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"Virginia Woolf's exuberant 'biography' tells the story of the cross-dressing, sex-changing Orlando who begins life as a young noble in the sixteenth century and moves through numerous historical and geographical worlds to finish as a modern woman writer in the 1920s. The book is in part a happy tribute to the 'life' that her love for Vita Sackville-West had breathed into Virginia Woolf's own day-to-day existence; it is also Woolf's light-hearted...
6) John Brown
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Examines the life of abolitionist John Brown, the people and events surrounding the raid he led on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859, and its aftermath.
10) Harriet Tubman
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A biography of the African American woman who escaped from slavery, led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, aided Northern troops during the Civil War, and worked for women's suffrage.
11) James Longstreet
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Discusses the life and career of James Longstreet, Confederate general and trusted adviser to Robert E. Lee.
17) Tilt
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Triangles volume 2
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Three teens, connected by their parents' bad choices, tell in their own voices of their lives and loves as Shane finds his first boyfriend, Mikayla discovers that love can be pushed too far, and Harley loses herself in her quest for new experiences.
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In 1780 South Carolina thirteen-year-old Maggie believes in the American cause, but after her father is seized by the British she is forced to live with her loyalist aunt in Charles Town--but when the British capture the city Maggie is determined to get information to Colonel Francis Marion.
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Para el niño a quien le ha tocado preguntarse sobre el destino de seres queridos que han muerto, ha venido este tierno libro de Julia Alvarez, autora de libros de mejor venta y de literatura infantil. Este libro plantea las siguientes preguntas: "¿A dónde van lose que mueren? ¿A quién se lo pregunto? ¿Hay álguien que lo sabe?" En todas partes se encuentran atisbos: "¿Es que van donde los lleva el viento? ¿Me hacen guiños--como estrellas...
20) The billionaires
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In this novel perfect for fans of Lora Leigh, Maya Banks, and Shayla Black, Calista Fox delivers a sexy and sensuous friends-to-lovers tale with a delicious love triangle twist. Jewel Catalano, Rogen Angelini, and Vin D'Angelo had been childhood best friends, spending every possible moment with one another. Rogen became her first love, the first one to show her what pleasure could be. Until a volatile feud erupted between their powerful California...
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