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  • The Colonial and Postcolonial Experience in the Middle East

    by Bailey Maxim ...
    Series series The Colonial and Postcolonial Experience
    Colonialism in the Middle East came from within for many centuries, as the Ottoman Empire dominated the region until the end of World War I. Great Britain and France imposed mandates over several of the Arab provinces, beginning a trend of Western interference across the region. This resource documents the complex colonial history of the Middle East, the establishment of autonomous countries ... Read more

    $48.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 100 Most Influential Technology Leaders of All Time

    by Meredith Day ...
    Series series The Britannica Guide to the World's Most Influential People II
    Technology has existed for as long as humankind has invented items that improve and enhance daily living. The innovators of technology profiled in this comprehensive resource have affected nearly every facet of life, from transportation and communication to science and entertainment. Their developments have built upon one another, each a stepping-stone toward even greater advances in technology. ... Read more

    $48.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The PostCold War World

    by Bailey Maxim ...
    Series series A Political and Diplomatic History of the Modern World
    The postCold War era began with a decade of conflicts often mediated by the United States as the worldﾒs only remaining superpower. The September 11 terrorist attacks, however, marked the dawning of a new era. The United States became preoccupied by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, while around the world, new challenges and threats emerged: a more assertive Russia, an increasingly powerful China, ... Read more

    $41.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Two Years Before the Mast

    by Richard Henry Dana ...
    The writings of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. telling the story of his experiences as a sailor on a two-year sea voyage. A thrilling tale of the early days of California, and of the terrors of sailing around Cape Horn in winter. ... Read more

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  • Who Is Bill Gates?

    by Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Ted Hammond ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Titanic: Lost and Found

    by Judy Donnelly ...
    Series series Step into Reading, Step 4
    Titanic. Just the name evokes tales of the doomed ship that have captivated people of all ages for more than 100 years.Early readers will enjoy this exciting account of the world's most famous disaster-at-sea and the discovery of it's remains many years later.Step 4 books are perfect for independent readers who are confident with simple sentences and are just starting to tackle paragraphs. ... Read more

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  • Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race

    by Monica Kulling ...
    Illustrated by Richard Walz ...
    Series series Step into Reading, Step 3
    It’s 1901 and Henry Ford wants to build a car that everyone can own. But first he needs the money to produce it. How will he get it? He enters a car race, of course! Readers will love this fast-paced, fact-based story! ... Read more

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  • Most Dangerous

    Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War (National Book Award Finalist)

    by Steve Sheinkin ...
    Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War is New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin's award-winning nonfiction account of an ordinary man who wielded the most dangerous weapon: the truth.“Easily the best study of the Vietnam War available for teen readers.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winnerA Nationa... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Who Was Marco Polo?

    by Joan Holub, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. But did Marco Polo experience the things he wrote about . . . or was it all made-up? Young readers ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

    by Margaret Frith, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture ... Read more

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  • What Color Is My World?

    The Lost History of African-American Inventors

    by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld ...
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold ... Read more

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  • Black Dove White Raven

    by Elizabeth Wein ...
    Don’t miss Elizabeth Wein’s stunning new novel, StatelessEmilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo according to his late mother's wishes-in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the color of his skin. But ... Read more

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