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This guide will introduce you to a variety of local, state, and federal resources, as well as information on elections and access to government documents.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Diva, heroine, icon, and-to the most devoted-a goddess. Stevie Nicks sings of spell casters and dream smiths, stars of the silver screen, her grandmother Alice and Alice in Wonderland, Joan of Arc, the power of sibyls and sylphs. This book tells her story, from the bleached Arizona landscape of her childhood to the strobe-lit Night of a Thousand Stevies celebrations, highlighting throughout her strengths as singer, songwriter, and performer"--
Author
Publisher
Los Angeles Turf Club
Pub. Date
1975
Language
English
Description
"Seabiscuit: The Saga of a Great Champion is the first complete story of the legendary thoroughbred who captured the heart of a nation. Noted track writer B. K. Beckwith called Seabiscuit’s career a saga because, like a Greek myth or beloved fairy tale, it is the tale of a forgotten, abused animal who was rescued, fought his way to the top of horse racing, stumbled, and then returned for a spectacular victory."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
jberrellez.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Adam, a government agent for the naval reconnaissance office, has been tasked with the menial job of driving a cargo van filled with four large containers - contents unknown - to a burn facility. He has done this every week for the past two years. The job is far below his pay grade as an agent and Adam has grown frustrated. He has also grown increasingly curious as the secrecy and security surrounding his cargo load seem out of proportion to the...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Drawing on in-depth interviews and research from the private sector, this study demonstrates how open, information-driven systems perform and can be used by government to solve our major problems, including quality education, health care, protection of the environment, and public safety. In the 1950s, when America was the world's single industrial giant, three out of four U.S. workers were engaged in manufacturing. Forty years later the industrial...
Publisher
Works Progress Administration
Pub. Date
1938
Language
English
Description
This report is a detailed examination of the public facilities and services built or performed by WPA workers up to October 1, 1937, obtained by individual inventory of the 150,000 projects that had been operated up to that time.
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