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- We crossed a bridge and it trembled : voices from Syria / by Pearlman, Wendy,author.;
- Subjects: Protest movements; Refugees;
- A quilt for Christmas / by Dallas, Sandra.;
- "It is 1864 and Eliza Spooner's husband Will has joined the Kansas volunteers to fight the Confederates, leaving her with their two children and in charge of their home and land. Eliza is confident that he will return home, and she helps pass the months making a special quilt to keep Will warm during his winter months in the army. When the unthinkable happens, she takes in a a woman and child who have been left alone and made vulnerable by the war, and she finds solace and camaraderie amongst the women of her quilting group. And when she is asked to help hide an escaped slave, she must decide for herself what is right, and who can she can count on to help her."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Fugitive slaves; Grief; Quilting;
- The woman on the bridge / by O'Flanagan, Sheila,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references.Dublin, 1920s. As war tears Ireland apart, two young people are caught up in events that will bring love, tragedy - and the hardest of choices. In a country fighting for freedom, it's hard to live a normal life. Winnie O'Leary supports the cause, but she doesn't go looking for trouble. Then rebel Joseph Burke steps into her workplace. Winnie is furious with him about a broken window. She's not interested in romance. But love comes when you least expect it. Joseph's family shelter fugitives and smuggle weapons. Joseph would never ask Winnie to join the fight; but his mother and sisters demand commitment. Will Winnie choose Joseph, and put her own loved ones in deadly danger? Or wait for a time of peace that may never come?
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships;
- A shout in the ruins : a novel / by Powers, Kevin,author.;
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Slavery; Race relations;
- The tragedy of Julius Caesar / by Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.; Mowat, Barbara A.; Werstine, Paul.; Folger Shakespeare Library.;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247).LSC
- Subjects: Caesar, Julius;
- © 2011., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,
- Brotherless night : a novel / by Ganeshananthan, V. V.,author.;
- "Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war subsumes Sri Lanka, her dream takes a different path as she watches those around her, including her four beloved brothers, swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. She must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm. Sashi begins working as a medic at a field hospital for the militant Tamil Tigers, who, following years of state discrimination and violence, are fighting for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. But after the Tigers murder one of her teachers, and the arrival of Indian peacekeepers brings further atrocities, she turns to one of her professors, a feminist and dissident who invites her to join in a dangerous, secret project of documenting human rights violations as a mode of civil resistance to war. In gorgeous, fearless writing, Ganeshananthan captures furious mothers marching to demand news of their disappeared sons; a young student attending the hunger strike of an equally young militant; and a feminist reading group that tries to side with community and justice over any single political belief. Set during the early years of Sri Lanka's thirty-year civil war, and based on over a decade of research, Brotherless night explores the blurred lines between formal participation in conflict and civilian life. This is a heartrending portrait of one woman's moral journey, and a testament to both the enduring impact of war and the bonds of home"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Civil disobedience; Human rights; Women;
- Winter of the world [sound recording] / by Follett, Ken.; Lee, John Rafter.;
- Read by John Lee.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Twentieth century; World War, 1939-1945;
- © p2012., Penguin Audio,
- Killing Lincoln [sound recording] / by O'Reilly, Bill.; Dugard, Martin.;
- Read by Bill O'Reilly.
- Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Audiobooks.;
- © p2011., Macmillan,
- The Roman world : people and places / by Rodgers, Nigel;
- © c2005., Lorenz Books,
- On Book Banning Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy [electronic resource] : by Wells, Ira.aut; CloudLibrary;
- The freedom to read is under attack. From the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today’s state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases, literary controversies, and philosophical arguments, Ira Wells illustrates the historical opposition to the freedom to read and argues that today’s conservatives and progressives alike are warping our children’s relationship with literature and teaching them that the solution to opposing viewpoints is outright expurgation. At a moment in which our democratic institutions are buckling under the stress of polarization, On Book Banning is both rallying cry and guide to resistance for those who will always insist upon reading for themselves.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Books & Reading; Censorship; Civilization; Essays;
- © 2025., Biblioasis,
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