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Pub. Date
[2014]
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112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
This book describes how immigrants left their homelands and came to the U.S. searching for a better life with their first stop being Ellis Island, a receiving station. The reader's choices reveal the perspectives of a Russian Jewish girl, a teenage Italian boy, and a German immigrant.
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Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens' gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck a mighty propaganda blow against Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader had planned to use the German games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority. Instead, there was American black athlete Owens on the podium being photographed by Hitler's personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. In addition, Owens would figure prominently in the groundbreaking film Olympia by Hitler's favorite...
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English
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He was only 42 years old when he was sworn in as President of the United States in 1901, making him the youngest president ever. But did you know that he was also the first sitting president to win the Nobel Peace Prize? The first to ride in a car? The first to fly in an airplane? Theodore Roosevelt's achievements as a naturalist, hunter, explorer, author, and soldier are as much a part of his fame as any office he held as a politician. Find out more...
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English
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Born on a small farm in rural Michigan, Henry Ford’s humble beginnings were no match for his ambition. Ford quickly created a manufacturing dynasty, bringing affordable cars to the masses and forever changing America and the American workplace. Who Was Henry Ford? details his meteoric rise, and explains how the genius behind the assembly line and the Model T shaped modern American industry.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everything that happens in this book was a real event in history, but you can choose what side you are on, and what to do next as the events play out. Your choices could lead you to survival or death
11) The Middle Ages
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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Middle Ages come to life in this latest installment in the hit Weird But True Know-It-All series, featuring stories of legendary rulers, epic castles, menacing weaponry, and more!Vikings are known for being fierce warriors. But did you know that they used tug-of-war to train for battle-and that the losing team got pulled into a pit of fire? Europe was ravaged by the plague during the Middle Ages. But did you know that one proposed cure from Medieval...
12) Kenya
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Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
17) Jack the Ripper
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Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at one of historys most infamous serial killers known for committing gruesome murders in the late nineteenth-century who remains one of the world's most infamous criminals.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn how this son of German immigrants from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned his small food-packaging company into a booming business known for its fair treatment of workers and pioneering safe food preparation standards. This American success story follows Heinz from his early days as a pickle and vinegar merchant in the 1800s to the name behind the nation's number-one brand of ketchup."--
19) Maryland
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Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of Maryland.
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