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"It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them."--Tom Stoppard, ArcadiaIn a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge....

One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee's harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. It saw Lincoln's assassination just five days later and a near-successful plot to decapitate the Union government, followed by chaos...

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 is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This must-have coffee table book paints a robust portrait of the Walt Disney World Resort through more than 100 vibrant voices and 500 rare Disney theme park visuals, including concept art, photographs, and ephemera. Walt Disney's vision for the "Florida Project" begins with Disneyland...

This special edition of Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, an official NASA publication, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Moon landing with a thrilling insider's view of the space program. Essays by participants -- engineers, astronauts, and administrators -- recall the...

With anxiety at epidemic levels among our children, Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents offers a contrarian yet effective approach to help children and teens push through their fears, worries, and phobias to ultimately become more resilient, independent, and happy. How do you manage a child...

Do you want to learn how to discover how to win panic attacks and improve your social skills and self-help for anxiety disorder? If yes, then keep reading...By now, even if you do not have anxiety disorder, you may be wondering if you do....

With his dog by his side... Is a second chance within reach? After losing his family and his leg in a car crash, widower Dirk Matthews dedicates his solitary life to woodworking and his mobility service dog, Molly. That is, until a troubled kid...

A murder victim might connect to Walt's past in the fourth Longmire novel from New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+ When the body of a young Vietnamese woman is discovered alongside the interstate in...

Revised and featuring a new foreword by the author, this uncompromising novel returns, more powerful than ever: "A portrait of a country ravaged by vendetta and graft, its public spaces loud with the complaints of religious bigots and its private spaces cradling unspeakable pain."...

Anna fetches water from the spring every day, but she can't carry it on her head like her older brothers and sisters. In this charming and poetic family story set in Jamaica, Commonwealth Prize-winning author Olive Senior shows young readers the power of determination,...

"Innovative and thoroughly enjoyable."- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW"A wildly entertaining spin on color theory."-Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW Best-selling picture book creator Christopher Silas Neal is diving into the world of original board books with Animal Colors, a book that humorously mashes up two animals...

HONESTY PHILLIPS thought she avenged the death of her father, TONY, but she was wrong. The nightmare that she left behind eight year ago is back. Now Honesty must confront an enemy like nothing she has ever faced in her life. With courage and...

Faith's life has been turned upside down, and she's not at all sure that's a good thing...With Jen and Carrie at the beach full time, it's gotten harder by the week for Faith to return to her job inland as a new life has...

Now a Netflix Limited Series"...A compulsively readable tour de force." --The Wall Street JournalNew York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson's A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a "page-turner" that forces the reader to confront "the compromises we make with ourselves to...

An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter is the story of a moment in the life of the German artist Johan Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858). Greatly admired as a master landscape painter, he was advised by Alexander von Humboldt to travel West from...

And You May Find Yourself... by Gen-X author Sari Botton, is about "finding" yourself later in life-after first getting lost in all the wrong places. As Botton discovers, the wrong places famously include her own self-suppression and misguided efforts to please others (mostly men)....

Practice your way to a high score in your anatomy & physiology class The human body has 11 major anatomical systems, 206 bones, and dozens of organs, tissues, and fluids--that's a lot to learn if you want to ace your anatomy & physiology class!...

Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.Author: Lois LowryPublisher: Clarion BooksPublished: 01/06/2015Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9780544336674Audience: Ages 9-12Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 4.5Point Value: 5Interest Level: Middle...

In the thrilling next novel by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs must catch a madman before he commits murder on an unimaginable scale. It's Christmas Eve 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit...