David Lee
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Series
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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A journey through the history of this railway that brought passengers to the English seaside for fifty years. Includes maps and photos.
The Southwold Railway was a delightful example of one of East Anglia's minor railways: A 3ft gauge railway, single track, just over eight miles long from Halesworth (connections to London) across the heathland and marshes of East Suffolk to the seaside resort and harbor of Southwold....
The Southwold Railway was a delightful example of one of East Anglia's minor railways: A 3ft gauge railway, single track, just over eight miles long from Halesworth (connections to London) across the heathland and marshes of East Suffolk to the seaside resort and harbor of Southwold....
2) Duke the Dog
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Duke the dog and his owner Santi are best friends. Duke loves to go for walks, chase squirrels, and swim. Emerging readers will be excited to join Duke and Santi on their adventures around the neighborhood. Fun text and corresponding illustrations will instill in readers the basics of pet care all kids should know. This book is sure to be enjoyed by both emerging readers and younger children who have not yet started reading.
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English
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This gripping book is about what it was really like to fight at the sharp end in World War II. In 1947, US General S. L. A Marshall controversially wrote that out of every one hundred combat soldiers only fifteen to twenty-five actually fired their weapons at the enemy, because of the innate human reluctance to take another's life. Others maintained the opposite view that soldiers enjoyed killing. David Lee demonstrates that the situation was far...
4) Jackals
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
This book brings readers face-to-face with a wild dog that's straight out of Africa-the jackal! Readers will love reading about this big-eared predator and its hunting techniques, as well as its life cycle, anatomy, and habitat. The book covers jackal family systems and behavior, as well as their interactions with humans. Readers will enjoy fact-filled text and amazing color photographs as they get a glimpse of the wild world of jackals.
5) Comanche
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book explores the great culture of the Comanche, a Great Plains tribe. Readers will learn about traditional Comanche ways of life, and how they changed after European contact. This book also teaches readers about the Comanche migration, conflicts, and the importance of horses to their culture. Captivating text is brought to life through photographs, which help readers grasp the Comanche's past and present. This exciting book provides a scope...
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English
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Ellie's Family Album is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.
RI.2.6 and Literacy.
L.2.1d. Photographs of Ellie's family, accompanied by narrative nonfiction text, show readers what Ellie's family is like and how life has changed over time. This book includes a graphic organizer. This book should be paired with "Our Family Album" (9781477723517) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program...
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English
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David Lee is a major figure in American letters: the author of fifteen books of poetry, a celebrated teacher, a legendary reader in classrooms, bookstores, and taverns; and the first poet laureate of Utah. His work is full of the most various qualities: soul-crushing tragedy, lyrical celebration, high comedy, storytelling ebullience. Rusty Barbed Wire: Selected Poems, now with us at last, brings to the community of readers raw power and radical beauty....
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English
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The Royal Naval Commandos had one of the most dangerous and the most important tasks of any in World War II - they were first on to the invasion beaches and they were the last to leave. Formed in 1941 as the Royal Naval Beach Parties, many lost their lives in the Dieppe raid. After Dieppe they became fully fledged fighting commandos with their legendary Fairbairn Sykes commando knives, organized into units from a commando through to the all Canadian...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Without dentists, we wouldn't know how to take care of our teeth! Readers will enjoy following this story's narrator as they go for a check-up and cleaning at the dentist. The narrator learns how to brush and floss to keep their teeth healthy and clean. This book pairs a fun story with colorful illustrations to keep young readers and listeners engaged in the story.
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English
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No one ever adequately prepares for the death of a loved one. Grieving can stun the soul and turn one's world upside down. This book is specifically sculpted to walk the grief journey alongside the sufferer. It highlights spousal loss but covers a gamut of other situations. The answers are not swift and easy, but the book will lead to the place of safety and rest. There is One who understands the turmoil of pain, and He died in the loneliest place...
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English
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Early in his life, John Walsh made a commitment that he would do whatever the Lord told him to do, even if he didn't understand why. This commitment provided a foundation for his life. He has followed God's direction from the heartland of America to a bustling market in Cambodia, from a bus in Jerusalem to a water taxi in Bangkok.
John doesn't seek God's direction in every decision he makes, but he has found that God steps in whenever he needs to...
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English
Description
Some say it never should happen, but it does. Any Christian, church leader, or Christian organization head can, from no apparent cause, suddenly find their soul in a desert place. It is confusing, frustrating, causes doubts, and feels like being saved and lost simultaneously. What generates this standstill in faith? How can motivation disappear in serving Christ? This book examines reasons for the desert dilemma, takes one through the strides to understanding...
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English
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Christian, how satisfied are you with the God you know? Or better, is God satisfied with the level of commitment you have with Him? Severe Christianity dips into the cauldron of what drastic Christianity is designed to be, identifying four stair steps of devotion from slight to saturated on which believers in Jesus have stationed themselves, uncovering what Scripture has divulged God's expectations to be. This book is for those who sincerely want...
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English
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Jesus Christ is the most written about and proclaimed figure of all of history. Why, then, are people so confused as to who He is? Why are Christian churches redefining Him to suit the culture and their own preferences? This book challenges the idea of a Jesus remake. It is the author's understanding of Him from well over sixty-five years of a personal relationship and study. It aims toward those who have given up on Jesus, because the portrayal of...
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English
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Off the shore of Hatteras Island, where the inner edge of the Gulf Stream flows northward over the outer continental shelf, the marine life is unlike that of any other area in the Atlantic. Here the powerful ocean river helps foster an extraordinarily rich diversity of life, including Sargassum mats concealing strange creatures and exotic sea beans, whales and sea turtles, sunfish and flying fish, and shearwaters and Bermuda petrels. During his long...
16) Orphan, Indiana
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English
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Orphan, Indiana is a collection of spontaneous outbursts framed by reticence and the guiding mania of the subconscious. Profane and poignant, accidental-seeming but soaring with satirical intent, David Dodd Lee's poems capture a verisimilitude that's phenomenological, and yet of the moment.
Author
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A stirring account of the heroic World War I exploits and life of Tennessean Alvin C. York. “Reads like a good novel.” —Southern Living
In a brief encounter on October 8, 1918, during the Argonne offensive, Alvin C. York killed 25 German soldiers and, almost singlehandedly, effected the capture of 132 others. Returning to the United States the following spring, he received a tumultuous public welcome and a
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English
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Written by the creator of MacGyver, The MacGyver Secret book details everything you need to experience breakthroughs in your creative problem solving. It teaches you the 3 simple steps to connect with your Inner MacGyver, guides you through the science by co-author Colleen Seifert, Ph.D. of why it works so well, shares tips about how to apply it in both personal and work situations, and gives you real world examples of how people like you are using...
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English
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Discover 18 Proven and Trusted Principles to Achieve your Magnificent Life
This book cuts to the chase on the mastery of life. In it, David C. Lee will challenge your thoughts and you will discover how to simply:
Rediscover your self-esteem and belief in yourself
Harness the fear and power of change
Achieve more, earn more and be more in all aspects of life
Design Your magnificent life
Put failure in its place & how to use it to propel you toward...
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Series
Diary of a 6th grade ninja volume 5
Publisher
Emerson Publishing House
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
There's a big talent show at 6th-grader Chase Cooper's school. Everything is going well until someone sets a wild animal loose and trashed the stage during rehearsal. Now Chase is racing against the clock as he deals with a some new ninjas, an ugly moose costume and a missing bird.