Relying on firsthand accounts, historian Jane Hampton Cook weaves together several different narratives to create a vivid, multidimensional account of the 1814 burning of Washington, including the...
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Author: Cook, Jane HamptonSummary:
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Author: Franco, JamesSummary:
The debut poetry collection by the actor, director, and writer James FrancoI’m a nocturnal creature,And I’m here to cheat time.You can see time and exhaustionTaking pay from my face—In fifty...
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Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsSummary:
Recording of the New Testament - King James Version. Can be navigated by book, chapter and verse.
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Author: Didion, JoanSummary:
An extraordinary report on the aftermath of the 1960s in America by the New York Times-bestselling author of South and West and Slouching Towards Bethlehem. In this landmark essay collection, Joan...
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Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsSummary:
Recording of the Old Testament - King James Version. Can be navigated by book, chapter and verse.
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Author: Gray, JamesSummary:
Former war correspondent Jacques Legris is recovering from a bad case of career burnout and decides to escape the system. He buys a sailboat and heads south to discover a new way of life in the...
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Author: Melville, HermanSummary:
A story, based on the author's experiences as common sailor on board a U.S. frigate homeward bound from Callao, Peru around Cape Horn, 1843.
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Author: MCBRIDE, JamesSummary:
James McBride grew up one of twelve siblings in an all-black housing project in Brooklyn, the son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white. His mother was an inspiring...
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Author: Stone, NikkiSummary:
Did you know you have better odds at winning the lottery than an Olympic medal? To bring home one of those coveted medals—or achieve any great personal goal in life—you need a lot more than luck....
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Author: Webb, Jonice, Musello, ChristineSummary:
A large segment of the population struggles with feelings of being detached from themselves and their loved ones. They feel flawed, and blame themselves. Running on Empty will help them realize...
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Author: Cullen, MauraSummary:
EVEN WELL-INTENDED PEOPLE CAN CAUSE HARM Have you ever heard yourself or someone else say: "Some of my best friends are... (Black, White, Asian, etc.)"? "I don't think of you as... (Gay, Disabled...
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Author: Cole, TejuSummary:
The 40-plus essays will span art, literature, and politics, with topics from Virginia Woolf and James Baldwin to President Obama and Boko Haram. The collection will include pre-published essays...
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Author: Cork, Stephen D.Summary:
Major Jennifer O’Shane is ordered by the President on a top secret assignment to INTERPOL and the Central Command of the U.S. military to take on a crime syndicate of unimaginable scale. The...
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Author: Byrd, Olivia deBelleSummary:
While Olivia deBelle Byrd was repeating one of her many Southern stories for the umpteenth time, her long-suffering husband looked at her with glazed over eyes and said,“Why don’t you write this...
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Author: Mason, Paul NicholasSummary:
The Night Drummer is the story of two teenage friends—white, middle-class Peter Ellis, and Otis James, a native boy adopted by an older evangelical Christian couple. Peter and Otis grow up in...