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The Virginian
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Owen Wister |
The Virginian (1902) is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and a significant shaping influence on cowboy fiction. Its narrator, fresh from the East, encounters in Wyoming cattle country a beautif… |
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Confessions of a counterfeit farm girl
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Susan McCorkindale |
A laugh-out-loud memoir about a city slicker who discovers that Manolos and manure just don’t mix.At her husband’s prompting, suburban mom and New York career woman Susan McCorkindale agreed to give … |
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Rescuing Sprite
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Mark R. Levin |
A radio talk-show host describes his family's relationship with a remarkable rescue dog named Sprite, a beautiful, loving, and gentle animal whose deteriorating health taught the entire family a less… |
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William Parks
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A. Franklin Parks |
"A biography of the early American printer William Parks. Examines his early career in England as well as his later work in Colonial Maryland and Virginia. Focuses on the print culture on both sides … |
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Truevine
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Beth Macy |
The true story of two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year struggle to get them back. The year was 1899 and the place a swel… |
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The Hemingses of Monticello
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Annette Gordon-Reed |
Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family, and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson. |
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Big Sid's Vincati
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Matthew Biberman |
A father and son build a legendary motorcycle and, along the way, reconstruct their relationship in this moving memoirWhen his father had a near-fatal heart attack and gave up the will to live, Matth… |
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Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City
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Anne Thomas Soffee |
This hilarious peek into the early years of the hair-band era reveals the hierarchy of fishnets, bustiers, and chicks with the Holy Grail—a backstage pass. After college, Anne Thomas Soffee journeyed… |
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John Fox, Jr
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Bill York |
"John Fox, Jr., was one of the first writers to use the mountains of southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky as a backdrop for his stories and novels about a people whose culture faced extinction.… |
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Twilight at Monticello
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Alan Pell Crawford |
Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, with good reason: His life was a great American drama--one of the greatest--played out in compelling acts. He was the architect of our democracy, a visio… |
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The children of Bladensfield
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Evelyn D. Ward |
A moving memoir of the American Civil War. With an essay by Peter Matthiessen.-Amazon. |
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Never ask permission
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Mary Buford Hitz |
xiv, 233 p. : 25 cm |
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The Burn Journals
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Brent Runyon |
BRENT RUNYON WAS 14 years old when he set himself on fire. This is a true story.In The Burn Journals, Runyon describes that devastating suicide attempt and his recovery over the following year. He ta… |
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The journey of Robert Monroe
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Ronald Russell |
"The phrase 'out-of-body experience' is widely used today because of Robert Monroe's courage to publicly recount his own experiences back in the 1970s. This compelling biography delves into the priva… |
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