Jim Murphy
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It's 1793, and there's an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philadelphia. The city's residents are fleeing in fear. This killer has a name--yellow fever--but everything else about it is a mystery. Its cause is unknown and there is no cure. This [book] traces the devastating course of the epidemic. [The book] offers a ... glimpse into the conditions in American cities at the time of our nation's birth while drawing thought-provoking parallels...
42) Nidā al-dhiʼāb
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A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt.
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A paleontologist from the distant future travels to 21st century New York to discover what caused the extinction of Homo sapiens, but finds himself having to choose between saving the human race or his own species. Fromme, however, is much more interested in meeting the most famous human in history – the woman who wrote the quantum physics paper upon which all future science is based. However, Fromme's efforts to meet Zenobia Malmud trigger events...
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Harness the wisdom of your subconscious with this modern interpretation of the timeless teachings featured in Dr. Joseph Murphy's definitive classic The Power of Your Subconscious Mind-now with expanded commentary and updated practices, providing a practical toolkit to help you manifest your deepest desires.
Since its publication in 1963, Dr. Joseph Murphy's The Power of Your Subconscious Mind has sold millions of copies worldwide and continues to...
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A journey to seven monasteries which offer the modern person a place for a refreshing time of prayer or solitude: St. Meinrad Archabbey, a Romanian Orthodox Monastery, an Arizona desert adobe monastery, the community of musician John Michael Talbot, a St. Francis monastery, a Trappist monastery in the Ozark Mountains, a hermitage in northern Ontario, and a unique Lutheran monastery.
46) True Stories
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Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited
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This sample unit uses literature to teach the story of the Civil War. Six core books -- two works of historical fiction (Across five Aprils / by Irene Hunt ; Bull Run / by Paul Fleischman), two informational books (The boy's war / by Jim Murphy ; Undying glory / by Clinton Cox), and two biographies (Lincoln : a photobiography / by Russell Freedman ; Behind rebel lines / by Seymour Reit) -- are used to build the unit.