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Claudette Colvin
Twice Toward Justice (Newbery Honor Book; National Book Award Winner)
Häftad, 2010
184 kr
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER AND NEWBERY HONOR BOOK ● Before Rosa Parks, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Read the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure in this multi-award winning, mega-selling biography from the incomparable Phillip Hoose. “When it …
Churchill Club
Inbunden, 2015
297 kr
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At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery …
Race to Save the Lord God Bird
E-bok, 2014
208 kr
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The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a legendary bird, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and of those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort, save it. A powerful saga that sweeps through two hundred years of history, it …
Boys Who Challenged Hitler
Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
E-bok, 2015
211 kr
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At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation''s leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery …
Moonbird
A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
Inbunden, 2012
376 kr
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B95 can feel it: a stirring in his bones and feathers. It's time. Today is the day he will once again cast himself into the air, spiral upward into the clouds, and bank into the wind. He wears a black band on his lower right leg and an orange flag on his upper left, bearing the laser inscription …
Unbeatable
How Crispus Attucks Basketball Broke Racial Barriers and Jolted the World
E-bok, 2018
152 kr
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Attucks! is true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose. By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten teens from an Indianapolis school meant to …
Duet
Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird
E-bok, 2022
202 kr
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The story of the impactful partnership between humans and mockingbirds, both scientifically and culturally over the centuries, written for young adults by award-winning nonfiction powerhouse Phil Hoose. The Northern mockingbird’s brilliant song—a loud, bright, liquid sampling of musical notes and …
Story of Travel in 50 Vehicles
From Shoes to Space Shuttles
Häftad, 2019
161 kr
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From the first foot migration out of Africa to the Model T Ford, hot air balloons, submarines, rickshaws, and moon rockets, humans have combined imagination, daring, and scientific and technical knowledge to improve existing vehicles or create new ones. Geography, culture, and available …
Story of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes
From the Trojan Horse to Fake Tech Support
Häftad, 2019
174 kr
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The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions—making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one—but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and …
Story of Civilization in 50 Disasters
From the Minoan Volcano to Climate Change
Häftad, 2019
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
174 kr
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Civilization rearranges nature for human convenience. Clothes and houses keep us warm; agriculture feeds us; medicine fights our diseases. It all works—most of the time. But key resources lie in the most hazardous places, so we choose to live on river flood plains, on the slopes of volcanoes, at …
Unbeatable
How Crispus Attucks Basketball Broke Racial Barriers and Jolted the World
Häftad, 2022
241 kr
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The true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana.
Claudette Colvin
Twice Toward Justice (Newbery Honor Book; National Book Award Winner)
E-bok, 2009
162 kr
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER AND NEWBERY HONOR BOOK ● Before Rosa Parks, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Read the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure in this multi-award winning, mega-selling biography from the incomparable Phillip Hoose. “When it …
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Ljudbok, 2009
460 kr
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"When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can''t sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, ''This is not right.''" - Claudette Colvin On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white …
Moonbird
A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
E-bok, 2014
215 kr
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B95 can feel it: a stirring in his bones and feathers. It''s time. Today is the day he will once again cast himself into the air, spiral upward into the clouds, and bank into the wind. He wears a black band on his lower right leg and an orange flag on his upper left, bearing the laser inscription …
Hey, Little Ant
Av Phillip Hoose, Hannah Hoose
Inbunden, 1998
192 kr
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The perfect tool to help inspire compassion in our world’s youth.” —Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist A hilarious picture book that poses the eternal question: To squish or not to squish? With a meaningful message about the importance of caring for creatures big and small, this is a …
History of Civilization in 50 Disasters
Inbunden, 2015
224 kr
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Civilization rearranges nature for human convenience. Clothes and houses keep us warm; agriculture feeds us; medicine fights our diseases. It all works—most of the time. But key resources lie in the most hazardous places, so we choose to live on river flood plains, on the slopes of volcanoes, at …
History of Travel in 50 Vehicles
Inbunden, 2016
242 kr
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The story of travel is the human story. From the first migrations out of Africa on weary feet to horses, camels, rafts, chariots, steamships, trains, hot air balloons, cars, submarines, and moon rockets, humans have combined imagination, daring, and technical brilliance to create new vehicles and …
History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes
Inbunden, 2016
242 kr
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The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions—making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one—but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and …
History of Civilization in 50 Disasters
Häftad, 2015
152 kr
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Civilization rearranges nature for human convenience. Clothes and houses keep us warm; agriculture feeds us; medicine fights our diseases. It all works—most of the time. But key resources lie in the most hazardous places, so we choose to live on river flood plains, on the slopes of volcanoes, at …
