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Elie Wiesel - Night

Elie Wiesel - Night

First published in 1958, this raw, devastatingly haunting Holocaust memoir is Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel's best known work. After the ...
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Latest review by dannygarza123 Dec 10, 2012
"This, is one of the greatest stories I have ever read.Elie Wiesel,describes in great detail his expe..." Read full review

$4 - $9

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Saburo Sakai, Martin Caidin, Fred Saito - Samurai!: The Autobiography of Japan's Bravest Fighter Ace

Saburo Sakai, Martin Caidin, Fred Saito - Samurai!: The Autobiography of Japan's Bravest Fighter Ace

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Latest review by aku_djinn Jul 19, 2004
"Co-written with Martin Caidin and Fred Saito, Samurai was first published in 1957. This is a reprint..." Read full review

$22 - $24

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Kirby Larson - Hattie Big Sky

Kirby Larson - Hattie Big Sky

Hattie has been from family member to family member so often she calls herself Hattie Here-and-There. So when a land-claim is passed to her from her ...
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Latest review by befus Feb 23, 2007
"Sometimes a letter can change a person's life. When sixteen year old Hattie Brooks receives a letter..." Read full review

$6 - $7

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Richard Marcinko, Jim Defelice, John Weisman - Rogue Warrior: The Real Team

Richard Marcinko, Jim Defelice, John Weisman - Rogue Warrior: The Real Team

Reluctantly traveling to Cuba as a favor to the head of the CIA, Marcinko discovers that Fidel Castro is lying on his deathbed and has plotted a ...
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Latest review by MIDOG Apr 5, 2000
"Poor Richard Marcinko would never make it in today's military. He comes from the old school where t..." Read full review

$8 - $13

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Jacqueline Woodson - Coming on Home Soon

Jacqueline Woodson - Coming on Home Soon

After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.
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Latest review by artemis8 Aug 19, 2007
"When Ada Ruth's mother has to leave her to take a job in another city, she has to stay behind with h..." Read full review

$4 - $13

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Boris Akunin and Andrew Bromfield - The Turkish Gambit: A Novel

Boris Akunin and Andrew Bromfield - The Turkish Gambit: A Novel

Translated from the Russian, this third historical mystery starring diplomat/sleuth Erast Fandorin, is set in 1877, when Czarist Russia and the ...
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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Jul 10, 2011
"The Turkish Gambit was the third Erast Fandorin Mystery by Boris Akunin (born Grigory Shalvovich Chk..." Read full review

$4 - $24

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Theodore Bell - Nick of Time: A Timeless Adventure

Theodore Bell - Nick of Time: A Timeless Adventure

With the help of Lord Hawke, whose children have been taken by the evil pirate Captain Billy Blood, young Nick McIver uses a time machine to rescue ...
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Latest review by quasar Aug 10, 2008
"Nick McIver lives in the Channel Islands with his parents and little sister Katie. He loves island l..." Read full review

$3 - $8

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Linda Hayward - The First Thanksgiving

Linda Hayward - The First Thanksgiving

The story of the Pilgrims is vividly retold in simple language for beginning readers. They set sail for far-off America in 1620. The cross-Atlantic ...

$3 - $6

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William Craig - Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

William Craig - Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

Free Worldwide Delivery : Enemy at the Gates : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780142000007 : 0142000000 : 28 Jun 2001 : The bloodiest battle in the ...
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Latest review by basesurge Dec 17, 2008
"During the Second World War there were on each front turning points, places on the time-line where t..." Read full review

$9 - $16

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Danielle Steel - A Good Woman

Danielle Steel - A Good Woman

Her life and family changed forever by the sinking of the <IT>Titanic<RO> and betrayed by the scandalous secrets of her husband, Annabelle ...
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Latest review by frzldmm Jun 21, 2010
"I was taken on a journey into the life of Annabelle Worthington. At the young age of 19, she h..." Read full review

$8

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Christopher Paul Curtis - Elijah of Buxton

Christopher Paul Curtis - Elijah of Buxton

As the first child born into freedom in a Canadian town for runaway slaves, eleven-year-old Elijah finds himself on a dangerous journey to America to ...
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Latest review by donnamr Feb 28, 2009
"Author Christopher Paul Curtis' children's stories are riveting, his characters intelligent, his the..." Read full review

$43

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Rosemary Sutcliff - Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad

Rosemary Sutcliff - Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad

A glorious retelling of Homer's epic poem, The Iliad, based on the latest research on Ancient Greece and Troy. Learn the history of the Trojan War, ...
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Latest review by befus Dec 17, 2012
"My fifth grade daughter is studying ancient history in homeschool this year. For our foray into the..." Read full review

$4 - $7

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Philippa Gregory - The Virgin's Lover

Philippa Gregory - The Virgin's Lover

A fictional portrait of the dangerous early years of Elizabeth I's reign follows the young queen as she copes with a French invasion of Scotland, ...
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Latest review by kairosdreaming Oct 9, 2011
"Yikes, another not so great book from Gregory. I've liked a couple of her works but it seems t..." Read full review

$9 - $20

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Karen Traviss - Order 66: Star Wars: A Republic Commando

Karen Traviss - Order 66: Star Wars: A Republic Commando

With the horrors of the Clone Wars continuing to rage on unchecked, the elite warriors of the Republic stumble upon a growing menace that threatens ...
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Latest review by talyseon Apr 9, 2009
"Star Wars: A Republic Commando Order 66. By Karen TravissRejorhaa'ruetiise meg'oyacyi jorcu mh..." Read full review

$3 - $7

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