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Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues-Then and Now

by Timothy Ballard

Published: 2018-09-04

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Two stories, more than a century apart . . .In the 1800s American South, Harriet Jacobs is enslaved and tormented by a cruel master. He relentlessly attempts to force her into a sexual union, and, when rebuffed, he separates her from her children and spends a lifetime trying to coerce her ...

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Shiny Things: Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions

by Amanda Bacon, Anne-Renee Gumley

Published: 2019-04-16

Paperback: 240 pages

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What and who should get the best of us? And why is it so enticing to choose lesser things instead of lasting things?   As moms we know the magnetic pull to steer away from what’s important and choose what feels irresistible in the moment. In Shiny Things, Amanda Bacon and Anne-Renee Gu...

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From Africanus: The Roman Empire, the Nika Riots and the Approaching Darkness (Legend of Africanus Book 1)

by Matthew Jordan Storm

Published: 2015-09-30

Kindle Edition: 334 pages

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For centuries children of the West have been taught that sometime in the 5th century Rome "fell" and with it, the world fell into the Dark Ages. This is only partially true. The Western Roman Empire did fade but in the East, in the old city of Byzantium on the Bosporus, the Romans would su...

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The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy

by Paige Williams

Published: 2018-09-11

Hardcover: 432 pages

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In this 2018 New York Times Notable Book, Paige Williams "does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids" (Book Riot) in her account of one Florida man's attempt to sell a dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia--a story "steeped in natural history, human nature, commerce, crime, science, and ...

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Heart of Darkness (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

by Joseph Conrad

Published: 1999-02-01

Paperback: 160 pages

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A masterpiece of twentieth-century writing, Heart of Darkness exposes the tenuous fabric that holds "civilization" together and the brutal horror at the center of European colonialism. Conrad's crowning achievement recounts Marlow's physical and psychological journey deep into the heart of...

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Beyond the Point: A Novel

by Claire Gibson

Published: 2019-04-02

Paperback: 528 pages

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"An inspiring tribute to female friendship and female courage!"--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress.Three women are brought together in an enthralling story of friendship, heartbreak, and resilience. Set at the U.S. Military Academy at West ...

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Farthest House

by Margaret Lukas

Published: 2014-01-01

Paperback: 366 pages

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When Willow is born and her mother dies moments later, only the narrator of this spellbinding debut novel knows the death isn't from complications of childbirth. Amelie-Anais, buried on the Nebraska hilltop where the family home resides, tells the story of deceit, survival, and love from beyond the grave....

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The Block Manager: A True Story of Love in the Midst of Japanese American Internment Camps

by Judy Mundle

Published: 2019-05-07

Hardcover: 294 pages

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A Japanese American woman’s life in US internment camps and post-war JapanThe Block Manager is the gripping memoir of Janet, an American-born child of Japanese immigrants. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Janet's life in California was uprooted when thousands of Japanese Americans on ...

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We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Film

by Noah Isenberg

Published: 2018-02-13

Paperback: 336 pages

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A Los Angeles Times bestseller A New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice” Selection “Even the die-hardest Casablanca fan will find in this delightful book new ways to love the movie they were certain they could never love more.” ?Sam Wasson, best-selling author of Fifth Avenu...

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Carry Me: A Novel

by Peter Behrens

Published: 2016-02-23

Kindle Edition: 465 pages

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A devastating novel of war, love, and escape from the award-winning author of The Law of Dreams and The O’Briens   During childhood summers on the sunstruck Isle of Wight in the years before the First World War, Billy is entranced by Karin, the elusive daughter of a German-Jewish indus...