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English
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This wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse Condé brings Tituba out of historical silence and creates for her a fictional childhood, adolescence, and old age. She turns her into what she calls "a sort of female hero, an epic heroine, like the legendary...
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Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Examines the cities of the ancient Arab world that became flourishing Muslim metropolises and key locations for the development of algebra, the decimal system, astronomy, medicine, and other sciences from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries.
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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A poetic odyssey through space with the groundbreaking Voyager 2 probe-past Earth, into deep space and beyond.
In 1977, a space probe was built to help human beings learn a little more about outer space. Soon, along with its twin, Voyager 2 slipped through the clouds and left Earth behind. The spacecraft traveled for years through the deep, infinite night. At last Voyager 2 reached its first goal: Jupiter. Then it met the spellbinding sight...
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