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1) Grenade
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"It's 1945, and the world is in the grip of war. Hideki lives on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When WWII crashes onto his shores, Hideki is drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American soldier. Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa. He doesn't know what to expect -- or if he'll make it out alive....
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"Winds whipped dark clouds of dust across the dry, open croplands of the Great Plains. How did this tragedy begin and what took the country through the worst of this extreme drought in the Dust Bowl? Learn about this trying time with easy-to-understand content tied to the curriculum of upper-elementary and middle school students written at a 2nd to 3rd grade reading level. Dyslexia friendly font and design make learning accessible and a recap at the...
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In Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733) the English came as close to having a Voltaire of their own as they ever came. A clear-sighted and fearless critic, he had the knack of making furious controversies volcanic and of making people see red wherever he introduced his comments, and he introduced them everywhere. In addition, he was one of the classic prose stylists of English literature, as he went cutting and slashing among the prejudices of his age,...
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