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I Am Wind

An Autobiography

By: Rachel Poliquin

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In this beautifully illustrated mock-autobiography for middle-grade readers, Wind speaks directly to the reader, telling fascinating stories that show their cultural, historical and technical importance to humans. Make no mistake: Wind is not shy or humble. Wind is violent, impulsive, arrogant and unpredictable — now playing with a kite, then tearing down a forest. With the help of diagrams and fact-filled sidebars, Wind explains what causes the air to move, describes their favorite forms (katabatics, hurricanes, tornadoes) and shows how they influence the landscape (sand dunes, wind power). Readers will come to know the full breadth of Wind's physical, historical and psychological presence. Moving seamlessly between science, history and myth, this book is an engrossing and unique look at an elemental force.

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Tundra Books

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0735272182

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9780735272187

Beaver

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Beaver

By: Rachel Poliquin

With unique fish-like tails, chainsaw teeth, a pungent musk, and astonishing building skills, beavers are unlike any other creature in the world. Not surprisingly, the extraordinary beaver has played a fascinating role in human history and has inspired a rich cultural tradition for millennia. In Beaver, Rachel Poliquin explores four exceptional beaver features: beaver musk, beaver fur, beaver architecture, and beaver ecology, tracing the long evolutionary history of the two living species and revealing them to be survivors capable of withstanding ice ages, major droughts, and all predators, except one: humans. Widely hunted for their fur, beavers were a driving force behind the colonization of North America and remain, today, Canada’s national symbol. Poliquin examines depictions of beavers in Aesop’s Fables, American mythology, contemporary art, and environmental politics, and she explores the fact and fictions of beaver chain gangs, beaver-flavored ice cream, and South America’s ever-growing beaver population. And yes, she even examines the history of the sexual euphemism. Poliquin delights in the strange tales and improbable history of the beaver. Written in an accessible style for a broad readership, this beautifully illustrated book will appeal to anyone who enjoys long-forgotten animal lore and extraordinary animal biology.

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Reaktion Books

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1780234562

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9781780234564

Beavers

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Beavers

By: Rachel Poliquin

Uses humor to describe why the beaver is such an extraordinary animal.

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Clarion Books

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0544949870

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9780544949874

The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers

A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits

By: Rachel Poliquin

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The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers

A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits

By: Rachel Poliquin

A perfect book for engaging kids in STEM: This illustrated tour of our “leftover” body parts (like the appendix, or even goosebumps) introduces readers age 7-11 to the bizarre and fascinating science of evolution. Welcome to the weirdest museum you’ll ever explore—the one inside your body. Did you know your amazing, incredible body is a walking, talking museum of evolution? In The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers, tour guides Wisdom Tooth and Disappearing Kidney lead readers through a wacky museum dedicated to vestigial structures: body parts that were essential to our ancestors but are no longer useful to us—even though they’re still hanging around. From goosebumps and hiccups to exploding organs and monkey muscles, each room in the museum shows us that these parts have stories to tell us about our past. By the time we make it to the gift shop, we’ll understand that evolution is not only messy and imperfect, but also ongoing. Our bodies are constantly changing along with the environment we live in—and there’s so much that is still unknown, just waiting to be discovered. Engaging, hilarious, and a visual treat, The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers is a place you’ll want to visit again and again.

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Greystone Books Ltd

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1771647469

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How to Promenade with a Python (and Not Get Eaten)

By: Rachel Poliquin

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How to Promenade with a Python (and Not Get Eaten)

By: Rachel Poliquin

In this hilarious non-fiction chapter book series, a savvy cockroach shares wise tips and tricks to surviving an encounter with a charming predator who may (or may not) want to be your friend. Celeste is a cockroach, and everyone knows that cockroaches are survivors, so who better to give advice on surviving an encounter with a polite predator? Everyone also knows that taking a moonlit promenade with a deadly reticulated python (named Frank) is a very bad idea. But Celeste loves very bad ideas, and she is willing to put your life on the line to prove herself right! Need to stop a python from swallowing you head-first? Wear a lamp shade as a hat! Want to speed up a three-hundred-pound snake? Try roller skates! What's the perfect light snack for a python? A chicken! Using her superior pythonine knowledge, Celeste comes up with various strategies and solutions -- many dangerous, most absurd, but all based on the biology of pythons. Meanwhile, Frank is hatching his own plans. Rachel Poliquin has created a delightfully preposterous premise that, combined with Kathryn Durst's hilarious illustrations, will have readers laughing out loud as they learn about python biology and hunting behavior.

