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82) Sea Prayer
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A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a...
83) Touching the sky
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When Laura's sister, Carissa, marries her Confederate beau, Laura finds herself in a difficult situation when she overhears plots to kill Union soldiers. Though in her heart she feels she should share this information with Union officer-and-romantic interest Brandon Reid, Laura fears she will betray her sister's trust and possibly endanger her sister's life.
86) Over the edge
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Kincaid brides volume 3
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Seth Kincaid remembers almost everything . . . except getting married! Seth Kincaid survived a fire in a cave, but he hasn't been the same since. Then he fought in the Civil War and returned to Colorado crazier than ever. Somewhere along the line, it appears Seth got married. Oh, he has a lot of excuses, but his wife isn't too happy to find out Seth doesn't remember her. Callie isn't a long-suffering woman. When Seth disappeared, she searched, prayed,...
89) Running the Rift
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Rwandan runner Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and uniting his ethnically divided country, only to be driven from everyone he loves when the violence starts, after which he must find a way back to a better life.
90) The Unvanquished
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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The Unvanquished is a novel of the Sartoris family, who embody the ideal of Southern honor and its transformation through was, defeat, and Reconstruction: Colonel John Sartoris, who is murdered by a business rival after the war; his son, Bayard, who learns a new kind of courage by refusing to kill; Cousin Drusilla, a young was widow who rides with Sartoris's cavalry; and Granny Rosa Millard, the matriarch, who must put aside her code of gentility...
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IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
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A biography of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, discussing his early life; his careers as soldier, planter, and politician; his role in the Civil War; and his experiences after the conflict. Includes a glossary and chronology.
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Century trilogy volume 2
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In Book Two of the 'Century Trilogy,' Follett continues the story of the five families who would witness and impact many of the great events of the 20th Century. He takes readers into World War II, going inside Nazi Germany, above Pearl Harbor, to the halls of power in London and Washington, D.C., and to the dawn of the atomic age. Century Trilogy series
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Army of the Potomac volume 3
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1953
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An historical account of the final year of the Civil War and the surrender at Appomattox.
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"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...
99) The titans
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This fifth volume of The Kent Family Chronicles depicts the effects of the American Civil War on various family members.
100) Homage to Catalonia
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"In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself embroiled as a participant-as a member of the Workers Party of Marxist Unity. Fighting against the Fascists, Orwells account of life in the trenches-with a democratic army composed of men with no ranks, no titles, and often no weapons-and of his near fatal wounding, is painfully vivid and occasionally comic. As the politics became...