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Twelve Years a SlaveThe story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery. The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an...
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Chronicle of the Narvaez ExpeditionThe New World story of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca in his own words This riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar N ez Cabeza de Vaca, was a...
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A Burnt-Out CaseQuerry, a world-famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a burnt-out case, a leper...
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Barbed Wire: The Fence That Changed the WestBefore the mid-1800s, much of the American West was a vast expanse of open plains. Native tribes followed buffalo herds unimpeded for hundreds of miles, cowboys ran cattle wherever water and grass led them, and the cattleman�s Law of the Open Range ruled. All...
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Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and FailedAuthor: Stephen O'ConnorPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 03/01/2004Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.83dISBN: 9780226616674Review Citation(s): Kliatt 09/01/2004 pg. 47About the AuthorStephen O'Connor teaches creative writing at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College. He is the author of Will My Name...
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The Wonderful World of Oz: The Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City of Oz, Glinda of OzThis fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian vision and which garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy, who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman,...
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The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar EliteThe Jasons are a well-guarded group of world-class scientists, briefly outed in the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, who have been meeting every summer since 1960 to tackle classified problems that the Defense Department cannot solve. Among many stunning innovations, they helped invent...
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Mary Not BrokenIn 1930s Mississippi, Mary Johnson hates the oppressive heat, working on her family farm, and having to attend her minister father's church several times a week. But she loves Mason Carter, her musician boyfriend. Both fantasize about living the high life up north in...
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A View From the Backstep Part 1: : The Harlem ShuffleThis ISN'T about me. This is a chronicle of an earlier era in the FDNY, an era when the protection of civilian life and property trumped firefighter safety. This is a tribute to those who worked during that era, in Harlem and the South...
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Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws: Incredible True Stories of Wild West Showdowns and Frontier JusticeThis in-depth collection, unchanged since the 1940s, tells of the most legendary heroes and villains of the Old West. Get swept back to a time when sheriffs did their best to keep order in a lawless land. Read about the likes of Tom Horn,...
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Einstein: His Life and UniverseWinner of the 2008 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush as Einstein....
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True Blue: The Dramatic History of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Told by the Men Who Lived ItIn 1957 the Dodgers broke the hearts of blue-collar Brooklyn for the embrace of booming Los Angeles. Thus began a new era for the fabled Bums, whose exploits inside -- and outside -- the white lines have intrigued generations. A fascinating and colorful history...
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The Day Lincoln Was ShotThe Day Lincoln Was Shot is a gripping, minute-by-minute account of April 14, 1865: the day President Abraham Lincoln was tragically assassinated.It chronicles the movements of Lincoln and his assassin John Wilkes Booth during every movement of that fateful day. Author and journalist Jim...
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A Strand of Hope: A Great Depression Young Adult Christian Fiction NovellaJourney with a horseback librarian into the hidden crevices of Kentucky mountains. Feel her pain as she struggles not only to barely make ends meet, but as she also attempts to connect the pieces of her own life while her mom continues to make...
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Epilogue: A MemoirFrom Anne Roiphe, the critically acclaimed author of Fruitful, comes the New York Times bestselling Epilogue, a beautiful memoir about death, life, and widowhood. Roiphe explores what happened when, at age 70, she lost her husband of 40 years. Moving between heartbreaking memories of...
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Everyday Life in Early America"In this clearly written volume, Hawke provides enlightening and colorful descriptions of early Colonial Americans and debunks many widely held assumptions about 17th century settlers."--Publishers WeeklyAuthor: David F. HawkePublisher: Harper PerennialPublished: 01/25/1989Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.36w x 0.55dISBN: 9780060912512This title is...
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Rising Sun Victorious: Alternate Histories of the Pacific WarIn war, victory can be held hostage to seemingly insignificant incidents-chance events, opportunities seized or cast aside-that can derail the most brilliant military strategies and change the course of history. What if the Japanese had conquered India and driven out the British? What if...
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An Autobiography of Davy Crockett"The text of this version of Davy's Autobiography is composed of two works, originally published just over a year apart: A narrative of the life of David Crockett of the state of Tennessee--written by himself (and his friend Thomas Chilton, Representative from the State...
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A Canyon Voyage: The Story of John Wesley Powell and the Charting of the Grand CanyonIn 1871, seventeen-year-old Frederick Dellenbaugh began a great adventure when he joined Major John Wesley Powell and a crew of scientists on Powell's second exploration trip down the Colorado River and into the Grand Canyon. These were the last great stretches of land and...
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The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex: The True Narrative That Inspired Herman Melville's Moby-DickAuthor: Owen ChasePublisher: Skyhorse PublishingPublished: 06/06/2017Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.60dISBN: 9781510715783About the AuthorOwen Chase was the first mate of the whaler Essex, which was rammed and sank by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the coast of South America...
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