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Those Who Save Us - Jenna Blum
SUMMARY: For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberat... -
Thomas Paine Reader - Thomas Paine
Product DescriptionThis major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737'1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passion... -
This Is for the Mara Salvatruch - Samuel Logan
From Publishers WeeklyUsing all of the tools of a capable police investigation, Logan, a journalist based in Latin America, connects the fortunes of Brenda Paz, a Honduran-American... -
This House of Sky - Ivan Doig
This haunting, magnificently written memoir introduced an important American writer. Now, in its Fifteenth Anniversary Edition, Ivan Doig's preface provides stirring details of the... -
This Hallowed Ground - Bruce Catton
This history of the American Civil War chronicles the entire war to preserve the Union - from the Northern point of view, but in terms of the men from both sides who lived and d... -
This Child Will Be Great - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
From Publishers WeeklyForbes lists Sirleaf, the 23rd president of Liberia and the first elected female president on the African continent, among the 100 Most Powerful Women in 200.... -
The orchard keeper - Cormac McCarthy
SUMMARY: An American classic, The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by one of America's finest, most celebrated novelists. Set is a small, remote community in rural Tennessee in t... -
The life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of her close friend Charlotte Bronte was published in 1857 to immediate popular acclaim, and remains the most significant study of t... -
The great American steamboat ra - Benton Rain Patterson
SUMMARY: Running from New Orleans to St. Louis in the summer of 1870, the race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez remains the world's most famous steamboat race. This book t... -
The food of a younger land_ a p - Mark Kurlansky
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the *New York Times*-bestselling author of *Cod* and *Salt*.** Award-winning *New York ...