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2015.
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A sweeping, provocative new look at the pivotal years leading up to the American Revolution The Revolutionary War did not begin with the Declaration of Independence, but several years earlier in 1773. In this gripping history, Derek W. Beck reveals the full story of the war before American independence-from both sides. Spanning the years 1773-1775 and drawing on new material from meticulous research and previously unpublished documents, letters, and...
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As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, historian Adam Goodheart presents an original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents' faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the unthinkable in the name of an ideal. It set Abraham Lincoln...
26) Or give me death
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c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
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With their father away most of the time advocating independence for the American colonies, the children of Patrick Henry try to raise themselves, manage the family plantation, and care for their mentally ill mother.
Pub. Date
2006
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Prelude to War: began as a training video for U.S. Troops compares the "free" world to the "slave" world--the dictatorships of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Used widely as a propaganda piece, the film endures as a study of how governments survive to justify wars to those who fight them.
The Nazi strike: Capra's documentary depicts Germany's diplomatic and military betrayals leading up to the 1939 invasion of Poland and the events that finally led France...
29) Loyalty
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
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To avenge his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British during the American Revolution, witnessing firsthand the hypocrisy, lies, and allegiances that come with war, and must determine for himself where his loyalty truly lies.
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1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Examines the issues leading up to the Civil War, its primary causes, principal figures, reasons for the secession of the South, first battle, and the effects of such acts as the Missouri Compromise and Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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[2021]
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What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? What prompts their neighbors, hardly distinguishable in station or success, to defend that country against the rebels? Those are the questions H. W. Brands answers in his powerful new history of the American Revolution. George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were the unlikeliest of rebels. Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Franklin was more successful...
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2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Why did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria spark World War I? How did a sinking ship and a telegram convince the United States to join the fight? How did patriotism and brotherhood motivate soldiers in the trenches? From the battlefields of France to the Russian Revolution, World War I: Why They Fought reveals the motivations behind World War I from all sides. Go beyond names and dates and ask: what were they fighting for?
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A study of how and why the Holocaust occurred, presenting the author's conclusions about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, German antisemitism, and the nature of German society during the Nazi period, arguing that the German people were willing participants in the brutalization and murder of Jews.
38) Causes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 2
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This book discusses the causes of "the Holocaust," the deliberate murder of millions of Jews and other minorities between 1941 and 1945 by Germany's regime, led by Adolf Hitler.
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[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
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Why did the German people follow Adolf Hitler during World War II? Why did the Soviet Union switch sides partway through the war? How did U.S. women and racial minorities hope to use their participation in the war to change society at home? From the invasion of Poland to the dropping of atomic bombs, World War II: Why They Fought reveals the motivations behind World War II from all sides. Go beyond names and dates and ask: what were they fighting...
40) Pearl Harbor
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the Japanese attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, resulting in the deaths of more than 2,000 American officers and servicemen.