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1) Revolver

Author

Sedgwick, Marcus

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD

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Finland, 1910: Fifteen-year-old Sig is shocked to see a hole in the frozen lake outside his family's cabin and to find his father's corpse nearby. Why did Einar steer his dog sled across the lake instead of taking the safer land route? Sig's sister and stepmother go for help, leaving Sig alone with Einar's body in the cabin. Soon after, an armed stranger barges in, demanding a share of Einar's stolen gold from when the two men knew each other during...

2) The road to surrender: three men and the countdown to the end of World War II

Author

Thomas, Evan

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

Description

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"This suspenseful and propulsive account of the days leading up to the end of World War II, is told through the stories of three men: Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atomic bomb; Gen. Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in Europe and the Pacific, who was in charge of actually dropping the bombs; and Shigenori Tōgō, the Japanese Foreign Minister, who was the only one in Emperor...

3) Kissinger's shadow: the long reach of America's most controversial statesman

Author

Grandin, Greg

Publisher

Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Description

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The author offers a compelling new interpretation of Kissinger's continuing influence on how the United States views its role in the world.

4) Japan 1941: countdown to infamy

Author

Hotta, Eri

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

Description

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Examines the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective.

5) Ours was the shining future: the story of the American dream

Author

Leonhardt, David

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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"The stagnation of living standards for most Americans over the past few decades has been the defining trend of modern life in the United States. Wealth and educational attainment have all slowed to a crawl in the twenty first century, while life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and the Black-White wage gap is as large as it was when Harry Truman was president. How did this happen in the world's most powerful country? Drawing...