Jess Brallier
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English
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A collection of criminally funny quotations, anecdotes, and jokes about the legal profession, ranging in hostility from gentle teasing to fierce loathing.
People love to hate lawyers. You can't live with them, but you also can't live without them. So you may as well laugh at them, as we have for centuries.
In Lawyers and Other Reptiles, Jess Brallier compiles some of history's most humorous quips, quotations, anecdotes, and jokes about those...
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A collection of quotes on drinking from more than one hundred of the greatest thinkers (or drinkers) in history, sure to entertain, inspire, or enlighten.
US President Herbert Hoover called the cocktail hour "the pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night." It's a period for relaxation, reflection, and, of course, socializing. Some of our greatest minds have observed the cocktail hour, enjoying a good, stiff drink...
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Penguin Young Readers Group
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life, told in a fun, engaging way that clearly explores the world he lived in and changed.
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This moving tribute to veterans and America's fallen follows a young boy on his first trip to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
On the last day of their Washington, DC, vacation, Jack and his family visit a cemetery. Jack finds it boring, but as they watch the guard patrolling the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, his perspective shifts. He learns about the monument, the sentinels, and why it is they keep watch. Jack develops a newfound respect for those...