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ean: 9781721309320, isbn: 1721309322,

As a fourteen-year-old, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. At sixteen, he was hustling tips at a Boston nightclub. In Harlem, he was known as Detroit Red, a slick street operator. At nineteen, he was back in Boston, ...

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ean: 9781978644694, isbn: 1978644698,

A powerful fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston’s childhood adventures explores the idea of collective memory and the lingering effects of slavery.“History ain’t in a book, especially when it comes to folks like us. History is in the liv...

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ean: 9781455805518, isbn: 1455805513,

The Library of American Lives and Times™ Biographies For Grades 4-8 Correlated to the Curriculum Extend the learning through this new biography series. The Library of American Lives and Times use extensive primary resources as it brings American hi...

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ean: 9781576587478, isbn: 1576587479,

As Dietrich sang the German national anthem, he contemplated the devastation Hitler and the Nazis were perpetrating on Europe. Dietrich would do whatever he could to stop them, even if it meant pulling the trigger on the führer himself. He had thoug...

ean: 9781576588772, isbn: 1576588777,

Since she was young, Elisabeth Elliot had been intrigued by missionaries who gave up so much to tell others about God s love. With a passion to translate the Bible into new languages, she followed God's call to work among tribes in Ecuador, including...

ean: 9781974927920, isbn: 197492792X,

Rahab is an adventurous girl who enjoys playing with her siblings in the city of Jericho. Growing up, she makes a lot of bad choices, then desperately wants to change her life. When two Israelite spies come to Rahab's door, she bravely offers them a ...

ean: 9781974920266, isbn: 1974920267,

Throughout history, girls have often been discussed in terms of what they couldn't or shouldn't do. Not anymore. It's time for herstory-a celebration not only of what girls can do but also of the remarkable things women have already accomplished, eve...

ean: 9781576587508, isbn: 1576587509,

5:07:45 hrs (5 CDs). When he became God's smuggler, Brother Andrew was already familiar with risk. As a boy, the intrepid Andrew Van Der Bijl joined the Dutch Resistance against the Nazi occupation. As a young man, he fought eagerly in the Dutch East...

ean: 9781576587485, isbn: 1576587487,

"Do you mean to say you have no food for tomorrow?" the Egyptian man sputtered. "Well, yes," Lillian replied. The man exclaimed, "How awful! Will you be able to sleep tonight?" One of the orphan girls laughed out loud and said, "Why, Mama never has a...

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ean: 9781576587560, isbn: 1576587568,

Seven-year-old Nate Saint peered wide-eyed over the cockpit of his older brother Sam's Challenger biplane. The eastern Pennsylvania countryside was spread out neatly below him like a fine tablecloth. Nate was determined to remember every moment of th...

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ean: 9781423375371, isbn: 1423375378,

The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the...

ean: 9781974927852, isbn: 1974927857,

Deborah is an imaginative and perceptive young girl who makes good decisions in the heat of the moment. When she sees her village is about to be invaded by King Jabin and his general, Sisera, she bravely warns the people of danger, and everyone flees...

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ean: 9780553552799, isbn: 0553552791,

When superstar athlete Jim Thorpe and football legend Pop Warner met in 1904 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football," the...

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ean: 9781576587256, isbn: 1576587258,

Her worst nightmare had come true...; As improbable as it seemed, Gladys Aylward was certain God had called her to China as a missionary. But now, at age twenty-seven, she was being dismissed from missionary training school for failing her Bible clas...

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ean: 9781501264948, isbn: 150126494X,

The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the...

ean: 9781974927425, isbn: 1974927423,

Introduce children to the stories and characters of the Bible with this beloved Bible storybook. Now updated with vibrant new text and stories, more than ninety favorite Bible stories come to life, making The Beginner's Bible® the perfect starting...

ean: 9781576588789, isbn: 1576588785,

D.L. stood his ground against the angry father. "I broke the jug and poured out the whiskey for the good of yourself and your family." he said. "If I am to be thrashed, let me pray for you all before you do that."Seventeen-year-old Dwight Lyman Moody...

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sku: 9780761461357, mpn: colour illustrations, ean: 9780761461357, isbn: 0761461353,

One morning, while walking to an early church service, Juan Diego hears a voice calling, "Juanito! Juan Dieguito!" He comes face to face with the Virgin Mary! "I would like a shrine built on this hill", she tells him, and she instructs him to take he...

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ean: 9781520096971, isbn: 1520096976,

When most of us go for a walk, a single sense-sight- tends to dominate our experience. But when New York Times-bestselling author and expert navigator Tristan Gooley goes for a walk, he uses all five senses to read everything nature has to offer. A s...

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ean: 9781520087269, isbn: 1520087268,

Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and to brin...