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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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"The University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the nine boys, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what beating the odds really meant. They defeated elite rivals from California and eastern schools to earn the right to compete against the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic Games in Berlin....
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"American higher education is in crisis-- costs continue to climb skyward while public funding is in decline. In response, university administrators have aimed to enrich their campuses and the surrounding areas with amenities to attract students and faculty, especially in urban areas where students can explore cities from the safety of the ivory tower. But what, then, becomes of the communities and cultures surrounding these campuses?... Historian...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Voter suppression has plagued America since its inception, and so has the issue of identity-who is really American and what that means. When tied together, as they are in our modern politics, citizens are harmed in overt, subtle, and even personal ways. Stacey Abrams experienced the effects firsthand, running one of the most unconventional races in modern politics as the Democratic nominee for the governorship in Georgia and the first black woman...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Counterpoint edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"With Dark Carnivals, author W. Scott Poole, an expert in horror and its impact on American history, reveals how the horror genre as a way of seeing the world has become one of the most incisive critiques of America and its history and influence around the globe"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting historical drama that tells the story of the first rape trial on record in American history and the fault lines of class privilege and gender bias that it exposed, showing how much has changed over two centuries and how much has not"--
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the origins, evolution, legacy, and impact of paranoia in American politics and culture by discussing five conspiracy narratives that keep recurring throughout history.
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
viii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. Exploring how this troubled memory works in Vietnam, the United States, Laos, Cambodia, and South Korea, the book deals specifically with the Vietnam War and also war in general. He reveals how war is a part of our identity, as individuals and as citizens of nations armed to the teeth. Venturing through literature, film, monuments, memorials, museums, and landscapes...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the industrial revolution in the United States, as society changed from reliance on agriculture and trade to modern manufacture.
110) Climate change
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
48 pages : 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ninety-seven percent of actively publishing climate scientists agree that human behavior is changing the climate of our planet. What are the effects of this change, and what should humanity's next move be? This book breaks down the complexity of this highly relevant topic into an accessible language level while providing content interesting and relevant to high school aged readers. It covers different perspectives of the effects of climate change...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
viii, 337 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Vienna. 1936. Three young friends--Leo, Elsa, and Max--spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that events will soon mean that they are ripped apart from each other as their lives take very different directions... Inspired by a true story, this is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is heartbreaking and shows the bonds of love, family and friendship allow glimmers of hope...
114) There is a rainbow
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In a time of pandemic, two children try to navigate social distancing, distance learning, and the other challenges of 2020, with the help of family, friends, and the rainbow that unites them.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Shannon, Wally, and John built their lives around their place of work. Shannon, a white single mother, became the first woman to run the factory's dangerous furnaces at the Rexnord manufacturing plant in Indianapolis and was proud of producing one of the world's top brands of steel bearings. Wally, a black man known for his initiative and kindness, was promoted to become chairman of efficiency, one of the most coveted posts on the factory floor,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 493 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Identifying the reasons why the U.S. was so underprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, a former FDA commissioner and current contributor to CNBC presents an essential inside account of one of the most tragic, and preventable, failures in American history.
"Physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb asks: Has America's COVID-19 catastrophe taught us anything? ... [H]e shows how the coronavirus and its variants were able to trounce America's...
Author
Language
English
Description
Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material. Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack...
