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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.5 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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First published in 1962, this book alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides. The outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations ... Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one...
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Shadow children volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
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"In the tradition of The Girl on the Train, The Silent Wife, and Gone Girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception. Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life. The request seems odd, even intrusive--and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating. EMMA...
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2015.
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English
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"From the internationally bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most overlooked forces. For the past three years, Jon Ronson has been immersing himself in the world of modern-day public shaming-meeting famous shamees, shamers, and bystanders who have been impacted. This is the perfect time for a modern-day Scarlet Letter-a radically empathetic book about public shaming, and about...
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Francine Poulet is the greatest Animal Control Officer in Gizzford County. She is from a long line of Animal Control Officers. She's outwitted squirrels, battled snakes and stared down a bear. She is never afraid; until she's faced with a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost. Can she face her fears, round up the raccoon, and return to the ranks of Animal Control?
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Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Cuba and the United States are in talks to normalize relations, something the old guard on the Communist-controlled island has vowed to stopby any means necessary. Zayda de la Guardia, a rogue general in the Cuban security services, has gotten his hands on a nuclear weapon left over from the Cold War. He plans to launch it on Miami, an attack that could kill millions. Theres just one thing standing in his way: special agent Jericho Quinn and his team...
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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. It outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence, the virtue of stealth, and many demand the total absence of mercy, but like it or not, all have applications...
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Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.
"The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist. We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master...
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In the last few decades, humankind's relationship with the ocean has undergone a remarkable change. The environmental impact of commercial fishing and the advent of extensive fish farming have led to grave and widespread concerns about the uncertain future of wild fish. We are on the precipice of a cataclysm; there is a distinct possibility that our children's children will never eat a wild fish that has swum freely in the ocean.
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"A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic “A poignant and compelling re-examination of a tragic era in America history . . . insightful . . . and deeply moving.”٬٢٠١٤؛Bryan Stevenson, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably...
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2016.
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A fictional portrait of one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century follows the founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, who sacrificed two husbands, three children, and scores of lovers in her fight for sexual equality and freedom.
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Darwin series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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In the decade since women began giving birth to a new human species, Homo sapiens novus, the world has been in turmoil as these "new" humans battle for survival against those who feel threatened by this leap in evolution.
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2013
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English
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Joyce Meyer examines the nature of habits and provides guidance for listeners seeking to break bad habits. She argues that any immediate gratification gained from bad habits is outweighed by the spiritual toll they take on an individual. Here, she introduces fourteen fulfilling habits that she suggests using to replace the bad ones. She explains that by implementing the good habits, listeners will become spiritually fulfilled and will have no use...
16) The cobra
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For decades, the world has been fighting the drug cartels, and losing, their billions of dollars making them the most powerful and destructive organizations on earth. Until one man is asked to take charge. Paul Devereaux used to run Special Operations for the CIA before they retired him for being too ruthless. Now he can have anything he requires, do anything he thinks necessary. The war is on.
17) Brave new world
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Huxley's classic prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.
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"Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children’s challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families are understandably focused on correcting or improving a child’s lack of compliance, emotional outbursts, tantrums, and other 'out of control' behavior. But, as she has shared with these families, a perspective shift is needed. Behavior,...
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"In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a high-profile female journalist's world is upended when her fiancae's name turns up in a viral social media post-a nuanced, daring, and timely exploration of the real-world impact of online life, from award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author, Yomi Adegoke"--
"Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month’s time....
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