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Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery

Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery

by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth

One of Britain's premier royal biographers pens the first in a series of fiendishly clever and stylish historical murder mysteries Lovers of historical mystery will relish this chilling Victorian tale based on real events and cloaked in authenticity. Best of all, it casts British literature's most fascinating and controversial figure as the lead sleuth. A young artist's model has been murdered, and legendary wit... (more)

Shane

by Jack Warner Schaefer, Jack Schaeffer

A stranger rode out of the heart of the great glowing West, into the small Wyoming valley in the summer of 1889. It was Shane, who appeared on the horizon and became a friend and guardian to the Starrett family at a time when homesteaders and cattle rangers battled for territory and survival. Jack Schaefer"s classic novel illuminates the spirit of the West through the eyes of a young boy and a hero who changes... (more)

John Muir And Stickeen: An Alaskan Adven

John Muir And Stickeen: An Alaskan Adven

by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

Grade 2-4-Muir wrote about exploring an Alaskan glacier in the company of a friend's dog, Stickeen, in what is said to be the naturalist's favorite adventure. Koehler-Pentacoff recounts the story in the present tense: "Mountain streams crash upon boulders. Trees bend in the wind. John loves the excitement. He enjoys nature's fierce weather." This is the extent of what readers learn about Muir and his motivation... (more)

In the Name of Salome

by Julia Alvarez

"The story of my life starts with the story of my country... ." Thus begins Julia Alvarez's epic fictional account of the real-life Salomé Ureña-the "Emily Dickinson of the Dominican Republic." Born in the 1850s, in a time of intense political repression and turmoil, Salomé's fervent patriotic poems turned her-at seventeen-into a national icon. In the Name of Salomé is equally the story of Salomé's daughter,... (more)

Four Major Plays: A Doll House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder (Signet Classics)

Four Major Plays: A Doll House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder (Signet Classics)

A Lantern In Her Hand

by Bess Streeter Aldrich

This rich and memorable novel is a story of courage and faith in an era of greatness. Abbie Deal, brought up in a log cabin in Iowa, rode the covered wagon trail to Nebraska as a young bride. She lived in sod huts on the prairies, raised a large and active family, and gave inspration and love to her husband through the heartbreaking struggles of pioneer days. At last, in her old age, Abbie saw her efforts bear... (more)

Mama's Babies

by Gary Crew

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

by Dee Brown, Dee Alexander Brown

Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling history The New York Times called "Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking...Impossible to put down" Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller... (more)

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