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2) Mythology
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A collection of Greek and Roman myths from various classical sources arranged in section on the gods and early heroes, love and adventure stories, heroes before and during the Trojan War, and lesser myths. Includes a brief section on Norse mythology.
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xv, 368 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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"The best children?s and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable premise for a novel to finding a dream agent. She delves deep into the major elements of fiction?intention, character, plot, and voice?while addressing important topics like diversity, world-building,...
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In the midst of modern-day distractions like smartphones, social media, and endless hours of movie and television streaming, its no wonder you procrastinate! But despite what you may have heard, procrastination doesnt make you a bad or lazy person. In fact, procrastination may even work for you sometimescreating a sense of urgency that can help you focus. But if procrastination doesnt work for you, it can get in the way of meeting your full potentialin...
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Poppy, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
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168 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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A style guide for teen girls explains how to develop a personal style, shares budget-conscious tips for do-it-yourself projects, and explains how to get the most out of shopping at mainstream economy stores.
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Voices 4 founder and LGBTQIAA+ activist Adam Eli offers a candid and compassionate introduction to queer responsitility. In this humorous and hopeful piece, he calls on his Jewish faith to underline how kindness and support within the queer community can lead to a stronger global conscience.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018].
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308 pages ; 22 cm
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A powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including Senator Amy Klobuchar, actress Alia Shawkat, actor Maulik Pancholy, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many, many more, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity--but persisted.
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2006
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189 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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Top Secret is definitely not the right word for the International Spy Museum-its launch in 2002 made news and it has been high-profile ever since, with attendance growing by leaps and bounds. The International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying has already been declassified to the delight of those in the need-to-know. Now, following up on that success, here's an illustrated biographical who's who of spydom from biblical days to recent times....
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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Experience hair care flair with these simple, all-natural recipes and fun crafts. Using some of nature's best ingredients, such as jojoba oil, apple cider vinegar, banana, and shea butter, you'll make essential recipes like an Itchy Scalp Mask, a Tame Those Tangles Spray, and a Deep Conditioning Treatment. Craft your very own handmade ribbon headbands and creaseless hair ties to help accessorize. Learn how to package your crafts so you can share with...
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Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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74 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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"From Keith Haring to Extinction Rebellion, the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter, what does a revolution look like? Discover the power of words and images in this thought-provoking look at protest art by ... artivist De Nichols"--
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Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2017.
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xiii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Breaks down the best episodes over the seven seasons, features exclusive interviews with cast and crew, sharing where the stars are now, final thoughts from the creator, and script pages.
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Sustainability advocate and activist Hannah Testa takes on the plastics crisis in this moving, personal piece. Here, Testa explores the harmful impact of single-use plastics, revisits the three Rs - reduce, reuse, and recycle - and even adds two more: refuse and raise awareness.
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
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xxi, 196 pages ; 21 cm
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"I struggled with insecurity, comparison, and isolation for too many years, from thigh gaps to eyebrows to the lifestyles I felt I had to live up to. I was so afraid of being "found out," that everyone in my life would somehow figure out that I was fearful and small and that I struggled to make my faith a reality and to be secure in who I am. It took a major perspective shift from staring at comments on a screen to really digging into the pages of...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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"In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens."--
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2021.
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432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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"A veteran nonfiction storyteller dives deep into the four-hundred-year history of Manhattan to map the island's unexpected intersections. Focusing on the evolution of four streets and a square (Wall Street, 42nd Street, West 4th Street, 125th Street, and Union Square) Marc Aronson explores how new ideas and forms of art evolved from social blending"--Amazon.
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Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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260 pages cm
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"Written by a group of queer adults, and featuring testimony from young LGBTQ+ Christians, Queerfully and Wonderfully Made looks to educate young queer people of faith and to help them stay safe, healthy, and secure"--
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Frederick Douglass dismissed Myrtilla's plan to open a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South as "reckless, almost to the point of madness." But Myrtilla Miner, the daughter of poor white farmers in Madison County, New York, was relentless. Fueled by an unyielding feminist conviction, and against a tide of hostility, on December 3, 1851, the fiery educator and abolitionist opened the School for Colored Girls-the only school in...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
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284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Wendelin Van Draanen didn't grow up wanting to be a writer, but thirty books later, she's convinced that writing saved her life. Or, at least, saved her from a life of bitterness and despair. Writing helped her sort out what she thought and felt and wanted. And digging deep into fictional characters helped her understand the real people in her life better as well"--Amazon.com.
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Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard.
Two frowning boys sat in their tennis flannels beneath the glare of lamp and gas. Their leather belts were, loosened, their soft pink shirts unbuttoned at the collar. They were listening with gloomy voracity to the instruction of a third. They sat at a table bared of its customary sporting ornaments, and from time to time, they questioned, sucked their...
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