Akron Public Library

"1937. Naomi Vargas is Mexican American. Wash Fuller is Black. These teens know the town's divisive racism better than anyone. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Naomi and Wash dare to defy the rules, and the New London school explosion serves as a ticking time bomb in the background. Can their love survive both prejudice and...

Research into the Project Rulison nuclear natural gas stimulation experiment. The research was conducted by the COGCC to ensure that our decisions regarding permitting of natural gas wells in the Battlement Mesa area near Project Rulison would ensure the protection of public health, safety, and welfare.

In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse... After this mysterious explosion which...

Kilmer Watts learns how to write poems using a poetry machine, but after an explosion at the poem factory, Kilmer begins to worry about how poetry will ever survive.

"Do you like to get messy? These hands-on, not-so-ordinary science projects are for you! Create slippery slimes and frothy foams. Have a blast making colorful chalk explosions. Then, learn the science behind each marvelous mess! Simple step-by-step instructions supported by clear photos make it easy to start experimenting and discover just how fun STEM can be"--

Forced into an overcrowded lifeboat after a mysterious explosion on their trans-Atlantic ocean liner, newly widowed Grace Winter battles the elements and her fellow survivors and remembers her husband, Henry, who set his own safety aside to ensure Grace's.

"Sean Pope already lost Amalie Lincoln once. This time, he will risk everything to never have to say goodbye to her again. Amalie Lincoln moved to Jubilee, Kentucky, to start fresh, build her business, and heal the scars of her past. Little did she know she'd run into Sean Pope, a beloved childhood friend she hasn't seen in decades. But on the day she moves to town, a helicopter explodes under suspicious circumstances, wreaking havoc on the families...

Un mundo de pesadilla comienza a Kevin, un joven seminarista, cuando recibe una llamada telefn̤ica de un desconocido que le dirijan a confesar su pecado al mundo en tres minutos o ser volado en pedazos. A nightmare world begins for Kevin, a young seminarian, when he receives a cell phone call from an unknown man directing him to confess his sin to the world in three minutes or be blown to bits.

Morro Castle Ship -- Crystal Palace, London, England -- Hindenburg Airship -- Dance Hall, Natchez, Mississippi -- The Blitz, London, England -- Pearl Harbor, Hawall --S.S. Normandie -- Cocoanut Grove, Boston, Massachusetts --Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, Hartford, Connecticut -- Empire State Building, New York City -- La Salle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois -- Winecoff Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia -- Texas City, Texas -- St. Anthony's Hospital, Effingham,...