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Series
Veiled Isles trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Spectra Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how an African slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture, lead his fellow slaves of the island of St. Domingue (now Haiti) to revolt against the white plantation owners to gain their freedom and influence the course of world history.
123) Betsy Ross
Author
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
Henry James conceived the character of Hyacinth Robinson—his 'little presumptuous adventurer with his combination of intrinsic fineness and fortuitous adversity'—while walking the streets of London. Brought up in poverty, Hyacinth has nevertheless developed aesthetic tastes that heighten his awareness of the sordid misery around him. He is drawn into the secret world of revolutionary politics and, in a moment of fervour, makes a vow that he will...
127) The Revolution
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
From the roots of the rebellion and the signing of the Declaration of Independence to victory on the battlefield at Yorktown and the adoption of the United States Constitution, this program tells the remarkable story of this important era in history. Venturing beyond the conventional list of generals and politicians, The History Channel introduces the full range of individuals who helped shape this great conflict, including some of the war's most...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The stunning true story of an untouchable family who become teachers, and one, a poet and revolutionary. Like one in six people in India, Sujatha Gidla was born an untouchable. While most untouchables are illiterate, her family was educated by Canadian missionaries in the 1930s, making it possible for Gidla to attend elite schools and move to America at the age of twenty-six. It was only then that she saw how extraordinary--and yet how typical--her...
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