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Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"American lucifers tracks how struggles to produce light transformed American history, beginning with the rise of the American whale fishery in the 1750s and culminating in the emergence, around the Civil War, of the petroleum industry and its primary product, kerosene. Between this shift from oil harvested from whales to oil extracted from rocks, American light was substantially derived from a substance called camphene, a highly explosive liquid...
23) Afro surf
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Discover the untold story of African surf culture in this glorious and colorful collection of profiles, essays, photographs, and illustrations. AFROSURF is the first book to capture and celebrate the surfing culture of Africa. This unprecedented collection is compiled by Mami Wata, a Cape Town surf company that fiercely believes in the power of African surf. Mami Wata brings together its co-founder Selema Masekela and some of Africa's finest photographers,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This title focuses on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and gives information related to the team's origin in the NFL, their journey through the decades, and highlighting their Hall of Fame players. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
25) Oh gueto mi amor
Author
Series
Voces volume 258
Publisher
Páginas de Espuma
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Volver a Polonia. Volver a Lódzþ. Volver a donde todo empezó. Buscando una procedencia y una identidad perdidas en las calles de una ciudad que el odio convirtió en gueto, en muerte, en ceniza. Como un peregrinaje, un nieto empujado por la revelación de su abuelo, salvado por un boxeador polaco en Auschwitz, visita las calles de sus ancestros de la mano de un personaje enigmático e hipnótico, madame Maroszek, que le llevará por las luces y...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This collection of essays by scholar-activist W. E. B. Du Bois is a masterpiece in the African American canon. Du Bois, arguably the most influential African American leader of the early twentieth century, offers insightful commentary on black history, racism, and the struggles of black Americans following emancipation. In his groundbreaking work, the author presciently writes that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color...
27) Canción
Author
Series
Libros del Asteroide volume 247
Publisher
Libros del Asteroide
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Una fría mañana de enero de 1967, en plena guerra civil de Guatemala, un comerciante judío y libanés es secuestrado en un callejón sin salida de la capital. Nadie ignora que Guatemala es un país surrealista, había afirmado años antes. Un narrador llamado Eduardo Halfon tendrá que viajar a Japón, y revisitar su infancia en la Guatemala de los bélicos años setenta, y acudir a un misterioso encuentro en un bar oscuro y lumpen, para finalmente...
Author
Publisher
Crítica
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Este libro de historia, aunque vaya ilustrado con caricaturas, no va en chiste: va en serio", así empieza este fascinante libro, un agudo recorrido por la historia del país, desde los días del Descubrimiento y la Conquista, pasando por los años de la Independencia, la Regeneración, la Hegemonía Conservadora, la República Liberal, el Frente Nacional, la época de la Violencia, hasta llegar a nuestros días. Antonio Caballero no sólo tiene el...
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Fulton Fish Market started out in 1822 as a general food market like others in the city because it was located in a residential neighborhood. The merchants who operated there began to specialize in fish during the 1850s because there were efficiencies associated with wholesaling one product from a central location. In its heyday during the late-nineteenth century, fishing boats would bring their catch directly to the market's dock and sell them...
31) Sons
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Second in the trilogy that began with The Good Earth, Buck's classic and starkly real tale of sons rising against their honored fathers tells of the bitter struggle to the death between the old and the new in China. Revolutions sweep the vast nation, leaving destruction and death in their wake, yet also promising emancipation to China's oppressed millions who are groping for a way to survive in a modern age.
Author
Series
Publisher
Fly!, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title takes a look at some of the greatest moments in hockey history! It highlights the origin of the sport, the miracles that have happened in the rink throughout the decades, and the impact they left on the game"--Publisher's website.
33) The Titanic
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction book about the hidden truth behind the sinking of the Titanic with sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels"--
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass-production, William Morris (1834- 1896) designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his highly original carpet, fabric and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the imagination and exert their influence on the decorative arts. Around 600 such designs are attributed to Morris, of which the vast majority are based on natural forms, including trees, plants and flowers. This beautifully designed,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage--and lost his mother and all memory of her when he was a child--but he is also gifted with a mysterious power. Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but is saved from the depths by a force he doesn't understand, a blue light that lifts him up and lands him a mile away. This strange brush with death forces a new urgency on Hiram's private rebellion. Spurred on by his improvised plantation...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the tumultuous era and remarkable personalities that created the Federal Reserve, tracing the financial panic and widespread distrust of bankers that prompted the landmark 1913 Federal Reserve Act and launched America's first steps onto the world financial stage.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Scholar and activist Paul Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress as exalted by widely taught formulations such as "manifest destiny" and "Jacksonian democracy," and shows how placing African American,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--shows how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome.
Author
Series
Publisher
SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Introduces soccer fans to the history of one of the top MLS clubs, San Jose Earthquakes. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, team facts, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. --
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