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Killing volume 11
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"In Killing The Killers, #1 bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard take readers deep inside the global war on terror, which began twenty years ago on September 11, 2001. As the World Trade Center buildings collapsed, the Pentagon burned, and a small group of passengers fought desperately to stop a third plane from completing its deadly flight plan, America went on war footing. Killing The Killers narrates America's intense global war...
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John Grisham's first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits--...
5) The jungle
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Describes the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young immigrant struggling in America.
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"A few years ago, as I listened one night to my mother telling incidents of her life pioneering in the semi-arid region of Western Kansas, it occurred to me that the picture of that early time was worth drawing and preserving for the future, and that, if this were ever to be done, it must be done soon, before all of the old settlers were gone. This book is the result-an effort to picture that life truly and realistically. It is the story of an energetic...
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A profoundly moving nonfiction picture book about tragedy, hope, and healing from the award-winning author. Sometimes bad things happen, and you have to tell everyone. Sometimes terrible things happen, and everybody knows. On April 19, 1995, something terrible happened in Oklahoma City: a bomb exploded, and people were hurt and killed. But that was not the end of the story. Those who survived--and those who were forever changed--shared their stories...
9) Hard choices
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Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.
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New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Wendy and a group of close high school friends take adolescent bonding to a whole new level. Shunning ramdom hook ups, these friends vow to be only with each other -- no apologies and no regrets. But when one of them falls for an outsider, the group's cold and calculating leader takes it personally and decides that if anyone tries to leave her clique, she'll show them just how dangerous it is to make enemies out of friends.
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Monarch Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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It's 1976 and life is all about rebellion. Mischievous high school sophomore Jay Skibness thinks he has it made: good friends, good times, and good weed. But when Jay's best friend is linked to the murder of a kid from another clique, life suddenly becomes a conflict between conscience and character. While his best friend drowns himself in guilt, Jay escapes into the arms of the free spirited Wendy-- the rich girl who thinks he's dangerous. The two...
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"Dashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit, determination, and twenty years to carve a path through the mountain separating his poor village from the nearby village with schools, markets, and a hospital. Manjhi Moves a Mountain shows how everyone can make a difference if their heart is big enough."--Provided by publisher.