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Freedom's Pen: A Story Based on the Life of the Young Freed Slave and Poet Phillis Wheatley
ISBN: 9780802476395 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1761--Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Gambia and brought to America as a slave. But she didn't let her circumstances keep her down. She learned to read and write in English and Latin, and showed a natural gift for poetry. By the time she was twelve, her elegy at the death of the great pastor George Whitefield brought her worldwide acclaim. Phillis became known to heads of state, including George Washington himself, speaking out for American independence and the end of slavery. She became the first African American to... 1761--Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Gambia and brought to America as a slave. But she did... |
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Lostman's River
ISBN: 9781416986904 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Tyler encounters vicious hunters whose actions threaten to destroy the Everglades ecosystem, and as a result joins the battle to protect that fragile environment.
In the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Tyler encounters vicious hunters whose actions threaten to destroy the Everglades ecosystem, and as a result joi...
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35,21 |
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Pioneer Girl: A True Story of Growing Up on the Prairie
ISBN: 9780803225268 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pioneer Girl is the true story of Grace McCance Snyder. In 1885, when Grace was three, she and her family became homesteaders on the windswept prairie of central Nebraska. They settled into a small sod house and hauled their water in barrels. Together they endured violent storms, drought, blizzards, and prairie fires. Despite the hardships and dangers, Grace loved her life on the prairie. Weaving Grace s story into the history of America s heartland, award-winning author Andrea Warren writes not just of one spirited girl but of all the children who homesteaded with their families in...
Pioneer Girl is the true story of Grace McCance Snyder. In 1885, when Grace was three, she and her family became homesteaders on the windswept ...
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66,38 |
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Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller
ISBN: 9781442408517 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Annie Sullivan was little more than a half-blind orphan with a fiery tongue when she arrived at Ivy Green in 1887. Desperate for work, she'd taken on a seemingly impossible job--teaching a child who was deaf, blind, and as ferocious as any wild animal. But if anyone was a match for Helen Keller, it was the girl who'd been nicknamed Miss Spitfire. In her efforts to reach Helen's mind, Annie lost teeth to the girl's raging blows, but she never lost faith in her ability to triumph. Told in first person, Annie Sullivan's past, her brazen determination, and her connection to the girl who would...
Annie Sullivan was little more than a half-blind orphan with a fiery tongue when she arrived at Ivy Green in 1887. Desperate for work, she'd taken on ...
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35,21 |
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In My Youth (Yesterday's Classics)
ISBN: 9781599153148 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A decidedly different autobiography, originally published under the pseudonym Robert Dudley, eventually revealed to be James Baldwin. A portrayal of life in rural Indiana in the middle of the 19th century it certainly is, but it is so much more. In the words of Mr. Howland, an editor for the original publisher, "It is difficult to describe just what there is so remarkable about this book, but it is undeniably wonderful. It is literature. It is a strange combination of autobiography and fiction, and records only the simplest happenings -- the life of people in the Indiana backwoods, the...
A decidedly different autobiography, originally published under the pseudonym Robert Dudley, eventually revealed to be James Baldwin. A portrayal of l...
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113,83 |
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My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?
ISBN: 9781402243950 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York Times Bestseller Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream? "This story...speaks frankly about self-identity and self affirmation as Isabella decides at the end that she is actually herself...because she possesses the best parts of all of the women she looks up to." "The colorful mixed-media artwork reinforces the fanciful, upbeat tone of the book. Use this story to ignite young readers' interest in women's... New York Times Bestseller Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream? |
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66,54 |
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Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major
ISBN: 9781416948605 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first of a new series about the children of American presidents is based on a play about Kermit, Ethel, and Archie Roosevelt, who are sent on a treasure hunt through the White House by their dad, President Theodore Roosevelt. Illustrations.
The first of a new series about the children of American presidents is based on a play about Kermit, Ethel, and Archie Roosevelt, who are sent on a tr...
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31,29 |
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Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl
ISBN: 9781442421561 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elk Girl, sister of a Ute chief, lives a traditional life with her tribe high in the Rocky Mountains in 1860. Elk Girl is bold: She loves to hunt deer with her brother, and she races her pony to win. She also knows the importance of ceremonies like the Bear Dance, which wakes the bears from hibernation and celebrates spring.
But all of that changes when Cheyenne warriors capture Elk Girl. They take her to the Great Plains and make her a slave. On the Plains, Elk Girl encounters white men for the first time, and she sees how the Cheyenne have come to depend on their handouts. She also sees... Elk Girl, sister of a Ute chief, lives a traditional life with her tribe high in the Rocky Mountains in 1860. Elk Girl is bold: She loves to hunt deer...
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39,12 |
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Fame: Beyonce
ISBN: 9781450735339 / Angielski / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All the single ladies know that Beyonce is one of the hottest musicians in the world, if not the hottest. From dreaming of singing as a young girl, to her days in Destiny's Child and as a solo pop superstar, take a look behind the curtain at this stellar musician and person. She might not be a superhero, but judging by all the things she's done, you'd be hard-pressed not to think she is.
