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Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
This all-encompassing investigation of a highly influential time period includes the major events of the era and informative discussion of empire, papacy, the Crusades, and the fall of Constantinople. During the course of these lectures, Professor Madden also addresses the rise of Islam, reform movements, and schisms in the church. In so doing, Professor Madden underscores the significance and grand scale of an age that continues to hold an undeniable...
2) Uprising
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lidia's life is forever changed by the Nazi occupation of Poland, leading her to join the resistance movement to fight against the Nazis and aid Jewish people in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.
6) Escape
Author
Series
Asian saga volume 7
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Tehran, Iran 1979: Simmering religious tensions explode and the Shah is forced to flee Iran. A British helicopter company--secretly owned by the Noble House of Hong Kong--with a fleet of helicopters registered in Iran faces bankruptcy if their copters are claimed or destroyed by the uprising. The pilots need to escape, but they've built lives in Iran, some even have families. Finnish pilot Erikki Yokkonen has married Azadeh, an Iranian woman of noble...
Author
Publisher
becker&mayer!kids, an imprint of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate the greatest baseball players of all time, their major historical moments, and their love for the game with this illustrated collection of true baseball stories for kids. Officially licensed with the Hall of Fame, Out of the Park! follows the incredible careers and lives of your favorite ballplayers, from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter. Organized by key aspects of the game, each chapter features biographical snapshots of four players who excelled...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The story of Andrée Geulen and Ida Sterno, who worked with the Committee for the Defense of Jews to hide more than three thousand Jewish children in Belgium during World War II"--
"Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. ... Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In this compelling series of lectures on literary journalism, Professor William McKeen delves into the origins of storytelling, the nature of literary journalism, and the ways in which literary journalism has affected culture and modes of expression. As Professor McKeen takes listeners back to the Second World War and progresses through the history of literary journalism to the present, he introduces such intriguing-and sometimes notorious-writers...
12) Werewolves
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title introduces werewolves by looking at their histories, the culture or cultures they come from, what they symbolized, and how they are shown today. Back matter shows modern werewolves that kids might recognize, like Rahne Sinclair from Marvel comics, and explains how they are based in mythology. Complete with historical photographs and full color images"--Amazon.com.
13) Unicorns
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title introduces unicorns by looking at their histories, the culture or cultures they come from, what they symbolized, and how they represented in current times. Back matter shows other . . . mythological creatures, like fauns and centaurs, and the cultures they come from"--Provided by publisher.
15) Elves
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title introduces elves by looking at their histories, the culture or cultures they come from, what they symbolized, and how they are represented in current times. Back matter shows modern elves that kids might recognize, like Dobby from Harry Potter, and explains how they are based in mythology"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Summer 1939. Harry, a translator at the British Embassy in Warsaw, is falling in love with Polish waitress Kasia. When German tanks roll into Poland, and Britain declares war on Germany, Harry and Kasia face terrible choices. With her life in grave danger, can Harry help her, and if he can, how will he ever explain himself to Lois Bennett, the girl he left behind in Manchester?
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady's role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative-from a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Since the Clinton era, tectonic shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of First Ladies, even as the boundaries set upon them have at...
19) Island witch
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father's craft have turned on the family. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise. Now someone--or something--is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara's father's...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The Great returns in Season Two from Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Tony McNamara (The Favourite). Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own- but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it's nothing compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn't want to be. She'll battle her court, her team, even her own mother in a bid to bring the Enlightenment to Russia.
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