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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation....
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Language
English
Description
"The story of the Astors is an extraordinary but true tale of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention -- and of cunning, determination, hard work, hubris, infighting, and greed. One of the wealthiest men to have ever lived, John Jacob Astor first arrived in New York in 1783 and built a fortune through a ruthless expansion of his beaver trapping business, which he grew into an empire through real estate that enriched him at the expense of...
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer, and teacher of Canadian history, Conrad offers astute answers to these difficult questions. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Aboriginal peoples, she...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A man washes up on shore in the Mediterranean Sea, suffering from amnesia and with no clues about his past. As he puts clues together and tries to avoid people who are trying to kill him, he meets a woman from his past who helps him find the truth.