The Ancient Highway

The Ancient Highway

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher:

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 398

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Adventure story about a Canadian veteran of World War I who goes to the Canadian wilderness.


The Rapture of the Nerds

The Rapture of the Nerds

Author: Cory Doctorow

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-09-04

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0765329107

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From the two defining personalities of post-cyberpunk SF, a brilliant collaboration to rival 1987's The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling


Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Author: Frederick Douglass

Publisher:

Published: 1882

Total Pages: 628

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Frederick Douglass recounts early years of abuse, his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. It is also the only of Douglass's autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American presidents such as Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield.


The American Dream

The American Dream

Author: Jim Cullen

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0195173252

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Cullen particularly focuses on the founding fathers and the Declaration of Independence ("the charter of the American Dream"); Abraham Lincoln, with his rise from log cabin to White House and his dream for a unified nation; and Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality. Our contemporary version of the American Dream seems rather debased in Cullen's eyes-built on the cult of Hollywood and its outlandish dreams of overnight fame and fortune.


Before Reading

Before Reading

Author: Peter J. Rabinowitz

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 288

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How does what we know shape the ways we read? Starting from the premise that any productive theory of narrative must take into account the presuppositions the reader brings to the text, Before Reading explores how our prior knowledge of literary conventions influences the processes of interpretation and evaluation. Available again with a new introduction by James Phelan.


Three Years in California [1846-1849]

Three Years in California [1846-1849]

Author: Walter Colton

Publisher:

Published: 1850

Total Pages: 500

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Walter Colton (1797-1851) of Vermont had a career as clergyman and journalist before sailing to California as naval chaplain of the Congress. In July 1846, Commodore Stockton named him alcalde of Monterey, a post to which he was elected a few months later. He remained in California until 1849, using his time to found the state's first newspaper and building its first schoolhouse. Three years in California (1850) contains Colton's memoirs of that period, including descriptions of the U.S. military occupation of California, social life and customs of Monterey, discovery of gold and firsthand impressions of the Sonora mining camp in the Southern Mines, visits to Stockton and San José, John Charles Frémont, the Constitutional Convention of 1849, and California missions.


Covert Christmas Twin

Covert Christmas Twin

Author: Heather Woodhaven

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 9781335679260

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After discovering she's a twin, FBI special agent Kendra Parker tracks down her birth mother--and faces a barrage of bullets. Now armed with the knowledge that her mother's a spy, Kendra must go undercover as her sister to protect her family. But can she and FBI analyst Joe Rose expose a government mole ... before they all end up dead?