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1) Energy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Energy comes from many sources and is used in many different ways. Young readers will learn what energy is, where it comes from, how humans have harnessed energy in order to better their lives over the years, and why conserving energy is so important. Children are keen observers of the world around them. This series helps kids understand the scientific basics behind their everyday experiences. Through simple, clear text and colorful images, these...
2) Wind power
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind wind power. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
3) Blackout
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.
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Laney McLeod's life changes the minute she finds herself stuck in a high-rise elevator in Manhattan. Fighting her rising panic, she relies on a handsome stranger to help overcome her claustrophobia. The man, Deke Sargent, is just as attracted to this beautiful and vulnerable woman as she is to him. When the power comes back on, Deke and Laney find themselves in a passionate embrace that soon leads to a night of love in his apartment. Shocked at her...
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"A revealing book about how government, law enforcement, and bureaucratic interests are seizing our property, our children, our savings, and our fundamental American rights-and how to fight back. Liberty and justice for all is the bedrock of American democracy, but has America betrayed our founders' vision for the nation? In When They Come For You, New York Times bestselling author David Kirby exposes federal, state, and local violations of basic...
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the economic facts of life. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work in America today? They're simple enough: reduce democracy, shape ideology, redesign the economy, shift the burden onto the poor and middle classes, attack the...
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En las sociedades democráticas, es muy común que un tribunal revise los contenidos de una ley para determinar si es válida o no a la luz de lo que exige la Constitución. Esta situación plantea al menos tres preguntas de enorme relevancia pública: ¿por qué son los jueces, y no los legisladores como representantes del pueblo, quienes quedan a cargo de la tarea de interpretación constitucional? ¿Es aceptable que los jueces asuman el derecho...
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This is a story about our personal journey through Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy Courts and The Criminal Justice System. Regardless of political persuasion, we, as Americans want to believe that the law protects the "weak from the strong" and every citizen from his or her own government.
The story I am about to tell shows a side of America's Legal System that is something quite different from what the Founding Fathers intended!
It is also a tribute...
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Dentro de la trayectoria de Carlos Nino, Derecho, moral y política es un libro excepcional. Pensado y escrito al calor del debate sobre la politización del derecho, se convirtió inmediatamente en un punto de referencia obligada. Contra los partidarios del positivismo jurídico, la concepción de que la ley existe para ser aplicada, sin miramientos sobre la moralidad o justicia de su contenido, casi a modo de fórmulas matemáticas que deben manejar...
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In The Next 25 Years, renowned First Amendment lawyer Martin Garbus examines what will be the impact of the new Supreme Court on the future of our republic. Drawing on extensive knowledge of Constitutional law and legal precedents, Garbus, one of our most astute legal historians, defrocks the executive branch's grip over the judiciary as an extension of its own executive powers. He warns of the threat of an incoming "textualist" bench that wishes...
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¿Es democrático que un pequeño número de jueces, no elegidos por el pueblo ni representativos de él, decidan sobre la constitucionalidad de una ley o la extensión de derechos que afectan a millones? Más aún: ¿lo es que esas decisiones sean el resultado de votaciones que puede ganar una exigua mayoría de 5 contra 4, como sucede en los Estados Unidos? Para Jeremy Waldron, uno de los autores más prolíficos e influyentes del derecho constitucional...
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Take the guesswork out of growing your own organic fruits, herbs and veggies all year round with this comprehensive guide to greenhouse gardening
If you're looking for an effective way to grow some of your favorite plants without having to wait forever for the perfect season and are tired of store-bought, genetically modified fruits and vegetables that are grown with the help of synthetic chemicals, then keep reading.
In this guide, Tom Gordon shows...
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Frank Einstein volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"--
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Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing? Would she have won the election? Imagine Hillary Clinton as a man. Howard Clinton says and does the exact same things as Hillary. Would Howard Clinton have been portrayed in a thousand Pinterest images as a witch, stirring a cauldron or riding a broomstick? Would he have been called a bitch on countless T-shirts? Would his thoughtful,...
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Más allá de qué corte tiene la razón en el conocido "choque de trenes" entre las altas cortes colombianas, el libro explora qué tipo de fenómeno jurídico se presenta en este choque. La autora argumenta que el caso colombiano es un claro ejemplo de pluralismo jurídico estatal. Este vívido ejemplo de pluralismo debilita el mito del monismo jurídico dentro del Estado. Igualmente, debido a su relación con el pluralismo jurídico estatal, el...
16) Gas City
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Calling upon his considerable novelistic skills, Loren D. Estleman exposes the black heart of a seemingly stable, well-run city suddenly pitched into violence and chaos. A delicate balance of forces-greed and corruption, ambition and desire-run out of control in the wake of a serial killer's grisly rampage.
A power struggle-between a police chief who has looked the other way for too long, a Mafia boss who holds the city's vices in his powerful grasp,...
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Do you spend most of your time inside? Do you depend on devices to feel connected? Do you feel to busy to take a five-minute walk in the fresh air to calm your mind and awaken you senses? You're not alone. Many of us spend far too much time indoors, trapped in our own heads, surrounded by screens, and disconnected from our bodies and the rejuvenating elements of nature. So, how can you get back to the earth, restore balance, and replenish your soul?...
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 19
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While leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant, James McLanahan Bradley is caught in the middle of a battle that threatens to become an all-out global war for control of space after the U.S. President ignites an arms race.
"With the death of his heroic father, bomber and space warfare veteran Patrick McLanahan, Bradley McLanahan must now fly solo, leading a team of young engineers designing...
19) Hoover Dam
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers the science and engineering behind the Hoover Dam. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index."--
20) Lights out
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When a storm causes a neighborhood blackout, Sofia and her father come up with a plan for the perfect family night without electricity.
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