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Small ReckoningsJohn V. Hicks Long Manuscript Award, 2019Saskatoon Award, 2021 Saskatchewan Book AwardsGlengarry Book Award Jury Short List, Recognition of Literary Excellence, 2021In the early 20th century, as homesteaders in Saskatchewan are scratching out hard new lives on the Canadian prairie, William, an adventurer from...
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Mustique Island"A sun-kissed mother-daughter story set against the backdrop of the titular private island." --PopSugar's Most Anticipated Books of 2022From bestselling author Sarah McCoy, a sun-splashed romp with a rich divorcée and her two wayward daughters in 1970s Mustique, the world's most exclusive private island,...
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The Phoenix CrownFrom bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles.San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly...
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The Last Hours in ParisFrom the author of While Paris Slept comes a story of great love, betrayal, and redemption, set in WWII and 1960s France and England. "Words are power. They can bring you down, lift you up, make your heart soar, make you fall in love....
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The Mistress of AuschwitzBased on the harrowing life of Eleonore Hodys, The Mistress of Auschwitz follows the true story of a political prisoner detained in the notorious concentration camp. While experiencing all the horrors of the holocaust, Eleonore turns to friendship for survival. Through companionship with another...
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Gentlemen Bootleggers: The True Story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition, and a Small Town in Cahoots2014 Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award Winner 2015 Spirited AwardsTop Ten Finalist During Prohibition, while Al Capone was rising to worldwide prominence as Public Enemy Number One, the townspeople of rural Templeton, Iowa--population just 428--were busy with a bootlegging empire of their own. Led by...
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Tsarina's CrownIn 1915, Simon Temple, a young naval officer from northeast England, finds himself aboard RMS Guardian, patrolling the North Sea as part of the Germany blockade. By midyear, he's in Petrograd, Russia on a private assignment for King George. The three-month task turns into...
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Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special ForcesSpecial Forces soldiers are daring, seasoned troops from America's heartland, selected in a tough competition and trained in an extraordinary range of skills. They know foreign languages and cultures and unconventional warfare better than any U.S. fighters, and while they prefer to stay out...
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In Plain Sight: An Investigation Into UFOs and Impossible ScienceAn award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right there, in front of our eyes ... Are we not alone? The moment we have an answer to the question might have arrived.Award-winning investigative journalist Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs...
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When We Had WingsAuthor: Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, Susan MeissnerPublisher: Harper MusePublished: 07/04/2023Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.20dISBN: 9780785253044
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Sealand: The True Story of the World's Most Stubborn Micronation and Its Eccentric Royal FamilyA swashbuckling tale of international intrigue, armed battles, and Swingin' Sixties radio pirates over a fifty-year history of the world's smallest rebel nation. In 1967, a retired army major and self-made millionaire named Paddy Roy Bates cemented his family's place in history when he...
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The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew JacksonA timely, "solidly researched [and] gracefully written" (The Wall Street Journal) biography of President Andrew Jackson that offers a fresh reexamination of this charismatic figure in the context of American populism--connecting the complex man and the politician to a longer history of division, dissent,...
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Stanwyck: A BiographyA compelling portrait of one of Hollywood's most invincible women, the late Barbara Stanwyck. A most unusual movie star, Stanwyck was an actress of considerable and neglected talent who elevated every role she had, a woman whose personal life matched the rocky road of...
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The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Turning Point of the Great War, 1916-1917During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years...
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The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid: A Biography of William Bonney by the Sheriff Who Knew Him, and Killed HimThe biography of the outlaw William Bonney, "Billy the Kid", who made his name in the bloody "Lincoln County War" in New Mexico. Written by Sheriff Pat Garrett, who knew Bonney personally, captured him, and, after the Kid's daring escape from jail, finally killed...
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Grandpa the Cowboy: A Young Man's Journey through the American WestIn 1904, Eugene J. TenBrink, a second-generation immigrant from the Dutch enclave of West Michigan, traveled to the Great Plains to see the "American West" for himself. He found work with a bonanza farm in Mayville, North Dakota; a cattle ranch in Miles City,...
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Westward the WomenWESTWARD THE WOMEN is a book about women of every kind and sort, from nuns to prostitutes, who participated in the greatest American adventure pioneering across the continent. Not only does the material represent half-forgotten history which the author garnered from attics, libraries, state...
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The Boy General: Story of the Life of Major-General George a CusterGeneral George Custer's life on the plains, from the end of the Civil War to the Battle of the Little Big Horn. As written by his wife Elizabeth. WithAuthor: Elizabeth B. CusterPublisher: Red and Black PublishersPublished: 01/12/2010Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...
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Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West PointToday's Goat, the celebrated West Point cadet finishing at the bottom of his class, carries on a long and storied tradition. George Custer's contemporaries at the Academy believed that the same spirit of adventure that led him to "blow post" at night to carouse...
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Kent State: Four Dead in OhioFrom Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, comes the tragic and unforgettable story of Kent State--winner of the Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Book--now in paperback WINNER-- 2021 ALA/YALSA Alex Award Winner for Teen Readers and Adult Books Eisner...
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