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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five...
Author
Series
Portraits of American genius volume 2
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The "Vanity Fair" journalist collects interviews with some of today's icons as published in his offbeat question-and-answer column, in a curated volume that reflects on his conversations with such personalities as Ivanka Trump, Joan Rivers, and Farrah Fawcett.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Max and Mickey; Miss Nelson; Pack, Quack, and Mrs. Mallard; Pigeon; Sylvester; John Henry; and a very hungry caterpillar - these are just a few of the beloved picture book characters discussed in Show Me a Story.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this lively collection of conversations--the third in a series from David Rubenstein--some of our nations' greatest minds explore the inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas. -Jill Lepore on the promise of America -Madeleine Albright on the American immigrant -Ken Burns on war -Henry Louis Gates Jr. on reconstruction -Elaine Weiss on suffrage -John Meacham on civil rights -Walter Isaacson on...
Author
Publisher
Northland Pub
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Here is the essential addition to the collection of anyone who is interested in Kachinas, not only those found on store shelves or in museums, but also those found in Hopi homes. Johnathan Day gives the reader an in-depth look at the differences between contemporary dolls made for collectors and traditional kachinas made for ceremonial use. A rare glimpse into the lives of the carvers, this unique book explains the cultural significance of the kachina...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this first book of interviews with visual artists from across Texas, more than sixty artists reflect on topics from formative influences and inspirations to their common engagement with found materials. Beyond the art itself, no source is more primary to understanding art and artist than the artist's own words. After all, who can speak with more authority about the artist's influences, motivations, methods, philosophies, and creations? Since 2010,...
Author
Publisher
Pluto Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
The War Correspondent looks at the role of the war reporter today: the attractions and the risks of the job; the challenge of objectivity and impartiality in the war zone; the danger of journalistic independence being compromised by military control, censorship, and public relations; as well as the commercial and technological pressures of an intensely concentrated, competitive news media environment. This new edition substantially updates the original,...
38) Child abuse
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of speeches, court cases, personal reflections, newspaper accounts, and essays that cover the history of the child welfare movement which today includes legal protection of children from physical and sexual abuse.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"As the 1960s drew to a close, the United States was coming apart at the seams. From August 1969 to August 1970, the nation witnessed nine thousand protests and eighty-four acts of arson or bombings at schools across the country. It was the year of the My Lai massacre investigation, the Cambodia invasion, Woodstock, and the Moratorium to End the War. The American death toll in Vietnam was approaching fifty thousand, and the ascendant counterculture...