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1941) Twitter
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Text and color illustrations explore Twitter, a social-networking service that allows users to post short messages that cannot be longer than 140 characters.
1942) Class and education
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[2019]
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"Class and Education looks closely at the relationships between education and class, covering topics like public and private schools and funding, the voucher system, the correlation between class and higher education, and what might be done to lessen the educational achievement gap between classes. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
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"The Muckrakers discusses how in the early 1900s, Ida Tarbell and other investigative journalists brought about change by exposing the illegal tactics and unethical practices of corporations."--Publisher's website.
1945) Freakonomics
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[2011]
Description
The highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by renowned economists Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years.
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2014.
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Combining stunning visuals with insights and a lexicon of more than 200 agricultural terms explained by today's thought leaders, Local showcases and explores one of the most popular environmental trends: rebuilding local food movements.
When Douglas Gayeton took his young daughter to see the salmon run-a favorite pastime growing up in Northern California-he was devastated to find that a combination of urban sprawl, land mismanagement, and pollution...
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[2020]
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In the era of self-taught developers and programmers, essential topics in the industry are frequently learned without a formal academic foundation. A solid grasp of data structures and algorithms (DSA) is imperative for anyone looking to do professional software development and engineering, but classes in the subject can be dry or spend too much time on theory and unnecessary readings. Regardless of your programming language background, "Codeless...
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2022
Description
Take back control of your happiness and fulfillment with a monumental restart in your career. Jason Tartick, a fan favorite as a top-three contestant on The Bachelorette turned motivational business speaker and coach, shares clear action steps to define and reach your vision of financial, professional, and emotional success.
As college students, we are pushed to decide the rest of our lives in our early twenties. But, what if we made the wrong choice?...
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[2017].
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In 1914 Charlotte Perry and Portia Mansfield envisioned a secluded institution nestled in the mountains, where art and nature could intersect. By the 1920s, their remote Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp in Steamboat Springs was serving as a hub for top dancers such as José Limon and Harriette Ann Gray to hone their craft. In addition to training thousands of pointed toes and arched feet, the school showcased equestrian jumping and...
1951) Saving savvy
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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Kelly Hancock, popular blogger and media personality, has done the hard work for those who want to save big! Her saving secrets will help listeners cut their spending in half, even before they clip the first coupon. Listeners will discover how to make ends meet and to give more generously to others. She reassures listeners that God will faithfully provide for those who seek to honor.
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[2022]
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"In 1946, Günther Quandt—patriarch of Germany’s most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW—was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his archrival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him. But Quandt lied. And his heirs, and those of other Nazi billionaires, have only grown wealthier in the generations since, while their reckoning...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"This biography highlights the life and accomplishments of H.E.R., covering her early life, inspiration to pursue music, and successes. With striking photographs and interesting sidebars, the book relays H.E.R.'s childhood achievements as Gabi Wilson, her disappearance from the music scene, and her reemergence as the thrilling artist known as H.E.R. Features include a timeline, glossary, online resources, source notes, and an index." --
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2020.
Description
"Catherine Flowers grew up in Lowndes County, Alabama, a place that's been called "Bloody Lowndes" because of its violent, racist history. Once the epicenter of the voting rights struggle, today it's Ground Zero for a new movement that is Flowers's life's work. It's a fight to ensure human dignity through a right most Americans take for granted: basic sanitation. Too many people, especially the rural poor, lack an affordable means of disposing cleanly...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
From an Idea to Google is a behind-the-computer-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world's largest search engine. With humorous black & white illustrations throughout, learn about the company that even earned its own catchphrase: Google it! --Publisher
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c2011
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Cohousing balances privacy and independence with the benefits of living in community. This completely revised and updated third edition of the "cohousing bible" invites readers into these sustainable neighborhoods, and provides practical tools for developing their own.
1957) Getting good with money: pay off your debt and find a life of freedom-without losing your mind
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Certified financial coach and mom Jessi Fearon leads the way for overwhelmed readers struggling to get a handle on their finances and lays out the doable steps her family underwent to pay off all their debts--even their mortgage!--and pursue their dreams, all on a $47,000-a-year salary"--
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[2019]
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"From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive -- and why it doesn't have to be. Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In Priced Out, Reinhardt offers an engaging and enlightening...
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