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3021.
Hypatia
by Khan Amore
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Paperback (6x9) - £15.25
ISBN: 9780759622159
A suicide takes a detour through time, sending a melancholy present-day cynic to ancient Alexandria, Egypt, to learn the secrets of life and happiness from history’s greatest woman – the last, most brilliant defender of life-loving...More
3022.
Hypatia
by Khan Amore
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Glossy Hardcover (6x9) - £22.00
ISBN: 9780759622166
A suicide takes a detour through time, sending a melancholy present-day cynic to ancient Alexandria, Egypt, to learn the secrets of life and happiness from history’s greatest woman – the last, most brilliant defender of life-loving...More
3023.
For Things Left Undone
by Mary A. Agria
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Paperback (5x8) - £10.75
ISBN: 9780759633049
Thirty years after his stint as a student at the University of Wisconsin in the late sixties, a series of events forces Dubuque stockbroker Brace Abbott to confront his past and the act of civil disobedience that changes...More
3024.
Gift of Reckoning
by David Llorente
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Paperback (6x9) - £15.25
ISBN: 9780759638228
This book is a work of fiction, and its plot is well within the realm of possibility. The story is of a former Vietnam War POW incarcerated in the infamous Hoa Lo prison in Hanoi, more popularly known as the Hanoi Hilton....More
3025.
And Youth Was Gone
by William Keim
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Paperback (6x9) - £13.00
ISBN: 9780759630710
The Second World War profoundly changed the people who fought in it. Bill Kress, a small-town Depression child, raised by his grandparents, became a part of that great drama just a few months after his graduation from high...More
3026.
Opportunity 1850: Netherlanders go to America
by Fannie Smith
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Paperback (6x9) - £11.75
ISBN: 9780759627376
An optimistic saga of setbacks, humor, success and their goal - the American dream. Four farm brothers wanted to escape a hopeless future. Papa seriously considered the "What Ifs," then reluctantly said, "There's...More
3027.
Rural Texas Sayings: Voices from the Great Depression
by Ralph Cain & Robbie Prather
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Paperback (5x8) - £9.75
ISBN: 9780759620070
The Sayings collected for this work are the result of extensive research including interviews with a great number of people who lived through the Depression of the Nineteen-thirties and probing their memories to dredge up...More
3028.
The Long Journey
by Don Rougeux
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Paperback (8.25x11) - £15.25
ISBN: 9780759641921
"Take care and be earnestly on your guard not to forget the things which your eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live, but teach them to your children and to our children’s children."...More
3029.
The Angels of Pemberton
by Lynn Keiser
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Glossy Hardcover (6x9) - £22.00
ISBN: 9780759630086
The Angels of Pemberton is an epic nineteenth-century family saga of love, intrigue, and triumph over evil. The story takes place on the wild Northern moor of Devon, England. The book deals with four interwoven families:...More
3030.
Einstein: A Biographical Drama
by Katherine E. Anderson
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Paperback (8.25x11) - £14.00
ISBN: 9780759625709
Come; explore the fascinating world of Albert Einstein in this intriguing 1994 drama by Katherine E. Anderson. Written in movie script format, Einstein allows you to comprehend this charming and curious genius scene by scene,...More