John O'Brien
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Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?: The Stories Behind Some of America’s Patriotic Symbols
$19.99 Read more- Author: Bateman, Teresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 082346413X
- Language: English
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At Home in the Heart of Appalachia: A Memoir
$22.00 Add to cartJohn O’Brien was raised in Philadelphia by an Appalachian father who fled the mountains to escape crippling poverty and family tragedy. Years later, with a wife and two kids of his own, the son moved … [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 17 2002
- ISBN10: 0385721390
- Language: English
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Who Was Robert E. Lee?
$6.99 Read moreRobert E. Lee seemed destined for greatness. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and at West Point he graduated second in his class In 1861, when the Southern states seceded from the Union, Lee w… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Bader, Bonnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 26 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479095
- Language: English
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Who Is Bob Dylan?
$6.99 Read moreA Nobel Prize-winning singer-songwriter, musician, and artist, Bob Dylan is an American icon. In the past five decades, Dylan’s work has influenced everyone from John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and Da… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: O’Connor, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 27 2013
- ISBN10: 0448464616
- Language: English
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Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
$19.99 Read moreAs a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers day and night. He was such a daydreamer that people called him a blockhead.
When Leonardo grew up and traveled the world, he- Author: D’Agnese, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 30 2010
- ISBN10: 0805063056
- Language: English
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Mistakes That Worked: The World’s Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be
$12.99 Add to cartThe greatest discoveries are made outside the classroom Learn all about mistakes that changed the world with this collection of the strange stories behind everyday inventions It’s no accident that y
- Author: Jones, Charlotte Foltz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 11 2016
- ISBN10: 0399552022
- Language: English
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I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
$11.99 Read morePerfect for any young reader interested in music, families who love music, and a must-have staple for music classrooms, this funny picture book is an amusing introduction to the instruments in an orch… [more below]
- Author: Garriel, Barbara S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1590789466
- Language: English
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Who Were the Brothers Grimm?
$6.99 Read moreKnown as the keepers of modern-day fairy tales, The Brothers Grimm are as legendary as their stories. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in 1780s Germany and were inseparable throughout their childhood… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Reed, Avery
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 11 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483149
- Language: English
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Who Was Abigail Adams?
$6.99 Read moreAbigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to “remember the ladies” and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for eq… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Kelley, True
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 23 2014
- ISBN10: 0448478900
- Language: English
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Where Is Machu Picchu?
$7.99 Add to cartWhat’s left of Machu Picchu stands as the most significant link to the marvelous Inca civilization of Peru. Now readers can explore these ruins in this compelling Where Is? title.
Built in the fifteen- Series: Where Is?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0515159611
- Language: English
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Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?
$6.99 Add to cartAlthough polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Frith, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0448453460
- Language: English
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True Lies
$6.99 Add to cartIn this collection of “lies” from many nations, the challenge is to find the slippery truth. By reading with care and not jumping to conclusions, readers will delight in discovering how these characte
- Series: True Lies #1
- Author: Shannon, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0688163718
- Language: English
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Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
$17.99 Read moreYoung readers of all ages will love this story about President Thomas Jefferson, who found his passion as soon as he learned to read: books, books, and more books!
Before, during, and after the Ameri- Author: Rosenstock, Barb
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1590789326
- Language: English
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Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
$9.99 Add to cartYoung readers of all ages will love this story about President Thomas Jefferson, who found his passion as soon as he learned to read: books, books, and more books!
Before, during, and after the Ameri- Author: Rosenstock, Barb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1635928311
- Language: English
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Saints of the American Wilderness: The Brave Lives and Holy Deaths of the Eight North American Martyrs
$15.95 Add to cartTrue tales of horror and holiness
French priests enter a war zone where captured Westerners are paraded before their captors, tortured, and then beheaded. Their desecrated bodies get dumped by the road
- Author: O’Brien, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1928832903
- Language: English
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Where Is the Colosseum?
$7.99 Add to cartA marvel of engineering that proclaimed the might of the Emperor of Ancient Rome.
The Emperor Titus opened the enormous Colosseum in AD 80 to host 100 days of games, and it will astound readers to lea- Series: Where Is?
- Author: O’Connor, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 24 2017
- ISBN10: 039954190X
- Language: English
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Tales from the Wine Floor: 100 Questions Asked of a Sommelier
$24.95 Add to cartUnlike most books on wine nowadays, Tales from the Wine Floor is geared toward true beginners–those who enjoy wine but lack the most basic understanding of it. This book offers an easy-to-digest cras
- Author: Quaile, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1493074652
- Language: English
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Who Was Louis Armstrong?
$6.99 Add to cartIf not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw ta… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0448433680
- Language: English
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Who Was Marco Polo?
$6.99 Add to cartMarco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0448445409
- Language: English
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Who Was Marie Antoinette?
$6.99 Add to cartFrom the palaces of Austria to the mirrored halls of Versailles, Marie Antoinette led a charmed life. She was born into royalty in 1755 and married the future king of France at age 15. By 21 she ascen… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Rau, Dana Meachen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483106
- Language: English
