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Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on--and writing passionately about--what it means to be an American. Now, with this collection of original essays, he reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to...
6) A hero born
Author
Series
Legends of the condor heroes volume I
Publisher
MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus
Pub. Date
2018c.
Language
English
Description
"China. The year is 1200. The Song Empire has been defeated in the north by invading Jurchen forces. Pushed further south, the empire is in danger of collapse and the Chinese population is furious. Now it falls to lone patriots trained in the martial arts to save China. Guo Jing's father was one such hero, killed in defence of his country. His mother was forced to flee to the edges of the empire, where Guo Jing was brought up fighting with Genghis...
Author
Publisher
Pleasant
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While volunteering as a magazine delivery girl in a convalescent hospital during the Second World War, Molly uncovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market.
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Most people would be surprised to learn that fewer than 12 of the 193 countries in the world today have a democratic government that has survived for more than fifty years. In this remarkable bestselling book, now in paperback, authors Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart examine seven miracles that changed the course of the world and paved the way for the freedoms of democratic government. The authors take actual historical events and skillfully weave
...Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Senator Rand Paul, leading national politician and 2016 Presidential candidate, presents his vision for America.
From his electrifying thirteen-hour filibuster against administration-orchestrated drone strikes against U.S. citizens, to leading the discourse on criminal justice, Senator Rand Paul has taken Washington by storm. His outreach to this country's minority communities alone- championing reforms of mandatory minimum sentencing, school choice,...
11) Indian Home Rule
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Indian Home Rule (1909) is a book by Mahatma Gandhi. Originally written in Gujarati, while the author was traveling from London to South Africa, Indian Home Rule or Hind Swaraj is a groundbreaking text that laid out some of Gandhi's core beliefs as an activist and political thinker. Banned in 1910 by the British government in India as a seditious text, Indian Home Rule remains essential to Gandhi's legacy in his native country and around the world....
15) What is America?
Author
Publisher
WorthyKids
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this engaging look at America, Michelle Medlock Adams introduces little ones to the beliefs and ideals that make America unique. Heartfelt and humorous questions ponder all of the things that America might be about--the flag, the Fourth of July, the Statue of Liberty. Readers quickly learn that America is about more than symbols and monuments. It's a land of freedom and democracy where dreams come true. Whimsical artwork and rhyming verse will...
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