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1) Dress your family in corduroy and denim

Author

Sedaris, David

Series

Thorndike Press large print core

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Type

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David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His...

2) Magic tree house: Books 25-28

Author

Osborne, Mary Pope

Series

Magic tree house graphic novels volume 1

Publisher

Random House/Listening Library

Pub. Date

p2003, c2002

Language

English

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Stage fright on a summer night: The show must go on! That's what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to Elizabethan England. There they meet William Shakespeare who's having a hard time with some of the actors in his latest show. Are Jack and Annie ready to make a big entrance? Or will it be curtains for Shakespeare? Good morning, gorillas: Gentle giants or giant monsters? That's the question Jack and Annie have about...

3) Saxons, vikings, and celts: the genetic roots of Britain and Ireland

Author

Sykes, Bryan

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook on CD

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A study based on a decade-long DNA survey traces the genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants, ranging from prehistoric times to the genetic heritage of Americans of British descent.

4) Malcolm X

Author

Marable, Manning

Publisher

Penguin Audio

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

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An authoritative biography of Malcolm X draws on new research to trace his life from his troubled youth through his involvement in the Nation of Islam, his activism in the world of Black Nationalism, and his assassination.

5) Origins and ideologies of the American Revolution

Author

Mancall, Peter C

Series

Great courses

Language

English

Formats

Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook

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The years between 1760 and 1800 rocked the Western world. These were the years when colonists on the eastern fringes of a continent converted the ideals of Enlightenment thought first into action, then into an actual form of government. Now you can learn why this happened and how the colonists did it - in a series of 48 insightful lectures from an award-winning teacher and author. Professor Mancall brings to life not only the famous but also the

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6) A History of Hitler's Empire, 2nd Edition

Author

Childers, Thomas

Series

Great courses

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

Formats

Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook

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Know thy enemy. That's what the wisdom of history teaches us. And Adolf Hitler was surely the greatest enemy ever faced by modern civilization. Over half a century later, the horror, fascination, and questions still linger:

How could a man like Hitler and a movement like Nazism come to power in 20th-century Germany – an industrially developed country with a highly educated population?

How were the Nazis able to establish the foundations

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