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A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable
Author: Bulfinch, Thomas
Reading Level: GR 3-9
Type: Ex-Library Hardcover
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In this distinguished book you will find the stories of Cupid and Psyche, Venus and Adonis, The Golden Fleece, Hero and Leander, Hercules, Theseus, Midas, the Apple of Discord and many others -- all those ancient myths that form a great classic literature of the past. You will also find included...
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A Christmas Carol (Barbour Value Books)
Author: Dickens, Charles
Reading Level: GR 5-12
Type: Softcover
Condition: New - Publishers Remainder
Experience a true Victorian Christmas with Dickens's classic tale! A curmudgeonly miser learns eternal lessons about charity and goodwill with the help of his now-deceased partner, Jacob Marley; and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. You'll meet poor Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, a...
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A Day With a Perfect Stranger
Author: Gregory, David
Type: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: New - Publishers Remainder
What if a fascinating stranger knew you better than you know yourself?
When her husband comes home with a farfetched story about eating dinner with someone he believes to be Jesus, Mattie Cominsky thinks this may signal the end of her shaky marriage. Convinced that Nick is, at best, ...
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A Farewell to Arms
Author: Hemingway, Ernest
Reading Level: GR 9-12
Type: Softcover
Condition: Good/Very Good
The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in t...
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A Journey to the Center of the Earth (Reader's Digest)
Author: Verne, Jules
Reading Level: GR 3-9
Type: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
A classic of nineteenth-century French literature, this science fiction tale delves into the depths of the Earth, and by so doing, reveals the staggeringly long history of our planet.
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A Man Called Peter, The of Story Peter Marshall
Author: Marshall, Catherine
Reading Level: GR 7-12
Type: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: Very Good
As told by his wife, Catherine, the story of Peter Marshall is an irresistible account of the love between a dynamic man and his God, and the tender romance between a man and a woman.
The life of Peter Marshall--"the story that had to be told"--recounts the triumph of the young Scott...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (with Connections)
Author: Shakespeare, William
Reading Level: GR 7-12
Type: Ex-Library Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Unlike the other plays, there is in this case no known source for Shakespeare's fantastic plot, though the structure is classical, beginning in the court, moving to an "uncivilized" environment, and then returning to the newly ordered world of the court. Aspects of the imagery are drawn from clas...
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A Parcel of Patterns
Author: Walsh, Jill Paton
Reading Level: GR 5-12
Type: Softcover
Condition: New - Publishers Remainder
"A parcel of patterns brought the plague to Eyam. A parcel sent up from London to George Vicars, a journeyman tailor, who was lodging with Mrs. Cooper in a cottage by the west end of the churchyard.
So begins Mall Percival's account of how her village of Eyam struggled against the pl...
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A Promise Fulfilled
Author: Greenfeld, Howard
Reading Level: GR 7-12
Type: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: New - Publishers Remainder
Illustrated with archival photographs, this book offers a portrait of three men - Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion - and the role each played in the creation of the state of Israel. Includes sidebars, a timeline, and suggestions for further reading. "...Essential reading, not just...
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A Separate Peace
Author: Knowles, John
Reading Level: GR 9-12
Type: Softcover
Condition: Fair
Gene was a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas was a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happened between them at school one summer during the early years of World War II is the subject of A Separate Peace. A great bestseller for over thirty years--one of the most starkly movi...
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A Twilight Struggle: The Life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Author: Harrison, Barbara
Reading Level: GR 5-12
Type: Ex-Library Hardcover
Condition: Good/Very Good
Great affection for its subject marks this portrait of one of our most popular presidents. Fortunately for the reader, the adulation is tempered with some honest looks at the failures of the president who reigned over an American Camelot: the Bay of Pigs, his overly cautious stand on civil rights...
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A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys: Classic Greek Myths Retold
Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Reading Level: GR 7-12
Type: Softcover
Condition: Like New
Here are the stories of King Midas, Pandora, Medusa, Hercules, and the other inhabitants of Mount Olympus told by one of America's greatest writers. Written in 1851 as a money-maker for the struggling Hawthorne, A Wonder Book has become a favorite for generations of children everywhere. Hawthorne...
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Abraham Lincoln: The War Years 1861-1865 (Common Reader Classic Bestseller Series)
Author: Sandburg, Carl
Reading Level: GR 9-12
Type: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: Like New
This is an abridged edition of the commanding biography of Lincoln, originally published in 6 volumes in 1939. It presents the story of Lincoln's life from his inauguration in 1861 to his death and funeral in 1865. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History, 1940. 720 pages.
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Adolf Eichmann: Engineer of Death (Holocaust Biographies)
Author: Sachs, Ruth
Reading Level: GR 3-9
Type: Ex-Library Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
From the Author
It is difficult to summarize a life like Adolf Eichmann's into a mere 12,000 words and still present a reasonable amount of information. But as this series has a specific focus, that was the task at hand.
I tried to rely on original documents wherever possible....
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