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Suitable for children of ages 9 years and over, this stellar activity book helps kids to delve into the history of space exploration, where telescopes, satellites, probes, landers, and human missions lead to amazing discoveries. It challenges kids to explore the planets and other celestial bodies for themselves through activities.

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Originally published: New York: One World Books, 2010.

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Presents personal profiles of 19 women which reflect the financial and emotional challenges every woman, to some degree, eventually faces when the relationships she has with herself, her money, and her mate converge. This work reviews key individual thoughts concerning money and examines how these affect the expectations of a significant other.

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"First hardcover edition published 2009"--T.p. verso.

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Told through the voices of those who have suffered, this title examines how a forgotten region of one of Africa's most promising nations - Uganda, dubbed 'the pearl' of Africa by Winston Churchill - has been systematically destroyed by a bloody, senseless, and seemingly endless war that has gone largely unnoticed by the rest of the world.

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"The first truly definitive biography of Douglas Fairbanks, the greatest leading man of the silent film era"--

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Includes 25 fishing stories, spanning the entire 20th century. These stories offer fishing adventures: the solitary sportsman casting in a fast trout stream; expensive ocean charters seeking grouper; and a couple of kids with bamboo poles and high hopes for the big one.

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David Champlin is a black man born into poverty in Depression-era New Orleans who achieves great success and then sacrifices everything. Sara Kent is the beloved white girl who loved David from the moment she first saw him, but they struggled over David's belief that a marriage for them would not be right in the violent world he had to confront.

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The story of soda is the story of the modern world, a tale of glamorous bubbles, sparkling dreams, big bucks, miracle cures, and spreading waistlines. This book charts soda's remarkable, world-changing journey from awe-inspiring natural mystery to ubiquitous presence in all our lives.

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"[Profiles] fifteen . . . women have made great strides in the field of food, whether it's coming up with meals for astronauts to eat in space, operating a 20-acre farm, hosting a food podcast, or fighting for food rights"--Provided by publisher.

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In this lively anthology of 21 stories and one classic poem about football, fathers and sons tackle their issues, coaches and quarterbacks collide, and ordinary heroes emerge from the blitz.

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Introduces Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (FDR) enduring legacy upon the history, culture, politics, and economics of the United States. This activity book teaches kids how FDR, a member of one of the founding families of the New World, led the nation through the darkest days of the Great Depression and World War II as 32nd US President.

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Combining memorable music with a historical context, this title provides a fresh perspective on the civil rights movement by showing how certain songs served as its voice. From the Chicago Children's Choir to the SNCC Freedom Singers, it examines the churches and groups that worked to counteract segregation.

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Explores the art and ideas of Kahlo and Rivera through projects that include painting a self-portrait, creating a mural with a social message, making a Day of the Dead ofrenda, and crafting an Olmec head carving. Aimed at children of ages 9 and above, this book includes illustrations, photographs, and listings of art museums and relevant websites.

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Ten years ago, Ron and his then-girlfriend, Jill, did the impossible. They bought condemned property - a big Baltimore Victorian brownstone - and vowed to bring it back to its original glory. Friends, family, and concerned onlookers told them not to do it they would surely lose their shirts and their love in the bargain. But Jill wanted the house and Ron wanted Jill. So Ron bought the house.

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"FROM THE PERIPHERY consists of more than thirty first-person narratives by activists and everyday people who describe what it's like to be treated differently by society because of their disabilities"--