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From Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with
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From critically beloved author Lisa Ann Sandell comes this poignant, unputdownable, story of a teen girl, who learns to shake off her brother's shadow, by becoming an artist.
Cora Bradley dreams of escape. Ever since her reckless older brother, Nate, died in a car crash, Cora has felt suffocated by her small town and high school. She seeks solace in drawing beautiful maps, envisioning herself in exotic locales. When Cora begins to fall for Damian,...
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Employment with a dragon offers many opportunities; guaranteed survival is not one of them.
"If you're not a thief or an adventurer, you needn't accept the position. There are always other alternatives. For instance, I could eat you." Naturally, I took the job, and if the dragon hadn't stolen my magic book of maps, I would have come right home. Well, probably. And if the wizards hadn't sent me to look for phoenix feathers, I wouldn't have been...
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Fans of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake will be swept away by this riveting speculative fiction adventure and love story about family, genetic privacy, and the onrushing future of surveillance technology.
Alexandra Tashen is a brilliant student, adoring daughter, merry wit, and exuberant prankster. After a blissful childhood on a Texas ranch, she learns the truth: She is a refusé, an illegal refugee smuggled into the Allied Nations as an infant....
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Skyla Roseau writes about her Big Data world of surveillance and rules in her last assignment before graduation. Jaffa, her fiancé, and Tangier, her big brother, warn her not to break any word rules. One day, she uses forbidden words to write from her heart about the cruel oppression of Big Data. But, a professor betrays her and a rigged keyboard outs her. Both trigger Big Data's wrath upon Skyla. She escapes underground with Tangier and Jaffa. To...
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The twelve apostles were some of the greatest Christians that ever walked the earth. They are the most known-about Christians in the world. Unfortunately, they are known-about, not known.Today that is going to change. You are going to read about the lives of each of the disciples of Christ and learn about who they were. These men were hand selected by Jesus and left everything to serve Him.Dedicate the time to learn about and understand these great...
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A Study Guide for Edward P. Jones's "The Known World," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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'Kevin does what I pretend to do. Kevin's a proper musician.' David Bowie
'Kevin Armstrong has been around, and around.' Iggy Pop
Growing up in a world of punk squats and the London pub-rock scene, suburban rookie guitarist Kevin Armstrong found himself signed to EMI as a solo artist in the early 80s, but fate had other plans for him, his life and career changing in an instant when he was called for a studio date with an unnamed star at Abbey...
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A Force Such as the World Has Never Known: Women Creating Change is a unique collection of narratives from women from all around the globe. These are stories of compassion and bravery, empowered by the vision of a better world for all life. It emphasizes the need to empower the feminine and assure gender balance and human rights for all. This accumulation of women's stories reveals the role of women in creating needed changes in areas of health and...
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In 1987, Nathaniel Nyok, tormented by thoughts of missing parents and siblings, fled a bloody scene and a burning village in Sudan. Wishing to live at any cost and driven by a confrontational heart-pounding fear, he journeyed through the wild to seek sanctuary in Ethiopia. At eight, he had just capitulated to an orphan-like life with a new title, A Lost Boy of Sudan, living in a refugee camp for fourteen years without a family and a future. The refugee...
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Most people have heard of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Far fewer have heard of animals like the buru, a lungfish-like monster reported from India, Washington's eagle, supposedly bigger than the bald eagle, the Yemish of South America, also called the water tiger, or the Mongolian death worm.
The world is full of mystery animals that might just be real. Beyond Bigfoot & Nessie examines nearly 100 of the world's most plausible cryptids, discussing...
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A professional psychologist spent his entire life believing he had no ability or interest in sport. Then, in his forties, he became a champion ultra-distance athlete before breaking the world record for the fastest bicycle crossing of Europe.
This journey - made entirely alone and without any support crew - went from the northernmost point in the Arctic down to the very southernmost point in Spain. Averaging 377 kilometers each day and with up to...
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