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Tundra Books

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0735271747

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9780735271746

The Breathless Zoo

Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing

By: Rachel Poliquin

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The Breathless Zoo

Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing

By: Rachel Poliquin

From sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art, The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing examines the cultural and poetic history of preserving animals in lively postures. But why would anyone want to preserve an animal, and what is this animal-thing now? Rachel Poliquin suggests that taxidermy is entwined with the enduring human longing to find meaning with and within the natural world. Her study draws out the longings at the heart of taxidermy—the longing for wonder, beauty, spectacle, order, narrative, allegory, and remembrance. In so doing, The Breathless Zoo explores the animal spectacles desired by particular communities, human assumptions of superiority, the yearnings for hidden truths within animal form, and the loneliness and longing that haunt our strange human existence, being both within and apart from nature.

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Penn State Press

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0271059613

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9780271059617

I Am Wind

An Autobiography

By: Rachel Poliquin

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I Am Wind

An Autobiography

By: Rachel Poliquin

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How to High Tea with a Hyena (and Not Get Eaten)

A Polite Predators Book

By: Rachel Poliquin

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How to High Tea with a Hyena (and Not Get Eaten)

A Polite Predators Book

By: Rachel Poliquin

The second book in a hilarious illustrated chapter book series starring a savvy and stylish cockroach who guides the reader through an encounter with a charming -- and dangerous -- predator. Is this hyena drooling for tea and crumpets . . . or for you?! Celeste is a cockroach, and everyone knows that cockroaches are survivors, so who better to give advice on surviving an encounter with a polite predator? High teas are dainty meals with pretty teacups: you nibble tiny cakes, sip milky tea and chit-chat about not-so-important things like why doughnuts have holes and if fish have eyebrows. But Ruby the hyena is loud, ferocious and tends to slober. High-speed gobbling makes good sense in the wild, but it is a definite no-no in the tearoom! And Ruby just happens to be Queen of a very large clan of hungry hyenas. Will high tea be ruined by uninvited guests? Is Ruby peckish for something other than Celeste's famous cream buns? Using her vast knowledge of hyenas, Celeste comes up with lots of strategies to get through high tea in one piece. Many of her suggestions are dangerous, most are absurd, but all are based on true hyena biology and hunting behavior.

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0735266603

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Beavers

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Beavers

By: Rachel Poliquin

Uses humor to describe why the beaver is such an extraordinary animal.

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Clarion Books

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0544949870

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9780544949874

The Strangest Thing in the Sea

And Other Curious Creatures of the Deep

By: Rachel Poliquin

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The Strangest Thing in the Sea

And Other Curious Creatures of the Deep

By: Rachel Poliquin

A wonderfully weird book about the strangest creatures in the sea. A feathery tutu dancing through the water? A tiptoeing rock wearing a wig? Not everything is as it seems in this fascinating exploration of bizarre sea animals. Each creature is introduced with intriguing art and text, and the question, “Am I the strangest thing in the sea?” Open the gatefold, and the actual creature in its habitat and a full description appear, along with the answer: No, it’s not the strangest thing in the sea. That is, until the last creature, which is the strangest. But what could it be? What’s cooler than bizarre things that are real? Kids will want to dive right in!

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Kids Can Press Ltd

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1771389184

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Beastly Puzzles

A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Beastly Puzzles

A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game

By: Rachel Poliquin

A truly one-of-a-kind book. What animal is made up of three billiard balls, five feather dusters and dinosaur feet? … An ostrich, of course! In this book, young readers are asked to guess the animal using a list of unexpected bits and pieces as clues. The concept of this book is inspired by the ways old natural histories explained and illustrated exotic animals. Little-known animals were described as a hodgepodge of parts taken from familiar creatures and vegetation. Beavers, for example, were described as being composed of a flounder, an otter, goose feet, squirrel paws and a rabbit’s front teeth. Tricky, right? Well, not to worry! Opening the gatefold will reveal the animal — and lots of cool facts about it! Are you ready for your first Beastly Puzzle?

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1525302604

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Ostriches

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Ostriches

By: Rachel Poliquin

A book filled with interesting facts and information about ostriches, the world's largest birds. --

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Clarion Books

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0544950402

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9780544950405

Moles

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Moles

By: Rachel Poliquin

There is absolutely nothing common about the common mole. Funny and fact-filled, this installment of Poliquin's series engages readers with witty narration and Frith's visual elements, inspiring kids to dig deep and see the world, both above and below ground, with new eyes. Full color.

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Clarion Books

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0544951077

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9780544951075

Eels

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Eels

By: Rachel Poliquin

Emergent readers will dive right into this search-and-find book about eels. Simple text and colorful underwater photos teach new vocabulary and facts on anatomy, markings, and ocean habitat"--

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Clarion Books

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0544949218

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9780544949218

Beaver

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Beaver

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Reaktion Books

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1780234562

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The Breathless Zoo

Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing

By: Rachel Poliquin

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The Breathless Zoo

Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing

By: Rachel Poliquin

A cultural and poetic analysis of the art and science of taxidermy, from sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art"--Provided by publisher.

