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Scout Tests: And How to Pass Them
Michael O'Mara Books · Michael O'Mara; Centenary Edition edition Format: Book |
A celebratory centenary edition of the 1914 official manual on Boy Scouts badges, an authentic dangerous book for boys--young and old The Boy Scouts Association has been in existence since 1908, offering boys and young adults more than 100 years of adventure, jamborees,... |
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The Picture Book Almanac: Picture Books and Activities to Celebrate 365
Nancy J. Polette · Libraries Unlimited; Act Csm edition Format: Paperback |
This essential guide has exactly the right books to help you celebrate special days throughout the year -- even "holidays" you've never heard of -- and provides hundreds of fun titles and activities that could inspire your students to become life-long readers.* Includes more... |
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Substitute : going to school with a thousand children.
Nicholson Baker · Penguin Books Pages: 736 Format: Print book |
In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatcher's five-forty a.m. phone call and headed to one of several nearby schools; when he got there, he did his best... |
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American Made: Why Making Things Will Return Us to Greatness
Dan DiMicco · Palgrave Macmillan Pages: 246 Format: Print book |
American manufacturing is on life support -- at least, that's what most people think. The exodus of jobs to China and other foreign markets is irreversible, and anything that is built here requires specialized skills the average worker couldn't hope to gain. Not so, says Dan DiMicco, chairman... |
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The Reunited States of America: How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide
Mark Gerzon · Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2016. Pages: 216 Format: Print book |
Out of Many, OneIn this era of poisonous partisanship, The Reunited States of America is a lifesaving antidote. At a time when loyalty to party seems to be overpowering love of country, it not only explains how we can bridge the partisan divide but also tells the untold story of how our fellow... |
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Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel
David Leach · ECW Press Pages: 344 Format: Print book |
Say the word Israel today and it sparks images of walls and rockets and a bloody conflict without end. It wasn t always so. For decades, the symbol of the Jewish State was the noble pioneer, in a blue work shirt and white sunhat, draining the swamps and making the deserts bloom: the legendary... |
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Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction
Erika Janik · Beacon Press Pages: 248 Format: Print book |
A lively exploration of the struggles faced by women in law enforcement and mystery fiction for the past 175 yearsIn 1910, Alice Wells took the oath to join the all-male Los Angeles Police Department. She wore no uniform, carried no weapon, and kept her badge stuffed in her pocketbook.... |
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Wounded Lions: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and the Crises in Penn State Athletics
Ronald A. Smith · University of Illinois Press Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover |
The Jerry Sandusky child molestation case stunned the nation. As subsequent revelations uncovered an athletic program operating free of oversight, university officials faced criminal charges while unprecedented NCAA sanctions hammered Penn State football and blackened the reputation of coach... |
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Struggling in Good Faith
Mychal Copeland · SkyLight Paths, 2016. Pages: 250 Format: Print book |
We are at a critical turning point in American religious and political life over LGBTQI inclusion. By sharing ideas and experiences with each other, spiritual communities can learn the best ways to move forward. How each spiritual community approaches the question will profoundly impact... |
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In Defense of a Liberal Education
Fareed Zakaria · W W Norton, 2016. Pages: 208 Format: Print book |
CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world's most valuable educational tradition.The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing... |
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Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man's Guide to Sex and Recovery
David Fawcett · Healing Path Press Pages: 210 Format: Print book |
Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man's Guide to Sex and Recovery provides insight for gay men struggling with the issues of sex and recovery, and for the professionals who work with them. The reader is equipped not only with essential information on the problems of drugs and sexuality, but also... |
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The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor
Jonathan Rose · Yale University Press Format: Print book |
This strikingly original book introduces a Winston Churchill we have not known before. Award-winning author Jonathan Rose explores in tandem Churchill’s careers as statesman and author, revealing the profound influence of literature and theater on Churchill’s personal, carefully... |
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Hiding in plain sight : the pursuit of war criminals from Nuremberg to the War on Terror
Eric Stover · University of California Press Pages: 487 Format: Print book |
"Hiding in Plain Sight tells the story of the global effort to apprehend the world's most wanted fugitives. Beginning with the flight of an estimated thirty thousand Nazi war criminals after the Second World War, then moving on to the question of justice following the recent Balkan... |
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