Levy, Debbie

Traces the achievements of the celebrated Supreme Court justice through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment, and human rights injustice.

"Amid the fearsome battles of the Civil War, both Union and Confederate soldiers were urged onward by song ... And there was one song that reminded them all of what they hoped to return to after the war. Defeated in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, the Union soldiers retreated across the river. There, a new battle emerged as both armies volleyed competing songs back and forth. With the Christmas season upon them, however, Federals and Confederates longed for the same thing. As the notes of 'Home, Sweet Home' rose up from both sides, they found common ground for one night"--Provided by publisher.

Disagreeing does NOT make a person disagreeable. In fact, it can change the world! Throughout her life, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has made a big difference - one disagreement at a time.

Based on Jutta Salzberg's autograph book that contained entries written by friends and family, it chronicles 1938, the last year Jutta and her Jewish family lived in Nazi Germany before their subsequent escape to Paris and, eventually, the United States. Includes black-and-white photos and provides an afterward depicting the fate of the people in Jutta's book.

Tells the story of three-year-old Goldendoodle Dozer, who bolted from his yard in Highland, Maryland and joined two thousand people running the Maryland Half Marathon to raise money for cancer research, and when after the race word spread about Dozer, seven hundred people from forty-three states, Canada, and Great Britain, contributed twenty-five thousand dollars to help fight cancer.

Discusses events that led to the division of Germany in the wake of World War II, looks at life in the two Germanys, chronicles the closing of the border and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 in an effort to quell the tide of people leaving East Germany, and examines the destruction of the wall after the fall of communism.

A biography of John Quincy Adams, the only former president to serve in the United States House of Representatives, whose antislavery position led him to argue the Amistad case before the Supreme Court.