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A.J. Langguth - Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution

This meticulously researched narrative history brings to life the American Revolution--the battles, the treacheries, the drama, and the dynamic ...

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Latest review by clear.bright Jan 17, 2000

"Everyone's heard of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, etc. But this is the book that introduces you t..." Read full review

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Nick Arvin - Articles Of War

The nickname of George Tilson, who grows up on an Iowa farm, is "Heck" because he's such a scrupulously virtuous boy he refuses to say "hell." Heck ...

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Latest review by durlingheath Jan 19, 2006

"George Tilson is an Iowa farm boy whose father publishes a newspaper back in the Hawkeye state and w..." Read full review

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Julius Caesar and Jane F. Gardner - The Civil War: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition

This translation of Caesar's classic account of the civil war of 48 BC begins with his defiance of the Senate's decree that he relinquish command of ...

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Latest review by Pantagruel Mar 13, 2006

"Whether it was watching last month&#146s Winter Olympics held in Turino, Italy or pondering the upco..." Read full review

$5 - $13

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Sister Mary Rosina Fuehrer - War With Hannibal

ISBN13: 9780140441451. ISBN10: 014044145X. by Titus Livy and Aubrey De Selincourt. Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc..

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Latest review by George_Chabot Feb 3, 2004

"In studying ancient history we often tend to think that Rome was always the great power in the Medit..." Read full review

$7 - $19

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Margaret Landon - Anna and the King of Siam

The basis for the musical "The King and I", this autobiography by a Victorian schoolteacher, who goes to Siam to teach the king's children, is a ...

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Latest review by Kidnykid Jan 14, 2000

"This book actually forms the basis for the movie and musical THE KING AND I, and because those who w..." Read full review

$8 - $14

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Walter Dean Myers - Sunrise Over Fallujah

Set in 2003, Walter Dean Myers's powerful young adult novel about the Iraq war follows recent high school graduate Robin "Birdy" Perry as he tangles ...

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Latest review by kentmom Jan 6, 2009

"As war books for teens go, Walter Dean Myers' Sunrise Over Fallujah is probably a pretty good one. T..." Read full review

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Dorothea Benton Frank - Pawleys Island

Hoping to sell some of her watercolors, Becca Sims wanders into the seaside Gallery Valentine, never expecting that her life will be transformed ...

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Latest review by baileym1 May 22, 2006

"After being beaten down by both her husband and her marriage, Rebecca Simms comes to Pawleys Islan..." Read full review

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Marilyn Chase - Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco

A Wall Street Journal science writer investigates the history of two outbreaks of plague in San Francisco at the beginning of the 20th century. She ...

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Latest review by ghostmusic Dec 8, 2003

"Surprisingly entertaining and educational read about the plague in San Francisco at the turn of the..." Read full review

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Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury - The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic

Alaska, 1925: the diptheria serum is 674 miles away. Without it, the people of Nome will not survive. <BR> Nome, Alaska, sits on the edge of the ...

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Latest review by pvreditor Jan 21, 2004

"We've been suffering through a cold snap in the eastern U.S., with a lot of whining about the stiff..." Read full review

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Terence Hanbury White - Book of Merlyn: King Arthur and Merlyn's Animal Council

An evocative and exciting tale of wizardry and war, this magnificent fantasy of the last days of King Arthur, his faithful magician and his animal ...

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Latest review by FirekittenMary Jun 5, 2001

""You and I know it, but the people who are going to read this book do not" (13). Not often will an..." Read full review

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Louis De Bernieres - Corelli's Mandolin: A Novel

Dr. Iannis and his daughter, Pelagia, live on the idyllic Greek island of Cephallonia in the years before World War II. Pelagia falls in love with ...

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Latest review by heidifromoz Nov 14, 2005

"Overview: 1941. Invasion of Greece by the Italians is imminent. Dr Iannis and Pelagia, his beautiful..." Read full review

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William Faulkner - The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text

The Sartoris family, who embody the antebellum ideal of Southern honor and its transformation through war, defeat, and Reconstruction, are the focal ...

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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Jul 26, 2011

"The Unvanquished (1940) is the prequel of Sartoris (1929) within the vast fabric of William Faulkner..." Read full review

$6 - $13

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Alessandro Manzoni - The Betrothed

The great Italian patriot Alejandro Manzoni wrote what is considered as one of the big novels in his language, to show, mentioning his own words: ...

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Latest review by hhh6 Jun 15, 2000

"This book, originally written in Italian a few centuries ago, is complicated on many levels. <b..." Read full review

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Faye Kellerman - Straight Into Darkness

In 1920s Munich, the body of Anna Gross, a young society wife, has been found in the English Gardens, still clothed in finery.

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Latest review by heyfrito500 Sep 18, 2006

"I had never read a Faye Kellerman book before, and I don't expect I'll ever do it again. I was not f..." Read full review

$8 - $23

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Jim Butcher - Cursor's Fury

When the High Lord of Kalare enters into a dangerous alliance with the Canim, and treachery destroys the Aleran army's command structure, an ...

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Latest review by smiles33 Dec 27, 2007

"In Cursor's Fury, Book 3 of the Codex Alera series, we rejoin Tavi, Amara, Gaius Sextus (the First L..." Read full review

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