Helen's Big World

Helen's Big World

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  • Author: Doreen Rappaport
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781536409895
  • Category : Deafblind people
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

An introduction to the life and legacy of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan.


Miss Helen's Magical World: The Story of Helen Martins

Miss Helen's Magical World: The Story of Helen Martins

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  • Author: Jacqui L'Ange
  • Publisher: Bookdash
  • ISBN:
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

This is the story of Helen Martins’ battle against darkness, told by one of the creatures she loved best, the wise old owl.


Who Was Helen Keller?

Who Was Helen Keller?

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  • Author: Gare Thompson
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 1101640006
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 113

At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing things. This inspiring illustrated biography is perfect for young middle-grade readers. Black-and-white line drawings throughout, sidebars on related topics such as Louis Braille, a timeline, and a bibliography enhance readers' understanding of the subject.


Martin's Big Words

Martin's Big Words

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  • Author: Doreen Rappaport
  • Publisher: Perfection Learning
  • ISBN: 9781613833872
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 40

This definitive picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is an unforgettable portrait of a man whose dream changed America--and the world--forever.


Helen’s Birds

Helen’s Birds

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  • Author: Sara Cassidy
  • Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 1773060392
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 46

From Sara Cassidy, acclaimed author of A Boy Named Queen, comes a stunning wordless graphic novel about friendship, loss and hope. For as long as Saanvi can remember, she has been friends with her elderly neighbor Helen. They play cards and garden together and, especially, care for the wild birds that visit Helen’s yard. When Helen dies suddenly, a “For Sale” sign goes up, and movers arrive, emptying the house of its furniture and stripping the yard of its birdfeeders. The sparrows and hummingbirds disappear. Soon a bulldozer tears down Helen’s house. All winter, Saanvi walks numbly past the property as developers begin to build condos. Then one spring day, amid the dust and turmoil of construction, she finds a weathered playing card wedged between two rocks. She holds it to her chest, and finally sobs. After a tearful night, Saanvi wakes inspired. She slathers peanut butter on pinecones to hang from tree branches, hammers together a birdhouse from scrap wood and drags a kitchen stool outside to hold a bowl of water. Finally, she retrieves a nest that has been unraveling on Helen’s old property and places it in a tree in her own yard. Saanvi’s yard soon fills with Helen’s birds. They have a home again. This beautifully illustrated, wordless graphic novel shows Saanvi’s journey through close friendship, then hollowing loss and change, until she finally finds hope. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.


The Big Miss

The Big Miss

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  • Author: Hank Haney
  • Publisher: Crown
  • ISBN: 0307986004
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 274

Hank Haney's candid, surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of very few people allowed behind the curtain and observed Tiger in nearly every circumstance. There's never been a book about Tiger that is as intimate and revealing--or as wise about what it takes to coach a star athlete. From 2004 to the spring of 2010, Hank Haney was Tiger Woods's coach, and Tiger was Haney's only client. In that period, Tiger won more than a third of the tournaments he entered and six of his fourteen major titles. Haney felt hugely honored to help Tiger with his swing, and he approached the job with intense absorption and attention to detail. Haney was with Tiger 110 days a year, spoke to him over 200 days a year, and stayed at Tiger's house up to 30 days a year--sometimes affording him more contact with Tiger than either the athlete's agent or caddy. Haney saw his student in nearly every circumstance: in the locker room; on the course; with his wife, Elin; and relaxing with friends. Haney was there through it all, observing how Tiger's public identity sometimes meshed awkwardly with the roles of husband and friend, and how the former child prodigy came to have a conflicted relationship with the game that made him famous.


The Memoirs of Helen of Troy

The Memoirs of Helen of Troy

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  • Author: Amanda Elyot
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
  • ISBN: 0307338606
  • Category : Greeks
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 338

As despised as she was desired, Helen of Troy is one of history's most notorious women. In this groundbreaking and richly dramatic novel, the familiar story of passion and violence is told from a new perspective: that of Helen herself.


Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer

Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer

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  • Author: Helen Caldicott
  • Publisher: The New Press
  • ISBN: 1595585818
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 241

The renowned antinuclear activist delivers a “frighteningly convincing argument” against nuclear energy as a solution to climate change (Publishers Weekly). In a world torn apart by wars over oil, politicians have stepped up their search for alternative energy sources—and their leading choice is nuclear energy. But nuclear energy’s popularity as a green alternative is based on misinformation. People claim that nuclear-powered electricity does not cause global warming or pollution, that it is inexpensive, and that it is safe. These claims, as Helen Caldicott demonstrates, are untrue. In Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer, Caldicott digs beneath the nuclear industry’s propaganda to examine the actual costs and environmental consequences of nuclear energy. In fact, nuclear power does contribute to global warming; the cost is prohibitive, with taxpayers picking up most of the tab; there’s not enough uranium in the world to sustain it over the long term; and the potential for a catastrophic accident or a terrorist attack far outweighs any benefits. In concluding chapters, Caldicott details alternative sustainable energy sources that are the key to a clean, green future.


A Matter of Oaths

A Matter of Oaths

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  • Author: Helen S. Wright
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1448216966
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 332

Originally published in 1988, A Matter of Oaths is a space opera with heart, intergalactic intrigue and epic space battles. When Commander Rallya of the patrol ship Bhattya hires Rafe as their new Web officer, she knows she is taking a risk. As an oath breaker, Rafe has suffered the ultimate punishment – identity wipe – but luckily for him, there's no one else around qualified for the job. Shunned by his previous shipmates, Rafe is ready to keep his head down and do his job, but his competence quickly earns him respect, admiration, and, in one particular case, love. It's difficult to maintain the glow of acceptance however, when his past is chasing him across the galaxy in the shape of an assassin, intent on dealing once and for all with Rafe, whatever the cost. Now with a new introduction by Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.


Ballet for Life

Ballet for Life

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  • Author: Mary Helen Bowers
  • Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
  • ISBN: 0847858375
  • Category : Health & Fitness
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 194

A chic and informative guide to the Ballet Beautiful method, featuring dance-inspired exercises, wellness tips, and lifestyle advice that help readers achieve ballerina confidence and self-esteem. After a career with the New York City Ballet, Mary Helen Bowers created Ballet Beautiful, a fitness and lifestyle program inspired by ballet’s artistry and athleticism. Designed to give anyone a ballerina body, Bowers’s targeted exercises tone and lengthen muscles, develop good posture, and teach grace in movement. Since launching in 2008, Bowers and her training have been sought after by celebrities and models (Alexa Chung, Liv Tyler, and Miranda Kerr, to name a few), as well as thousands of women across the globe through their streaming service. This book delves into the Ballet Beautiful universe, showing readers how to attain a ballerina’s lean and powerful physique and graceful poise via exercises, posture lessons, wellness tips, and fashion and beauty advice that can be effortlessly incorporated into everyday routines. The book features original images by the legendary photographers Inez and Vinoodh coupled with technical photographs illustrating the Ballet Beautiful workout and lifestyle. A refreshing antidote to traditional fitness programs and restrictive diets, this book is a stylish and instructional guide to transforming your body and life though ballet.