Adam Johnson
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times betselling novel of North Korea: an epic journey into the heart of the world’s most mysterious dictatorship.
“Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on which [Adam] Johnson is painting here.”—The Washington Post
Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother—a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang—and
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. "George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine" follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. "Nirvana," portrays a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finding solace in a digital simulacrum of the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In The Reconciling Wisdom of God: Reframing the Doctrine of the Atonement, Adam Johnson, already a leading scholar of the atonement, considers God's redemptive work in Christ through the atonement as an act of God's infinite wisdom. In making this crucial turn, Johnson is able to speak to proponents of the various atonement theories and move the discussion forward in a new direction, grounded in the truth of God's infinite wisdom. Genuinely reframing...
Author
Series
Scientific investigations report volume 2014-5168
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Language
English
Author
Series
General technical report RMRS volume GTR-324
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Pub. Date
June 2014.
Language
English
7) Source-tracking approach for detecting and identifying sources of wastewater in waters of Hawai'i
Author
Series
Scientific investigations report volume 2020-5112
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
10) Charly
Author
Language
English
Description
Jack Weyland's best-selling novel, CHARLY, comes to life in this heartfelt, romantic adaptation by director Adam Anderegg. Sam (Jeremy Elliott), a very uptight, ultra-organized idealist, knows what he wants in life until he meets Charly (Heather Beers), a beautiful and feisty New Yorker who turns his orderly world upside down and inside out. Individual differences draw them together in ways neither expected, but learning to overcome those differences...
11) Christmas Time
Author
Language
English
Description
Two estranged brothers try to reconnect at Christmas but there's something that one of them can't get past...the other thinks he's a time traveler.
12) Prisoners
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man sets out to find his daughter and her friend after they are kidnapped.
13) Out of liberty
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Winter 1839. Jailed on charges of treason and murder, the proclaimed prophet Joseph Smith and his companions are held in Liberty, Missouri, while they await a court hearing. Local jailer, Samuel Tillery is tasked with protecting the prisoners from increased mob attacks. But as public opinion begins to shift, Sam is forced to take matters into his own hands, for the protection of the prisoners, and his own life.
14) Rounds
Author
Language
English
Description
Music, beer and pick-up basketball games set the backdrop as three friends struggle with relationships, money and the pursuit of happiness.
16) The Necromancer
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When her most loyal friend is taken hostage by Peregus Malister, the cruel master of the Thieves Guild, Marek must embark on a corrupt mission to serve the Thieves Guild with her team of would-be heroes. But when the mission leads them into the clutches of Szorlok - their greatest enemy - Marek must sacrifice her ambitions, and perhaps her own soul, to stop Szorlok from obtaining the Darkspore and to save her friends.
17) The Darkspore
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a powerful relic is stolen, Marek and her friends face a sinister new enemy: Kishkumen, a foreign mystic bent on reclaiming the Darkspore for his master Szorlok. Armed with twin maps, Marek and her team race Kishkumen and his horde through creature-infested lands, to a long-abandoned underground city - all the while pursued by bounty hunters intent on returning Marek to slavery.
19) Out of Liberty
Author
Language
English
Description
Winter 1839. Jailed on charges of treason and murder, the proclaimed prophet Joseph Smith (Brandon Ray Olive) and his companions are held in Liberty, Missouri while they await a court hearing. Local jailer, Samuel Tillery (Jasen Wade) is tasked with protecting the prisoners from increased mob attacks. But as public opinion begins to shift, Sam is forced to take matters into his own hands, for the protection of the prisoners, and his own life.
Publisher
Thrillion Dollar Movie, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Lane Speer is a 16 year old girl who spends her family vacations camping in the mountains. She takes the memories for granted until she loses her father to an unexpected bout with cancer. Only a year later, as Lane is still reeling from her father's death, her mother remarries a guy that Lane hardly knows. Even more confusing, he is a Mormon. To top it off, while her mom is away on her honeymoon with her new husband, Lane is forced to stay with her...