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Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America’s first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible...
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KING GEORGE NEVER DID UNDERSTAND AMERICANS
“Entire books have been written about the causes of the American Revolution. This isn’t one of them.” What it is,...
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A tender story about a tough-as-nails girl forced to take one small step towards understanding during the summer of 1969.
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WHEN BOMBS BEGIN TO FALL, Ali drowns out the sould of war with a pen.
Like other children living in Baghdad, Ali loves soccer, music and dancing, but...
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Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter—with 59 cannons in tow.
In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named...
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THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping acount of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic.
It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal...
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A menacing stranger. Stolen gold. And a loaded gun.
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"My brother stood up so quickly he almost knocked Mama over. 'Why aren't you doing something? Do you know what the British are calling us? Hitler's canary!...
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ONE DAY THAT CHANGED A NATION
A nonfiction master brings the start of the American Revolution to life.
A 26-year-old King George II found himself in...
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1968, THE YEAR AMERICA GREW UP
From racial and gender equality fights to the struggle against the draft and the Vietnam war, in 1968 Americans asked...
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Back from the dead! Wronged, hanged, awake and in darkness, a maidservant in 1650 England is gripped by fear, and by memories of the only crime she’s ever...
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MYSTERY, TREASURE, AND A LIFE ON THE STAGE. The first episode of the adventures of Cat Royal is a big, fat juicy read.
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The second in the Cat Royal adventure series, featuring orphan and sleuth Catherine “Cat” Royal and her adventures in the streets and theaters of 18th-century...
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A remarkable suspense novel first published in 1938, it anticipates the rise of the Nazis and the Holocaust.
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September, A.D. 79
In Ostia, near Rome, Flavia Gemina, the sea captain's daughter, Nubia, the African girl, and Lupus, the mute boy, are celebrating their...
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Columcille was born in a remote corner of Ireland in the year 521. Legend has it that as a child, he was fed a cake filled with the letters of the alphabet,...
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In the fifth volume of the popular series of historical mysteries, a ragged stranger and the prospect of losing her family's fortune lead Flavia Gemina and her...
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It is A.D. 79, and Flavia Gemina, daughter of a successful Roman sea captain, is about to celebrate her birthday. Then the dogs in her neighborhood start dying...
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Kirkus called The Thieves of Ostia "a fast-paced, crackling good mystery." In this second book in "The Roman Mysteries" series, Flavia and her friends depart...
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Set in the terrifying aftermath of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the third book in this highly praised mystery series takes young sleuth Flavia Gemina and...
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"It was all for a penny.
They left their cramped and crowded tenement apartments for a penny.
They scurried beside the pushcart peddlers for a penny.
They...
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A mysterious widow pursues Flavia's father and a lion terrorizes the streets of Ostia in the sixth "Roman Mysteries" adventure.
December, A.D. 79. It is...
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"'You need to learn to smoke,' Anne-Marie said firmly. 'It makes you look sophisticated. Humphrey Bogart smokes, Lauren Bacall smokes, and all the famous...
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The fever that started in Ostia is sweeping through Rome, and Jonathan, Flavia, Nubia, and Lupus are called by the Emperor to investigate. The friends'...
