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As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and any sort of machinery they could get their hands on. As adults, the brothers worked together to invent, build, and fly the world’s first successful airplane. This is the fascinating story of the two inventors and aviation pioneers who...
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What would the world be like without Christians? What if morality, forgiveness and hope became lost concepts? What would replace them?
Carter has his assignment. If he can find out how an entire group of people can just disappear, maybe the Reformers can make other groups of undesirables disappear, too. Then suddenly his search for answers is disrupted when a solar flare knocks out the power grid. As he battles food shortages and violence, he comes...
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An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's friendship, and an insiders' view of Pam Beesly, Angela Martin, and the unforgettable cast of the hit series' iconic characters. Featuring many never-before-seen photos.
Receptionist Pam Beesly and accountant Angela Martin had very little in common when they toiled together at Scranton's Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. But,...
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My mission for every person that reads this book is for them to "be" better and to "do" better. We will never be "perfect" but that doesn't mean to not try to become the best person that we can be. We all are God's children and he wants to use us in countless ways for His kingdom. This book includes awakening, impactful words that will cause you to self-examine yourself. How are you thinking? What are you feeling? What does your actions say about...
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The general proposition that the social organization of the Indo-Aryans was based on the theory of Chaturvarnya and that Chaturvarnya means division of society into four classes-Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (soldiers),Vaishyas (traders) and Shudras (menials) does not convey any idea of the real nature of the problem of the Shudras nor of its magnitude. Chaturvarnya would have been a very innocent principle if it meant no more than mere division...
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"In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their mission, the fledgling Georgetown University. Journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns has broken new ground with her prodigious research into a history that the Catholic Church has edited out of its own narrative. Beginning in the present, when two descendants of a family enslaved by the church reconnect, Swarns follows their ancestors...
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Who Were the Mound Builders? is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English and Language Arts, addressing Literacy.
RI.3.9 and Literacy.
L.3.1c. Readers learn about the Native Americans who constructed mounds throughout the U.S., depicted in full-page color photographs accompanied by narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "The Native American Mound Builders" (9781477726587) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers...
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A wide range of personal experiences are covered in the seventeen chapters of this book. All the stories are written by the participants who describe exactly what happened to them while they fought in the greatest battles of the First World War. What makes them special is that their stories were written while the images were fresh in their minds. The experiences recorded are those of civilians, officers and men, in the mud of the Western Front, in...
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This is a compelling book for lovers of sea and air stories from the Great War era. In the thirteen stories told by the participants, many of whom were decorated for bravery, they describe their experiences of events: stories of luck, tenacity, courage, extreme danger, excitement and bravery. Also included are photographs to help set the scene for the vignettes and details of the authors' lives where possible. Seven stories detail the war at sea,...
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Great question, and this book holds the answer! People shape history. The decisions of key players triggered events that affected millions of people, either for the better or for the worst. In this ancient history book for 5th graders, we will be tackling who the Franks were and what contributions they made to society.
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The Anglo-Saxons may have lived on Earth thousands of years ago, in times when there weren't any books or papers to record their thoughts. And yet, we know so much about them thanks to the clues they have left behind. Get to meet the Anglo-Saxons in the pages of this educational picture book for fifth graders.
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When Ms. Macko watched the news about thousands of illegal immigrants entering the US from Mexico, she suddenly remembered something she had not thought about in over seventy years. After World War II, millions of people just walked into the country. Many were from Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and dozens of small countries that made up the East Bloc. The German government faced a huge "housing shortage." And, what was...
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Did you know that the Barbarians of Ancient Rome were not cruel, war-hungry people? In Ancient Rome, Barbarians were people who did not speak Latin and were not citizens of Rome. Since they were isolated and not welcomed by Romans, these Barbarians hated Rome. Later on, some of them would do actions that would forever change history. Let's learn more about them.
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You Won't Catch These Girls Dancing! Twelve Terribly Active Princesses who were not Exactly Dancing is a "fractured fairy tale" that imagines what would happen in the twelve dancing princesses were actually sneaking into a fairy world in order to play baseball. In this fun and beautifully illustrated story, the 12 Princesses take their baseball skills to the next level when an unassuming young field manager stumbles on to their secret. This fairy...
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Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women. Between 1939 and 1945, it was the site of murder by slave labor, torture, starvation, shooting, lethal injection, medical experimentation, and gassing. In its six-year history, 132,000 women from twenty-seven countries were imprisoned in Ravensbrück. Only about 15,000 in all survived.
Jewish Women Prisoners of Ravensbrück reclaims the lost identities of these victims. Together with...
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With its futuristic and unmistakable design, the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk, the so-called 'Stealth Fighter', was the wonder of the age. Virtually undetectable by radar, this ground-attack aircraft could slip unseen through enemy defences to deliver its deadly payload on unsuspecting targets. Its effectiveness had been well demonstrated during the Gulf War of 1991, during which the F-117A achieved almost legendary status. But, at 20.42 hours on 27...
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