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by Tracy Gharbo (Author), Linda Palmer (Author)An unvarnished look at foster care from those who lived it and thrived in spite of the challenges they faced.
Number of Pages: 242
Dimensions: 0.71 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN
Publication Date: June 22, 2021
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by History Brought Alive (Author)Sit Back & Enjoy Classic Myths of Imagination, Fun & Adventure For Kids! Imagine, for thousands of years people have been telling each other stories..., Eventually, someone decided it's such an AMAZING story that they should write it down. Those are the myths we have today! They are the greatest stories ever written.Mythology is the rich collection of stories called myths from cultures all over the world. They are stories about how the world was create...
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by Onehope (Editor), Zondervan (Author)Make Jesus Your Telos - Your Ultimate Object or AimCreated to meet the spiritual needs of high school and college students, The NIV Telos Bible is designed to be contextually relevant and to challenge young adults to take a meaningful look at the Bible. It encourages this diverse generation to know and follow Jesus while discovering what the Bible says about the subjects that are most important to them. Acting as a student's guide through Scripture, this...
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by Deborah Heiligman (Author)From the author of National Book Award finalist Charles and Emma comes an incredible story of brotherly love.The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. Confidant, champion, sympathizer, friend--Theo supported Vincent as he struggled to find his path in life. They shared everything, swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Meticulously researched, drawing on the...
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by Steve Sheinkin (Author), Tim Robinson (Illustrator)New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young readers an American history lesson they'll never forget in the fun and funny King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution, featuring illustrations by Tim Robinson. A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the YearA New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing What do the most f...
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by Steve Sheinkin (Author), Tim Robinson (Illustrator)New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young readers the causes and curses that divided America into Union and Confederate nations in Two Miserable Presidents: The Amazing, Terrible, and Totally True Story of the Civil War, illustrated by Tim Robinson. A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the YearA Beacon of Freedom Award Winner Get the feeling something big is about to happen? Welcome to the Ci...
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by Karen Blumenthal (Author)Filled with period art and photographs, anecdotes, and portraits of unique characters from the era, this fascinating book by an award-winning author looks at the rise and fall of the disastrous social experiment known as Prohibition. It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid ...
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by Andrea Warren (Author)Meet Lucy McRae and two other young people, Willie Lord and Frederick Grant, all survivors of the Civil War's Battle for Vicksburg. In 1863, Union troops intend to silence the cannons guarding the Mississippi River at Vicksburg - even if they have to take the city by siege. To hasten surrender, they are shelling Vicksburg night and day. Terrified townspeople, including Lucy and Willie, take shelter in caves - enduring heat, snakes, and near suffocation. On the Union s...
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by Margarita Engle (Author)Quebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado--half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera uses Quebrado as a translator to help navigate the worlds and words between his mother's Ta no Indian language and his father's Spanish. But when a hurricane sinks the ship and most of its crew, it is Quebrado who escapes to saf...
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by Sally M. Walker (Author)On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and the other held relief supplies, both intended for war-torn Europe. The resulting blast flattened two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, and killed nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn't devastating enough, a blizzard hit the next day, dumping more than a foot of snow on the area and paralyzing much-needed relief efforts. Fascinating, edge...
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Author)A personal history of the civil rights movement from activist and acclaimed New York Times and NPR journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault. On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people crowded the grounds of the Capitol to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama. Among the masses was Charlayne Hunter-Gault. She had flown from South Africa for the occasion, to witness what was for many the culmination of the long struggle for civil rights in the United States. In this c...
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by Michael Greger (Author), Gene Stone (Author)From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the physician behind the trusted and wildly popular website Nutritionfacts.org, and author of the New York Times bestselling book How Not to Die, comes a beautifully-designed, comprehensive cookbook complete with more than 120 recipes for delicious, life-saving, plant-based meals, snacks, and beverages that's a perfect gift for healthy conscious eaters. Dr. Michael Greger's bestselling book, How Not to Die, pres...
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by Mignon Fogarty (Author), Erwin Haya (Illustrator)From New York Times bestselling author and creator of the top ranked Grammar Girl podcast, Mignon Fogarty, comes her bestselling Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students. With 100,000 copies sold, this is a complete and comprehensive guide to all things grammar from Grammar Girl whose popular podcast, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, has been downloaded over eighty million times. For beginners to m...
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by Steve Sheinkin (Author)Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War is New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin's award-winning nonfiction account of an ordinary man who wielded the most dangerous weapon: the truth. "Easily the best study of the Vietnam War available for teen readers."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winnerA National Book Award finalistA Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon boo...
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by Dan Emmett (Author), Charles Maynard (Author)Adapted from Within Arm's Length for a young adult audience, a rare inside look at the Secret Service from an agent who protected Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. From that moment forward, he knew he wanted to become a Secret Service agent, one of an elite group of highly trained men and women dedicated to preserving the life of th...
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by Karen Blumenthal (Author)This paperback edition is revised and updated with 3 new chapters about the Democratic primary race against Senator Bernie Sanders, the presidential campaign against Donald J. Trump, and the 2016 election
"For young people who are just beginning to be interested in politics, or any of us who want a better understanding of Hillary Clinton, this book is an excellent place to start." - Bob Schieffer, CBS News
"Thorough and evenhanded. . . . Blumenthal, a longtim...
