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Author
Publisher
Balance, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 222 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grit isn't always great. Perseverance doesn't always pay off. In Quitting, journalist Julia Keller dives into "the neuroscience of nope," and the cultural messaging that drives our reluctance to throw in the towel, to dismantle the myth of perseverance once and for all. Combining reportage from the front lines of scientific research, pop culture, with conversations with people who have made profound change in their own lives and "Permission slips"...
2) Johnson House of St. Elmo (its history and architecture): the study of a house, a family, a suburb
Author
Publisher
G.C. Jenkins
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xx, 118 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
O. C. Marsh and Edward Cope met in 1863 and bonded over their shared love of fossils, becoming the best of friends. Until one day Marsh discovered an error in Cope's work, and the Bone Wars began! Marsh and Cope raced each other around the world, excavating fossils and trying to find the most important never-before-seen discoveries.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Middle-schooler Ruby and her friend Scout join together to stop a real-estate mogul from tearing down their historied New York City apartment building, called Umbrella House. In a contest for a news network, Ruby and Scout use their creativity and video-editing skills to show the value of both their building and their East Village neighborhood. Once they discover the identity of the anonymous Midnight Muralist, Ruby convinces the famed East Village...
Author
Publisher
The University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxi, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to 'catch the learning' after Northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862, less than six months after the Union army captured the South Carolina Sea Islands. In this broad history Orville Vernon Burton and Wilbur Cross range across the past 150 years to reacquaint us with the far-reaching impact of a place where many daring and innovative social justice endeavors...
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