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Brief Summary Ever since Tory Brennan and her friends rescued Cooper, a kidnapped wolf pup with a rare strain of canine parvovirus, they've turned from regular kids into a crime-solving pack. But now the very place that brought them together - the Loggerhead Island Research Institute - is out of funding and will have to shut down. That is, unless the Virals can figure out a way to save it. So when Tory learns of an old Charleston legend about a famous she-pirate, Anne Bonney, whose fortune was never found, she can't believe her luck - buried treasure is exactly what she needs to save the Institute on Loggerhead! Trouble is, she and her friends aren't the only ones looking for it. And this time, the Virals' special powers may not be enough to dig them out of trouble. ISBN:9780099543886 Author:Kathy Reichs

Brief Summary "Dirk Pitt is oceanography’s answer to Indiana Jones,” praises the Associated Press. "Exotic locations, ruthless villains and many narrow escapes—Cussler’s fans come for swashbuckling [and] he delivers.” And now the Cusslers bring us Pitt’s most dangerous adventure of all... It is the greatest advance in American defense technology in decades — an attack submarine capable of incredible underwater speeds. Nothing else in any other nation’s naval arsenal even comes close. There is only one problem: A key element of the prototype is missing — and the man who developed it is dead. At the same time, ships have started vanishing mid-ocean, usually never to be found again, but when they are, sometimes bodies are found aboard . . . burned to a crisp.What is going on? And what does it have to do with an Italian submarine that itself disappeared in 1943, lost at sea? Or was she? It is up to NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his team, aided by a beautiful NCIS agent and by Pitt’s children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer summer, to go on a desperate international chase to find the truth, from Washington to Mexico, Idaho to Panama. What they discover at the end of it is a much, much greater threat than even they imagined. If they don’t succeed in their mission, the world as they know it might end up a very different place — and not a pleasant one. Filled with breathtaking suspense and extraordinary imagination, Poseidon’s Arrow is further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler. ISBN:9781611761528 Author:Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler

Brief summary Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘colored computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world. ISBN:9780008201326 Author:Margot Lee Shetterly

Brief summary A compulsive, informative and eye-opening read for women who want to know which men are most likely to commit to a relationship, what attributes in a partner they’re looking for or whether their current partner will ever propose. Based on 11 years of extensive market research An utterly compelling read, this book contains illuminating facts and tips from the author's market research team of 300 experienced researchers who interviewed focus groups and engaged couples over a period of 11 years. Over 2,500 women and their finances, along with over 1000 single people, were interviewed. When their answers to questions were analyzed, patterns arose that led to the successful strategies offered in this book. Discover ? How to increase your chances of marrying by up to 60% ? Ten warning signals that a man is never going to marry ? How to trigger a proposal ? The advantages and dangers of dating divorced or widowed men ? How to deal with a partner’s children Findings included: 1. After 18 months of a relationship, the chances that a man will propose drop by 50% 2. Women who are slender have an easier time meeting men and better odds of getting married 3. To be on the safe side, a woman should seriously start looking for a husband in her late 20s. 4. The majority of male graduates between 28 and 33 are in their high commitment years and likely to propose 5. After 38, the chances men will ever marry drop dramatically. At 42 or 43 many men become confirmed bachelors 6. Single men in their late thirties or forties with divorced parents may believe in living together, because in their minds, once people marry, the romance ends 7. Men rate sexual or social virtue when choosing a bride: someone they could take home to Mother or introduce to their boss 8. For many, their future spouse is a status symbol; meeting their ideas of refinement, elegance and decency " " ISBN:9780007178612 Author:John T. Molloy