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by Karen Blumenthal (Author)The fascinating and topical nonfiction story of how one gun changed American courtrooms, streets, and homes, told for a YA audience by award-winning author Karen Blumenthal John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would help Americans win on the battlefield. His Thompson submachine gun could deliver a hundred bullets in a matter of seconds--but didn't find a market in the U.S. military. Instead, the Tommy gun became ...
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by Ibtisam Barakat (Author)From award-winning Palestinian author Ibtisam Barakat comes a touching account of coming of age against a backdrop of political turmoil in the Middle East. Picking up where Ibtisam Barakat's first memoir, Tasting the Sky, left off, Balcony on the Moon follows her through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. This memoir about pursuing dreams in the face of adversity chronicles Ibitsam's desire to be a writer...
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by Polo Tate (Author)Deep Dark Blue is more than a memoir about sexual assault. It's about breaking boundaries but also setting them. It's about learning to trust your instincts. It's a story of survival, resilience, and finally, finding your joy. I want to be in the Air Force someday. These are the words Polo Tate engraved on her junior dog tags at age eleven. It was an unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work paid off and at age eighteen, Polo started basic training at the Un...
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by Colleen Graves (Author), Aaron Graves (Author)Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Start-to-finish, fun projects for makers of all types, ages, and skill levels This easy-to-follow guide features dozens of DIY, low-cost projects that will arm you with the skills necessary to dream up and build your own creations. The Big Book of Makerspace P...
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by Aaron Graves (Author), Colleen Graves (Author)Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.20 fun and inventive Makey Makey projects for Makers from beginner to expertThis hands-on guide is filled with DIY projects that show readers, step-by-step, how to start creating and making cool inventions with the Makey Makey invention kit. Each project featu...
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by Ian Cinnamon (Author), Romi Kadri (Author), Fitz Tepper (Author)Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Design, build, and pilot custom drones―no prior experience necessary This fun guide shows, step-by-step, how to construct powerful drones from inexpensive parts, add personalized features, and become a full-fledged pilot. DIY Drones for the E...
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by John Baichtal (Author)Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Virtually build any LEGO creation you can imagine--with any LEGO part ever made This fun guide shows how to create just about anything from virtual LEGO blocks using free software. Learn how to install and customize LEGO Digital Designer, navigate the user interface, and get started ...
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by Robert Chin (Author)Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Fiendishly Clever Sensor Projects for Your Arduino and Raspberry PiLearn to quickly build your own electronic gadgets that monitor, measure, and react to the real world--with no prior experience required! This easy-to-follow guide covers the programming and electronics essentials neede...
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by Isaac Glendening (Author), Mary Glendening (Author)Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Dream up and build your own sound and music projects--no experience necessary This easy-to-follow guide shows, step-by-step, how to work with sound generation, recording, editing, and distribution tools. Co-written by a professional audio engineer and a ...
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by Donald Norris (Author)Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Create your own STM32 programs with ease Get up and running programming the STM32 line of microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics using the hands-on information contained in this easy-to-follow guide. Written by an experienced electronics hobbyist and author, Programming with STM32:...
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by Sumeet Kumar (Author)Life is a gamble which is fun to play only when the player in front is sure of his principles, but if his personality is a little different and raw, then his thinking may also become the same, my love story, even if the tenant is small But the thought I have written is also taking inspiration from some life, maybe its intensity is so dear that neither I can sometimes nor can I ever take the trouble of separating it from myself.
Number of Pages: 34
Dimensions: 0.07 x 9 ...
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by Han Seong-Won (Author)They have waited 75 years for an acknowledgment that what was done to them was a war crime. They are still waiting. Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers is a beautifully and sensitively rendered narrative of the ongoing crusade of WWII's most courageous survivors: the "Comfort Women"--sex slaves--of the Japanese Imperial Army. This offering in graphic novel format is both a moving tribute and a call to awareness that, though addressing young adults, speaks to all of us. Bec...
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by Neha Shukla (Author)Approachable, fun, and practical, Innovation for Everyone is a next-generation guide for students to take action within their communities using innovation. Young inventor and author, Neha Shukla, is passionate about doing her part to address global challenges with science and technology. Her innovations and outreach are recognized on the New York Times, Nasdaq screen in Times Square, ABC, Harper's Bazaar, and commended by the Presidential Gold Service Award from Preside...
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by Alexander Advani (Author), Eliot Advani (Author)The Future of Food, Money, and Work is a book for kids and young adults about ten exciting technologies that will be important in the future. From 3D-Printing to Cellular Agriculture, this book introduces the reader to complex topics in a simplified manner. It includes profiles of important innovators, descriptions of scientific processes, and examples of technology pioneers. The Future of Food, Money, and Work will give teens and pre-teens a...
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by Steve Nico Williams (Author)Need to learn the basics of life skills as a teenager?If so, you've found the right book and shouldn't put it down. If you use it wisely, this book may teach you more about the basic life skills that everyone should develop at the right age than any other kind of book.This book is intended for readers who have no background in this area but who are eager to absorb all the information they can to achieve awareness and pursue their own goals.This book will teach y...
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by Sternchen Books (Author)This book offers a general discussion of global environmental change for readers like you. It presents ecological and earth science concepts related to global change, as well as a discussion of the human dimensions of change. The unifying theme of the text is the consideration of both natural and human-induced aspects of global environmental change.
Number of Pages: 20
Dimensions: 0.04 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: November 29, 2022
