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"As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not. In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories...
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Facts on File
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[2010]
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English
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Keyed to the requirements of the middle and high school curriculum, the experiments include information on the following: Batteries -- Caloric content -- Characteristics of polymers -- Density -- Electromagnets -- Galvanometers -- Gas solubility -- The heat capacity of metals -- Rate of speed -- The relationship of matter and energy -- Sound insulation -- Surface area and volume.
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Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints, Wiley
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2015.
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English
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"Offering step-by-step, practical tips, the book walks the student (and his or her parents) through the major "moments" of the college selection process: learning about the kinds of college, devising a coherent initial list, sizing up the curricula and programs of study, planning and carrying out an informative tour of the colleges, constructing a unified and compelling application, obtaining and evaluating financial aid offers, and making a final...
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Joanne Simpson made groundbreaking--or should we say cloudbreaking--discoveries about weather and how it worked. Born in Massachusetts in 1923, she became interested in clouds while sailing in Cape Cod. As a young adult, she went to the University of Chicago and began studying and then teaching meteorology. After the war, women were expected to go back to being homemakers, but Joanne instead received her Masters Degree and began a PhD program. She...
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