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Author: Rose Blue Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0525478493 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by himself. But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron's obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage—it is a young man's first courageous mission. Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair's life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.
Author: Rose Blue Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0525478493 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by himself. But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron's obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage—it is a young man's first courageous mission. Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair's life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.
Author: Rose Blue Publisher: ISBN: 9780545290098 Category : African Americans Languages : en Pages :
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One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
Author: Ron Hall Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM ISBN: 0785219854 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 321
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The heartwarming sequel to Same Kind of Different As Me! After Miss Debbie's death in 2000, her husband, Ron formed an even stronger bond with Denver, a homeless ex-con. Ron's touching memoir chronicles how their shared devotion to Debbie led them to work toward fulfilling her vision: to ease the pain associated with poverty, homelessness, and inequality. Workin’ Our Way Home describes the ten years Ron and Denver lived together after Miss Debbie’s death. Written in both Ron’s and Denver’s unique voices, their inspiring (and often hilarious) adventures include: Their sometimes-bizarre life together in the Murchison Mansion Denver accidentally almost burning the house down—twice The challenges involved with making a movie Two visits to the White House Traveling the country to raise awareness about homelessness And much more! With both wit and wisdom, these pages reveal God’s plan lived out through these men and those closest to them, including their passion to fulfill Debbie’s dream of mitigating the suffering and humiliation associated with homelessness and inequality. Denver said it best: “Whether we is rich or whether we is poor, or somethin' in between, this earth ain’t no final restin' place. So in a way, we is all homeless—ever last one of us—just workin our way home.”
Author: General Giulio Douhet Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing ISBN: 1782898522 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 620
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In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.
Author: Jim Benton Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442495162 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 101
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Franny K. Stein is not your average girl—she’s a mad scientist. She prefers poison ivy to daisies, and when Franny jumps rope, she uses her pet snake. The kids in Franny’s class think she’s weird, wacky, and just plain creepy. Tired of being stared at, Franny decides to attempt her most dangerous experiment yet—she’s going to fit in. But when a giant Monstrous Fiend attacks the class, everyone knows only a true mad scientist can save the day. But has Franny lost her creepy, crawly ways?
Author: Ron Sardanopoli Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 336
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The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks struck the nation on a clear, late summer morning on the East Coast. Hijackers used jet airliners as weapons, flying them into New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. One hijacked plane crashed in a field outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. This terrorist attack was an unprecedented event in American history. At Ground Zero, thousands of first responders, including 2,400 National Guard soldiers, were activated into a search and rescue mission by Gov. George Pataki. The already-established Emergency Management Office - EMO - in New York City which included the presence of the Army National Guard, NYPD and NYFD, was located in Building 7. That building, which had existed within the World Trade Center site, was demolished. The first responders, Headquarters 53rd Troop Command, were given authority to be in command and control of the 2,400 National Guard soldiers who had been activated to duty on 9/11. Sept. 11, 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of this terrorist attack. Ron Sardanopoli, author of "Command and Control," allows you to hear from first responders - those who rushed to Ground Zero to serve on this horrific mission. Their recollections of 20 years ago are still branded on their memory banks, beginning when the first jetliner hit 1 World Trade Center building. The author takes the reader to the rigorous training our men and women in the Army National Guard had so they could function effectively in a chaotic catastrophic operation. "Command and Control" goes behind the scenes to the basic education that converts a civilian to a soldier with the United States Army. That behind-the-scenes look instituted many years ago and still working today. It includes the Army's remarkable methods of changing a civilian's mindset from being a civilian into being a soldier...a soldier who can operate in support of any military combat, humanitarian or disaster relief mission to include the search and rescue mission given to the Headquarters 53rd Troop Command at Ground Zero on 9/11.
Author: Kevin Kelly Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 078674703X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 528
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Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.
Author: Jael Ealey Richardson Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ISBN: 1554987539 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 34
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The African-American football player Chuck Ealey grew up in a segregated neighborhood of Portsmouth, Ohio. Against all odds, he became an incredible quarterback. But despite his unbeaten record in high school and university, he would never play professional football in the United States. Chuck Ealey grew up poor in a racially segregated community that was divided from the rest of town by a set of train tracks, but his mother assured him that he wouldn’t stay in Portsmouth forever. Education was the way out, and a football scholarship was the way to pay for that education. So despite the racist taunts he faced at all the games he played in high school, Chuck maintained a remarkable level of dedication and determination. And when discrimination followed him to university and beyond, Chuck Ealey remained undefeated. This inspirational story is told by Chuck Ealey’s daughter, author and educator Jael Richardson, with striking and powerful illustrations by award-winning illustrator Matt James.
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