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Reducere. DescriptionFor the readers of Orphan Train comes the true story of a second wave of humanity that traveled to the Midwest by train. Not well docume...

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Reducere. Designed by Atlanta architect A. Thomas Bradbury and opened in 1968, the mansion has been home to eight first families and houses a distinguished c...

Reducere. A new novel inspired by the shocking true historical accounts of the haunted Ropes Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts is being released.The book is be...

Reducere. Two families, open to love--exploring and explaining adoption at birth Leap into a warm-hearted tale about a little squirrel who was adopted at bir...

Reducere. At the turn of the nineteenth century, James Vann, a Cherokee chief and entrepreneur, established Diamond Hill in Georgia, the most famous plantati...

It was the most brutal murder in the history of Coffey County, Kansas. On May 30, 1925, Florence Knoblock, a farmer's wife and the mother of a youn...

Reducere. IndieFab awardsOn September 28, 1960--a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans--Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for ...

This major work on the Falklands War explores the experiences of the Parachute Regiment across the conflict, offering an insight into the regiment'...

A personal account of Foster to Adopt drawing on a range of experiences of the highs and lows of adopting babies and small children.Publisher: Crit...

Reducere. An accessible graphic introduction to evolution for the most science-phobic readerIllustrated by the brilliant duo Kevin Cannon and Zander Cannon, ...

Reducere. DescriptionA New World version of a classic, set on a New England coastal estuary in the 1920's. This is a story about the denizens of a very speci...

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Reducere. In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting close to four hundred to sell into slavery in Algier...

Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII.

Reducere. DescriptionMartin Luther King Jr. was a cautious nineteen-year-old rookie preacher when he left Atlanta, Georgia, to attend divinity school up nort...

Reducere. In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories--from John Smith's account ...

A Rose on the Dunghill is a delightful book; written from the heart, to the heart. Looking back on forty wonderful years together, the author pays ...

Reducere. On 1 June 1944, in Northern Ireland, there was a huge increase in aerial and maritime activity around the major towns cities and ports, in preparat...

Manny Farber (1917-2008) was a unique figure among American movie critics. Champion of what he called "termite art" (focused, often eccentric virtu...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Sandra M. SufianIllustration(s): 5 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 368Pub...

Reducere. A story about dirt--and about sun, water, work, elation, and defeat. And about the sublime pleasure of having a little piece of French land all to ...

The story of a federal minister's remarkable reunion with his birth parents. Robert Tickner had always known he was adopted, but had rarely felt mu...

Reducere. DescriptionRenowned Harvard scholar and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has written a strikingly original, ingeniously conceived, and beautiful...

Reducere. A New World version of a classic, set on a New England coastal estuary in the 1920's. This is a story about the denizens of a very special river. F...

Reducere. The Alaskan landscape-so vast, dramatic, and unbelievable-may be the reason the people in Haines, Alaska (population 2, 400), so often discuss the ...

Reducere. "It was in the year of 1945 on a cold morning, the third day, in the month of March. A little boy was born as the wind blew against the hogan with ...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. "This immigration story is universal." --School Library Journal, Starred Dan Yaccarino's great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small sho...

Publisher: Dewi Lewis Media LtdAuthor(s): Susie ParrIllustration(s): 160 colour/black& white illustrations and photographsNumber of pages: 208Publi...

Reprint of classic WW2 Divisional history. The Guards have universal appeal. The Division had an exemplary fighting record. A number of VC winners....

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Sandra M. SufianIllustration(s): 5 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 360Pub...

Reducere. Now in paperback, the riveting story of the response of the heroic pilots and air traffic controllers who found themselves on the front lines of an...

Reducere. Congress opens each session with a prayer offered by a chaplain or guest chaplain. Among the guest chaplains: Rabbis.This book is about the rabbis....

Reducere. Grace breeds delight in God, and delight breeds meditation. Meditation is a duty wherein consists the essentials of religion, and which nourishes t...