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1) Growing local value: how to build business partnerships that strengthen your community

Author

Hammel, Laury

Series

Social Venture Network

Publisher

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

Description

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Growing a successful business is about meeting the needs of customers—and, by extension, the needs of the entire community. Turn your business into a good citizen and you can help ensure its success and contribute to making your community a great place to live and work. Growing Local Value shows how to build a values-driven business that is deeply embedded in local life. Drawing on real-world examples from Greyston Bakery, Wild Planet Toys,

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2) Babysitting

Author

Dayee, Frances S

Series

Venture book

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

Description

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A guide to earning money as a babysitter, with advice on getting customers, safety, and handling emergencies.

3) The Salem witchcraft trials

Author

Zeinert, Karen

Series

A Venture book

Pub. Date

1989.

Language

English

Description

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Relates the causes, events, and aftermath of the witchcraft trials which took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the early 1690's and resulted in the deaths of more than nineteen people.

4) Parkinson's disease

Author

Landau, Elaine

Series

Venture: health and the human body
Venture book
Venture health and the human body

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

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Introduces Parkinson's disease, a nerve disorder that often causes uncontrollable shaking and loss of energy in its victims.

5) The Holocaust: the fire that raged

Author

Rossel, Seymour

Series

Venture

Publisher

Watts

Pub. Date

1989

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the historical background, from the Treaty of Versailles through Hitler's rise to power, that led to the horrible and systematic slaughter of millions of Jews by the Nazis during World War II.

6) Science of chaos

Author

Lampton, Christopher

Series

A Venture book

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1992

Language

English

Description

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A discussion of a new scientific theory, formed with the help of computers, which proposes the possibility of patterns and order in the chaos and unpredictability of both nature and also human aspects of the world.

7) Chemistry: the birth of a science

Author

McGowen, Tom

Series

A Venture book

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

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Follows the early history of chemistry, from the time of the ancient world to the creation of modern chemistry in the late eighteenth century.

8) The Underground Railroad

Author

Cosner, Shaaron

Series

A Venture book

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

1991

Language

English

Description

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Describes the underground railroad which helped slaves escape to freedom.

9) Radio Astronomy

Author

Nourse, Alan Edward

Series

A Venture book

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1989

Language

English

Description

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Describes radio astronomy and how it helps scientists study the universe.

10) Autoimmune diseases

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Series

A Venture book

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1995]

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IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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Covers the symptoms, treatments, and possible causes of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Graves' disease, and AIDS>

11) Uganda

Author

Hanmer, Trudy J

Series

A Venture book

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1989

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the history, culture, and people of Uganda.

12) Wildlife poaching

Author

Greene, Laura

Series

A Venture book

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

1994

Language

English

13) Toxic cops

Author

Arneson, D. J

Series

A Venture book

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1991

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IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

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Discusses several threats to the environment, laws that have been enacted to protect it, and the branch of the Environmental Protection Agency and other local groups that enforce such laws.

14) Alzheimer's disease

Author

Landau, Elaine

Series

A First book
A Venture book

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

c1996

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IL: MG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

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Discusses this degenerative disease of the nervous system, its effect on the patient's family members, and suggestions for coping and care.

15) Uncle Tom's Cabin

Author

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Series

Oxford world's classics
A Signet classic CT322
Classic collection)
Barnes and Noble classics
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IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD, Large Print, Playaway

Description

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Written by American author and dedicated abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Toms Cabin" is a poignant novel which shows the harsh reality of a slaves life in the 1800s. Uncle Tom, an African-American slave who believes in the power of Christian faith. The book would be a major contributor to the Civil War because its compelling portrayal of slaves as fellow human beings left little room for compromise: if slaves were indeed...