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14322) The Kite fighters
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2000
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Set in fifteenth-century Korea, two brothers discover a shared passion for kites. Kee-sup can craft a kite unequaled in strength and beauty, but his younger brother, Young-sup, can fly a kite as if he controlled the wind itself. Their combined skills attract the notice of Korea's young king, who chooses Young-sup to fly the royal kite in the New Year kite-flying competition.
14323) Dawn comes early
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Brides of Last Chance Ranch volume 1
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Looking for a woman of good character and pleasant disposition to learn the ranching business in Arizona Territory. Must be single and prepared to remain so. ... Disgraced dime novelist Kate Tenney fled the city that banned her latest book seeking a fresh start. What awaits is a hard life; Kate is ill-prepared but tenacious. And having been abandoned by a string of men, Kate has no intention of ever marrying. But she didn't plan on meeting Luke Adams,...
14324) The kommandant's girl
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A story about the life of a young Jewish bride during the Nazi occupation of Krakw̤, Poland, in WWII. Emma Bau, a shy librarian, escapes the city's Jewish ghetto with the aid of the underground resistance movement that Jacob, her activist husband, has already joined. Emma assumes a new gentile identity as Anna Lipowski and goes to live with Jacob's elderly aunt, a wealthy Catholic widow who has also taken in Lukasz Izakowicz, the only surviving child...
14325) The widow of the south
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Reminiscent of "Cold Mountain" and "Enemy Women," Robert Hicks' gripping debut novel, based on the incredible true story of Carrie McGavock--a woman whose life was forever changed by the Civil War--is exquisitely packaged with endpapers and compelling interior photographs.
14326) Tides of War
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[2000]
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As commander on land & sea, Alcibiades was never defeated. Kinsman of Pericles, protégé of Socrates, the warrior was renowned as the most brilliant & charismatic personality of his day, as--fearlessly ambitious, politically ruthless--he forever altered Athens' destiny. During the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War, he swept from victory to victory, seemingly invincible. And then, in a shattering twist of fortune, he tumbled from glory. Recounted...
14327) The Tall stranger
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Wagon trains heading west were forced to defend themselves against Indians, cope with injuries and illness, and struggle to find food. The group of easterners Rock Bannon was scouting for faced another problem. They were being deceived. When he warned them to remain on the Humboldt Trail, Sharon Crockett and the others refused to listen. Mort Harper, a stranger riding a beautiful black mare, had dazzled them with his charm and good looks. The southern...
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Civil War battle series volume 7
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The seven members of the Brannon family of Culpeper County Virginia, experience a wide range of the hardships of war.
14330) The carousel painter
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Without the means to support herself after her father dies, Carrington Brouwer is given the opportunity to use her artistic talent at her friend's father's carousel factory. But the men at the factory are not happy that a woman has been given the desirable job of painting the elaborately carved horses. When mishaps occur at the factory, and jewelry disappears from the owner's home, accusations swirl. Is the handsome young factory manager truly Carrie's...
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[2023]
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Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name-but her full name, Geraldine, is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn't feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name? Gigi and Ojiji: What's Iin a Name? is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level 3 books are written for early independent...
14332) Remembrance Rock
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A monumental novel that follows the growth of the American dream through more than three centuries. A saga, chronicle, and miscellany on folk themes, it is Sandburg's passionate testament of American life.
14333) Texas Homecoming
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Night riders volume 1
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c2002
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Cade, captain of the Night Riders, had led the survivors home to Texas to make a fresh start. His grandfather was sstill alive, his ranch still stood, and waiting for him was a daark-eyed temptress who made him all too glad to be alive.
14334) Heart of Gold\
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Against Shannon's wishes, love stakes its claim in her heart. Will she discover treasure or treachery? -- When Shannon Adair accompanies her minister father to the western gold rush town of Grand Coeur, she's certain she'll never be happy away from her beloved Virginia, even though the South is still gripped in civil war. Wells Fargo driver Matthew Dubois isn't sure the lovely Shannon belongs in Idaho Territory either, but he is a desperate man. His...
14337) Wildwood boys
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Pub. Date
2000
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The poignant and brutally honest story of William Anderson -- a lover or music, poetry, and horse-thievery -- who was drawn into a savage conflict of state against state. As Kansas "redlegs" spread terror under the Union banner, and Missouri "bushwackers" fly the black flag of no quarter, Bill and his brother Jim take up will the infamous Quantrill's raiders, the most notorious of the bushwacker bands. When a catastrophic loss unleashes a fury in...
14339) News of the world
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2016
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agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.
14340) A Dangerous Love
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Border chronicles volume 1
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2006
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Orphaned by the War of the Roses and betrayed by her half-sister Elizabeth of York, Adair Radcliffe is sold into servitude to Conal Bruce. the laird of Cleit seeks a bedmate and housekeeper, but in Adair he finds a beauty who will not be tamed, and who instead will teach the stubborn Scot about love.