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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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In the fall of 1863, the Union army is in control of the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate army is retreating toward Texas, and being replaced by Red Legs, irregulars commanded by a maniacal figure, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom. When Hannah Laveau, an enslaved woman working on the Lufkin plantation, is accused of murder, she goes on the run with...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in fifteenth-century China.
"According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian--born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness--is...
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Southern California, 1960s: endless sunny days surfing in Malibu, followed by glittering neon nights at Whisky A-Go-Go. In an era when women are expected to be housewives, Carol Donelly is breaking the mold as a legendary female surfer struggling to compete in a male-dominated sport--and her daughters, Mindy and Ginger, bear the weight of her unconventional lifestyle. The Donnelly sisters grow up enduring their mother's absence--physically, when...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
Seiten
Language
English
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"From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland, a history of America's obsession with secret societies and the conspiracies of hidden power The United States was born in paranoia. From the American Revolution (thought by some to be a conspiracy organized by the French) to the Salem witch trials to the Satanic Panic, Illuminati and QAnon, one of the most enduring narratives that defines the United States is simply this: secret groups...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
New edition.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the disastrous "Coffee Crisis" that caused global prices to plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the "third-wave" of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs. As the scope of coffee culture continues to expand, Uncommon Grounds remains...
7) The fraud
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper-and cousin by marriage-of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully...
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
169 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this provocative collection from the NYT bestselling team behind Rad American Women A-Z, Rad Women Worldwide, and Rad Girls Can, each letter of the alphabet portrays a significant moment in America's progressive history--one that isn't always covered in history classes. Paired with dynamic paper-cut art by Miriam Klein Stahl, the entries by Kate Schatz explore several centuries of politics, culture, art, activism, and liberation.
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Series
Lake Erie Quadrangle shipwreck volume 4
Publisher
Erie County Historical Society & Museums
Pub. Date
�2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and glamorous Radio City Music Hall in her thrilling new novel about a talented young Rockette and a mysterious bomber terrorizing New York City. New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows she should be happy. Her college sweetheart is about to propose and sweep her off to the life everyone has always expected they'd have together: a quiet house in...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The thrilling true story of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of the great gang of outlaws. The Dalton Gang consisted of four brothers and their rotating cast of accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James Gang. They soon became legends themselves, beginning their career as common horse thieves,...
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Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
xii, 273 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
How American symbols inspired enslaved people and their allies to fight for true freedom
In the early United States, anthems, flags, holidays, monuments, and memorials were powerful symbols of an American identity that helped unify a divided people. A language of freedom played a similar role in shaping the new nation. The Declaration of Independence’s assertion “that all men are created equal,” Patrick Henry’s cry of “Give me liberty,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies recounts the history of a sport that dates back 2,000 years, focusing on milestone flies from the first feathered hook to contemporary patterns using cutting-edge materials. Featured here are:
Stewart’s Black Spider, Lady Caroline, Royal CoachmanBass Popper, Adams, Gray Wulff, Muddler Minnow, Tom ThumbLefty’s Deceiver, Dave’s Hopper, Syl’s Midge, Ice Cream ConeDeer Hair Emerger, Bionic Bug, Takayama...
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Series
Publisher
EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Not so long ago there were no electrical inventions at all. No computers, no televisions... not even any light bulbs. Here you can read the fascinating story of electricity from the very beginning, when people first realized what electricity was -- and just what it could do." -- Back cover.
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Series
American patriot volume 4
Publisher
Sheaf House
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Heritage edition.
Physical Desc
440 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Following a humiliating defeat at Philadelphia and a rival's stunning victory at Saratoga, Washington's army faces yet another bitter winter, this time at Valley Forge. Meanwhile, General Jonathan Carleton races to save Elizabeth Howard from the horrors of the prison ships in the British stronghold at New York, while British General William Howe plots to execute them both. From heart-pounding battles on the high seas, to the rigors of Valley Forge...
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1954, Emilia Winthrop, a professor at Wellesley College, is summoned to CIA headquarters, where she is forced to confront the harrowing consequences of the summer she exposed a traitor amongst the New England elite and a choice that could destroy her chance for redemption all over again.
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Series
[The Scot Harvath series] volume 22
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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America's top spy is sent to war-torn Ukraine after a Russian military unit comprised of violent, insane criminals conscripted from their worst prisons and mental asylums goes rogue.
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Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the invention of the telephone. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
8 audio discs 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria...