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The importance of honor is present in the earliest records of civilization. Today, while it may still be an essential concept in Islamic cultures, in the West, honor has been disparaged and dismissed as obsolete. In this lively and authoritative book, James Bowman traces the curious and fascinating history of this ideal, from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment and to the killing fields of World War I and the despair of Vietnam. Bowman reminds...
4) What hearts
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
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900L
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After his mother divorces his father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect and capacity for forgiveness help him deal with the instabilities of his new world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Stories of Honor in the Social Emotional Library series presents real life, historical, and modern stories that celebrate honor as displayed in everyday life. Through the collection of five separate stories, thought-provoking issues and questions, as well as hands-on activities, encourage the development of critical life skills, empathy, and social emotional growth.
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Imirillia volume 1
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2017
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Eleanor, the young queen of Aemogen, is confronted with the greatest threat her country has ever faced: surrender Aemogen?s sovereignty to the treacherous Imirillian Empire or endure a devastating and impossible war. Now she must decide if she will forfeit her people?s liberty or fight. When Wil Traveler, the disenchanted Imirillian soldier, wanders into her country, Eleanor takes the gamble of asking him to train her ill-prepared men for war, despite...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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HL 70L
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Theme: Hi-lo, nonfiction, Congressional medals American soldiers who show valor in combat can receive the Medal of Honor. This is the top military award in the US. Learn more about several heroes who received this award, from the Civil War to the War in Afghanistan. Engage your most struggling readers in grades 4-7 with Red Rhino Nonfiction! This new series features high-interest topics in every content area. Visually appealing full-color photographs...
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Sudden changes in the social scene, upheavals such as are wrought by economic depression, by revolutions and by wars, lay bare for our observation the interaction between the individual and society; they expose sharply the individual and his relationship to his primary social unit: the family. The war, with the shocklike interruption of the usual tempo of living, wrote a new, clearly defined chapter in the life of the individual as well as of the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
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810L
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Relates what happens to three American children, unwillingly transplanted to Wales for one year, when one of them finds an ancient harp-tuning key that takes him back to the time of the great sixth-century bard Taliesin. In an ideal blend of absorbing fantasy and realistic fiction, A String in the Harp tells the story of 12-year-old Pete Morgan who, on a visit to Wales, finds a harp key that shows him scenes from the life of the ancient bard Taliesin....
11) The ruby prince
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Imirillia volume 2
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2017
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"Queen Eleanor's gambit worked. Aemogen, for now, has been spared from the ruthless Imirillian army. But Eleanor is still a captive, and Prince Basaal is taking her into the North. As Eleanor is swept through the deserts of Imirillia to the magnificent city of Zarbadast, she begins to understand the contradictions Basaal must negotiate beneath the reign of the sadistic Emperor Shaamil. Having returned home, Prince Basaal again finds himself at war...
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According to Doss's account in a documentary film titled "The Contentious Objector", as he rescued soldiers one-by-one, he breathed into the air with each go-around, "Lord, please help me get one more." The modest man of faith claims to have saved 50 wounded soldiers from certain death. His comrades claim that he saved 100. President Harry S. Truman presented him with the Congressional Medal of Honor upon his return to the United States, for his heroics...
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Imirillia volume 3
Pub. Date
2017
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"With a daunting desert spread out before her, Eleanor still believes she can return home and aid her people in defending Aemogen from the Imirillian invasion. But she finds there are impossibilities and bitter fates she cannot control. Now that Eleanor is beyond his reach, Basaal must confront the demons of his father's conquest. With the Emperor Shaamil's decision to personally ensure victory, Basaal is swept into the war he had tried so desperately...
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IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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1000L
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A cumulative rhyme summarizes the life's work of renowned Mexican potter, Juan Quezada. Additional information describes the process he uses to create his pots after the style of the Casas Grandes people.
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Within some very wealthy and elite Middle Eastern families, there is a secret ancient practice rarely heard of in the Western World: Honor Killing. This unspoken law allows men the right to kill their daughters or female relatives without consequences, if it is believed that they have dishonored their family name. Noora Fendil, the favorite daughter of an influential Middle Eastern businessman, is the victim of such a crime. Shortly before marrying...
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"This book tells the story of six Americans --Arthur MacArthur (Civil War), George Jordan (Buffalo Soldier), Alvin C. York (World War I), Desmond Doss (World War II), Ray Duke (Korean War), and Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (Civil War)-- who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award given to a member of the armed forces for valor. Each individual showed great courage and bravery in the face of fear, some even giving the ultimate sacrifice...
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As a teenager Audie Murphy left his home in Texas to join in the fight against the Nazis. By the end of the war, he had fought in the bloody battle of Anzio, helped liberate Rome, marched his way across France, repelled German counterattacks in Alsace, before finishing in Germany. He was wounded three times, killed over two hundred enemies, and won every medal for valor that the United States had to offer.
Charles Whiting charts Murphy's journey...
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A memoir in which poet Honor Moore recalls her life and relationship with her father, Paul Moore, Jr., who served as the Episcopal bishop of New York for two decades, looks at his devotion to fighting economic and racial injustice in post-World War II America, and discusses how his private struggles influenced the choices she made as an adult.
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