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- Touching the sky / by Peterson, Tracie.;
LSC- Subjects: Love stories.; Historical fiction.; Christian fiction.; Sisters; Soldiers;
- © c2012., Bethany House,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- War : from ancient Egypt to Iraq / by David, Saul,1966-;
LSC- Subjects: War; Military art and science; War and civilization.;
- © 2009., DK Pub.,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The thread collectors : a novel / by Edwards, Shaunna J.,author.; Richman, Alyson,author.;
In 1863, a young black woman who embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the Union Army crosses paths with a Jewish seamstress who helps her discover that even the most delicate threads have the capacity to save.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Women;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Sea prayer / by Hosseini, Khaled,author.; Williams, Dan,illustrator.;
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed responds to the heartbreak of the current refugee crisis with this deeply moving, beautifully illustrated short work of fiction for people of all ages, all over the world. A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed up on the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi's, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe."--- Subjects: Epistolary fiction.; Fathers and sons;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- Riding for the flag : a novel of the Civil War / by Woolard, Jim R.,1941-;
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- Subjects: Historical fiction.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The promise of Canada : 150 years-- people and ideas that have shaped our country / by Gray, Charlotte,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Medieval projects you can do! / by Groves, Marsha.;
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- Subjects: Middle Ages; Civilization, Medieval.;
- © c2006., Crabtree Publishing,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- How hockey explains Canada : the sport that defines a country / by Henderson, Paul,1943-; Prime, Jim.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200).LSC- Subjects: Hockey; Hockey;
- © c2011., Triumph Books,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- How to dodge a cannonball : a novel / by Dayle, Dennard,author.;
"How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp and bitterly hilarious Civil War satire about American racism. It tells the story of a friendless, fatherless, and guileless white teenager named Anders who volunteers for the Union army as a flag-twirler to escape his abusive mother. In desperate acts of self-preservation, he defects -- twice -- before joining a Black regiment at Gettysburg, claiming to be an octoroon. In his new and entirely incredulous regiment, Anders becomes entangled with questionable military men and an arms dealer working for both sides. But more importantly he forms an awkward bond with the other men in the regiment, finding a family he desperately needs and gaining an intimate understanding of the lives of Black people. After deploying to New York City to suppress the draft riots and to Nevada to suppress Native Americans, Anders begins to see the war through the eyes of his newfound brothers, comprehending it not so much as a fight for Black liberation but as a negotiation among white people over which kinds of oppression will be acceptable in the re-United States. Uproariously funny and revelatory, How to Dodge a Cannonball is an insightful take on which America is worth fighting for"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Satirical literature.; Novels.; Impersonation; Racism;
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- A long petal of the sea : a novel / by Allende, Isabel,author.; Caistor, Nick,translator.; Hopkinson, Amanda,1948-translator.; translation of:Allende, Isabel.Largo pétalo de mar.English.;
"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them wants, and together are sponsored by poet Pablo Neruda to embark on the SS Winnipeg along with 2,200 other refugees in search of a new life. As unlikely partners, they embrace exile and emigrate to Chile as the rest of Europe erupts in World War. Starting over on a new continent, their trials are just beginning. Over the course of their lives, they will face test after test. But they will also find joy as they wait patiently for a day when they are exiles no more, and will find friends in the most unlikely of places. Through it all, it is that hope of being reunited with their home that keeps them going. And in the end, they will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Exiles;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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