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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It began in Boston, with angry colonists objecting to the tyranny of a king who ruled from an ocean away. It was voiced by patriots such as Sam Adams and Patrick Henry and echoed by citizens from New England all the way to the Carolinas. It was fought by many -- colonists and patriots, Loyalists and slaves, Frontiersmen and Indians, British and French soldiers. Over more than ten years, sides were taken, guns drawn, lives lost. But through it all,...
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Describes the Boston Tea Party, including the events leading up to the party, its immediate effects on American-British relations, and why it is still an important event today.
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Language
English
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"Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets-- a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir. But all that changes when one of the recipients, Mrs. Symmington, commits suicide. Her final note says 'I can't go on,' but Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict of suicide. Soon nobody is sure of anyone-- as secrets stop being shameful and start becoming deadly."--P. [4] of cover.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War - and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin apparently lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime - and Russia itself - at risk of destruction. Why? Drawing on over 25 years' experience as a correspondent in Moscow, as well as his own family ties to Russia and Ukraine, journalist...
10) Pandemic
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Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the cutting-edge world of gene modification in this pulse-pounding new medical thriller. When an unidentified, seemingly healthy young woman collapses suddenly on the New York City subway and dies upon reaching the hospital, her case is an eerie reminder for veteran medical examiner Jack Stapleton of the 1918 flu pandemic. Fearful of a repeat on the one hundredth anniversary of the...
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Americans know about the Boston Tea Party and "the shot heard 'round the world," but sixteen months divided these two iconic events, a period that has nearly been lost to history. The Spirit of '74 fills in this gap in our nation's founding narrative, showing how in these mislaid months, step by step, real people made a revolution. After the Tea Party, Parliament not only shut down a port but also revoked the sacred Massachusetts charter. Completely...
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Series
Lexile measure
AD 480L
Language
English
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"Set the children in your life on a lifelong path to learning with the next installment of the Baby University board book series. Full of scientific information, this is the perfect book to teach complex concepts in a simple, engaging way. Germ Theory for Babies is a colorfully simple introduction for youngsters (and grownups!) to what germs are, how they spread, and how we can keep ourselves and others healthy. It's never too early to become a scientist!"--...
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Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
This title examines the political upheavals, imperialist ambitions, militaristic governments, and tangled alliances that led to World War I. Compelling narrative text and well-chosen historical photographs and primary sources make this book perfect for report writing. Features include a glossary, a selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
14) Boston Tea Party
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Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The legend of the Boston Tea Party is a familiar tale, but the story leading up to it goes beyond the drama of that one night. This unique take on the event gets to the root of the story as this prelude to the Revolutionary War unfolds. Full-color illustrations.
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2015.
Language
English
Description
Few Americans know that the Revolutionary War did not begin with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 but over a year earlier in April 1775. Beck draws on previously unpublished documents to tell the full story of the war before American independence-from both sides.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This history examines the Six-Day War, its causes, and its enduring consequences against its global context. One fateful week in June 1967 redrew the map of the Middle East. Many scholars have documented how the Six-Day War unfolded, but little has been done to explain why the conflict happened at all. As we approach its fiftieth anniversary, Guy Laron refutes the widely accepted belief that the war was merely the result of regional friction, revealing...
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Language
English
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Description
Goodheart (Washington College, Maryland) and some of his students found an attic full of family papers spanning 13 generations of the owners' family, and among those papers was a bundle of documents tied up with a ribbon and labeled "1861." Those documents inspired his curiosity regarding what ordinary citizens and national leaders were thinking and how they were reacting to the shattering events that were unfolding. This study brings those questions...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Examines the historical background in the Civil War of the famous speech made during the dedication of the new national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the impact it had on the United States throughout the years.
Author
Language
English
Description
"It comforts us to believe that the Holocaust was a unique event. But as Timothy Snyder shows, we have missed basic lessons of the history of the Holocaust, and some of our beliefs are frighteningly close to the ecological panic that Hitler expressed in the 1920s. As ideological and environmental challenges to the world order mount, our societies might be more vulnerable than we would like to think." --Publisher's description.
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