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Malala : activist for girls' education /

Frier, Raphaële, 1970-,


Translation of: Malala : pour le droit des filles à l'éducation.
Date Published:2017

Meet Christopher Columbus

De Kay, James T.


An easy-to-read biography of the sailor who never fully recognized the importance of his discovery which changed history.
Date Published:1989

Archaeology for kids : uncovering the mysteries of our past : 25 activities /

Panchyk, Richard.


Twenty five activities support an overview of the science of archaeology as well as some of the secrets it has revealed from ancient civilizations throughout the world.
Date Published:2001

Mary : the summoning /

Monahan, Hillary,


Teens Jess, Shauna, Kitty, and Anna follow all the rules, but when their summoning circle is broken the vengeful spirit of Bloody Mary slips through, and as the girls struggle to escape Mary's wrath, loyalties are questioned, friendships torn apart, and lives changed forever.
Date Published:2014

History in dispute. : classical antiquity and classical studies /


"A Manly, Inc. Book." Classical studies - Black Athena -- Classical studies - German philological tradition -- Classical studies - Homosexuality -- Classical studies - The Marxist approach -- Classical studies - Modern critical theory -- Classical studies - Translation -- Greece - Aeschylus -- Greece - Aicibiades -- Greece - Aristophanes -- Greece - Aristotle versus Plato -- Greece - Demosthenes -- Greece - Elgin Marbles -- Greece - Euripedes -- Greece - Herodotus -- Greece - Hesoid -- Greece - Homer -- Greece - Library at Alexandria -- Greece - Literacy -- Greece - Plato as an Aristocat -- Greece - Sappho -- Greece - Sophists -- Greece - Sports -- Roman period -- The Aeneid -- Roman period - Cato -- Roman period - Christian Neoplatonism -- Roman period - Cicero versus Caesar -- Roman period - Donatist controversy -- Roman period - Elegists -- Roman period - Fall of the republic -- Roman period - Gladiatorial contests -- Roman period - Ovid -- Roman period - Ovid vesus Virgil -- Roman period - Pausanias -- Roman period - Plutarch -- Roman period - Tiberius Gracchus. Addresses heavily debated questions by offering different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. This volume covers classical antiquity and classical studies. Provides students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, helps stimulate critical thinking and provides ideas for papers and assignments.
Date Published:2005

"A Manly, Inc. Book." Classical studies - Black Athena -- Classical studies - German philological tradition -- Classical studies - Homosexuality -- Classical studies - The Marxist approach -- Classical studies - Modern critical theory -- Classical studies - Translation -- Greece - Aeschylus -- Greece - Aicibiades -- Greece - Aristophanes -- Greece - Aristotle versus Plato -- Greece - Demosthenes -- Greece - Elgin Marbles -- Greece - Euripedes -- Greece - Herodotus -- Greece - Hesoid -- Greece - Homer -- Greece - Library at Alexandria -- Greece - Literacy -- Greece - Plato as an Aristocat -- Greece - Sappho -- Greece - Sophists -- Greece - Sports -- Roman period -- The Aeneid -- Roman period - Cato -- Roman period - Christian Neoplatonism -- Roman period - Cicero versus Caesar -- Roman period - Donatist controversy -- Roman period - Elegists -- Roman period - Fall of the republic -- Roman period - Gladiatorial contests -- Roman period - Ovid -- Roman period - Ovid vesus Virgil -- Roman period - Pausanias -- Roman period - Plutarch -- Roman period - Tiberius Gracchus. Addresses heavily debated questions by offering different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. This volume covers classical antiquity and classical studies. Provides students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, helps stimulate critical thinking and provides ideas for papers and assignments.

Date Published:2005

Ed Begley, Jr : living green /

Grayson, Robert, 1951-


Title proper from title frame. Resource Links, June 2009. An illustrated biography of actor and environmentalist, Ed Begley, Jr., that chronicles his personal and professional life as well as his efforts to motivate people to become more environmentally aware.
Date Published:2009

Lightningborn

Kagawa, Julie.


