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Language
English
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John chronicles his life and work, from the start up years at Microsoft to his life-changing decision to leave, and includes the methods he uses to manage Room to Read with "the efficiency of General Electric and the compassion of Mother Teresa." Woods, story is an uncommon and instructive primer on creating success on your own terms, and an inspiration for changing the world.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties -- the Jazz Age -- has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed author Kent Nerburn creates an incisive character study of a Native American elder, against the unflinching backdrop of contemporary reservation life and the majestic spaces of the western Dakotas. Nerburn draws us deep into the world of this elder, identified only as Dan, as we journey to where the vast Dakota skies overtake us and the whisperings of the wind speak of ancestral voices. As this spellbinding story unfolds, Dan speaks eloquently...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family's extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for The Washington Post When Wayne and Kelly Maines adopted identical twin boys, they thought their lives were complete. But it wasn't long before they noticed a marked difference between Jonas and his brother,...
Author
Series
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the "old ones" still have powers beyond our understanding. In this latest narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Ojibwe, where we encounter a strange little girl with an unnerving connection to the past, a forgotten asylum that history has tried to hide, and the complex,...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
With the ardent tone of a close friend, Barbara Seaman draws on forty years of journalistic research to expose the "menopause industry" and shows how estrogen therapy often causes more problems-including breast cancer, heart attack, and stroke-than it cures. The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women tracks the well-intentioned discovery of synthetic estrogen through the unconscionable and misleading promotion of a dangerous drug.
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Language
English
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Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.
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Language
English
Description
"Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Nation faced arrest for leaving the U.S. government's reservation, without its permission, for the love of his son and his people. Standing Bear fought for his freedom not through armed resistance but with bold action, strong testimony, and heartfelt eloquence. He knew he and his people had suffered a great injustice. Standing Bear wanted the right to live and die with his family on the beloved land of his Ponca ancestors,...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From handwritten letters to typed text messages, this carefully leveled text compares and contrasts communication of the past to communication of the present! Colorful photographs engage young readers, while age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction-learning skills.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Catch : King Solomon's baby ; Eye of the beholder ; Timing is anything ; Drugs in the system ; Catch as catch can. -- Hold : Surge control ; Chutes and ladders and chutes ; Arrested in development ; Taking agency ; Homespun. -- Release : Fantasy islands ; There's something about Mary ; Experiment ; Touching the elephant ; Last call.
This work is a look at the foster care system that examines why it is failing the kids it is supposed to protect...
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet Hex. She's a fairy-tale witch! Hex has magic powers. She likes to fly around and play tricks on people. But don't worry. Hex is not real. She's one of the monsters you meet in stories. She just wants to tell you about fairy-tale witches. Learn how a witch scares villagers. Meet different kinds of witches around the world. And find out where witch tales come from. You'll have a creepy time with this monster buddy!
12) Vote!
Author
Publisher
Clarion
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using a campaign for mayor as an example, shows the steps involved in an election, from the candidate's speeches and rallies, to the voting booth where every vote counts, to the announcement of the winner.
13) President
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Junior
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Where the president works and what he or she does are two of the important questions that are answered in this title. Readers will learn other basic information about the job of the presidency with the simple text and fun photographs that this title has to offer. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Using poetry and prose, this book relives many of the familiar games of childhood and invites young readers to join along in playing Kick the Can, Monkey in the Middle, and Double Dutch jump rope. Origins of the games are also included"--Provided by publisher.
15) Valentine's Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the holiday, discussing the ways in which it is celebrated.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestseller about a young black man's journey from violence and despair to the threshold of stardom: "A beautiful tribute to the power of good teachers" (Terry Gross, Fresh Air).
"One of the most inspiring stories I've come across in a long time."-Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review
Ryan Speedo Green had a tough upbringing in southeastern Virginia: his family lived in a trailer park and later a bullet-riddled...
"One of the most inspiring stories I've come across in a long time."-Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review
Ryan Speedo Green had a tough upbringing in southeastern Virginia: his family lived in a trailer park and later a bullet-riddled...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching, funny, and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boardingschool mysteries, the dark confines of sweat lodges, and isolated Native homesteads far back in the Dakota hills in search of ghosts that have haunted Dan since childhood....
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Navy (how the Navy keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Readers will love the exciting full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Army (how the Army keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Readers will love the exciting full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
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