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New preface for 2018 edition : For this new edition, Loewen has added a new preface that shows how inadequate history courses in high school help produce adult Americans who think Donald Trump can solve their problems, and calls out academic historians for abandoning the concept of truth in a misguided effort to be “objective.
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching...
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"'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks— those that are honest about the past and those that are not— that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves." --
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Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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Imaginative stories, vivid 3-D animation, clever rhymes, catchy songs, and memorable characters will help second to fourth graders better be able to develop and retain math comprehension while improving problem-solving skills. Each program in this collection has been correlated to all state and national curriculum standards by Plato Learning, a leader in the development of standards-based curriculum.
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Brandeis University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Mainly intended for readers who have little sense of what the Talmud actually is, Kirsch explores the Talmud as a critic and journalist. Maybe the best way to describe this book is as a kind of travelogue-a report on what Kirsch saw during his seven-and-a-half-year journey through the Talmud"--
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In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric. After all, if we must discard the ideas of Kant, Hume, and Mill for their opinions on race, shouldn’t we discard Marx, whose work is peppered with racial slurs and anti-Semitism? Embers of racism remain to be stamped out in America, but what about the raging racist inferno in the Middle East and Asia? It’s...
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c2002
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IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Discusses the events of the American Revolution, from the hated Stamp Act and the Boston Tea Party to the British surrender at Yorktown and the writing of the Constitution. Activities include making a tricorn hat and discovering local history.
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Bright Matter Books
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[2022]
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English
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"How to Survive Middle School: U.S. History is a highly illustrated, handy field guide that will help kids master the essential skills and lessons of middle school U.S. History. With expert knowledge presented in a bold and fun format that's easy to readand understand, students will learn the history of the United States and explore important questions of context, power, and inequality"--
"THINK U.S. HISTORY IS HARD? Make learning easy with this...
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U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service
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2018.
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English
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Rely on the time-proven and dependable ASA Private Pilot Test Prep to prepare for your Private, Sport or Recreational Pilot FAA Knowledge Exam. Test material is expertly organized into chapters based on subject matter and includes introductory text and illustrations, questions, answer choices, answers, explanations (for correct and incorrect answers), and references for further study. This topical study promotes understanding and aids recall to provide...
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Constructing Modern Knowledge Press
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2015.
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English
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Summary: The Invent To Learn Guide to Fun features an assortment of insanely clever classroom-tested "maker" projects for learners of all ages. Josh Burker kicks classroom learning-by-making up a notch with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, open-ended challenges, and sample code. Learn to paint with light, make your own "Operation Game," sew interactive stuffed creatures, build "Rube Goldberg" machines, design artbots, produce mathematically...
17) Stoner
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New York Review Books
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English
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Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life. The sorrows of William Stoner are tempered, somehow, by the demands of the daily routine. His own ordinary...
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NCircle Entertainment
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[2016]
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English
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Let's learn English with Twiki and Twini! In each episode Twiki and Twini take viewers on an adventure to discover new words and new sounds. Get ready to enter into an unexpected universe comprising sounds, words, and images. Enjoy eighteen phonic based episodes with Twiki and Twini!
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Gotan Enterprises
Pub. Date
c2001-2003
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English
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V. 1. Fabian Salas teaches the fundamentals of Argentine Tango: the walk, the embrace, the lead and follow, basic figures and turns.
V. 2. Fabian Salas teaches the fundamentals of Argentine Caminada: variations of the walk, including normal and crossfoot movements inside and outside partner, combined with changes in rhythm.
V. 3. Fabian Salas teaches the fundamentals of Argentine Tango basic giros. Giros (or tunes) are one of the fundamental structures...
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