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(0)Lynn Curlee
Author
Language
English
Description
A searing photo-illustrated historical memoir from the LGBTQIA+ frontlines of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s.
Before COVID-19 made "pandemic" a household word in 2020, there was the AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and 1990s. Author Lynn Curlee explores the parallels and the difference as he recounts living in New York and Los Angeles when the disease silently took hold of the gay community. As the disease became a full-blown public health...
Author
Language
English
Description
Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon--Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last thirty years of his life. A tragic story of a great genius, this compelling work of narrative nonfiction chronicles a life of obsessive artistry, celebrity, and notoriety.
With one grand leap off the stage at the 1909 premiere of the Ballets Russes's inaugural season, Nijinsky...
3) Trains
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
4) Rushmore
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Describes how this patriotic shrine and tourist attraction was conceived, designed, and created by the dedicated artist Gutzon Borglum.
6) Liberty
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses all the planning and efforts that went into the construction of one of the most famous symbols of the United States, the Statue of Liberty.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From the first ballpark converted from an ice rink in 1862 to the space-aged Houston Astrodome to the league's newest state-of-the-art stadiums, this book tells the history of baseball through its ballparks. As America changed so did its ballparks, and their various architectural forms helped shape the game we know today. If you love baseball, chances are you love one particular ballpark. Boston fans wax poetic about Fenway Park. Cubs fans are adamant...
8) Capital
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a history of Washington, D.C., focusing on the National Mall, its monuments and surrounding buildings.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
�2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the seven wonders of the ancient world, i.e., the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Pharos at Alexandria. Explores the timeless desire of cultures to leave a permanent mark on Earth.
