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In her tenth book, sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot explores the ways we leave one thing and go on to the next; how we anticipate, define, and reflect on our departures; and our epiphanies that something is over and done with. Exit finds wisdom and perspective in the possibility of moving on and marks the start of a new conversation, to help us discover how we might make our exits with purpose and dignity.
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Sadiq volume 14
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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When Sadiq and his classmates host a festival celebrating their own cultures, they find a way to make sure everyone in their class has traditions to share.
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"Published to coincide with the 125th anniversary of James Thurbers birth, this treasury combines, for the first time, Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time with Thurbers unpublished preface and ten previously uncollected or unpublished stories. Readers can savor 85 fables by the twentieth centurys preeminent humorist collected for the first time in a single anthology."--Goodreads.
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A "delightful reader's companion" (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Brontës, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England.
For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell "Tally Ho!" at a fox hunt, or how one landed in "debtor's prison," this book...
For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell "Tally Ho!" at a fox hunt, or how one landed in "debtor's prison," this book...
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At the turn of the century, a time when women had few choices, Bess Steed Garner inherits a legacy--not only of wealth, but of determination and desire, making her truly a woman of independent means. From the early 1900s through the 1960s, we accompany Bess as she endures life's trials and triumphs with unfailing courage and indomitable spirit: the sacrifices love sometimes requires of her heart; the flaws and rewards of marriage; the often-tested...
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"Centers on Abel and Vera Paisley, a working-class Jamaican couple striving to build a better life for their children. Abel travels to London in the early 1960s in search of fortune. Instead, he sees an opportunity to escape the drudgery of his life by faking his death and assuming a new identity. Vera, now a widow, is racked with guilt over her husband's "death" and takes out her grief on her children, Irene and Vincent. The effects of Abel's decision...
7) Yumbo gumbo
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[2024]
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Annabelle and her little brother, Beau, cannot decide which kind of gumbo to cook, so Annabelle suggests taking a family vote, but when some family members are not happy with the results, Annabelle comes up with a solution that satisfies everyone. Includes a glossary of Louisiana Creole terms, a cultural note, and math activities for developing data literacy.
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