Weintraub, Aileen

Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018

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Tisby, Jemar

Summary: "Racism and social justice are important topics kids are dealing with today. In this adaptation of How to Fight Racism for young readers ages 8-12, Dr. Jemar Tisby helps kids understand how everyday prejudice affects them and what they can do to create social change. Inside, he explains the history of racism in America and why it is so prevalent, as well as uses Christian principles to provide...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2022

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Cosby, Bill

Summary: Addressing the problems facing many African American communities, this book attempts to encourage people to move forward in their lives by overcoming feelings of low self-esteem, fearfulness, and anger.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2007

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Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk.

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1995

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Steil, Benn

Summary: Traces the history of the Marshall Plan and the efforts to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism during a two-year period that saw the collapse of postwar U.S.-Soviet relations and the beginning of the Cold War.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

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Stent, Angela

Summary: "An analysis of Putin's Russia and how Russians perceive their place in the modern world"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2019

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Steves, Rick

Summary: From the top of the Eiffel Tower to the ancient catacombs below the city, explore Paris at every level with Rick Steves!

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2019

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Steves, Rick

Summary: A series of self-guided tours around the city of Rome including the Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica, and the ancient ruins.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, an imprint of Perseus Books 2017

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Mumby, Hannah

Summary: The international ecologist and conservation scientist presents an eye-opening species analysis that celebrates the personality, intelligence and rich emotional life of the elephant and explains why humans need to rethink approaches to its care and conservation.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Ousby, Ian

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2002

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Stuever, Hank.

Summary: In "Tinsel," Hank Stuever turns his unerring eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life to Frisco, Texas, a suburb at once all-American and completely itself, to tell the story of the nation's most over-the-top celebration: Christmas.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009

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Kummer, Corby.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chapters Pub. 1995

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Otele, Olivette

Summary: Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in African Europeans, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a long history of Europeans of African descent. From the third century, when the Egyptian Saint Maurice became the leader of a Roman legion, all the way up to the present, Otele explores encounters between those defined as "Africans"...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021

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Moser, Benjamin

Summary: "Benjamin Moser's Sontag, a biography of Susan Sontag, is a portrait of the iconoclastic and prolific essayist, novelist, and critic and her role in the history of American intellectualism" --

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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Shere, Jeremy.

Summary: An entertaining and informative guide to where renewable energy has been, where it is today, and where it's heading.

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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013

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Steyn, Mark.

Contents: Prologue: the stupidity of broke -- The new Rome: the decaying city -- Undreaming America: serfing USA -- The new Athens: the drowning city -- Decline: American idyll -- The new Britannia: the depraved city -- Fall: beyond the green zone -- The new Jerusalem: the city besieged -- After: a letter from the post-American world -- Epilogue: the hope of audacity.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2011

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Tisby, Jemar

Summary: "A handbook for fighting racism that provides readers with practical tools and suggestions, along with real-world examples of change, to enable them to become proactive initiators of racial justice"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Reflective 2021

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Finamore, Roy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2001

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Moss, Candida R.

Summary: Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded as a Christian nation, based on a "biblical worldview." But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. The billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby, a huge nationwide chain of craft stores, the Greens came to national attention in 2014 after successfully suing the federal government...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2017

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