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2) The century
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[c1998]
Physical Desc
605p illus (part col)
Language
English
Description
More than five hundred photographs complement a history of the twentieth century that chronicles the great events and personalities of the past hundred years
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
x, 307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form...
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Series
Language
English
Description
The Sweet Magnolias is coming soon to Netflix (May 19th, 2020)!
From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods
When Elliott Cruz first courted struggling single mom Karen Ames, it was a romance worthy of any Sweet Magnolia fantasy. The sexy personal trainer made it his mission to restore Karen's strength-physical and emotional-and to charm her children.
Now, a few years into the marriage, colliding dreams threaten to tear them apart. Elliott's...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with saving Gibraltar was blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the War of Independence. Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won't explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal,...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Rpt
Physical Desc
223P
Language
English
Description
"The recent rediscovery of Rebel Private: Front and Rear, effectively lost for decades, marks an authentic publishing event in the literature of the Civil War. A rare insight into the conflict from the point of view of a Confederate army enlisted man, this compelling memoir has been hailed by historians as a classic and indispensible key to understanding the Southern perspective. Margaret Mitchell even described it as her single most valuable source...
