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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1300L
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English
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First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into a candid assault on the hypocrisy of the "land of the...
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What we remember, what we've forgotten, and what we never knew about America's least understood war, revealed in a riveting, richly illustrated volume based on the major ten-part PBS documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Historian Geoffrey C. Ward and filmmaker Ken Burns, the authors of the acclaimed and best-selling The Civil War, Jazz, The War, and Baseball, present an intimate history of the Vietnam War. All the major milestones...
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English
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"While Indiana natives don't like to brag, it's abundantly clear that famous Hoosiers have played prominent roles in our nation's cultural, military, and sports history. Political leaders, entertainers, sports legends, war heroes, inventors, and even notorious criminals - the great nineteenth state has been home to them all. This collection reflects the honor, acclaim, and, sometimes, notoriety garnered by notable Hoosiers. It's a great resource for...
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English
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"For the first time ever, legendary singer-songwriter Dolly Parton brings you behind the lyrics of 175 of her songs to reveal the personal stories and vibrant memories that have inspired sixty years of songwriting. Lushly illustrated and told in Dolly's inimitable voice, this rich collection offers an intimate, exclusive look at the colorful life, prolific career, and rags-to-rhinestones journey of one of the most revered entertainers of our time."--...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This book is the official bicentennial book by the Indiana Bicentennial Commission. "Indiana at 200: A Celebration of the Hoosier State" is a patchwork quilt of images, prose and poetry commemorating our bicentennial. Incorporating a wide variety of Hoosier voices-individual, yet bound together by a common Hoosier heritage-this book reflects the thoughts of business and community leaders, artists, athletes, writers, farmers, religious leaders, children...
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English
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The Birds of Indiana is a treasure trove for ornithologists, birders, and art-lovers everywhere. Drawing on decades of fieldwork and data collection and featuring the paintings of one of America's finest bird artists, this classic work is an introduction, a reference, and most important, a natural history of Indiana's birds, including over 390 species.
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Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
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For more than three centuries both Christians and non-Christians, young and old, have been fascinated by the characters and story of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come-regarded as one of the most significant works of English literature. While keeping the dignity and beauty of Bunyan's language, editor C.J. Lovik has updated words and phrases for today's readers. This deluxe edition of Pilgrim's Progress,...
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English
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Best-selling gardening author Barbara Pleasant makes organic vegetable gardening easy, fun, and rewarding with detailed planting and care designs for 24 beginner-friendly gardens to fit any site, whether it's a tiny side yard, a border, a trellis alongside the house, or a front yard. From exactly what plants (and how many) to buy, where and when to plant them, and how to care for each vegetable throughout the season, Pleasant encourages readers to...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Fully revised and updated, the record-breaking compendium of superlatives is back and bursting with facts, figures and incredible stories - each one selected to inspire you to learn about the fascinating world we live in... and to break records of your own. In a series of 11 fact-packed chapters, we introduce you to the record-holders who've pushed the boundaries of what's possible. Meet...- The adventurers who trek, swim, ski, climb and fly to all...
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Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Presents photographs and descriptions of twenty-five historic sites throughout Indiana, featuring locations that are open to the public, drawn from ten years of "Destination Indiana" columns which appeared in the Indiana Historical Society's magazine "Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History."
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"3...2...1...We have lift off on another fully revised and updated Guinness World Records annual. The 2023 edition takes readers on a journey that's out of this world, revealing the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth and across the vast distances of space"--
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Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
Description
Indiana is blessed with a wealth of historic private homes. Ninety-nine of them are showcased in these pages, providing a rare opportunity for readers to enjoy a variety of house styles and types dating from the early 19th century through the late 1950s, and to see how they are preserved or restored, furnished, and lived in. Everyone who has lived in or admired an old home will find this book irresistible.
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