In 1874, Stevenson left Edinburgh for San Francisco to join his fiancee. A shrewd and sympathetic observer, he produced the best account ever written of the passage to the New World.
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Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:
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Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:
When young Jim Hawkins picks a treasure map off a dead boarder, he’s drawn into a rollicking and dangerous journey filled with buccaneers and buried treasure — but, sadly, no Muppets. Stevenson’s...
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Author: Kroetsch, RobertSummary:
A prodigious body of innovative writing behind him, Robert Kroetsch turns to a starker lyrical mode in Too Bad: Sketches Toward a Self-Portrait. Oscillating between the many moods of a human heart...
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Author: Heidi HollandSummary:
Probing the mystery of Africa’s loyalty to one of its worst dictators, Holland explores the contraditctions that cloud the life of the man who had embodied a continent’s promise.
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Author: SHANNON, RobSummary:
The advent of the town's Power House not only supplied electricity, but, wonder of wonders, ICE! Wheat farming, sheep mustering, learning to fly and coping with city ways are all recounted. Most...
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Author: Slade, MichaelSummary:
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Author: Fantaskey, BethSummary:
As seventeen-year-old Jill Jekel and classmate Tristen Hyde work together on a chemistry project, hoping to win a scholarship for her and a cure for his curse, they also uncover family secrets and...
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Author: Soucy, GaetanSummary:
New York, at the end of the 1920s. Xavier X. Mortanse, a seventeen-year-old apprentice demolition man, who claims to be an immigrant from Hungary, falls into a hole -- the beginning of myriad...
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Author: Kiyosaki, Robert T.Summary:
For the past several years, multimillionaire businessman, entrepreneur, and investor Robert Kiyosaki has been a staunch supporter of network marketing. Like many people, he was skeptical about the...
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Alvin Theatre, George Abbott, in association with Robert Fryer presents Shirley Booth, Johnny Johnston, in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," a new musical (based on Betty Smith's novel), book by Betty...
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Author: Irwin, BindiSummary:
A fast-paced adventure series featuring The Jungle Girl herself! The stories are inspired and co-created by Bindi Irwin, daughter of the iconic wildlife expert, Steve Irwin. The series features...
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Author: Harris, RosieSummary:
Lucy Collins and her brother Sam have lived next door to the Tanner family all their lives. Lucy and Robert Tanner long for the day when they can marry. Until tragedy strikes when Lucy's parents...
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Author: Dickson, RobertSummary:
This bilingual collection of poetry is a selection of award-winning Franco-Ontarian poet Robert Dickson's various collections of poetry, including his Governor-General Award winning Humains...
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Author: Jordan, RobertSummary:
The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the...
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Author: Hendrickson, RobertSummary:
Covers the final months of the Civil War, including Robert E. Lee's final battle and surrender at Appomattox in 1865. Explores how the surrender met with disparate reactions among the troops,...