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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 118
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
"At a glittering society party in St. Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon?s army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey, and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon himself. In War and Peace, Tolstoy entwines grand themes--conflict...
Author
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 44
Language
English
Description
Boswell, a Scottish author who wrote what is probably the most brilliant biography in the English language. During the many years of their friendship, he had tirelessly collected materials on Johnson's life, filling his journals with authenic transcriptions of Johnson's life into a unified work of art.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Entertaining and informative, the newly updated Britannica Student Encyclopedia helps children gain a better understanding of their world. Updated for 2015, more than 2,250 captivating articles cover everything from Barack Obama to video games. Children are sure to immerse themselves in 2,700 photos, charts, and tables that help explain concepts and subjects, as well as 1,200 maps and flags from across the globe. Britannica Student
...Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Presents a review of significant dates, people, and events in 2001, with a look at world affairs and countries, and a selection of special reports on various topics, including the terrorist attacks on the U.S., disease outbreaks in Europe, and the U.S. census.
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Presents more than 65,000 alphabetized articles on a vast array of topics, arranged alphabetically in a ten-volume micropaedia comprised of brief entries and a nineteen-volume macropaedia of longer articles. Provides thousands of illustrations, maps, and black-and-white and color photos, and also includes a two-volume index and a topical guide to entries.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Shining the spotlight on a hundred men and women who really made a difference to the world’s most powerful nation, this book features the lives and achievements of extraordinary Americans – presidents and sports figures, film stars and physicists, generals and Internet mavericks – from the age of the Founding Fathers to the present. Telling the stories of lives of men and women over the last 300 years, the book celebrates their achievements...
