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62) Japan
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in Japan"--Provided by publisher
63) France
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in France"--Provided by publisher
64) Mexico
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in Mexico"--Provided by publisher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town,...
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Embodying the classic American traits of resourcefulness and rugged independence, the hunter looms larger than life in our national mythology, occupying a unique--and uniquely fraught--place in the American psyche. Popularized in the nineteenth century as a way to reconnect "soft" urban Americans with nature, for many years sport hunting was the national pastime of Americans from all walks of life, while it became a common theme in literature, art,...
68) After this
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Alice McDermott's powerful novel is a vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Witty, compassionate, and wry, it captures the social, political, and spiritual upheavals of those decades through the experiences of a middle-class couple, their four children, and the changing worlds in which they live.
While Michael and Annie Keane taste the alternately intoxicating and bitter first fruits of the sexual revolution,...
70) England
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in England"--Provided by publisher
72) Canada
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in Canada"--Provided by publisher
73) China
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in China"--Provided by publisher
74) Egypt
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in Egypt"--Provided by publisher
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Pioneer homesteaders facing drought and debt give way to modern-day hippies trying to lose themselves in the vanishing wilderness and real estate developers out to make a buck-unforgettable characters in nine stories that range in tone from crude cowboy humor to heartbreaking American tragedy
78) Bark: Stories
Author
Language
English
Description
In these eight masterful stories, Lorrie Moore, in a perfect blend of craft and bewitched spirit, explores the passage of time and summons up its inevitable sorrows and hilarious pitfalls to reveal her own exquisite, singular wisdom. In "Debarking," a newly divorced man tries to keep his wits about him as the United States prepares to invade Iraq, and against this ominous moment, we see--in all its irresistible hilarity and darkness--the perils of...
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