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Pub. Date
2016
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After another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps, one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark's surprising decision to support...
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work...
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[2013]
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Publisher's description: More than 20,000 American Indians fought in the Civil War, some for the Union and some for the Confederacy. Though some opposed slavery and others held slaves, this was not their driving issue. Most were fighting to remain independent on their own lands. This publication is adding tribal voices to another chapter of American history. It documents oral tradition for generations to come while validating generations past
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2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"[P]resents the history of U.S. treaties with Native Americans in a sensitive and enlightening way. From treaties created in colonial times, through the Civil War, and to those that guide relations today, readers will learn the real story behind landmark events in U.S. history, as well as their historical impact and legacy."--
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[2008]
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The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives.
13) Land pacts
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Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Discusses the three treaties that tripled the land holdings of the United States during the 19th century: the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty in 1848, and the Alaska purchase in 1867.
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2020.
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"Trade allows us to sell what we produce at home and purchase what we don't. It lowers prices and gives us greater variety and innovation. Yet understanding our place in the global trade network is rarely so simple, and today's workers are wary of being taken advantage of. Trade has become an easy excuse for struggling economies, a scapegoat for our failures to adapt to a changing world, and--for many Americans on both the right and the left--nothing...
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[2014]
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Explores the causes and implications of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, an unholy covenant whose creation and dissolution were crucial turning points in World War II. Forged by the German foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and his Soviet counterpart, Vyacheslav Molotov, the nonaggression treaty briefly united the two powers in a brutally efficient collaboration. Together, the Germans and Soviets quickly conquered and divided central and eastern Europe;...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
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Dirk Pitt must descend to the bottom of the Hudson River to recover of the secret North American Treaty signed in 1914, but Great Britain is racing to find and destroy the same document.
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