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Author
Language
English
Description
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
165 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the conditions that gave rise to efforts to secure better working conditions for the women working in the garment industry in early twentieth-century New York and led to the formation of the Women's Trade Union League and the first women's strike in 1909.
7) APHR Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, Second Edition
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (481 pages)
Language
English
Description
This highly effective self-study system offers complete coverage of every subject on the aPHR® exam Take the Human Resources Certification Institute's 2022 aPHR exam with complete confidence using this integrated study guide. Written by a team of HR experts, aPHR Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition features information about the aPHR exam, HR certifications in general, and important U.S. laws...
8) U.S.A
Author
Series
Library of America volume 85
Language
English
Description
Unique among American novels for its epic scope and panoramic and social sweep, John Dos Passos' U.S.A. has long been acknowledged as a monument of modern fiction. In the novels that make up the trilogy - The 42nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932), and The Big Money (1936) - Dos Passos creates an unforgettable collective portrait of America, shot through with sardonic comedy and brilliant social observation. He interweaves the careers of his characters...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 768 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question? In this insightful and completely updated tome, esteemed rabbi and bestselling author Joseph Telushkin helps answer the question of what it means to be a Jew, in the largest sense. Widely recognized as one of the most respected and indispensable reference books on Jewish life, culture, tradition, and religion, Jewish Literacy covers every essential...
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