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  • The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie

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    A picture book biography of American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie

    When he was a child in the 1840s, Andrew Carnegie and his family immigrated to America in search of a new beginning. His working-cla

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    • Author: Larsen, Andrew
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: August 15 2023
    • ISBN10: 1771476249
    • Language: English
  • The Kid Who Changed the World

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    The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations!

    The Kid Who Changed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, who would one day grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture

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    • Author: Andrews, Andy
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: May 06 2014
    • ISBN10: 1400324335
    • Language: English
  • Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and C

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    The slightly true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains.

    Apples, ho

    When Papa decides to pull up roots and move f

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    • Series: Anne Schwartz Books
    • Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: September 01 2004
    • ISBN10: 0689847696
    • Language: English
  • Ethel’s Song: Ethel Rosenberg’s Life in Poems

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    Convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union against the United States, Ethel Rosenberg shares the story of her beliefs, loves, secrets, betrayals, and injustices in this compellin[more below]

    • Author: Krasner, Barbara
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: September 13 2022
    • ISBN10: 1635926254
    • Language: English
  • It Came Even To Me

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    A pastor is torn between grace and truth, clinging to his convictions as he struggles to salvage his family.

    Set in small-town Georgia in the present, this story paints a picture of the best and worst

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    • Author: Hill, Drew
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 296
    • Publish Date: July 20 2024
    • ISBN10: 9798890250254
    • Language: English
  • Dayswork

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    In the endless days of the pandemic, a woman spends her time sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. As she delves into Melville’s impulsive purchase of a Massachusetts farm

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    • Author: Bachelder, Chris
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: September 03 2024
    • ISBN10: 1324086491
    • Language: English
  • The Colony Club

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    From New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble comes a thrilling historical novel about the inception of the Colony Club, the first women’s club of its kind, set against the dazzling backdrop of

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    • Author: Noble, Shelley
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 560
    • Publish Date: October 01 2024
    • ISBN10: 0063410605
    • Language: English
  • A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon, 1845

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    Seventeen-year-old Lovisa King leaves Missouri for the Oregon Territory in 1845. A Heart for Any Fate, based on the history of a company of real pioneers, tells the story of the King family, whose car

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    • Author: Crew, Linda
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 274
    • Publish Date: April 01 2009
    • ISBN10: 1932010262
    • Language: English
  • Soldier Boy

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    A searing, shocking book–part non-fiction, part novel–based on the true story of a child soldier in Uganda who survived war and enslavement and went on to create a haven for others who suffered a si

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    • Author: Hutton, Keely
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: June 12 2018
    • ISBN10: 1250158443
    • Language: English
  • By Water: The Felix Manz Story

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    Action-packed graphic novel perfect for fans of the Boxers
    & Saints series
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    Five hundred years ago, in an age marked by war, plague,
    inequality and religious coercion, there were people across Europe wh… [more below]

  • The Bear Woman

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    Feminist autofiction from one of Sweden’s blazing talents.

    Blending autofiction and essay, The Bear Woman is a journey of feminism and literary detective work spanning centuries and continents. In the

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    • Author: Ramqvist, Karolina
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: February 08 2022
    • ISBN10: 1552454312
    • Language: English
  • The Sea Between Two Shores

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    From the bestselling author of Above All Things and inspired by real events, this powerful novel follows two families brought together to reckon with what it means to make amends–for historic wrongs [more below]

    • Author: Rideout, Tanis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: May 09 2023
    • ISBN10: 0771076401
    • Language: English
  • Yesteryear

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    Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when from out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! Who was the mind behind The Lo… [more below]

    • Author: Eoannou, Stephen G.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 314
    • Publish Date: October 03 2023
    • ISBN10: 1951631196
    • Language: English
  • The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft

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    “Beautifully written, compulsively readable… ” So says Indie Reader of The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft – the riveting novel about a legendary woman in antebellum Missouri who allowed neither men nor

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    • Author: Dempsey, Diana
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 514
    • Publish Date: July 01 2023
    • ISBN10: 0990696480
    • Language: English
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Introduction by Richard Brown

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    In his first and still most widely read novel, James Joyce makes a strange peace with the traditional narrative of a young man’s self-discovery by respecting its substance while exploding its form, th

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  • Hippie (Spanish Edition): Si Quieres Conocerte, Empieza Por Explorar El Mundo

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    Inspirado en la experiencia de su propia vida, Paulo Coelho nos lleva al pasado para revivir los sue?os de una generaci?n que anhelaba la paz y que se atrevi? a desafiar el orden social establecido. H[more below]

    • Author: Coelho, Paulo
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: July 30 2019
    • ISBN10: 0525565213
    • Language: Spanish
  • The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War

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    The Red Badge of Courage is an American masterpiece-and yet the novel familiar to so many readers is not, in fact, the story Crane wrote. That story is the one printed here, as Henry Binder has recove… [more below]

    • Author: Crane, Stephen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 188
    • Publish Date: November 30 2009
    • ISBN10: 0393319547
    • Language: English
  • Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment

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    “Deepak Chopra’s story is an inspiring gift for those who truly care and have the courage to seek.”
    –Michael Baigent, author of The Jesus Papers

    The founder of The Chopra Center and the preeminent tea

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    • Series: Enlightenment #2
    • Author: Chopra, Deepak
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: November 03 2009
    • ISBN10: 0061448745
    • Language: English
  • The Fortune Men

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    BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST – Based on a true event, this novel is “a blues song cut straight from the heart … about the unjust death of an innocent Black man caught up in a corrupt system” (Walter Mosley[more below]

    • Author: Mohamed, Nadifa
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: November 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 0593467434
    • Language: English
  • Jacqueline in Paris

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    “Captivating…Mah channels Kennedy and brings postwar Paris to life with exquisite detail and insight.” — People

    From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqu

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    • Author: Mah, Ann
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 496
    • Publish Date: September 27 2022
    • ISBN10: 0063266229
    • Language: English
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