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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club." In this captivating book, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric...
84) Lassie come-home
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
When Joe's father went on the dole, Lassie their valuable collie was sold to a duke, who took her to northern Scotland. Joe's devotion, Lassie's escape, and the four hundred mile trek back to the collie's family in Yorkshire make an ... adventure story with the atmosphere of pre-war England."
Author
Series
Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 500
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
From 1914 until 1918, World War I ravaged Europe, devastating country after country and taking millions of lives. Responsible for more battlefield casualties than any war before or since, the confrontation is remembered as one of the most gruelling and tragic in western civilization. Out of the horror, however, came an astonishing legacy in the form of poetry. The violence of combat awoke strong emotions in a group of renowned Englishmen who were...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880-1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps- with the help of her inspired and inspiring teacher, Anne Sullivan- is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller's classic autobiography detailing the first 22 years of her...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 26
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"In the midst of World War II, James is training for the Royal Air Force, while going home to Yorkshire whenever possible to see his very pregnant wife, Helen. Musing on past adventures through the dales, visiting with old friends, and introducing scores of new and amusing characters--animal and human alike--Herriot enthralls with his uncanny ability to spin a most engaging and heartfelt yarn." -- Amazon.com.
In the midst of World War II, the Yorkshire...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1240L
Language
English
Description
Explores the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.
Lexile 1,000
Author
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of All Creatures Great and Small reflects on the rewards of training the next generation of veterinarians.
As an aging James Herriot begins to see more house pets than livestock, the challenge of treating animals—and reassuring their owners—provides plenty of excitement, mystery, and moments of sheer delight. After building up his own practice, the renowned...
As an aging James Herriot begins to see more house pets than livestock, the challenge of treating animals—and reassuring their owners—provides plenty of excitement, mystery, and moments of sheer delight. After building up his own practice, the renowned...
98) Black like me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
The Deep South of the late 1950's was another country: a land of lynchings, segregated lunch counters, whites-only restrooms, and a color line etched in blood across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. White journalist John Howard Griffin, working for the black-owned magazine Sepia, decided to cross that line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a southern white man for the disenfranchised...