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Taking liberty
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Ann Rinaldi |
After serving Martha Washington loyally for twenty years, Oney Judge realizes that she is just a slave and must decide if she will run away to find true freedom. |
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The writer's place
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Engelbert Pfeiffer |
"Some thirty-five years after his death, the fiction writer Heimito von Doderer (1896-1966) remains possibly the most acclaimed and important Austrian novelist since World War II; long appreciated as… |
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A countryman's lot
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Max Hardcastle |
Max and Vicky Hardcastle have a daydream. One day, they'll sell their cramped city-centre antiques shop and the overflowing upstairs flat and relocate to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. If they could … |
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China cuckoo
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Mark Kitto |
The story of an Englishman who went to China in search of a fortune, and found a life. |
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Woodsong
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Gary Paulsen |
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the au… |
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Mount Vernon
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Collins, Mary |
Describes the history of the Virginia estate that was home to this country's first president and is now maintained as a national landmark. |
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Monticello
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Describes the planning, construction, and occupancy of Thomas Jefferson's dream home. |
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Letter to my daughter
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Maya Angelou |
For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around … |
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The Cherokee
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Raymond Bial |
Discusses the history, culture, social structure, beliefs, and customs of the Cherokee people. |
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When all the world was young
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Barbara Holland |
In a memoir of growing up in Washington, D.C., during the 1940s and 1950s, the author of "Gentleman's Blood" and "Hail to the Chiefs" gives a sharp-eyed look at history, as well as insights into her … |
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Martin's Hundred
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Ivor Noël Hume |
This first-hand account examines an important excavation in American historical archaeology--the discovery of a lost plantation, providing extensive evidence of English colonial life in early sevente… |
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Noa Noa
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Paul Gauguin |
Paul Gauguin fled what he called "filthy Europe" in 1891 to what he hoped would be an unspoiled paradise, Tahiti. He painted 66 magnificent can vases during the first two years he spent there and kep… |
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The tavern at the ferry
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Edwin Tunis |
Describes the development of settlements, taverns, and ferry crossings along the Pennsylvania and New Jersey shores of the Delaware River and the events leading to Washington's crossing of this river… |
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So chic
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Margaret Russell |
From the Publisher: We are always curious and fascinated as to how the "other half" lives. What kind of furniture do Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor have in their Hollywood home? Is Ralph Lauren's … |
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Without a map
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Meredith Hall |
"Meredith Hall grew up bonded to her insular New Hampshire community, comforted by the hallmarks of belonging: perfect attendance in Sunday school, classmates who seemed more like cousins, teachers w… |
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Through the children's gate
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Adam Gopnik |
Following Gopnik's Paris to the Moon, the adventure continues against the panorama of another storied city. Autumn, 2000: the Gopnik family moves back to a New York that seems, at first, safer and sh… |
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Being a Scot
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Sean Connery,Murray Grigor |
Summary:Being a Scot is a vivid and highly personal portrait of Scotland and its achievements. With Murray Grigor, co-writer, film-maker, friend and fellow Scot, Sean's personal quest has been to see… |
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Andy Warhol's New York City
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Thomas Kiedrowski |
140 p. : 21 cm |
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The Fo'c'sle
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Nan Parson Rossiter |
In 1926 on Cape Cod, writer/naturalist Henry Beston, living in a little house named the Fo'c'sle, observes native and migratory birds and other wonders of nature as the seasons change. Excerpts from … |
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Thin paths
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Julia Blackburn |
In 1994, while walking the Alta Via, the high path winding from the French border to the Bay of Lerici, a man stopped in a remote village, and found he couldn't forget it. Julia Blackburn married tha… |
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