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Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
ISBN: 9780152014377 / Angielski / Twarda / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family slaved in the fields for barely enough money to survive. Cesar knew things had to change, and he thought that--maybe--he could help change them. So he took charge. He spoke up. And an entire country listened. An author's note provides historical context for the story of Cesar...
Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited ...
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77,03 |
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Teammates
ISBN: 9780152842864 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first black player on a Major League baseball team when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, and how on a fateful day in Cincinnati, Pee Wee Reese took a stand and declared Jackie his teammate. Illustrated with a blend of historic photographs and eloquent watercolors by Paul Bacon.
This is the moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first black player on a Major League baseball team when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers i... |
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38,49 |
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The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano
ISBN: 9780375803468 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a gripping adaptation of one of the first known slave narratives, Cameron has modernized and shortened the 1789 autobiography of a man who was kidnapped from his home in Africa and spent 11 years in slavery until he was able to buy his freedom. Introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a Harvard professor of Afro-American studies. Included are historical engravings and a map of Equiano's travels.
In a gripping adaptation of one of the first known slave narratives, Cameron has modernized and shortened the 1789 autobiography of a man who was kidn...
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30,79 |
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Diary of Latoya Hunter: My First Year in Junior High
ISBN: 9780679746065 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lively, poignant, and utterly winning, The Diary of Latoya Hunter is a timely portrait of adolescence--about the universal challenges of youth and about the ways it is shaped by the inner city. It is also a lively introduction to a delightful girl whose humor and idealism are inspirational.
Lively, poignant, and utterly winning, The Diary of Latoya Hunter is a timely portrait of adolescence--about the universal challenges of youth and abo...
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65,51 |
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If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
ISBN: 9780689818929 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus. It would tell how the adult Rosa rode to and from work on a segregated city bus and couldn't sit in the same row as a white person. It would tell of the fateful day when Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man and how that act of courage inspired others around the world to stand up for freedom.
In this book a bus does talk, and on her way to school a girl named... If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in ...
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77,03 |
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If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
ISBN: 9780689856761 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus. It would tell how the adult Rosa rode to and from work on a segregated city bus and couldn't sit in the same row as a white person. It would tell of the fateful day when Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man and how that act of courage inspired others around the world to stand up for freedom.
In this book a bus does talk, and on her way to school a girl named... If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in ...
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34,64 |
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Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farmworkers
ISBN: 9780736861915 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A biography telling the life of labor leader Cesar Chavez and the boycotts that he led to gain fair working conditions for farmworkers. Written in graphic-novel format.
A biography telling the life of labor leader Cesar Chavez and the boycotts that he led to gain fair working conditions for farmworkers. Written in gra...
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34,64 |
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George Washington Carver: Ingenious Inventor
ISBN: 9780736868846 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tells the story of plant scientist and inventor George Washington Carver. Written in graphic-novel format.
Tells the story of plant scientist and inventor George Washington Carver. Written in graphic-novel format.
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34,64 |
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The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North
ISBN: 9780773761896 / Angielski / Miękka / 55 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Jewish author/storyteller Sheldon Oberman met Inuit artist/hunter Simon Tookoome, he knew the encounter was special. Still, he had no idea their meeting would result in an amazing collaboration that would span a decade. Through the use of many tape recordings and translations, Sheldon has painstakingly woven the threads of a remarkable man's life into a book for all to treasure. With Tookoome's drawings to enhance the text, Oberman has managed to express the cadence and voice of one of the last of the Inuit to live the traditional nomadic life in the Arctic. The Shaman's... When Jewish author/storyteller Sheldon Oberman met Inuit artist/hunter Simon Tookoome, he knew the encounter was special. Still, he had no idea th... |
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53,76 |
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Malcolm X
ISBN: 9780791081624 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the life of Malcolm X, a radical visionary of the 1960s known for attacking American racial attitudes and advocating a separate society for blacks.
Presents the life of Malcolm X, a radical visionary of the 1960s known for attacking American racial attitudes and advocating a separate society for b...
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118,22 |
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Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice
ISBN: 9780791081631 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - Critically acclaimed biographies of history's most notable African Americans- Straightforward and objective writing- Lavishly illustrated with photographs and memorabilia- Essential for multicultural studies
- Critically acclaimed biographies of history's most notable African Americans- Straightforward and objective writing- Lavishly illustrated with photo...
