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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation"--Dust jacket...
Language
English
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An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
As Adolf Hitler attempted to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he would collect and the "degenerate" works he would destroy. Behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, and art historians raced against time to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. (Bestseller)...
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Language
English
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Description
Best-selling author Bernard Cornwell received national acclaim for the historical drama of his Civil War series, the Starbuck Chronicles, which includes Rebel, Copperhead, and Battle Flag. Now, in Stonehenge, he creates a dramatic saga of one of greatest wonders of the ancient world. Four thousand years ago, three brothers grow up in a land that is now Britain. One becomes a warrior, ruthless in his pursuit of gold and power. One is a mystic who sees...
11) The Bunyans
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press/Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Paul Bunyan, his wife, and their children do some ordinary things which result in the formation of Niagara Falls, Bryce Canyon, and other natural monuments.
12) Liberty
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses all the planning and efforts that went into the construction of one of the most famous symbols of the United States, the Statue of Liberty.
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Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dating back to the colonial era, the historic barns and outbuildings of Rhode Island have withstood the test of time. From the state’s early barnyard taverns to the modern-day horse and dairy farms that populate rural Rhode Island, each of these buildings has a story to tell. In the mid-eighteenth century, the Narragansett planters bred horses on their farms in southern Rhode Island. Later, dairy farms sprang up across the region. Milking
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Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A book by the bestselling, American Book Award-winning author.
In Lies Across America, James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in the award-winning Lies My Teacher Told Me, of overturning the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. This is a one-of-a-kind examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses,...
16) Capital
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a history of Washington, D.C., focusing on the National Mall, its monuments and surrounding buildings.
