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Recounts the experiences of a typical childhood during World War II, including work, play, and educational activities, and identifies the struggles felt with regard to the war.
A biography of Mary Harris Jones, the union organizer who worked tirelessly for the rights of workers.
The story of a young Mexican boy living in a colonia (trash dump community) who takes the first steps toward realizing his dream of getting an education.
The Original Private Eye.
Describes what life was like for young people moving to and living on the western frontier.
Presents the history of umbrellas and includes an explanation of how they work, how they came to be, and how their purpose and popularity have changed over time.
True or False? Nelson Mandela spent almost three decades in jail before becoming president of South Africa. True! From the 1940s to the 1990s, Nelson Mandela led a movement to gain rights for black South Africans. The white South African government tried to stop him by putting him in jail. After twenty-seven years, he was freed, and black South Africans won the right to vote in their own country. They elected Mandela to be the first black president of South Africa.His parents named him Rolihlahla, but his English teacher called him Nelson when he started school. Before he went to jail, he worked as a lawyer representing black South Africans. He helped write the Freedom Charter, which became the blueprint for South Africa?s fight for equality.
An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs. With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.
Who or whom? Lay or lie? Conjunction, pronoun, predicate, or gerund? If such questions and terms leave you scratching your head, you need the hip and fun follow-up to NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR. With a new, easy-to-use alphabetical format and the same winning formula of wacky cartoons, off-the-wall examples, and catchy reminders, MORE NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR will help you sidestep common bloopers, untangle your malapropisms, secure those dangling modifiers, and teach you to speak and write with clarity and confidence.
A biography of the man who created Mickey Mouse.