Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself

By Harriet Ann Jacobs

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One woman's amazing story of abuse, degradation, and courage as she faces the devastating hardships of America's "peculiar institution."

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The Princess of Cleves

By Madame de Lafayette

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One of the first European novels ever written, The Princess of Clèves is a dazzling work of historical fiction. A young and beautiful girl, Mademoiselle de Chartres, arrives at the French king’s co ...

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The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon

By Washington Irving

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One of the first truly American books—and the birthplace of the Headless Horseman.

The Virginian, Horseman of the Plains

By Owen Wister

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Saddle up for adventure on the wild frontier in Owen Wister’s The Virginian. Ranchers and cattlemen are locked in a heated battle over livestock as the story opens. Cattle have been stolen, and the ...

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Scaramouche

By Rafael Sabatini

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A lawyer takes a chance on the stage in Rafael Sabatini’s 1921 novel Scaramouche. The French Revolution is raging and Andre-Louis Moreau finds himself in the middle of a tense situation between upp ...

Come Go Home with Me

By Sheila Kay Adams

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Winner of the 1997 Clark Cox Historical Fiction Award, North Carolina Society of Historians. ... Sheila Adams has been performing Appalachian ballads and telling stories for over twenty years. A nativ ...

Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile

By Richard Schweid

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A 2005 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. ... Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island to ...

The Secret Eye

By Virginia Ingraham Burr (ed.)

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The journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, spanning the years from 1848 to 1889, is rare for its treatment of both the Civil War and postbellum years and for its candor and detail in treating these ...

Taffy of Torpedo Junction

By Nell Wise Wechter

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A longtime favorite of several generations of Tar Heels, Taffy of Torpedo Junction is the thrilling adventure story of thirteen-year-old Taffy Willis, who, with the help of her pony and dog, exposes a ...

Teach's Light

By Nell Wise Wechter

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The legend of Teach's Light has been handed down by the people of Stumpy Point village in coastal North Carolina for nearly three centuries. None can say when the mysterious light that hovers above Li ...

The Goat Bridge

By T.M. McNally

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Winner of The William Faulkner - William Wisdom Gold Medal ... An American photographer in the war-torn Balkans struggles to rebuild his shattered life after the kidnapping of his son ... American pho ...