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"In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them...
4) Barbarians!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Kroll introduces four notable groups referred to by their enemies as barbarians: the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols. In each case, he looks at the lives of common people within the group, their religious beliefs, their leaders, their history, and the results of their attacks on other civilizations"--Amazon.com.
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1160L
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English
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In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.
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English
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"A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family--Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner--whose lives unfold against the tumultuous...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"There was a time when the family Künstler lived in the fairy-tale city of Vienna. Circumstances transformed that fairy tale into a nightmare, and in 1939 the Künstlers found their way out of Vienna and into a new fairy tale: Los Angeles, California, United States of America. An ill-timed visit forces twentysomething New Yorker Julian to shelter in place in Venice Beach with his glamorous and eccentric ninety-three-year-old grandmother, Mamie Künstler,...
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Publisher
Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
319 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of the Barbian invasions across Europe, North Africa, and Asia between the fourth and sixth centuries; and explores how the plundering of entire kingdoms led to the establishment of international centers of government and commerce.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xii, 397 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character.
14) Goths
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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"A history of the Goths, who rose as a power in the early third century and, under their famous leader Alaric, succeeded in sacking Rome in 410"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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"With their large brains, sturdy physique, sophisticated tools, and hunting skills, Neanderthals are the closest known relatives to humans. Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe?descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals...
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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Summary: The history of the Apache diaspora is laid out in this book in eight roughly chronological chapters. Each chapter also possesses a thematic focus on a key location to which Apaches were displaced over time: palaces, prisons, schools. The first part of the book begins by tracing precolonial histories of captivity and migration before examining the formation of Apache diasporas in the context of Spanish, Comanche, and French colonialism. Part...
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Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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161 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"10 Routes that Crossed the World explores the history, geography, and environmental and social impact of 10 significant routes or trails around the world. The routes included are: the Bering Strait land crossing, Roman roads in Britain, the Camino de Santiago, Inca trails, the Khyber Pass, the Trans-Siberian Railway, Chilkoot Pass, the Serengeti migration trail, U.S. Route 66, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail."--
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America: the violent removal of Africans to the east coast of North America known as the Middle Passage; the relocation of one million slaves to the interior of the antebellum South; the movement of six million blacks to the industrial cities of the north and west a century later; and, since the late 1960s, the arrival of black immigrants from Africa, the Americas, and Europe. These epic...
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