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"I've written this book in hopes that its stories--and the incredible people they're about--will pull our country closer together through a shared history of the American West. In its own way the Wild West was a melting post every bit as much as the cities of the East Coast--and maybe even more so. While the American cowboy is, deservedly, a cultural icon and part of our national mythology, what many people don't know, is that a significant percentage...
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"Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp -- Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, and under the cruelest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying...
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"Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characterswith and without capes. Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your...
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Biography of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland follows her from her childhood in 1950s Virginia through her high school and college years, when she joined the Civil Rights Movement, attending demonstrations and sit-ins. She also participated in the Freedom Rides of 1961 and was arrested and imprisoned. Her life has been spent standing up for human rights.
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Profiles twenty women and girls who made notable contributions during the American Revolution as spies, soldiers, nurses, water carriers, fundraisers, writers, couriers, and more. Includes excerpts from primary source documents, contextualizing sidebars, images, and source notes.
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Adapted for young readers from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II while facing discrimination at home. Perfect for readers of The Boys in the Boat. After the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese Americans became the subject of racism and discrimination within the United...
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Kim Schneiderman gives us powerful guidance for changing our life's story by stepping out of it and rewriting it. Oftentimes when people are suffering, it's because they can't make sense of their unfolding life story. Writing in the third person and making ourselves the hero or heroine of our story will give us surprising insight into the character development that is the goal of every challenge. We can literally re-write a scene with ourselves as...
12) Forgotten Heroes: Untold Stories of the Extraordinary World War II - Courage, Survival, Resistance
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This is a short and Untold Stories of the Extraordinary World War II - Courage, Survival, Resistance and Rescue Mission.
As a guide to understanding the enormity of the impact of the war, there were more than 16 million Americans who served in World War II. There were 60 other countries also involved in the war. Many of the heroes were not recognized in their lifetimes and some ended in lessened circumstances or torture and death because of their...
13) A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Fought the Nazis' Greatest Crime
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Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940:
Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp - Auschwitz.
Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying...
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Be inspired by the courage of this hard-working Southland farmer who led the First Commando Fiji Guerrillas in World War II.
My parents were an exceptional couple. Their characters and influence in the local community, the farming world and in a much wider sphere were significant. My father's contribution to the war effort in the Solomon Islands, and the well-deserved Silver Star awarded to him by the Americans is a unique story that you will not...
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Adapted for young listeners from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II while facing discrimination at home. Perfect for listeners of The Boys in the Boat. After the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese Americans became the subject of racism and discrimination within the United...
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From its first appearance in the late 1970s to the remarkable treatment methods that are now keeping millions alive, AIDS has been a headlining topic for decades. Master storyteller Dominique Lapierre - renowned for his best sellers Is Paris Burning? and The City of Joy - has created his most extraordinary epic of human endeavor. In this dramatic, inspiring, and tender work, the author recounts the worldwide efforts to identify, control, and eventually...
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"It's hard to be lonely, isn't it? To miss someone who should be here?"
Jodi Stuber wasn't looking for another horse for her struggling therapy ranch - let alone one like Solomon. After losing his herd, he was solitary and sad, spending his days standing near the plastic deer in his yard for company. No stranger herself to loss and heartache, Jodi knew she had to give Solomon a home.
The road to recovery wouldn't be easy. As Solomon struggled to...
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In March 2005, Ashley Smith made headlines around the globe when she miraculously talked her way out of the hands of alleged courthouse killer Brian Nichols after he took her hostage for seven hours in her suburban Atlanta apartment. In this moving, inspirational account, the twenty-seven-year-old widowed mother of a six-year-old girl shares for the first time the little-known details of her traumatic ordeal and expands on how her faith and the bestselling...
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Hi, I'm Branden. That is me on the cover. Yes, I have a boy's name, a Mom bod, and the tattoos are not photo shopped. Once upon a time I realized we all have a story, we all have a struggle and happiness is relative. I am not cynical or hardened, I am just stating the facts. Here's the deal: Prince Charming doesn't exist. Fairy Godmother is drunk. Glass slippers don't come 2 day prime shipping from Amazon. There is no magic fairytale, but if YOU work...