In a world in the clouds where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy named Remy finds a wild baby dragonâ€”believed to be extinctâ€”and becomes the focus of an evil pirate's vengeance. REMY spends his days trying to survive the mean streets of Cutthroat Wedgeâ€”one of the many islands floating in the gravitational pull of the magical Maelstrom raging below. But his life changes forever when a violent storm brings a baby dragon to his doorstep, and he feels a bond he has never felt with anyone. Remy names the dragon Storm and vows to protect this new friend, no matter the cost. GEM longs for the day when she call herself a true mage. That is, if she can convince her teachers and peers that just because she's a princess doesn't mean she's lazy and spoiled. But when Gem learns that the floating islands that make up her kingdom are rapidly sinking into the Maelstrom, she makes it her mission to save her world. Against the king's wishes, she accesses forbidden research and discovers the secret to saving humanity may lie in a True Dragonâ€”a dragon capable of intelligent thought and able to cast and use magic. But True Dragons are extinct . . . aren't they? Remy's and Gem's lives will never be the same when their fates collide, thanks to Storm. With an evil pirate mage named Jhaeros determined to claim the rare dragon for himself, the two must learn to trust in each other as they team up with a shifty pirate captain and her crew, stand together against impossible odds, and embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Date Published:2024

In a world in the clouds where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy named Remy finds a wild baby dragonâ€”believed to be extinctâ€”and becomes the focus of an evil pirate's vengeance. REMY spends his days trying to survive the mean streets of Cutthroat Wedgeâ€”one of the many islands floating in the gravitational pull of the magical Maelstrom raging below. But his life changes forever when a violent storm brings a baby dragon to his doorstep, and he feels a bond he has never felt with anyone. Remy names the dragon Storm and vows to protect this new friend, no matter the cost. GEM longs for the day when she call herself a true mage. That is, if she can convince her teachers and peers that just because she's a princess doesn't mean she's lazy and spoiled. But when Gem learns that the floating islands that make up her kingdom are rapidly sinking into the Maelstrom, she makes it her mission to save her world. Against the king's wishes, she accesses forbidden research and discovers the secret to saving humanity may lie in a True Dragonâ€”a dragon capable of intelligent thought and able to cast and use magic. But True Dragons are extinct . . . aren't they? Remy's and Gem's lives will never be the same when their fates collide, thanks to Storm. With an evil pirate mage named Jhaeros determined to claim the rare dragon for himself, the two must learn to trust in each other as they team up with a shifty pirate captain and her crew, stand together against impossible odds, and embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

Date Published:2024

Marian Anderson : a voice uplifted /

Jones, Victoria Garrett.


Biography of the famous American contralto, perhaps best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Date Published:2008

The Comanche

De Capua, Sarah.


Who are the Comanche people? -- Life on the southern plains -- Comanche beliefs -- A changing world. Describes the Comanche people's history, their traditional way of life, their spiritual beliefs and customs, and their lives in the modern world.
Date Published:2007

The blind side : evolution of a game /

Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)


Back story -- The market for football players -- Crossing the line -- The blank slate -- Death of a lineman -- Inventing Michael -- The pasta coach -- Character courses -- Birth of a star -- The egg bowl -- Freak of nurture -- And Moses stuttered. Library Journal Starred, October 2006. Booklist starred, October 2006. Pub Weekly, August 2006. New York Times, November 2006. Details the life of University of Mississippi football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother and adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and explores the rising importance and salary of the offensive left tackle in the game of football.
Date Published:2006

Back story -- The market for football players -- Crossing the line -- The blank slate -- Death of a lineman -- Inventing Michael -- The pasta coach -- Character courses -- Birth of a star -- The egg bowl -- Freak of nurture -- And Moses stuttered. Library Journal Starred, October 2006. Booklist starred, October 2006. Pub Weekly, August 2006. New York Times, November 2006. Details the life of University of Mississippi football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother and adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and explores the rising importance and salary of the offensive left tackle in the game of football.

Date Published:2006

The Wright brothers

Crompton, Samuel Etinde.


Title from Web page (viewed on Dec. 12, 2008). Examines the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright, brothers who developed and flew the first powered airplane, and how their achievement impacted American history.
Date Published:2008

The little house

Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968.


Art techniques used: Black and white watercolor images with highlights and small details in color. A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.
Date Published:2009

Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire


Presents critical essays on Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.
Date Published:2005

Perseus

Harkins, Susan Sales.


A supernatural birth -- Out of the sea -- Perseus, the Gorgon slayer -- Andromeda's hero -- Perseus fulfills his fate. In the story of Perseus, the hero, rejected and feared by his grandfather, is cast into the sea with his mother to die. Fortunately for Perseus, fate has other plans for them.
Date Published:2008

Divided we fall

Reedy, Trent.


Title proper from title frame. School Library Journal, February 2014. Pub Weekly, November 2013. Booklist, January 2014. Kirkus Review, December 2013. Library Media Connection, October 2014. Danny Wright, seventeen, joined the Idaho Army National Guard to serve the country as his father had, but when the Guard is sent to an anti-government protest in Boise and Danny's gun accidently fires, he finds himself at the center of a conflict that results in the federal government declaring war on Idaho.
Date Published:2014

Title proper from title frame. School Library Journal, February 2014. Pub Weekly, November 2013. Booklist, January 2014. Kirkus Review, December 2013. Library Media Connection, October 2014. Danny Wright, seventeen, joined the Idaho Army National Guard to serve the country as his father had, but when the Guard is sent to an anti-government protest in Boise and Danny's gun accidently fires, he finds himself at the center of a conflict that results in the federal government declaring war on Idaho.

Date Published:2014

Defy me

Mafi, Tahereh.


Title proper from title frame. "Juliette Ferrars isn't who she thinks she is. Nothing in her world is what it seemed. She thought she'd finally defeated the Reestablishment. She thought she'd finally taken control of her life, her power, and her pain. But Juliette has only just begun to unravel a lifetime of lies, and she finds herself faced with a familiar choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior. This time, she's not alone. Stronger, braver, and more resilient than ever, Juliette will fight for life and love with her friends by her side--but first, she has to survive the war being waged against her mind: She has to remember who she was"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

Title proper from title frame. "Juliette Ferrars isn't who she thinks she is. Nothing in her world is what it seemed. She thought she'd finally defeated the Reestablishment. She thought she'd finally taken control of her life, her power, and her pain. But Juliette has only just begun to unravel a lifetime of lies, and she finds herself faced with a familiar choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior. This time, she's not alone. Stronger, braver, and more resilient than ever, Juliette will fight for life and love with her friends by her side--but first, she has to survive the war being waged against her mind: She has to remember who she was"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2019

Sons of destiny

Shan, Darren


As Darren faces the final showdown with his archenemy, Steve Leopard, he seeks a way to trick destiny and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become Lord of the Shadows, fated to destroy the world.
Date Published:2007

Looking at China

Powell, Jillian


Previously published: Great Britain : Franklin Watts, 2006. Includes index. Where is China? -- The landscape -- Weather and seasons -- Chinese people -- Family and school -- Country life -- City life -- Chinese houses -- Chinese food -- At work -- Having fun -- China: the facts. Describes the landscape, climate, country and city life, schools, homes, and food of China, and includes a glossary and fact list.
Date Published:2008

Previously published: Great Britain : Franklin Watts, 2006. Includes index. Where is China? -- The landscape -- Weather and seasons -- Chinese people -- Family and school -- Country life -- City life -- Chinese houses -- Chinese food -- At work -- Having fun -- China: the facts. Describes the landscape, climate, country and city life, schools, homes, and food of China, and includes a glossary and fact list.

Date Published:2008

Maker of machines : a story about Eli Whitney /

Mitchell, Barbara, 1941-


Boy with an idea -- Machines, machines -- It's got teeth -- Calamity after calamity -- Muskets for America -- Man of ideas. Horn Book, October 2004. Looks at the life and accomplishments of Eli Whitney, the eighteenth-century inventor who revolutionized cotton production in the South with his creation of the cotton gin, and who later designed machines for the mass production of muskets.
Date Published:2004

The Silk Road : using a map scale to measure distances /

Levy, Janey.


Includes index. Describes the history of the Silk Road, providing color maps and illustrations, and shows how to find distances using map scales and multiplication.
Date Published:2005