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Penn State Press

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0271053720

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9780271053721

Out of This World

Speculative Fiction in Translation from the Cold War to the New Millennium

By: Rachel S. Cordasco

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Out of This World

Speculative Fiction in Translation from the Cold War to the New Millennium

By: Rachel S. Cordasco

The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean, Czech, Finnish, and eleven other source languages feature an introduction by an expert in the language's speculative fiction tradition and its present-day output. Cordasco then breaks down each chapter by subgenre--including science fiction, fantasy, and horror--to guide readers toward the kinds of works that most interest them. Her discussion of available SFT stands alongside an analysis of how various subgenres emerged and developed in a given language. She also examines the reasons a given subgenre has been translated into English. An informative and one-of-a-kind guide, Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of speculative fiction's new globalized era.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252052919

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9780252052910

Work It Real Good: How to Find and Do Work You Love

By: Rachel Sparkes

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Work It Real Good: How to Find and Do Work You Love

By: Rachel Sparkes

The ultimate career destination is doing work you love, with people you like, getting paid what your worth. The hard part can be working out what you want, how to get it and why you want it. This book starts with self-reflection and then coaches its reader along a clear path of action towards discovering and pursuing work filled with purpose. Everyone's going to need this book at some stage of their career.

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Lulu.com

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1326856251

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Moles

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Moles

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Clarion Books

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The Female Body Breakthrough

The Revolutionary Strength-Training Plan for Losing Fat and Getting the Body You Want

By: Rachel Cosgrove

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The Female Body Breakthrough

The Revolutionary Strength-Training Plan for Losing Fat and Getting the Body You Want

By: Rachel Cosgrove

The ultimate guide to strength training for sustainable fat-loss, increased energy, and healthy body image for women who want to be in great shape, look amazing, and feel sexy and empowered The key to losing fat and getting a strong, sexy body can't be found in the pages of some fancy diet book. It can't be found in a magic pill. According to strength coach, Rachel Cosgrove, the key to shedding fat and keeping it off can only be found on the strength-training floor. After trying-and failing-diet after diet, hundreds of women have turned to Cosgrove and her revolutionary Fit Female strength training program to finally get the fit, strong, and healthy bodies they've always wanted. Her clients have lost up to 70 pounds, dropped up to six dress sizes, and drastically changed their body shapes and muscle-to-fat ratios. Now any woman can get the same results with The Female Body Breakthrough. A program for every female who is tired of starving herself, exercising for hours with no results, and feeling bad about it all, this revolutionary plan uses a combination of innovative strength training and sensible nutrition. The 16-week program includes: - A 2-week Bodyweight-Only Jumpstart Phase that will help women adjust to strength training while seeing results in just days - Over 100 fully illustrated warm-up moves and innovative strength-training exercises using everything from dumbbells and barbells to bands and straps - A comprehensive nutrition plan including nutrient-timing strategies that work with workouts, satisfying foods that promote optimum health and energy, and even an indulgent snack every day - A Do-It-Yourself guide to program design so women can craft a program that works toward her personal goals and with her schedule Written in an accessible, girlfriend-to-girlfriend tone, The Female Body Breakthrough delivers doses of motivational advice, testimonials from real Fit Females, and all the know-how any woman needs to get a strong, healthy body.

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Rodale Books

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1605296937

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Ostriches

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Ostriches

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A book filled with interesting facts and information about ostriches, the world's largest birds. --

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Clarion Books

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Eels

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Eels

By: Rachel Poliquin

Emergent readers will dive right into this search-and-find book about eels. Simple text and colorful underwater photos teach new vocabulary and facts on anatomy, markings, and ocean habitat"--

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How to Promenade with a Python (and Not Get Eaten)

A Polite Predators Book

By: Rachel Poliquin

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How to Promenade with a Python (and Not Get Eaten)

A Polite Predators Book

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How to High Tea with a Hyena (and Not Get Eaten)

A Polite Predators Book

By: Rachel Poliquin

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A Polite Predators Book

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Beastly Puzzles

A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Beastly Puzzles

A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game

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Kids Can Press Ltd

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Eels

The Superpower Field Guide

By: Rachel Poliquin

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Eels

The Superpower Field Guide

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Emergent readers will dive right into this search-and-find book about eels. Simple text and colorful underwater photos teach new vocabulary and facts on anatomy, markings, and ocean habitat"--

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The Long-Lost Rachel Wild;: Or, Seeking Diamonds in the Rough

By: Rachel Wild Peterson

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The Long-Lost Rachel Wild;: Or, Seeking Diamonds in the Rough

By: Rachel Wild Peterson

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Sagwan Press

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1376795566

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My Name is Rachel Corrie

Taken from the Writings of Rachel Corrie

By: Rachel Corrie

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My Name is Rachel Corrie

Taken from the Writings of Rachel Corrie

By: Rachel Corrie

THE STORY: On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a twenty-three-year-old American, was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer in Gaza as she was trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE is a one-woman play

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