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By: Larsen, Andrew
The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie
$10.95PaperbackAdd to cartA 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
- Author: Larsen, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1771476249
- Language: English
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By: Andrews, Andy
The Kid Who Changed the World
$18.99HardcoverRead moreThe 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
- Author: Andrews, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 1400324335
- Language: English
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Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and C
$19.99HardcoverAdd to cartThe 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- Series: Anne Schwartz Books
- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0689847696
- Language: English
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By: Krasner, Barbara
Ethel’s Song: Ethel Rosenberg’s Life in Poems
$17.99HardcoverRead moreConvicted 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
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By: Hill, Drew
It Came Even To Me
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartA 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
- Author: Hill, Drew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: July 20 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890250254
- Language: English
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By: Bachelder, Chris
Dayswork
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn 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
- Author: Bachelder, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1324086491
- Language: English
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By: Noble, Shelley
The Colony Club
$27.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom 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
- Author: Noble, Shelley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0063410605
- Language: English
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By: Crew, Linda
A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon, 1845
$13.95PaperbackAdd to cartSeventeen-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
- Author: Crew, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1932010262
- Language: English
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By: Keely Hutton
Soldier Boy
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartA 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
- Author: Hutton, Keely
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1250158443
- Language: English
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By: Landsel, Jason
By Water: The Felix Manz Story
$19.95PaperbackRead moreAction-packed graphic novel perfect for fans of the Boxers
& Saints series.Five hundred years ago, in an age marked by war, plague,
inequality and religious coercion, there were people across Europe wh… [more below]- Series: Heroes of the Radical Reformation #1
- Author: Landsel, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1636080537
- Language: English
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The Bear Woman
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartFeminist 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
- Author: Ramqvist, Karolina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1552454312
- Language: English
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By: Rideout, Tanis
The Sea Between Two Shores
$16.00PaperbackRead moreFrom 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
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Yesteryear
$15.95PaperbackAdd to cartReturn 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
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By: Dempsey, Diana
The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft
$32.99HardcoverAdd to cart“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
- Author: Dempsey, Diana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 514
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0990696480
- Language: English
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By: James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Introduction by Richard Brown
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartIn 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
- Series: Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
- Author: Joyce, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 1991
- ISBN10: 0679405755
- Language: English
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By: Coelho, Paulo
Hippie (Spanish Edition): Si Quieres Conocerte, Empieza Por Explorar El Mundo
$15.00PaperbackAdd to cartInspirado 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
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By: Crane, Stephen
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe 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
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By: Chopra, Deepak
Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart“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 PapersThe founder of The Chopra Center and the preeminent tea
- Series: Enlightenment #2
- Author: Chopra, Deepak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0061448745
- Language: English
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By: Mohamed, Nadifa
The Fortune Men
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartBOOKER 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
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By: Mah, Ann
Jacqueline in Paris
$29.99PaperbackAdd to cart“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
- Author: Mah, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0063266229
- Language: English
















