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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent takes us on an explosive adventure into the soul of the unvanquished South, where Civil War reenactors, battlefield visitors, and fans of history resurrect the ghosts of the Lost Cause through ritual and remembrance.
"The freshest book about divisiveness in America that I have read in some time. This splendid commemoration of the war and its legacy ... is...
"The freshest book about divisiveness in America that I have read in some time. This splendid commemoration of the war and its legacy ... is...
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"The former federal prosecutor and congressman for South Carolina breaks down the art of persuasion into a few shockingly simple, easy-to-follow, and proven steps that will help readers win arguments, gain support for their cause, and convey their message successfully. You may never find yourself in front of jury during a criminal prosecution arguing for a particular verdict or offering yourself for elected office in a political campaign. You simply...
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Pub. Date
2006
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x, 482 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
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English
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In the second and final war of independence, Madison leads an unprepared nation into a struggle that will establish the United States as a major world power and stake its claim to the entire continent. Before the outcome is decided, the war will have engulfed land and sea, with a disastrous U.S. defeat at Detroit and epic naval campaigns on the Great Lakes. After the Americans sack Toronto, the British retaliate by burning the White House and the...
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
820L
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1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.
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English
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The United States won its independence from Great Britain in 1783, but that didn't mean the conflicts were over. By 1812, tensions between the two countries had reached the boiling point. Why would the United States again want to wage war on a rich and powerful country? And how would it change the young nation?
5) In His steps
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What does it mean to follow in the steps of Jesus? Such is the question posed by a disheveled young vagrant who interrupts the morning service in the First Church of Raymond. Responding to the eloquent sermon's call to "follow Christ, " the ailing stranger confronts the astounded parishioners with the treatment he received in their town the week prior. Compelled to reply to the visitor's implications, Reverent Maxwell proposes the plan of a year-long...
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Pub. Date
2007
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1st Harper Perennial ed.
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xxiii, 360, 18 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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English
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"In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled. The war that followed would be fought across virgin territories, from Nova Scotia to the forks of the Ohio River,and it would ultimately decide the fate of the entire North American continent--not just between Great Britain and France, but...
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930L
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In 1946, as London emerges from the shadow of World War II, author Juliet Ashton is having a terrible time finding inspiration for her next book. Then she receives a letter from Guernsey Island, and learns of a unique book club formed on the spur of the moment as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the occupying Germans during the war. Captivated, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her life forever.
10) The Holocaust
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Creative
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1340L
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1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.
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English
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Examines the causes and global effects of the World War II Nazi campaign against Jews and other groups of people, which led to millions of deaths and the creation of a Jewish homeland.
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2012
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English
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Divorced American Charlotte Kinder takes a trip to Regency staged Pembrook Park in Kent where she plays parlor games, learns country dances, and even lets herself be courted by her assigned suitor, the brooding, magnetic Mr. Mallery. But her vacation becomes more Northanger Abbey when she catches a fleeting glimpse of a dead body in a secret room.
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"Megan Chernoff is a talented but unemployed copywriter in an identity crisis after the birth of her second child. Seeking a fresh start, she and her family move to New York City, where she meets Daphne Cole-a gorgeous, stylish, well-known momfluencer. To Meg's surprise and delight, Daphne shows an inordinate amount of interest in Meg, showering her with compliments, attention, gifts, and all the perks that come with having a massive digital platform....
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Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protege and the political leader of India, believed Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before...
15) Divine
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Best-selling author Karen Kingsbury weaves another dramatic story of tragedy and redemption! Mary Madison was a child of unspeakable horrors, a young woman society wanted to forget. Now a divine power has set Mary free to bring life-changing hope and love to battered and abused women living in the shadow of the nation's capital. Mary is educated and redeemed, a powerful voice in Washington, D.C.-both to the politically elite and to other women like...
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Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
900L
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1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map.
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English
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This book introduces readers to Norse mythology, presents legendary characters and stories, and shows how Norse myths have influenced our culture. Readers are engaged with historical content while sharpening their skills at analyzing images and identifying evidence.
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Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
940L
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1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map.
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English
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This book introduces readers to Celtic mythology, presents legendary characters and stories, and shows how Celtic myths have influenced our culture. Readers are engaged with historical content while sharpening their skills at analyzing images and identifying evidence.
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Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
910L
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1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
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English
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Discusses major themes and deities of the religion of ancient China, and the ways that this religion influenced other cultures as well as modern art, literature, and entertainment. Includes reading comprehension questions, a glossary, color photographs, and a list of additional resources.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 online resource : illustrations.
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English
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This volume brings together scholarship that discusses late-medieval religious controversy on a pan-European scale, with particular attention to developments in England, Bohemia, and at the general councils of the fifteenth century. Controversies such as those that developed in England and Bohemia have received ample attention for decades, and recent scholarship has introduced valuable perspectives and findings to our knowledge of these aspects of...
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Shakespearean scholar Kate Stanley and Ben Pearl, her partner in crime-solving, find themselves in a desperate race to discover a lost version of "Macbeth," said to contain rituals of witchcraft aimed at conjuring demonic forces to gain forbidden knowledge. However much Kate would like to dismiss such rituals as superstition, someone else appears willing to kill for them--and for the manuscript said to spell them out.