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October 9, 1967. World-renowned revolutionary Che Guevara is dead at 39. The charismatic Argentinian had been leading guerrilla fighters in Bolivia and was captured by the Bolivian army. A sergeant volunteered to execute the prisoner. Around the globe, reactions to the assassination were mixed. In Cuba, where Guevara had helped overthrow a brutally repressive dictatorship in 1959, more than a million people mourned openly. But elsewhere, many business...
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[2012]
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63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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English
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"In the early 1980s, doctors sounded the alarm. A mysterious new disease--acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS--was spreading around the world. While many of the first AIDS patients were gay men, no one seemed to be immune from the deadly blood-borne disease.Reseachers set to work to discover what was causing AIDS. They suspected a virus. Two teams of scientists- one in the United States and one in France - worked tirelessly to identify the...
4) K-pop
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[2020]
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
6) The 1980s
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[1999]
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128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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Discusses the political, historical, and cultural life of the United States in the 1980s, including the end of communism, the Iran-Contra affair, and pop culture of the time.
8) Witches
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[2000]
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112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Discusses witches, including ancient witches; the years between 1450 and 1700 during which time people accused of being witches were violently persecuted; witchcraft today; and magic and spells.
11) Graphic design
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[2009]
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112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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[2011]
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160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Examines events that led to the Delano Grape Strike from 1965 through 1970, discussing low wages, dangerous working conditions, the leadership of Cesar Chavez, the United States Farmworkers Union, and other related topics.
16) Ancient Egypt
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2012.
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96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Discusses the development of ancient Egypt's civilization and its impact on the course of history.
17) Days of slavery
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[2001]
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48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
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English
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