Meet Addy Walker, a courageous nine-year-old girl growing up during the Civil War. When her poppa dna brother are sold to another plantation, Addy and her mother take the terrible risk of escaping to freedom in the North. To get away...
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Author:Porter, Connie RoseSummary: -
Author:Shaw, Brian F., Ritvo, Paul, Irvine, JaneSummary:Think you have an addiction? This compassionate guide helps you identify the problem and work toward a healthy, realistic approach to recovery, explaining the latest clinical and self-help treatments for both adults and teens. This book...
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Author:Ferling, John E.Summary:In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off...
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Author:Crook, Connie BrummelSummary:She had been running, stumbling, walking for sixteen hours. It seemed that every muscle was screaming in pain. She did not even stop to check the new wound. When she reached the top of the hill, she stopped abruptly, trembling at an...
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Author:Greenberg, JanSummary:Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.
- Author:Foxx, JamieSummary:
From Academy Award-winning actor, comedian, and musician Jamie Foxx, a candid and funny look at the joys and pitfalls of being the father of two daughters with very different personalities. Jamie Foxx is not only one of the country's...
- Author:Hoskyns, BarneySummary:
Starting out as a backing band for rockabilly renegade Ronnie Hawkins before being propelled on to the world stage by no less than Bob Dylan, The Band literally changed the course of music with their first two albums. Retreating from...
- Author:Murphy, JimSummary:
Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.
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Author:Conwell, Russell H.Summary:Conwell's manifesto imparts one extraordinary lesson: all the wealth you could ever dream of, search for, or yearn after, in whatever form you wish for, exists right beneath your own feet.
- Author:LaManna, RossSummary:
The ruthless Batu Khan has forged an empire across Mongolia and central Asia. He has developed a frightening arsenal of weaponry and uses mind-altering drugs to give his minions superhuman strength. When Khan invades the Ukraine, the...
- Author:FleaSummary:
The iconic bassist and co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd want from an LA street rat turned world famous rock star. In Acid for the...
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Author:Patterson, Pat , Hébert, BertrandSummary:“Pat is one of the greatest mentors I’ve ever had in the world of sports-entertainment.” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
When Pat Patterson was 17 years old, he was asked to leave his home after telling his parents he was in...
- Author:Roy, PierreSummary:
1755. Pour Marie-Lysandre, une jeune Acadienne, et Benjamin, un soldat anglais, c'est le coup de foudre au premier regard. Toutefois, l'heure est au chambardement: Marie-Lysandre voit son peuple brutalement délogé de ses terres par l'...
- Author:Bowman, Donna JanellSummary:
As a young lawyer, Abraham Lincoln was known for his sense of humor. But in 1842, he did something so rascally--so downright mean--he was challenged to a duel. Lincoln needed his wit and a healthy dose of humility to save his life and...
- Author:McPherson, James M.Summary:
McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days to his turbulent years in the White House.
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Author:Stettner, Shannon, Burnett, Kristin, Hay, TravisSummary:When Henry Morgentaler, Canada’s best-known abortion rights advocate, died in 2013, activists and scholars began to reassess the state of abortion in the country. In this volume, some of Canada’s foremost researchers challenge current...
- Author:Isitt, Benjamin, Malhotra, RaviSummary:
Eugene T. Kingsley led an extraordinary life. Born in mid-nineteenth-century New York, in 1890 he was a railway brakeman in Montana. An accident left him a double amputee and politically radicalized, and his socialist activism that...
- Author:Pocock, JoannaSummary:
Traduit de l'anglais par Véronique Lessard et Marc Charron Résumé Alliant chronique, récit de soi et de la nature, Abandon raconte l'Amérique indomptée et ses paysages sauvages. À l'aube de la cinquantaine, Joanna Pocock...
- Author:Henry, DarynSummary:
A shrewd synthesizer, gifted popularizer, and inspiring founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance movement, A.B. Simpson (1843-1919) was enmeshed in the most crucial threads of evangelical Christianity at the turn of the...
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Author:Dunham, Cyrus GraceSummary:For as long as they can remember, Cyrus Grace Dunham felt like a visitor in their own body. Rather than looking back on gender transition from a settled distance, Cyrus invites us into the process as it unfolds, honoring the messiness,...
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