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Archives of Sexuality & Gender includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, interviews, personal letters, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS. Part of Gale’s Archives of Sexuality & Gender.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Bulgarian
Description
In her search for the true origins of a haunting melody, the filmmaker travels to Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria. The trip is filled with humor, suspense, tragedy and surprise as each country's citizens passionately claim the song to be their own and can even furnish elaborate histories for its orgins.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For a long time, the national identities of the people of Serbia and Montenegro were shared as they lived under one country. However, in recent years, Serbia and Montenegro have become their own nations, and readers discover the details behind this split as they examine the similarities and differences between these neighboring nations. Using the most current information available, this volume takes readers through the complicated history of these...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the Croatian-born engineer who developed alternating-current technology and invented the radio.
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless communications. But his greatest invention was the AC induction...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current, to lighting up the Chicago World's Fair, to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After ten years of living in America, a young girl is happy with the new world in which she lives and doesn't understand why her parents yearn to return to their war-torn land of Kosova, yet when a sudden damaging act reestablishes old fears of hate, theAmericanized student is forced to reexamine everything she thought she knew.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's the summer after senior year, and Briggs Henry is leaving behind his ex-girlfriend and his parents' money troubles for Lake Michigan, sandy beaches, working a summer job as a personal assistant, and living in a gorgeous Victorian on the shore. Then he gets there. And his eighty-four-year-old boss tells him to put on a suit for her funeral. "Lake effect" takes on a whole new meaning in a summer of social gaffes, beach volleyball games, and a drawer...
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