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Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Professional runner Rickey Gates documents his epic experience of running 3,700 miles across the entire continental United States with just a small backpack and an anthropologist's curiosity to discover the divided America in which we live. Rickey shares first-person essays and roughly 200 photographs of the fascinating (and ordinary) characters he met and the breathtaking (and ugly) things he saw and endured, delivering a patchwork portrait of America...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a child, Henry Jr. was curious about his family tree. Who was his great-great-grandfather? Why were some things about his family unknown? Henry interviewed family members and discovered connections. When he grew up , he taught others to do the same!
Author
Series
Tom Gates stories volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Things are looking up for Tom Gates. The school dance is coming up, and his birthday, too! What could possibly put him in a bad mood? Well, the words math lesson, for one thing. And that annoying twit Marcus Meldrew at school. And Granny Mavis threatening to bake Tom's birthday cake (carrots!). And the fact that nobody seems to be noticing the long list of birthday presents Tom has prominently displayed. Worst of all, can it be true that Tom's dad...
Author
Series
Tom Gates stories volume 6
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Tom Gates is happy about a day off from school because of the snow, but not so happy about the upcoming family portrait for his grandparents' fiftieth wedding anniversary.
9) The real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, big pharma, and the global war on democracy and public health
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government and quasi-governmental agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19 virulence and pathogenesis, and to muzzle debate and ruthlessly censor dissent"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"How do fearless ideas begin? Travel along with young Bill Gates on his life's journey full of curiosity, discovery, hard work, and most important, fearlessness--the inability to see limits. The book invites young readers to pursue their passions and awaken a sense of ambition and responsibility for others as they grow. Think Smart, Be Fearless tells the inspiring story of Bill Gates, one of America's most fascinating entrepreneurs, starting from...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was ...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest philanthropists in history. This fascinating story of a child...
Author
Series
Tom Gates stories volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
No school for two whole weeks! Tom can forget all about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew) and concentrate on good stuff like, inventing new ways to annoy Delia and band practice for Dogzombies.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The former Secretary of Defense explores why bureaucratic institutions are failing and how then can be tarnsformed through effective leadership, citing the examples of large-scale change in the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In a remote corner of Alaska, Investigative Services Bureau agent Felicity Harland squares off against a mysterious cult leader with potentially deadly motives when she joins with her partner, Hux, to investigate the deaths of a young couple in Gates of the Arctic National Park.
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