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1. 2020
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Language:
English
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In the tradition of 1984 and It Can't Happen Here, 2020 is a timely dystopian novel about a country divided, a terrorist attack, and an populist leader who promises he alone is the solution. In 2020, Britain is at a breaking point. Years of economic turmoil, bitter debates over immigration, anger at the political elites, and fears about the future have created a maelstrom, a dis-United Kingdom, with citizens tempted to find easy answers in demagoguery...
2. 2020
Author:
Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Language:
English
Description:
2020: Can the President of the United States do this? Chandler Scott, a rising TV journalist, tries to connect the dots in a country mired in another financial crisis. Cyber terrorists add to the flames of fear. The public yearns for help from its leaders who respond in ways previously unimagined. Politics and economics collide during the election of 2020. Chandler uncovers a dark, far-reaching conspiracy that plants the seeds for the next crisis,...
3. 2020
Author:
Publisher:
The Sentinel
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
Spanish
Description:
Chandler Scott, un periodista de televisión en ascenso, intenta conectar los puntos en un paÃs sumido en otra crisis financiera. Los terroristas cibernéticos se suman a las llamas del miedo. El público anhela la ayuda de sus lÃderes que responden de manera inimaginable. La polÃtica y la economÃa chocarán durante la elección presidencial de 2020. Chandler descubre las semillas de la próxima crisis, una crisis que darÃa forma al futuro de...
4. 2020
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Publisher:
CSParker
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
2020 A Poetry Collection by CS Parker In a year the world stood still, the words kept moving. 2020 is a raw, reflective, and intimate journey through one of the most pivotal years in modern history. In this searing collection, CS Parker captures the emotional pulse of a world reeling from a global pandemic, racial reckonings, political unrest, and profound personal isolation. These poems are quiet moments of panic and clarity, journal entries from...
6. 2020
Publisher:
Stadium Media
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
While attempting to travel to the safety of his uncle's farm, a 16-year-old cult runaway finds himself fighting for his life in a desolate post apocalyptic American landscape until a mysterious stranger offers him hope of survival in this new, cruel world.
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Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
"Crisis has a way of laying bare our truest selves: who we trust, which principles and impulses we heed, whose lives we deem expendable. As it ravaged millions of lives, the Covid-19 pandemic revealed and accentuated the dividing lines that had already, for decades, splintered American public life. Against the backdrop of the 2020 presidential election, misinformation regimes, and the transformation of the facemask into a flagrant political symbol,...
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Series:
Strega Nona volume 1
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 730L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
10. The art lesson
Author:
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 590L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.
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Series:
Publisher:
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date:
[2021]
Lexile measure:
850L
Language:
English
Description:
"This narrative nonfiction title introduces young readers to the 2020 Black Lives Matter marches. These large protests, filled with powerful and courageous voices, shined a light on important issues concerning police brutality and racism. Each book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and timeline"--
Author:
Publisher:
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
This narrative nonfiction title introduces young readers to the 2020 Black Lives Matter marches. These large protests, filled with powerful and courageous voices, shined a light on important issues concerning police brutality and racism. Each book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and timeline. Author/Illustrator biography Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Table of contents Millions...
Author:
Series:
George Smiley volume 3
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
A veteran spy wants to "come in from the cold" to retirement. He undertakes one last assignment in which he pretends defection and provides the enemy with sufficient evidence to label their leader a double agent.