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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In this illuminating and "scoop-rich biography...the tell-all tales rush forth" (Los Angeles Times) offering a "penetrating analysis of the ongoing Republican civil war through the eyes of one of its last embattled centrists" (Publishers Weekly).
Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump's GOP,...
Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump's GOP,...
Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A cookbook featuring rich soups, juicy roasts, and luscious desserts come to life through historic images and artistic photography. Gilded Age details and entertaining stories of celebrities from the era-the Vanderbilts, Astors, Carnegies, and Rockefellers-are melded with historic menus and recipes updated for modern kitchens"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A dual portrait of two of America's most popular presidents describes the different ways they grew up, their respective political approaches, the historical events they helped shape, and the things they shared in common.
85) Code check complete: an illustrated guide to building, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical codes
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
3rd edition.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
"In 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. Word quickly spread, and the California Gold Rush was on! Thousands of people went to California in hopes of finding gold and striking it rich. But did that really happen? What was the real impact of so many miners rushing to the state? Discover what's real and what's fiction about the California Gold Rush through infographics, primary sources, and expertly leveled text."
Author
Publisher
NAL Caliber
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
On the eve of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, Larry Alexander returns to the very battlefields that made Easy Company a legend. Accompanied by Easy veteran Sgt. Forrest Guth on his final tour, Alexander crosses an ocean and a continent to follow the path to victory taken by the famed Band of Brothers, exploring the living history of the places where they went into action and revealing what makes their story so meaningful...
89) Paul Revere
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man made famous by a poem about the American Revolution, placing his life and work in its real historical context.
Author
Publisher
KingDoMedia
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, a former shot caller for the Southside Compton Crips and kingpin of a Compton-based drug operation, rose to national prominence as one of the only living witnesses to the 1996 slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur. Unlike other accounts of the murders of global rap icons Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., Compton Street Legend is an authentic narrative from a major street player who was inextricably involved. Compton Street Legend...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular strengths and vulnerabilities of females in working poverty. Now, Smarsh reveals the overlooked contributions to social progress by such women -- as exemplified by the beloved icon Dolly Parton. She Come By It Natural, originally published as a four-part series for the roots-music journal No Depression, explores the intersection of gender,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty-nine years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free. But with no money and a different system of justice for a poor black man in the South, Hinton was sentenced to death by electrocution. He spent his first three years...
Author
Series
Martini Club volume 1
Publisher
Amazon Pub
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong. These days, she's living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement. But when a body turns up in Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a message from former foes who haven't forgotten her. Maggie turns to her local circle of old friends--all retirees from...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and lyrics introduce a song, first recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, which celebrates the wonders of nature, loving friends, and the promise of the future in a baby's cry.
98) Running for my life: one lost boy's journey from the killing fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Able to Play shares the inspiring stories of four baseball players. Mordecai (Three Finger) Brown, Ron Santo, Jim Abbott, and Curtis Pride faced physical challenges other players did not have. With determination and guts, they didn't just overcome; they excelled. This book is a game-changing celebration of overcoming odds.
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