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1) Becoming
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon took her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton,...
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Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters of history....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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He was called the Hangman of the Gestapo, the "butcher of Prague," with a reputation as a ruthlessly efficient killer. He was the head of the SS, and the Gestapo, second in command to Heinrich Himmler. His orders set in motion the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938 and, as the lead planner of Hitler's Final Solution, he chaired the Wannsee Conference, at which details of the murder of millions of Jews across Nazi-occupied Europe were toasted with cognac.
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Author
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
If falling in love is the peak of human experience, then marriage is the slow descent down that mountain, on a trail built from conflict, compromise, and nagging doubts. Considering the limited economic advantages to marriage, the deluge of other mate options a swipe away, and the fact that almost half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce anyway, why do so many of us still chain ourselves to one human being for life?
In Foreverland,...
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English
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"Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...
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Series
Language
English
Description
When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880–1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps - with the help of her inspired and inspiring teacher, Anne Sullivan - is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller's classic autobiography detailing the first 22 years of...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
413 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Grant Wacker's interpretive study deepens our understanding of why Billy Graham has mattered so much to so many in this biography of America's most famous evangelist.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mormonism is America's largest and most native religion, and the assassination of Joseph Smith is one of its transformational events that propelled the Mormons to colonize the American West and claim their place in the mainstream of American history. 'American Crucifixion' is a story of scandal and violence, with deep roots in our national identity.
13) Bossypants
Author
Language
English
Description
The breakout star of "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" gives a humorous account of her life, as well as behind-the-scenes stories from her hit shows.
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Language
English
Formats
Description
The remarkable response of the Amish Community to the horrific shooting of ten schoolgirls at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, in October 2006 stunned the larger world. Amish Grace tells the incredible story of this community's reaction to this senseless shooting and explores its profoundly countercultural practice of forgiveness. Outsiders often hold a stereotypical view of the Amish as a stubbornly backwards people—a view rooted In the picturesque...
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Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of 'blonde bombshell' Marilyn Monroe, whose film career and persona have remained legendary despite her premature death 50 years ago.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and the path we must take to both honor and overcome our origins. For as long as she could remember, Ashley has put her father on a pedestal. Despite having only vague memories of seeing him face-to-face, she believes he's the only person in the entire world who...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad's fast-food joint that one day he'd be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he'd be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might've asked, "You want fries with that?" John burst onto the scene in General Hospital, propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place that's often a point of no return. But Stamos beat the...
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Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties, with the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation.