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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 11
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1150L
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English
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It is 1830. Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is desperate to escape unscrupulous bill collectors and an impending marriage to a priggish schoolteacher. He jumps aboard the first boat leaving New Orleans, the "Republic, " a slave ship en route to collect members of a legendary African tribe, the Allmuseri. Thus begins a daring voyage of horror and self-discovery.
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National Book Award winner and MacArthur Genius Fellow Charles Johnson shares life lessons for the next generation in this accessible distillation of wisdom, stories and philosophy on being a grandparent.
An award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, screenwriter, professor and cartoonist, Charles Johnson has held numerous impressive titles over the course of his incomparable career. Now, for the first time, with his trademark wisdom and philosophical...
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"Organized into six accessible, easy-to-navigate sections, The Way of the Writer is both a literary reflection on the creative impulse and a utilitarian guide to the writing process. Johnson shares his lessons and exercises from the classroom, starting with word choice, sentence structure, and narrative voice, and delving into the mechanics of scene, dialogue, plot and storytelling before exploring the larger questions at stake for the serious writer....
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It does not matter if you are a student, a parent, working, or any mix of the three, you have stress. The stress of being places on time, of making sure other people are on time, of meeting deadlines, paying bills, doing your job, or even finding a job can take a toll on you, which means it take a toll on your health. When you are stressed, everything seems to fall apart, which only makes things worse! Stop the cycle right now. Manage your life so...
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Stigma often brings experiences and feelings of shame, blame, hopelessness, distress, misrepresentation in the media, and reluctance to seek and/or accept necessary help. Approximately 75% of people with a mental illness report that they have experienced stigma. This book shares poetry about depression and real stories of people who have dealt with stigma.
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Valentine's Day is the Holiday of Romance. Romance is love in its active state, ignited and inspired. That is what this book is about! With inspiring poetry, this book is an opportunity to ignite your existing relationship with romance, and love with an added dose of romance will result in a stronger, longer lasting and far more satisfying relationship
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English
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Short stories inspired by the history of slavery in America, by the National Book Award–winning author of Middle Passage. Nothing has had as profound an effect on American life as slavery. For blacks and whites alike, the experience has left us with a conflicted and contradictory history. Now, famed novelist Charles Johnson, whose Middle Passage won the National Book Award, presents a dozen tales of the effects and experience of slavery, each based...
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Read the classic that started the pirate genre.
The definitive edition
• Features an uplifting extended biography of the life and experiences of Daniel Defoe
• Remastered for premium quality print and easy reading
A General History of the Pyrates is a book published by Captain Charles Johnson (likely a pseudonym) that contains the biographies and life stories of several famous pirates. This book soon became popular and gave birth to the genre...
