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From Eve’s crafty exchange with the serpent, to Martin Luther King’s soaring, subtle ultimatums, to the throes of Twitter—argument’s drainpipe—the human desire to prevail with words has been not just a moral but an existential compulsion. In this dazzling reformulation of argument, renowned critic Lee Siegel portrays the true art of argument as much deeper and far more embracing than mere quarrel, dispute, or debate. It is the supreme expression...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family migrated from Korea to Australia. At the time, he did not speak English, and, unsurprisingly, struggled at school. But, then, in fifth grade, something happened to change his life: he discovered competitive debate. Immediately, he was hooked. It turned out, perhaps counterintuitively, that debating was the perfect activity for someone shy and unsure of himself. It became a way for Bo not only to find...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Readers will learn about some of the most meaningful and fun debates in the world of soccer such as, Messi or Ronaldo? And should video review be added to the sport? This title also features a lightning round of further questions to debate, a glossary, and further resources. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Most sports fans have strong opinions about the players and teams they follow. And they love to share their views with their friends. Great Sports Debates covers a wide range of topics across a broad spectrum of sports. Each book in this series discusses multiple debates on various players, rules, topics, and issues related to the sport. This series is sure to spark conversations with sports fans of any age.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Readers will learn about some of the most meaningful and fun debates in the world of hockey such as should fighting be allowed, and comparing Wayne Gretzky to modern day greats like Sidney Crosby and many more. This title also features a lightning round of further questions to debate, a glossary, and further resources. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Readers will learn about some of the most meaningful and fun debates in the world of baseball such as ditching the Ump and who belongs in the Hall of Fame. This title also features a lightning round of further questions to debate, a glossary, and further resources. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Readers will learn about some of the most meaningful and fun debates in the world of basketball. This title features players from Larry Bird to Magic Johnson. The title also features a lightning round of further questions to debate, a glossary, and further resources. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Most sports fans have strong opinions about the players and teams they follow. And they love to share their views with their friends. Great Sports Debates covers a wide range of topics across a broad spectrum of sports. Each book in this series discusses multiple debates on various players, rules, topics, and issues related to the sport. This series is sure to spark conversations with sports fans of any age.--Page [4] of cover.
11) That's debatable
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Millicent M. Chalmers is depending on a series of debating victories, culminating in winning Alabama's state debate tournament, to secure a college scholarship, but her singular focus is disrupted after a run-in with Taggart Strong, whoseems equally dedicated to losing every debate as long as he says what he really believes.
14) Katy's debate
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Katy, a Mennonite teenager attending secular high school, joins the debate team, and tries to keep her father from remarrying so that she does not have to adjust to having a stepmother.
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2008
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English
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Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
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Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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TJ Powar and her cousin Simran have become the subject of a meme: with TJ being the expectation of dating an Indian girl and her Sikh cousin who does not remove her body hair being the reality. TJ decides to ditch her razors, cancel her waxing appointments, and sets a debate resolution for herself: This House Believes That TJ Powar can be her hairy self, and still be beautiful. The infuriating boy from a rival debate team seems determined to prove...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan isn't one to avoid arguments. He relishes them, as the lifeblood of democracy and the only surefire way to establish the truth. Arguments help us solve problems, uncover new ideas we might not have considered, and nudge our disagreements toward mutual understanding. A good argument, made in good faith, has intrinsic value-and can also simply be fun. Arguments are everywhere-and especially given the fierce debates we're all embroiled...
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Ali Cross volume 3
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Ali Cross and his friends chase police cases while Ali is caught up in a debate about policing--
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