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118,22 |
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Dolores Huerta
ISBN: 9780791088388 / Angielski / Twarda / 101 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they collectively represent to the world. Photographs, illustrations, and lively text tell the stories ot these fascinating historical figures.
These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they coll...
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118,22 |
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Jose Marti
ISBN: 9780791088418 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they collectively represent to the world. Photographs, illustrations, and lively text tell the stories ot these fascinating historical figures.
These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they coll...
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118,22 |
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Ellen Ochoa
ISBN: 9780791088425 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they collectively represent to the world. Photographs, illustrations, and lively text tell the stories ot these fascinating historical figures.
These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they coll...
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118,22 |
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Johnnie Cochran: Attorney
ISBN: 9780791091128 / Angielski / Twarda / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each title features:
- "In Their Own Words" boxes offering selected quotations from the subject - "Did You Know?" boxes that highlight fascinating facts about each person - Chronology, suggestions for further reading, and a listing of related Web sites. - A final chapter that delves into the legacy of the subject's thoughts and deeds for new generations of black Americans. Each title features:
- "In Their Own Words" boxes offering selected quotations from the subject - "Did You Know?" boxes that highlight fascinat... |
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118,22 |
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Vera Wang
ISBN: 9780791092729 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - "Being Asian American" boxed inserts that examine the impact of the subject's cultural heritage
- "The Story of My Family" and "Between the Generations" sections that allow readers to experience an important part of American history - First-person accounts highlighted with full-color photographs that vividly bring each of these individuals' stories to life. - "Being Asian American" boxed inserts that examine the impact of the subject's cultural heritage
- "The Story of My Family" and "Between the Gener... |
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118,22 |
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Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Leader
ISBN: 9780791095232 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On December 1, 1955, seamstess Rosa Parks took a stand by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Her defiance against an unjust system triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped spark the civil rights movement in the 1960's. Her bold act and its historic consequences are documented in Rosa Parks, Updated Edition, which includes fresh, up-to-date information on the life and legacy of a woman known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."
On December 1, 1955, seamstess Rosa Parks took a stand by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Her defiance against an unjust system ...
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108,36 |
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Sojourner Truth: Equal Rights Advocate
ISBN: 9780823941216 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sojourner Truth began her life as a slave in upstate New York. She obtained her freedom, and moved to New York City, where she became an evangelist and reformer, who worked diligently to further the rights of women and the abolition of slavery. As a speaker, she was known for her quick wit, and?at 6 feet tall?her powerful presence. A prophetic voice, she would anticipate the many social changes to come and lead the way for the modern civil rights movement. Primary source materials help provide insight into the life of this inspirational woman.
Sojourner Truth began her life as a slave in upstate New York. She obtained her freedom, and moved to New York City, where she became an evangelist an...
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135,57 |
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Scientists, Healers, and Inventors: An Introduction for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780940975972 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this volume of the popular Book of Black Heroes series, readers will learn about the many contributions Black men and women have made in the areas of science, medicine and creative invention. Short entry biological sketches herald the ground breaking work of well-known Black heroes such as scientist, George Washington Carver and surgeon, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, and introduce the trailblazing accomplishments of other Black heroes such as inventor Lewis Latimer and Halle Johnson.
In this volume of the popular Book of Black Heroes series, readers will learn about the many contributions Black men and women have made in the areas ...
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52,40 |
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Dare to Dream!: 25 Extraordinary Lives
ISBN: 9781591022800 / Angielski / Miękka / 121 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Magical heroes like Harry Potter, Spiderman, or Catwoman provide plenty of entertainment for kids, but in real life heroes are made of sterner stuff than celluloid fantasies. In this inspiring collection of biographies covering historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Helen Keller as well as contemporary figures such as Toni Morrison and Michael Jordan critically acclaimed writer and psychologist Sandra McLeod Humphrey teaches young people that heroes were once ordinary people whose strength of character helped them to achieve extraordinary things. Starting with only their dreams, they...
Magical heroes like Harry Potter, Spiderman, or Catwoman provide plenty of entertainment for kids, but in real life heroes are made of sterner stuff t...
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61,61 |
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