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1) The very inappropriate word

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Michael loves collecting words, especially those that are unusual, and knowing that one of his new words is naughty does not stop him from sharing it with his friends at school.

2) Master of his fate: Roosevelt's rise from polio to the presidency

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"A biography of FDR, focusing on his battle with polio and how his disease set him on the course to become president, for fans of Steve Sheinkin's political biographies."--

3) To conquer the air: the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight

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A history of the first-flight race documents the efforts of such Wright brothers competitors as the Smithsonian's Samuel Pierpont Langley, motorcyclist Glenn Curtiss, and Alexander Graham Bell.

4) The man he became: how FDR defied polio to win the presidency

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"With a searching new analysis of primary sources, NBCC award winner James Tobin reveals how FDR's fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II. When polio paralyzed Franklin Roosevelt at thirty-nine, people wept to think that the young man of golden promise must live out his days as a helpless invalid. He never...

5) Great projects: the epic story of the building of America : from the taming of the Mississippi to the invention of the Internet

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James Tobin

1) The very inappropriate word

2) Master of his fate: Roosevelt's rise from polio to the presidency

3) To conquer the air: the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight

4) The man he became: how FDR defied polio to win the presidency

5) Great projects: the epic story of the building of America : from the taming of the Mississippi to the invention of the Internet