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Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
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Description
"In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's children"--Book jacket.
Author
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
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Description
"The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi. 13 HOURS presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby CIA station called the Annex in Benghazi, Libya. A team of six American security operators fought to repel the attackers and protect the Americans stationed...
Author
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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Description
When Welles Crowther was a young boy in Nyack, NY, his father gave him a red handkerchief to keep in his back pocket, in case he ever needed it. He kept it with him on the way to church that day and nearly every day after. It was a fixture as he grew up, tucked in jeans or wrapped around his head as he played lacrosse for Boston College. The bandanna was a signature, long before it became a symbol. Welles was like a lot of us, if just a bit better...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony. He escaped and six months later was heralded in the streets of New York--the revolutionary hero, back from the dead, at the dawn of the great Irish immigration to America. Meagher's rebirth in America included his leading...
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Language
English
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Description
"On August 21, 2015, Ayoub al-Khazzani boarded the 15:17 train in Brussels, bound for Paris. Khazzani's mission was clear: he had an AK-47, a pistol, a box cutter, and enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on the crowded train. Slipping into the bathroom in secret, he armed his weapons and prepared to launch his attack. But when he emerged, he encountered something he hadn't anticipated: three Americans who refused to give in to fear. Anthony...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xx, 779 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower places particular emphasis on his brilliant generalship and leadership in World War II, and provides, with the advantage of hindsight, a far more acute analysis of his character and personality than any previously available, reaching the conclusion that he was perhaps America's greatest general and one of America's best presidents. The book starts with the story of D-Day--it was Ike's plan, Ike's decision, Ike's...
Author
Publisher
Artisan
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Lexile measure
1150L
Physical Desc
xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"It happens in a split second, a moment of focus and clarity, when a choice is made: to act to save others despite the fact that you're afraid. This riveting collection includes real-life stories of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who made that choice--demonstrating guts and selflessness on the battlefield--as well as civilians who have been recognized for their courage in moments of crisis." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Lexile measure
AD 1080L
Language
English
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Description
The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world. Now abridged as a board book for our youngest feminists and activists! Women around the world have long dreamed big, even when they've been told their dreams didn't matter. They've spoken out, risen up and fought for what's right, even when they've been told...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
14 unnumbered pages, 378 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII--in and out of uniform, for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come. Liane B. Russell fled Austria with nothing and later became a renowned U.S. scientist whose research on the effects of radiation on embryos made...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"'It doesn't get better.' To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the name itself--Keating--had become a kind of backhanded joke." In 2009, Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
Physical Desc
362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery was constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I. The Tomb now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. When the first Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI, selected eight of America's most decorated, battle-hardened...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
In his 37 years in the military, McRaven saw both the best and worst of humanity and shares stories of the real, everyday heroes who have inspired him.
Growing up in Texas, McRaven dreamed of being a superhero and saving the earth from destruction. As he grew older he found real heroes everywhere he went-- and none of them had superpowers, none wore capes or cowls. But they all possessed qualities that gave them the power to help others, to make...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Glenn Beck provides stories of the people who [in his view] built America and the people who sought to destroy it"--