FIC MOW
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The posthumous papers of Rebecca MacKenzie document her adventures, along with her brother Doug, in 1920s China as the teenaged siblings are sent to live aboard their uncle's ship where they become involved in the dangerous activities of a mysterious secret society called the Honourable Guild of Specialists.
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Anastasia, the last Grand Duchess
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Meyer, Carolyn
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FIC MEY
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A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them.
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Anastasia, czarina or fake? : opposing viewpoints
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McGuire, Leslie
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ON ORDER
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Examines the life of the daughter of the czar who ruled during the Russian Revolution and discusses the question of whether she escaped
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Before we were free
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Alvarez, Julia
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FIC ALV
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In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
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Dominican Republic
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Foley, Erin .
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972.93 FOL
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Profiles the history, geography, government and people of the Dominican Republic, and highlights the country's main cultural and social traditions.
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The fire-eaters
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Almond, David
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FIC ALM
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Despite observing his father's illness and the suffering of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends, living in England in 1962, still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis : to the brink of war .
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Byrne, Paul J
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973.922 BYR
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Examines how the Cuban missle crisis was the showdown of the Cold War.
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The passion of Artemisia
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Vreeland, Susan
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FIC VRE
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Eighteen-year-old Artemisia Gentileschi, having ruined her reputation by making a public accusation of rape against her art teacher, enters into an arranged marriage in post-Renaissance Italy and moves with her husband to Florence where her talent blossoms, bringing fame and conflict into her life.
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The Baroque period
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Fitzpatrick, Anne .
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ON ORDER
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Describes the works of art created during the Baroque time period.
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Girl with a pearl earring
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Chevalier, Tracy
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FIC CHE
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: Imagines the young woman in Johannes Vermeer's mysterious painting "The Girl With a Pearl Earring" as a sixteen-year-old Dutch girl named Griet who sparks the interest of the artist when she becomes a maid in his turbulent household.
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The Vermeer interviews : conversations with seven works of art
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Raczka, Bob ; Vermeer, Johannes
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ON ORDER
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In this look at seven paintings by Jan Vermeer, author Bob Raczka takes on the role of interviewer and the people in the paintings become his willing subjects.
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Across the nightingale floor
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Hearn, Lian .
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FIC HEA
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The first in a proposed trilogy set in ancient Japan, telling the story of Takeo, a sixteen-year-old saved from a massacre by the mysterious Lord Otori, who struggles to reconcile his dual nature--the one given him by the Hidden, the pacifist people among whom he was born and raised, and the one inherited from his father, a celebrated assassin.
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The Japanese samurai
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Park, Louise ; Love, Timothy .
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Contents:Who were the Japanese samurai? -- The Japanese feudal period -- Shogunates of the feudal period -- In profile : Minamoto No Yoritomo -- Samurai armour -- Samurai weapons -- In profile : Oda Nabunaga -- Samurai ranks and privileges -- Spotlight on bushido -- Fortifications and castles -- In profile : Shibata Katsuie -- The decline of the Japanese samurai.
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Lord of the silver bow
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Gemmell, David
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FIC GEM
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Prince Aeneas finds his fate forever linked with his sworn enemy, Argurios the Mykene, and the beautiful priestess of Thera as they are forced to work together to overcome a dark evil that threatens to engulf the world.
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Troy and the Trojans .
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Blegen, Carl W
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939 BLE
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Series: Ancient peoples and places .
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The boxer
by Karr, Kathleen .
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FIC KAR
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Having learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny sets out to discover if he can make a decent living as a fighter in late nineteenth-century New York City.
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Age of extremes, An
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Hakim, Joyce .
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973 HAK
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Covers the period of American history from the 1880s to World War I.
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The given day
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Lehane, Dennis
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From "New York Times"-bestselling author Lehane comes a beautifully written novel of American history, set at the end of the Great War.
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Babe Ruth: Legendary Slugger
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Fischer, David
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Making legends and leaving people awestruck: that's what Babe Ruth was all about. More than 70 years after he swung his bat for the final time, "the Sultan of Swat" remains baseball's greatest player.
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Only yesterday; an informal history of the 1920's
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Allen, Frederick Lewis .
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973.91 ALL
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Coram boy
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Gavin, Jamila
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FIC GAV
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In the mid-eighteenth century, an unsavory character and his simpleton son become involved in the lives of a wealthy English family when that family's eldest son is disinherited because of his love of music.
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Water for elephants : a novel
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Gruen, Sara
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FIC GRU
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Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope.
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The Great Depression in American history
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Fremon, David K
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338.54 FRE
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Describes the history surrounding the Great Depression, highlighting the causes and key figures.
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Kaiulani : the people's princess
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White, Ellen Emerson
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FIC WHI
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Follows the life of Victoria Kaiulani Cleghorn from 1889 to 1893 as she studies to be a better princess, even as Hawaii's monarchy, and her throne, are being undermined by American businessmen.
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Hawai'i
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Hintz, Martin
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996.9 HIN
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Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, art, and people of Hawaii, a state made up of a string of Pacific Ocean islands.
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Lady of Palenque : flower of Bacal
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Kirwan, Anna
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FIC KIR
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In 749, the Maya princess Green Jay, of the Kingdom of Bacal, writes in her diary about her arduous journey to Xukpip to meet King Fire Keeper, her future husband.
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The Mayans
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Kallen, Stuart A .
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972.81 KAL
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Discusses the Mayan civilization and its influences on later cultures, as well as factors contributing to its demise.
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Rose sees red
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Castellucci, Cecil .
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FIC CAS
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In the 1980s, two teenaged ballet dancers--one American, one Russian--spend an unforgettable night in New York City, forming a lasting friendship despite their cultural and political differences.
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America in the 1980s
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Brill, Marlene Targ .
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973.927 BRI
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A look at the people, events and popular culture of the 1980s.
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What I saw and how I lied
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Blundell, Judy
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FIC BLU
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In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.
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This fabulous century, 1940-1950
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973 THI
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1940’S – 1950
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