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"A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
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AD: Adult Directed 640L
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English
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Many animals, like people, enjoy spending time with their friends and family. Many groups of animals have their own unique names. Did you know a group of gorillas is a called a band? And a bunch of billy goats is a tribe? Following in the footsteps of Multiply on the Fly (multiplication), What's New at the Zoo? (addition) and What's the Difference? (subtraction), this rhythmic, fun-to-read-aloud book introduces children to division as they conquer...
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2015
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English
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"Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists"--Provided by publisher.
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Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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Since the sixteenth century, the Protestant tradition has been divided. The Reformed and Lutheran reformations, though both committed to the doctrine of the sinners justification by faith alone, split over Zwingli and Luther's disagreement over the nature of the Lord's Supper. Since that time, the Reformed and Lutheran traditions have developed their own theological convictions, and continue to disagree with one another. It is incumbent upon students...
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Luckyhz
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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A Great War will tear nations apart. Breaking our sacred code of protecting each other and our sovereign land. Told through the fractured life of a mysterious kid injured during the conflict. The reader is the author. And can choose how to see the story. My question for you is, can you tell fiction from reality?
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Publisher:
Bert Marshall
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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Captain (Cap) Lincoln Washington Hutchins III is 26 years old in standard years, but the war in Vietnam robbed him of many things beside his youth. Leaving the Army as a Captain, he goes home to Houston to find parents that argue over nothing, a girlfriend who cheats on him, and people who think he's nothing more than another Mexican.Tired of the hassle, he gets in bar fights, is thrown in jail weekly, and ends up being cut up so bad he lays up in...
10. The Great Divide
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Encounter Books
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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The theme of The Great Divide is that the populations of the democratic world, from Boston to Berlin, Vancouver to Venice, are becoming increasingly divided from within, due to a growing ideological incompatibility between modern liberalism and conservatism. This is partly due to a complex mutation in the concept of liberal democracy itself, and the resulting divide is now so wide that those holding to either philosophy on a whole range of topics:...
11. The great divide
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Journey to impossible places volume 2
Publisher:
Scripturo
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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"Thrust into a world that lives without a sun, Charlie is desperate to recover three keys hidden away in three powerful strongholds. Without the keys, the world will be forever lost in darkness. Even worse, that darkness will enter this world and destroy all that is good. With bitter enemies closing in fast, Charlie throws himself into the quest, facing his own doubts and fears in ways he could never have guessed. Meanwhile on the island, the other...
12. The Great Divide
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Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2004
Language:
English
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In the hallowed halls of the capital, some who have sworn to preserve our nation's union are secretly plotting its they are willing to kill to achieve their goals. The country has been split into two distinct factions over energy- "the haves" (those states that are fuel self-sufficient) and "the have nots". The inept execution of a flawed foreign policy in the Middle East has resulted in an Arab-backed oil embargo of the United States. Now the country...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
Spanish
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De la aclamada autora de El libro de los americanos desconocidos, llega la extraordinaria novela épica de Cristina Henríquez sobre la construcción del canal de Panamá: un hito histórico que partió en dos la historia del continente americano, así como las vidas de quienes lo hicieron posible. Dicen que la construcción del canal será la hazaña más grande en la historia de la ingeniería. Pero ¿quién va a construirlo? Para Francisco, un...
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Publisher:
Trilogy Christian Publishing
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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It's not a matter of "If" your church will face "The Great Divide" caused by racial conflicts, but "When" your church will face this challenge. This book is a collection of works from over 28 years of my experiences and others' viewpoints on these issues: The United States is on a fast train to a multicultural future. The phenomena of "White flight" plaguing the urban churches creates a clash between race and culture. -Racial battles are being fought...