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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. Humankind makes a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Thai
Description
Whores' glory, the third film in Michael Glawogger's globalization trilogy (following Megacities, Workingman's death), is an explicit and unflinching exposé of global prostitution. Glawogger's latest larger-than-life documentary is an audacious, non-judgmental study of sexuality, politics, human behavior and the effects of capital and religion on both women and men from starkly different cultures.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright blazes a haphazard trail through the sixth grade at P.S. 38, where between endless misadventures, marked by complaining observations, he earns straight As and numerous detentions.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ruthie loves tiny things and when she finds a tiny camera on the playground she is very happy, but after she lies and says the camera belongs to her, nothing seems to go right.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket and wins the chance of a lifetime: a magical day witnessing the miraculous creation of the most delectable eatables ever made. Join Charlie in this world-famous story.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her family ignores her on her sixth birthday, Clementine gets mad and starts stomping on people with her very strong legs and super tough feet, but a tangle with a tornado turns things around for her.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Pub., LLC
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nate Wright is known to his pals and teachers for many things, his penchant for mischief and his school record for detentions being the foremost. But beating out brainiac Gina's grades is not one of those things! In Big Nate Makes the Grade, the school life goings-on of Nate, his pals, and his long-suffering teachers are recounted in hilarious detail. Now in full-color!
12) No talking
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
13) Leap of faith
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Forced to attend a Catholic middle school because of her conduct, Abigail discovers a talent for theater and develops a true religious faith.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
America's favorite home humorist, Erma Bombeck, has the uncanny ability to transform the trivialities of everyday American life into rich, witty stories that capture the imagination and tickle the funnybone. In this best-selling collection of hilarious tidbits, she turns her talents to the animal kingdom: the behavioral patterns of the creatures in the wild and the couple in the duplex next door.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Melvin likes to throw a tantrum when he does not get what he wants, but he learns that the classroom rule, "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" applies at home as well.
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a mission to write a book that sums up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture. Here is the definitive guide to our species--completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy.
19) Moving day
Author
Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.
Author
Series
Iggy volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Iggy Frangi and his friends, afraid the principal saw them pulling a big prank, vow to be so good they are invisible, but learn that being too good causes trouble, too.--
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