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He Chose The World's Deadliest Land: To Die, Or To Live Again. . .
Adam Laret, big, young and headstrong, ran from Ehrenberg to the banks of the Rio Colorado. He was blindly fleeing his scheming, gambling brother and the woman Guerd stole from him. But Adam's escape wasn't complete until Guerd, in the company of a sheriff, hunted him down. Then Adam committed the ultimate crime. With the mark of Cain upon him--he traveled into the desert to atone...
3) Deserts
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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An introduction to the characteristics of deserts and the plants and animals that inhabit them.
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Imagine over three million square miles of sand dunes that are as tall as a ten-story building. That place is real -- it's the Sahara Desert! Vast, yes! And home to fascinating creatures such as ostriches and fennec foxes as well as amazing plant life. Readers will also learn about the famous trade routes of the past with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, European explorers to the region (some very unlucky ones), and native populations like the Imazighen"--...
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Andrew lost volume 17
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
While in the Australian desert, ant-sized Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot are carried away by a dust-devil and face many dangerous creatures, from a flock of wild parakeets to a Perenti lizard, as they try to make their way back to Uncle Al.
11) Waking fire
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Waking fire volume 1
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English
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"Naira Khoum has only known life in Lagusa, a quiet village at the desert's end. But to the rest of the world, Lagusa is a myth, its location shrouded in secrecy. While war rages to the north led by power-hungry Sothpike and his army of undead monsters called Dambi, Naira's people live in peace. Until the impossible happens--Lagusa is attacked by a Mistress sent to do Sothpike's bidding with a hoard of Dambi under her control. The Mistress is looking...
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Criterion collection volume 540
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Having not spoken to each other in a year, three American brothers set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other. The brothers wanted to regain their friendship of each other. Their "spiritual quest," however, veers rapidly off-course -- thanks in part to over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray. Eventually the three find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert...
14) Desert creatures
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English
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This "genre-shredding" (Tor.com) feminist dystopian horror traces a girl's coming-of-age on a post-apocalyptic trek through the Southwest, for fans of The Last of Us.
What compromise does survival require of a woman-and can she ever unlearn the instincts that have kept her alive?
Eleven-year-old Magdala and her father have been exiled from their home; they flee through the harsh landscape of the American West, searching for refuge. As violence...
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Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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The rundown: A bounty hunter is in the Amazon jungle to capture a guy who turns out not to be the bad guy he is touted as. The two team up to look for an ancient gold idol thought to be stored in a mine in the Amazon.
The scorpion king: Plunges you into a sweeping tale filled with stunning fight sequences, awe-inspiring battles, and pulse-pounding hand-to-hand thrills.
Fast five: After Brian and Mia break Dom out of jail, they find themselves trapped...
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Forever Desert volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Set in a secondary world reminiscent of Saharan Africa, Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy's epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother's life. They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City of Lies. They say there are no friends beyond the City of Lies. But would you believe what they say in the City of Lies? In the City of Lies, they cut out your...
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