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"When Alex is born with Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) the author and her family decide to take care of him at home against the advice of doctors. The resulting life-lessons have taught the author that the happiness and joy that Alex brings is more than worth the struggle of parenting"--
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Chelsea's family life is pretty complicated. For starters, the family photo that she's been carrying for her whole life has been a mystery in itself! Before she can dig into her past, the present has taken a shocking turn ... Chelsea finds a dead body in the pond and sitting on the shore is a bucket of flowers. The more she learns about the dead man, the more she realizes he's tied up in the knotted web of her own past. As the clues start to surface,...
3) Lies my liberal teacher told me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America's School Curricula
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"A college professor refutes liberal narratives which define much of America's school curricula"--
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"An award-winning author's deep exploration of pivotal moments in Texas history through multiple generations of her own family, and a ruthless reexamination of our national and personal myths Over seven generations, Jessica Goudeau's family members were church elders, preachers, Sunday school teachers and potluck organizers. Her great-grandfather helped establish a Christian university in Abilene, Texas, which she attended along with her grandparents,...
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"A timely, revelatory look at freedom of speech-our most basic right and the one that protects all the others. Free speech is a human right, and the free expression of thought is at the very essence of being human. The United States was founded on this premise, and the First Amendment remains the single greatest constitutional commitment to the right of free expression in history. Yet there is a systemic effort to bar opposing viewpoints on subjects...
10) Predicting the winner: the untold story of election night 1952 and the dawn of computer forecasting
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"Predicting the Winner is a riveting narrative about election night 1952, when Dwight David Eisenhower won in a landslide and was elected president of the United States"--
"The history of American elections changed profoundly on the night of November 4, 1952. An out-of-the-box approach to predicting winners from early returns with new tools-computers-was launched live and untested on the newest medium for news: television.Like exhibits in a freak...
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"Hace veinte años, el padre de Emily Mills fue asesinado y ella encontró su cuerpo colgando en el patio trasero. Su hermana menor, Madison, afirma que estaba dormida en su habitación. Su hermana mayor, Tara, afirma que salió con amigos. La tragedia llevó a su madre al suicidio ya Tara a dejar la ciudad para siempre. El asesino fue capturado. El caso cerrado. Desde entonces, Emily y Madison han tratado de olvidar lo que sucedió esa noche, hasta...
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"From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the epic adventure tale The Emerald Mile comes the most dramatic and deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mile trek. The Grand Canyonis an American treasure, visited by more than 6 million people a year, many of whom are rendered speechless by its vast beauty, mystery, and complexity. Now, in A Walk in the Park, author Kevin Fedarko...
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