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Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, 1872-1958 The Indiscreet Letter (English) (as Author) Little Eve Edgarton (English) (as Author) Molly Make-Believe (English) (as Author) Peace On Earth, Good-Will To Dogs (English) (as Author) Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 Alexander the Great (English) (as Author) Peter the Great (English) (as Author) Abbott, L. A., 1813- Seven Wives and Seven Prisons Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac (English) (as Author) Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927 The Theory of Social Revolutions (English) (as Author) Adye, John, Sir, 1819-1900 Indian Frontier Policy (English) (as Author) Aesop, 620? Aho, Juhani, 1861-1921 Helsinkiin (Finnish) (as Author) Rautatie (Finnish) (as Author) Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable (English) (as Author) Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 Jack and Jill (English) (as Author) Little Men (English) (as Author) Little Women (English) (as Author) Onder Moeders Vleugels (Dutch) (as Author) Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899 Allen, James, 1864-1912

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The Ultimate YA Bookshelf YALSA's Ultimate Teen Bookshelf (PDF) highlights must-have teen materials for libraries. The Ultimate Teen Bookshelf, with titles listed on this webpage and as a PDF download, was developed in conjunction with the United We Serve initiative. The list includes 50 books, five magazines and five audio books. Subscribers to the YALSA-BK electronic discussion list suggested titles for the Ultimate Teen Bookshelf, which were vetted by Pam Spencer Holley, former YALSA president and author of Quick and Popular Reads for Teens (ALA Editions, 2009), and Judy Sasges, district manager for Sno-Isle Libraries in Marysville, Wash., a 2002 Printz Award committee member and a 2010 YALSA Nonfiction Award committee member. Librarians can use this collection to ensure they have quality materials to attract teens; parents and teens can use it to find interesting books and materials to keep reading skills sharp between school years. Download the full list (PDF)!

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Know it Alls Welcome to Know it Alls, the very best of Harry Potter Fanfiction Recs. We want to point you to the best stories in Harry Potter in all pairings and ratings, both Het and Slash, as well as Gen centered on all the different characters, but we have our own preferences that draw us to certain kinds of stories. You can help us diversify by giving us suggestions for stories in the underrepresented pairings on our Suggestions page and a Know-it-All will check them out. And who knows, if we like your recommendations and come to trust your judgement, we may not just include them among our recs but ask you to become a Know-it-All.

15 Online Tools for Students and Teachers to Create Presentations Online learning solutions like those offered by Creedo allow instructors to pose questions to students and instantly evaluate results. If presentations are not done right, they could lead to boring, mind wandering time wasters, where the message doesn’t really get through properly. But, help is available in the form of great online tools that’ll help you create engaging presentations, whether you’re a student or a teacher. Keep their attention, get your message across, and dazzle them with eye catching presentations using these online resources. Animoto: If traditional slide show presentations won’t cut it, look to Animoto to create a video presentation. Photos and video can be put together in a professional looking presentation easily.

mental_floss Blog » History of the U.S.: A Ridiculously Long and Incomplete List of Things Ben Franklin Invented We all remember Ben Franklin as a pretty bright guy who discovered some pretty important stuff. The real question is, what didn’t this polymath genius invent? 1742: Observing the wasteful use of firewood in inefficient colonial fireplaces, he designed the Franklin Stove, which used its iron body to diffuse a much larger proportion of the heat.

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Hidden musical code found written into Plato's texts "Plato’s books played a major role in founding Western culture, but they are mysterious and end in riddles," said Dr. Jay Kennedy of University of Manchester's Faculty of Life Sciences. Those riddles are finally being unwound, thanks to Kennedy's thorough five-year study of Plato's best-known work, "The Republic". "It is a long and exciting story, but basically I cracked the code. I have shown rigorously that the books do contain codes and symbols and that unraveling them reveals the hidden philosophy of Plato." So what great wisdom does the secret message reveal?

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