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CPB grades 4-8. Captured history sportsAdler, Laure.
Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLLevinson, Cynthia
Summary: Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this picture book that proves you're never too little to make a difference. Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham's segregation laws, she spoke up. As she listened to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HENDRICKS LEVSummary: This book is a unique and groundbreaking visual celebration of Christmas, a joyous religious and cultural occasion observed by billions of people around the world. The origins of Christmas are in the Christian observance of the birth of Christ on 25 December and, since the early 20th century, it has become a secular holiday with a myriad decorations, rituals, and themes.00Key themes covered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Inc. 2023
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 394.2663 CHRWels, Susan.
Summary: Profiles the life of Amelia Earhart, including her historic career as a pilot and the latest information on her disappearance while flying over the Pacific in 1937.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EARHART, AMELIA WELSummary: "Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.7 DAWBurgan, Michael
Summary: Discusses the life of the famous African American track and field star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Hist Sport BurganKahn, Lloyd
Summary: Presents a guide to homemade shelter, featuring images and ideas culled from across the globe, and includes bottle homes in the Nevada desert, tree houses on the South China Sea, and Japanese stilt houses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shelter Publications 2004