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1) Hudson
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books of Northern New York
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the life of Harry Houdini that discusses his childhood, career as an escape artist, death, and more and includes original artwork and archival artifacts, such as photographs, playbills, and letters.
Author
Series
Inventions That Shook the World volume 6
Language
English
Description
The 1950s heralded the end of vacuum tubes and the rise of mobile technologies when two Japanese inventors shrink cabinet-size radios down to something small enough to fit in your pocket, and the space race officially begins when the Soviet Union launches a satellite called Sputnik.
Publisher
Papier-Mache Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
This companion volume to the award winning anthology, When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, illuminates the experiences of women, young and old, reflecting, in prose and poetry and photographs, on the choices they have made.
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
This book is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry, anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes...
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A powerful banker hires a smart gunslinger to wipe out Matt Weaver, but the gunfighter changes his mind when he realizes that Weaver is the only real man left in town. Instead, he tries to turn the people of Pecos against the banker.
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"On October 1, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada suffered the worst mass shooting in modern American history, resulting in 58 deaths and over 500 injured. It broke my heart. Las Vegas is my home. I felt like something needed to be done to help in a unique way."--JH WILLIAMS III, Artist and Curating Editor This "unique way" was the genesis of the WHERE WE LIVE anthology--a riveting collection of both fictional stories and actual eye-witness accounts told by...
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.