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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: Alla Kaluzhny
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982274719
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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It's one thing to live an extraordinary life but another to live multiple lifetimes.

Author: Frederic H. Finnis
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460216326
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Turning Back the Pages 1993-1923 is an autobiography to delight readers. It narrates the escapades of a boy born in 1918, raised during the 'dirty thirties', and who later became a bomber pilot in World War 2. Open it and enter life in England when the sound of an aircraft passing overhead would cause people to run outside to get a glimpse of this new technological wonder, and privately owned automobiles were a rarity. Some of the stories are serious but many will bring the reader to tears of laughter, particularly those relating the high jinks that aircrew got up to in their time off.

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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Author: Ruth W. Millar
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 155050570X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Saskatoon Public Library’s history is suffused with drama. Floods, fires, boardroom battles, clashes with City Hall, strikes,bold art robberies, outraged and belligerent patrons, pilfering and mutilation of materials, stalkers and flashers, animals at large on the premises, theft of computer equipment, and a covered-up dispute that sent its chief librarian fleeing into obscurity – all appear in these pages. Set these stormy incidents against a historical matrix of two world wars, a major Depression, world-wide epidemics, and a revolution in technology, and the colourful pageantry of the Saskatoon Library history emerges.But mostly the Library quietly hummed along – efficient, orderly and welcoming. It has been a symbol of public service, a haven for troubled souls, an escape for the bored, as well as a treasure house for information seekers. As an institution, the SPL has had a remarkably progressive history of service and compassion – even missionary zeal – reaching out to the disabled, the illiterate, the poor, “New Canadians” and Aboriginal folk.

Author: Ellen Thompson Graves
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ISBN: 9780615566481
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Languages : en
Pages : 168

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The continuing story of the Thompson Family. First settlers of the Sedona, Arizona Area

Author: Kenneth Dixon
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469115840
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 57

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Author: Rania Abouzeid
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393609502
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449

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Winner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan Award Finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize “Rania Abouzeid has produced a work of stunning reportage from the very heart of the conflict, daring to go to the most dangerous places in order to get the story.” —Dexter Filkins, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Forever War Award-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid dissects the tangle of ideologies and allegiances that make up the Syrian conflict through the dramatic stories of four young people seeking safety and freedom in a shattered country. Hailed by critics, No Turning Back masterfully “[weaves] together the lives of protestors, victims, and remorseless killers at the center of this century’s most appalling human tragedy” (Robert F. Worth). Based on more than five years of fearless, clandestine reporting, No Turning Back brings readers deep inside Bashar al-Assad’s prisons, to covert meetings where foreign states and organizations manipulated the rebels, and to the highest levels of Islamic militancy and the formation of the Islamic State. An utterly engrossing human drama full of vivid, indelible characters, No Turning Back shows how hope can flourish even amid one of the twenty-first century’s greatest humanitarian disasters.

Author: Goyette Museum of Americana
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Languages : en
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Author: Sonia Sotomayor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525514082
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells her own story for young readers for the very first time! As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes diagnosis, to cope with her father's death, to uncover the secrets of the world, and to dream of a future for herself in which anything was possible. In Turning Pages, Justice Sotomayor shares that love of books with a new generation of readers, and inspires them to read and puzzle and dream for themselves. Accompanied by Lulu Delacre's vibrant art, this story of the Justice's life shows readers that the world is full of promise and possibility--all they need to do is turn the page. Praise for Turning Pages: * "A sincere and insightful autobiography that also demonstrates the power of the written word. A winning addition to libraries that serve young readers." --School Library Journal, starred review "A personal and appealing book made to inspire." --Booklist "A thoughtful introduction to both the power of reading and an inspiring role model." --Kirkus Reviews "This book would be great as a read-aloud for class discussions of the Supreme Court, or United States government, or of important people in public service. It would also be good for independent reading by students interested in biographies or political figures." --School Library Connection