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Quick view Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London by Andrea Warren Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows now he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor, becoming one of the great reformers of his or any... View Details
Quick view Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc by Polly Schoyer Brooks The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and... View Details
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Quick view The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by... View Details
Quick view Reaching Out by Francisco Jimenez From the perspective of the young adult he was then, Jimnez describes the challenges he faced in his efforts to continue his education, in this absorbing, tender, and honest sequel to his award-winning "Breaking Through" and "The Circuit." View Details
Quick view Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fascists. This famous account describes the war and Orwell's experiences. Introduction by Lionel Trilling, foreword by Adam Hochschild. View Details
Quick view A Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic by Walter Lord First published in 1955, A Night to Remember remains a completely riveting account of the Titanic's fatal collision and the behavior of the passengers and crew, both noble and ignominious. Some sacrificed their lives, while others fought like animals... View Details
Quick view I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Hard Cover) by Maya Angelou Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In this moving volume of poetry, readers discover the multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and... View Details
Quick view I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Paperback Mass Market) by Maya Angelou Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in racially charged Arkansas in the 1930s brings to vivid life a world which most Americans had no idea existed. View Details
Quick view Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines (Paperback) by Paul Fleischman We're living in an Ah-Ha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never before seen. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking... View Details