All the single ladies know that Beyonce is one of the hottest musicians in the world, if not the hottest. From dreaming of singing as a young girl, to...
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32,85 |
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Knuckle Down
ISBN: 9781439249895 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After ten-year-old Hannah loses her father's lucky boyhood marbles, bad things start to happen. Hannah's not-quite-right little sister almost chokes to death on one of the marbles left behind, Daddy's Liberty ship sails off to points unknown, and her mother has little time or energy to deal with the strife on the homefront. Unable to stay out of trouble for long, Hannah learns about love, death, and sacrifice as she struggles to find her place in a world at war. Resorting to petty crime, she boards the Red Car to the Long Beach Pike and an exciting new life away from the battles at home. She...
After ten-year-old Hannah loses her father's lucky boyhood marbles, bad things start to happen. Hannah's not-quite-right little sister almost chokes t...
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61,65 |
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Jeff Gordon
ISBN: 9780791044308 / Angielski / Twarda / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Filled with action photographs.
A look at this bright young star on the NASCAR circuit. Filled with action photographs.
A look at this bright young star on the NASCAR circuit. |
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99,30 |
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The South Won, What If?
ISBN: 9781613649213 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whitt reimagines the outcome of the Civil War based on three opportunities the South missed.
Whitt reimagines the outcome of the Civil War based on three opportunities the South missed.
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52,09 |
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Whitney Houston
ISBN: 9780791044551 / 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 ...
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119,18 |
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Little Blue, Little Gray
ISBN: 9780984624492 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "It wasnt the thoughts of tomorrow that kept Charlie from his sleep. It was the sounds of todays fight that horrified him now. The cries of the wounded men left on the field burned in his ears. Men from both sides were suffering as they lay on the cold ground with no cover and no water. The sight of all the dead, who were no longer suffering but whose families would when they received the news, still played in his mind."
War is no place for a child, and yet many boys found themselves, for various reasons, in the middle of the fight during the War Between the States. For Johnny and Charlie,... "It wasnt the thoughts of tomorrow that kept Charlie from his sleep. It was the sounds of todays fight that horrified him now. The cries of the wounde...
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41,41 |
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The Boy Who Saved Cleveland
ISBN: 9781627790697 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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70,46 |
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A Year on the Family Farm: And the Life Lessons Learned
ISBN: 9781460225974 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Grammy, tell me another story about when you were a kid," asked author Mary Kay Schippers grandchild, Aleah. It wasnt the first time. In fact, Mary Kay heard the request so many times, she decided to write down her most cherished childhood memories.
Its 1965 and eight-year-old Mary Kay is growing up fast and free on her familys farm in the heart of the Kansas prairie. With a hard-working, no-nonsense Daddy, a kind, loving Mama, and six big brothers and sisters who never let her forget shes the baby, its a bustling and busy world for Mary Kay. Between the barn and the fields, she finds... "Grammy, tell me another story about when you were a kid," asked author Mary Kay Schippers grandchild, Aleah. It wasnt the first time. In fact, Mary K...
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Delta the Dancing Elephant: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781490973050 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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53,42 |
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Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Excellence
ISBN: 9781442412705 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's never too soon to dream big--or to take action Pursue excellence with this inspiring picture book from the mother of star basketball player Michael Jordan. Before Michael Jordan was a record-breaking athlete, he was a young boy who dreamed of playing basketball for the United States Olympic team. His mother tells him, "Dreaming is for dreams. If you want to play, you better get busy." So what did Michael do? He got busy Discover how Michael made his wish into a reality--Olympic gold medal included--in this motivational picture book for sports fans, go-getters, and anyone with big...
It's never too soon to dream big--or to take action Pursue excellence with this inspiring picture book from the mother of star basketball player Mich...
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35,21 |
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The Kid Who Changed the World
ISBN: 9781400324330 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations The Kid Who Changed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, who would one day grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture to save the lives of two billion people. Two billion Norman changed the world Or was it Vice President Henry Wallace who changed the world? Or maybe it was George Washington Carver? But what about Susan Carver? This engaging story reveals the incredible truth that everything we do matters Based on his book The Butterfly Effect, Andy's... The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations The Kid Who Changed the World tells the s... |
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74,37 |
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Peace Pilgrim: walking her talk against hate
ISBN: 9780988847811 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagine giving up everything you own and walking across the country... for 28 years? Meet Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981), who crossed the U.S. on foot seven times with only the clothes on her back to spread her message of peace. She lived off the land and the kindness of those she met, sleeping outdoors, on cement floors, in parked cars and, once, on the front seat of a fire engine in Tombstone, Arizona. Whenever she ran into trouble - from blizzards to black eyes - her sole response was love. This joyful New Jersey native touched tens of thousands of lives, one step at a time. Never heard of her?...
Imagine giving up everything you own and walking across the country... for 28 years? Meet Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981), who crossed the U.S. on foot seve...
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