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English
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Stone--one of the greatest living historians of the 20th century--provides an unprecedentedly concise, utterly authoritative account of the deadliest war of human history. Over 60 million people perished in World War Two, and the story of how the conflict roared to life from the ashes of the Great War is shocking, tragic, and also completely preventable in hindsight.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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"In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial...
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Physical Desc
195 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Killer mermaids, gender swapping, and a devilish little sister with the power to end the world--four more unforgettable short stories reveal the starting point of Tatsuki Fujimoto, the twisted mastermind behind Chainsaw Man"--
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English
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Set across the U.S. and abroad, Meron Hadero stories feature immigrants, refugees, and those on the brink of dispossession, all struggling to begin again, all fighting to belong. Moving through diverse geographies and styles, this captivating collection follows characters on the journey toward home, which they dream of, create and redefine, lose and find and make their own. Beyond migration, these stories examine themes of race, gender, class, friendship...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
276 pages, 36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt collection of personal essays, Evans shares his moving journey from childhood to beloved author, offering the insightful lessons he's learned and engaging...
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Publisher
Thames & Hudson, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
319 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Color has the power to transform our relationship to an object. The last hundred years have yielded a wealth of new designs celebrating color, and new technologies to make them possible. At once curated anthology and chronological short-form history, A Century of Color in Design spotlights 250 iconic pieces spanning furniture, fabric, lighting, and decorative objects--from the Bauhaus F51 armchair to the 3D-printed Chubby teapot--that exemplify color's...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Before they were torn down in 2007, the Stateway Gardens public housing projects on Chicago's South Side were known as a hot-bed of poverty, drugs, gangs, and crime. But for some, like Tracy, the shy, intelligent young boy at the center of this enthralling collection of linked stories, they are simply home. Set in the mid-1980s and taking readers up to the point of the destruction of the infamous Cabrini Green housing projects -- similar to the Stateway...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 304 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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A new collection showcasing the best of Ernest Hemingway's short stories including his well-known classics, as featured in the magnificent three-part, six-hour PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Ernest Hemingway is considered one of the greatest American writers. In the PBS documentary film Hemingway, by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, excerpts from his stories are used to highlight style elements and biographical events as his writing matured....
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Captain Underpants volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Professor Pippy P. Poopypants comes to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School to teach science, and he goes off the deep end because students make fun of his name, only Captain Underpants can save the school from the professor's perilous plot.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Young readers edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites to learn side by side. A week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Wallace enrolled in high school and his sensational jumping, dunking, and rebounding abilities quickly earned him the attention of college basketball recruiters from...
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Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Pub. Date
1946
Physical Desc
7 preliminary leaves, 3-669 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
At the time of his death in 1944, William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, was a national celebrity, proclaimed one of the truly great Americans of his age. Life magazine called him "a living symbol of small-town simplicity and kindliness and common sense." During his career White had managed to expand his circle of influence far beyond Emporia Kansas to include most of the nation. By the end of his life he had become a nationally acclaimed...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
[Special ed.].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
The real Santa is hired by Macy's to play the department store's Santa in the Thanksgiving Day parade, but has to prove in court that he is who he says he is.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xii, 184 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dudley Riggs didn't have to run away from home to join the circus. Home was the circus. Son of the acclaimed aerial flyers Riggs and Riggs, he made his circus debut as a polar prince parading in a wagon pulled by a polar bear. At the age of five, he graduated to a risque vaudeville act during the circus off- season; at eight, he outgrew his cutes (and his child stardom) and joined his high-flying parents on the trapeze. Eventually he had to learn...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come-with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast. Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobody's paying attention?...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
""You've always been crazy," says Louise to Thelma, shortly after she locks a police officer in the trunk of his car. "This is just the first chance you've had to express yourself." In 1991, Thelma & Louise, the story of two outlaw women on the run from their disenchanted lives, was a revelation. Suddenly, a film in which women were, in every sense, behind the wheel. It turned the tables on Hollywood, instantly becoming a classic, and continues to...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xi, 572 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of top-selected "Rolling Stone" articles offers insight into both the late Thompson's early career and the magazine's fledgling years, in a volume that includes the stories of his infamous Freak Party sheriff campaign and his observations about the Bush-versus-Kerry presidential rivalry.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 42
Physical Desc
511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Though primarily a biography of Meriwether Lewis, this book also provides fascinating sketches of Thomas Jefferson, William Clark, Sacagawea, & other contemporaries. From the bestselling author of the definitive book on D-Day comes the definitive book on the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis,...
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Series
Captain Underpants volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley [distributor]
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xviii, 336 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Want to turn that haunting tune in your head into an awesome sound in your ear? You can! Music Composition For Dummies demystifies the process of composing music and writing songs. It guides you through every step of writing your own music, from choosing the right rhythm and tempo to creating melodies and chord progressions and working with instruments and voices. In this fun and practical guide, you'll learn how to match keys...
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