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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
Author
Language
English
Description
Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington are here to help. While seeing their own kids through this transition, they realized they needed some support. Thats why they founded Grown and Flown, an online community for parents of teens. And it turns out they werent the only ones looking for advice for how to parent through the teenage years. The Grown and Flown community has become a top resource for curated content from experts, related stories of shared...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
This "riveting" companion to the PBS documentary "clarifies our understanding of the 'worst manmade ecological disaster in American history'" (Booklist).
In this riveting chronicle, Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns capture the profound drama of the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Terrifying photographs of mile-high dust storms, along with firsthand accounts by more than two dozen eyewitnesses, bring to life this heart-wrenching catastrophe,...
In this riveting chronicle, Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns capture the profound drama of the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Terrifying photographs of mile-high dust storms, along with firsthand accounts by more than two dozen eyewitnesses, bring to life this heart-wrenching catastrophe,...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For readers of The Alice Network and The Lost Girls of Paris, an immersive, heart-pounding debut about a German heiress on the run from British authorities, who discovers dark secrets about her family's past in post-World War II Germany"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things--the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the telegraph, the railroad, guns, radio, and banking to flight, suburbia, and sneakers,...
8) Rainwater
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In a time of drought and economic depression in 1934, Ella Barron runs her boardinghouse in Texas while caring for her son, Solly, and responds to the calm influence of one of her boarders, David Rainwater, while facing the tension and uncertainty aroundher.
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Language
English
Description
While living in the red light district of Calcutta, documenting life in the brothels, New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With clarity and compassion, Robert Putnam tells the story of the great social issues of our time: the growing gap between the lives of rich and poor children, and the diminishing prospects for children born into disadvantage. A profoundly important book and a powerful reminder that we can and must do better. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An eminent political scientist's brilliant synthesis of social and political trends over the past century that shows how we have gone from an individualistic society to a more communitarian society and then back again -- and how we can use that experience to overcome once again the individualism that currently weakens our country"--
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Perfect for fans of Fresh Off the Boat's situational humor and Jane the Virgin's celebration of Latinidad, Definitely Hispanic is a collection of introspective memoiristic essays by social media influencer and viral phenomenon LeJuan James about growing up Hispanic in the US"--
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Series
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"With insight and candor, noted Ojibwe scholar Anton Treuer traces thousands of years of the complicated history of the Ojibwe people - their economy, culture, and clan system and how these have changed throughout time, perhaps most dramatically with the arrival of Europeans into Minnesota territory." "Ojibwe in Minnesota covers the fur trade, the Iroquois Wars, and Ojibwe-Dakota relations; the treaty process and creation of reservations; and the...
Author
Publisher
Central Recovery Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies....
Author
Publisher
FrontLine
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Issuing a bold wake-up call to America, Gabriel reveals the people, organizations, and forces at work to dismantle our Judeo-Christian values and freedoms, destabilize and threaten our national security, and radically redefine our very way of life. By educating readers on how to identify behaviors and ideas that could threaten the local community and ultimately national security, she helps you understand what you can do to fight the forces that aim...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mary Trump examines America's national trauma, rooted in our history but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of current events and the Trump administration's corrupt and immoral policies, and reveals what must be done to rebuild our faith in leadership.
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