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Beijing coma
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Jian Ma |
Dai Wei lies in a coma after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier. As the minute-by-minute chronicling of the lead-up to his shooting becomes even more intense, t… |
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Betsy Ross
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Susan Martins Miller |
A biography of the Philadelphia seamstress who helped design and make the first flag to represent the United States of America. |
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Thomas Paine
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Michael Burgan |
A biography profiling Thomas Paine, whose writings had tremendous influence on the political leaders of the Revolutionary War. Includes source notes and timeline. |
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Paul Revere's ride
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Lucia Raatma |
Profiles the life of Paul Revere, silversmith and patriot, best known for his ride through the Massachusetts countryside, warning that the British were coming. |
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The Elite (The Selection #2)
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Kiera Cass |
Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection. All but six have been sent home. And only one will get to marry Prince Maxon and be crowned princess of Illea.
America still isn’t… |
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Secuestro
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Katie Wainwright |
At a pivotal point when Fidel Castro is trying to garner worldwide opinion, an over-zealous Fidelista kidnaps the young daughter of a United States Sugar Company executive, to Castro's dismay. This s… |
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Iqbal Masih and the crusaders against child slavery
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Susan Kuklin |
An account of the former Pakistani child labor activist whose life and unexplained murder has brought to the attention of the world the evil of child bondage. |
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Unwind (Unwind #1)
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Neal Shusterman |
Unwind is a 2007 science fiction novel by young adult literature author Neal Shusterman. It takes place in the United States in the near future. After the Second Civil War or the Heartland War, was f… |
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The lacemaker
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Laura Frantz |
Lady Elizabeth "Liberty" Lawson, daughter of the British lieutenant governor of the Virginia Colony, seems to have her life in order. But colonial Williamsburg is a powder keg on the verge of explodi… |
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UnSouled
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Neal Shusterman |
After the destruction of the Graveyard, Connor and Lev are on the run, seeking a woman who may be the key to bringing down unwinding forever while Cam, the rewound boy, tries to prove his love for Ri… |
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Once upon a revolution
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Thanassis Cambanis |
"An award-winning journalist tells the inside story of the 2011 Egyptian revolution by following two courageous and pivotal leaders--and their imperfect decisions that changed the world. In January 2… |
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Lenin on the train
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Catherine Merridale |
A meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful rail journey across Europe to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian revolution and forever changed the world. In the early spring of 1917, as t… |
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Miranda, el nómada sentimental
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Juan Carlos Chirinos |
Biografía del precursor de la independencia de Venezuela y América Latina. Con ilustraciones, mapas y cronología. |
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Svatantratā senānī granthamālā
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Phūlacanda Jaina |
On the Indian freedom struggle and political biography of freedom fighters and revolutionaries lodged in various jails; covers the period, 1912-1947. |
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A nothing named Silas
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Steve Westover |
Silas believes himself bred for a life of leadership, but when the Regent drafts him into a life of labor instead, he feels his life is over before it began -- until he meets the Regent's daughter, K… |
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Thomas Paine
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Karin Clafford Farley |
A biography of the writer and political philosopher whose works influenced the American colonists in their revolt against Great Britain. |
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Countenance Divine
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Hughes, Michael |
291 pages ; 20 cm |
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Burning for freedom
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Anurupa Cinar |
"This is the story of one man's--Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's--sacrifice of his name, fame, comfort, and family life in the fifty years of his quest for the freedom of his beloved motherland, India. It… |
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Von Freund und Feind
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Valentin Tschepego |
Für die einen waren sie reiche Großbauern, für die anderen Räuber, die es auf reiche Großbauern abgesehen haben. Im Russischen Bürgerkrieg, welcher nach der Revolution von 1917 ausbrach, polarisierte… |
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Bhagata Siṅgha te usade sāthīāṃ dā inakalābī jīwana
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Gulāba Siṅgha |
Autobiography of a freedom fighter; includes life of some other Indian revolutionaries. |
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