks--a pulse-pounding page-turner by a reporter who was there every step of their journey out"--
4) Squeeze
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English
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Byron is psyched when his older brother Jesse invites him on a weekend caving trip - even if it means spending time with Cole, Jesse's obnoxious college roommate. Exploring a wild cave is always dangerous, but it becomes deadly as tempers fray and the water level inside the cave starts to rise. When an under-ground confrontation leaves one of the cavers seriously injured, Byron has to make some life-or-death decisions - and every second counts.
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English
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"In this first-hand account, John Volanthen reveals how he pushed the limits of human endurance in the life-or-death mission to rescue the Thai youth soccer team trapped in the flooded cave. The world held its breath in 2018 when the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach went missing deep underground in the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand. They had been stranded by sudden, continuous monsoon rains while exploring the caves after practice....
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Candlewick Press
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English
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"On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth...
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The Mellops volume 5
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When Mr. Mellops' golf ball rolls down a crevice, the family's natural response is to prepare a spelunking (cave exploring) expedition! Down the crevice they go, with their steel helmets and rope ladder. Then, on a rubber raft they follow the underground river at the bottom of the crevice. Stalactites and stalagmites abound, and cave paintings and other remnants of the past are everywhere. Suddenly the raft is punctured, and the Mellops swim to safety--only...
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Kincaid brides volume 1
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English
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Julia Gilliland has always been interested in the natural world around her. She particularly enjoys her outings to the cavern near her father's homestead, where she explores for fossils and formations, and plans to write a book about her discoveries. The cave seems plenty safe--until the day a mysterious intruder steals the rope she uses to find her way out. Rafe Kincaid has spent years keeping his family's cattle ranch going, all without help from...
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Bear Grylls adventures volume 9
Publisher
Bear Grylls
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A mysterious compass with a fifth direction transports a young boy to an extensive cave system filled with bats, treacherous drops and hidden dangers. Luckily, survival expert Bear Grylls is on hand to guide him safely out, facing his fears and gaining in confidence along the way.
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Made in Abyss volume 9
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION Faputa, Irumyuui's final child, burns with a thirst for revenge. She wants to destroy the Village of the Hollows! Is there anything Riko and the others can do to stop her?
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Made in Abyss volume 10
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
UNSTOPPABLE RAGE Faputa s fury shows no sign of ending! Does Reg or anyone else stand a chance of stopping her? Meanwhile, just when it seems like things can t get any worse, terrifying primeval monsters breach the village s defenses! Will anyone survive the coming onslaught?
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English
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For nine days twelve young soccer players and their coach were confined in the dark by rising waters in the caverns of Tham Luang in Chang Rai, Thailand. With no food or drinking water except the condensation found on the cave walls, their survival seemed unlikely. Yet against the odds, a team of determined divers traversed monsoon floodwaters and narrow passageways to find Coach Ek, a stateless orphan devoted to Buddhism, and his young players alive...
14) Caves
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Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A masterful exploration of one of nature's most curious ecosystems, Caves is a magical journey into subterranean wonders perfect for fans of Jason Chin. Using evocative storytelling, Nell Cross Beckerman urges children to explore one of nature's most curious ecosystems. Dramatic, poetic language guides kids through different caves around the world while nonfiction text allows for deeper understanding"--
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HarperAlley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Stick would go anywhere with his best friend, especially if they're planning a picnic. But when picnics involve lemons and bees and caves, Stone's not so sure. Join Stick and Stone as they go spelunking. Accompany the m as they meet all sorts of new friends, including a big, fluffy monster! And laugh along with them in this new graphic novel series starring two best buddies who know that exploring is always more fun when you're together. Each story...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"The enthralling inside story of the Thai cave rescue. They were utterly alone inside the mountain, isolated from the rest of the world. They might as well have been on another planet.... In July 2018, 12 boys and their football coach disappeared into Tham Luang Cave in Thailand. Trapped miles beneath the surface, not even the Thai Navy SEALs had the skills to bring them to safety. With the floodwater rising rapidly, time was running out.... Any...
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English
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More than ten thousand known caves lie beneath the state of Tennessee according to the Tennessee Cave Survey, a nonprofit organization that catalogs and maps them. Thousands more riddle surrounding states. In Hidden Nature, Michael Ray Taylor tells the story of this vast underground wilderness. Besides describing the sheer physical majesty of the region's wild caverns and the concurrent joys and dangers of exploring them, he examines their rich natural...
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English
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Twelve lost boys, their coach, and the heroes who rescued them.
When the 12 young members of the Wild Boars soccer club walked into a Thai cave with their coach, they expected to be out by nightfall. A birthday cake waited in the fridge for one boy, another boy had a tutoring class. They had rope and torches but no food. Then a sudden monsoonal downpour flooded their route out. They were trapped, imprisoned in a cave said to be haunted by a mythical...
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English
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Two members of a team who descended into the Huautla cave complex in Mexico describe their perilous and deadly trek into one of the world's deepest caves.
The Huautla in Mexico is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, possibly the world. Shafts reach skyscraper-depths, caverns are stadium-sized, and sudden floods can drown divers in an instant.
With a two-decade obsession, William Stone and his 44-member team entered the sinkhole at Sotano...
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Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dazed, bloodied and speechless with trauma, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where the events of the first film took place. Local sheriff Redmond Vaines forces her back underground to help the rescue team which is desperately searching for her five missing girlfriends. Only Sarah knows the terror which lurks in the shadows of the caves. They are about to encounter a new tribe of crawlers, inbred, deformed and even more viciously...
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