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Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"...Perry Wallace courageously accepted the invitation to become the first African American to play college basketball in the deeply segregated Southeastern Conference...The hateful experiences Wallace would suffer on campus and in the hostile gymnasiums of the Deep South turned out to be the stuff of nightmares. Yet he persisted, endured, and triumphed, meeting a series of unthinkable challenges head-on..." (From book jacket).
Author
Series
C.A. Brannen volume no. 7
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
This course of twenty-four lectures examines the period know as the High Middle Ages (1000-1300). The first eight lectures cover medieval society. Lectures nine through sixteen examine the intellectual and religious history of Europe during this period. The final eight lectures cover the major political developments and events.
10) Carmilla
Author
Publisher
KCP Loft
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Shaftesbury's award-winning, groundbreaking queer vampire web series of the same name, Carmilla mixes the camp of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the snark of Veronica Mars, and the mysterious atmosphere of Welcome to Nightvale.Newly escaped from the stifling boredom of a small town, college freshman Laura is ready to make the most of her first year at Silas University. But when her roommate, Betty, vanishes and a sarcastic, nocturnal philosophy...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity-is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, a first-generation...
Author
Publisher
NewSouth Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Imagine sitting with an esteemed writer on his or her front porch somewhere in the world and swapping life stories. Dr. Wayne Flynt got the opportunity to do just this with Nelle Harper Lee. In a friendship that blossomed over a dozen years starting when Lee relocated back to Alabama after having had a stroke, Flynt and his wife Dartie became regular visitors at the assisted living facility that was Lee’s new home. And there the conversation began....
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Who formed and shaped the English language? David and Hilary Crystal take us on a journey through Britain to discover the people who gave our language its colour and character; Saxon invaders, medieval scholars, poets, reformers, dictionary writers. Part travelogue, part history, this beautifully illustrated book is full of unexpected delights.
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Compelling stories that present a new view of ADHDSmart but Stuck offers 15 true and compelling stories about intelligent, capable teens and adults who have gotten "stuck" at school, work, and/or in social relationships because of their ADHD. Dr. Brown highlights the often unrecognized role that emotions play in this complex disorder. He explains why even very bright people with ADHD get stuck because they can focus well on some tasks that interest...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A distinguished cultural critic blends literary history, biography, and memoir in an exploration of Alice Walker's National Book Award-winning novel that examines its influence against a backdrop of the civil rights encroachments of the early 1980s.
Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker's critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple. Alice Walker made history in 1983 when...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and adventure, eager to test their mettle and save the world. The...
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