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Do Something for Someone Else by Loll Kirby
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Changemakers Ser.
Meet 12 real-life children spreading kindness with simple acts of everyday activism. Meet kids – just like you – whose small acts of kindness are changing the lives of others. Learn about the work they do and discover how the future of our world starts here… with you. Features a how-to-help section, wit ...Show more
Drew (Changers #1) by Allison Glock-Cooper
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Changers
Some teenagers worry about who they'll wake up next to. Others worry about who they'll wake up as...Ethan Miller is about to start high school in a brand-new town. He's finally sporting a haircut he doesn't hate, has grown two inches since middle school, and can't wait to try out for the soccer team. At ...Show more
Ecofeminism by Vandana Shiva; Ariel Salleh (Foreword by); Pnina Werbner (Series edited by); Maria Mies; Richard Werbner (Series edited by)
Category: No Category | Series: Critique Influence Change Ser.
In this groundbreaking work, two world-renowned scholars argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of women. In both industrialized societies and the developing countries ...Show more
FIFTY FOODS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY by PRICE BILL
Category: REM Cooking | Series: Fifty Things That Changed the Course of History Ser.
A beautifully presented guide to the foods that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Though many of the foods in this book are taken for granted and one (the mammoth) is no longer consumed, these foods have kept humans alive for millennia and theirs is a fascinating story. Like the oth ...Show more
Famous Phones: Legends, Fakes and Frauds Who Changed History by DUMONT BRIANNA
Category: History | Series: Changed History
Fakes, frauds, and phonies. Sounds like a book filled with criminals and delinquents, doesn't it? Well, it's not. Some of the biggest names in history can be found between these pages--and the light isn't flattering. (We're looking at you, George "I must not tell a lie" Washington.) Famous Phonies: Lege ...Show more
Farthing by Jo Walton
Category: Fiction | Series: Small Change Trilogy
Eight years after they overthrew Churchill and led Britain into a separate peace with Hitler, the upper-crust families of the "Farthing set" are gathered for a weekend retreat. Among them is estranged Farthing scion Lucy Kahn, who can't understand why her and her husband David's presence was so forceful ...Show more
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History by Eric Chaline
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Changed the Course of History Ser.
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully illustrated book that uncovers the fascinating stories of creatures great and small. These are the animals that have played a central role in the evolution of humankind and modern society, but remain at the periphery of our undertsanding ...Show more
Fifty Machines that Changed the Course of History by CHALINE ERIC
Category: History | Series: Fifty Things That Changed the Course of History Ser.
The most significant machines of the 19th and 20th centuries. Fifty Machines that Changed the Course of History is a fascinating survey of the mechanical devices that propelled 18th-century society into the 19th and 20th centuries. The book celebrates more than 200 years of technological development ...Show more
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History by Bill Laws
Category: Home and Garden | Series: Changed the Course of History Ser.
Plants are so ubiquitous, such a common feature of the world around us, that we rarely stop to consider the profound impact they have on our everyday lives. We give flowers on special occasions, spend many dedicated hours nurturing gardens, use them for dyes and construction, and turn them into cosmetic ...Show more
Food-Related Stories ( Pocket Change Collective ) by Gaby Melian
Category: Cook Books | Series: Pocket Change Collective Ser.
"Gaby Melian tells so many stories through her relationship with food-about love, about loss, about hard work, and about finding her passion. The pages are dripping with delicious smells and tastes, and will give you a new way to look at both cooking and what it means to have a plan." -Molly Birnbaum, e ...Show more
Friends Change the World: We Are the Apollo 11 Crew by Zoe Tucker; Nick Radford (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Friends Change the World Ser.
We Are The Apollo 11 Crew tells how, through incredible teamwork, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins succeeded in their historic mission to the moon.