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Broken by Veronica Miller
epub |eng | | Author:Veronica Miller

Chapter Thirteen I was pretty sure over the last couple weeks I’ve been getting looks and whispers, one month spending time with Thomas then the next hanging out with Travis. ...
( Category: Science & Technology January 17,2023 )
Blackbeard by Pat Croce
epub |eng | 2011-02-24 | Author:Pat Croce

“I do not know about ransom, Captain,” said Black Caesar, stabbing his sword into the wooden deck. “But I do know the Yellow Jack bug bit them but good.” “Captain, ...
( Category: European January 16,2023 )
The Real Thomas Jefferson by Eric Braun
epub |eng | 2019-08-21 | Author:Eric Braun [Braun, Eric]

Both Jefferson (left) and Alexander Hamilton (center) were members of President George Washington’s (right) cabinet, but they were not allies. Jefferson himself might disagree with that label. He might say ...
( Category: Political January 14,2023 )
Not-So-Great Presidents: Failures, Frauds, and Cover-Ups by Ben Thompson
epub |eng | | Author:Ben Thompson

Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth president of the United States And then there’s the Teapot Dome scandal … In case it’s ever a question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, ...
( Category: U. S. Presidents & First Ladies January 13,2023 )
Who Is Kamala Harris? by Kirsten Anderson & Who HQ
epub |eng | 2021-01-19 | Author:Kirsten Anderson & Who HQ [Anderson, Kirsten & Who HQ]

CHAPTER 4 First and First In 2008, Kamala received terrible news. Her mother, Shyamala, had been diagnosed with cancer. She died in 2009. The loss was extremely difficult for Kamala. ...
( Category: Political January 13,2023 )
Born Curious by Martha Freeman
epub |eng | 2020-02-18 | Author:Martha Freeman

INGRID DAUBECHIES Achievement: Physicist and mathematician who developed wavelet theory, which revolutionized audio and visual processing, medical imaging, seismology, and surveillance, among many other technologies. As president of the International ...
( Category: Science & Technology January 13,2023 )
The Quilts of Gee's Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin
epub |eng | 2017-10-20 | Author:Susan Goldman Rubin

Corduroy pillow covers as they appeared on page 1494 of the Fall and Winter Sears catalog, 1974. “Roman Stripes” variation, circa 1975, Willie “Ma Willie” Abrams. One day in 1998, ...
( Category: Multicultural January 13,2023 )
Marie Curie for Kids by Amy M. O'Quinn
epub |eng | 2017-01-15 | Author:Amy M. O'Quinn

5. On your paper, record the number of Skittles left unchanged after each attempt. How many attempts did it take for at least half (50) of the candies to change? ...
( Category: Science & Technology January 13,2023 )
Professor Buber and His Cats by Susan Tarcov
epub |eng | | Author:Susan Tarcov [Susan Tarcov]

“Afterward, the professor felt very bad that he hadn’t helped the young man,” said the fourth cat. “He knew he wouldn’t have treated an animal or a tree or even ...
( Category: European January 13,2023 )
Heroes and Outlaws of the Bible by Don Reid
epub |eng | 2011-06-21 | Author:Don Reid

"Out of the eater came something to eat Out of the strong came something sweet." For three days they worked on this riddle and could not come up with the ...
( Category: Religious January 12,2023 )
Women Scientists in Astronomy and Space by Nancy Dickmann
epub |eng | | Author:Nancy Dickmann

“A straight line can readily be drawn among each of the two series of points corresponding to maxima and minima, thus showing that there is a simple relation between the ...
( Category: Science & Technology January 12,2023 )
Sally Ride--A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space by Tam O'Shaughnessy
epub |eng | 2015-08-27 | Author:Tam O'Shaughnessy [O’Shaughnessy, Tam]

A break during training. After a year of training, Sally was assigned to work with a team to design the space shuttle’s fifty-foot robot arm. She spent two years working ...
( Category: Science & Technology January 9,2023 )
Who Was Juliette Gordon Low? by Dana Meachen Rau & Who HQ
epub |eng | 2021-07-06 | Author:Dana Meachen Rau & Who HQ [Rau, Dana Meachen & Who HQ]

Hearing Aids In the 1800s, the main way for hearing-impaired people to hear better was with an ear trumpet—a large funnel-shaped device that they held up to their ears. In ...
( Category: Social Activists January 9,2023 )
Who in the World Was the Acrobatic Empress? by Robin Phillips
epub |eng | 2015-01-15 | Author:Robin Phillips

When the bishop gave the marriage blessing, Justinian and Theodora were finally husband and wife. Chapter 5 A RING AND A CROWN The pointed toes of Theodora’s slippers flashed from ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2023 )
Kimberly Bryant by Kathryn Hulick
epub |eng | | Author:Kathryn Hulick

Ohana During the IGNITE International Girls Hackathon event in February 2015, the Global Fund for Women challenged coders to design websites or mobile apps that would help increase girls’ access ...
( Category: Biographies January 8,2023 )

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