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- The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America / by Pearl, Matthew,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.In his first work of narrative non-fiction, Matthew Pearl explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of legendary pioneer Daniel Boones daughter and the dramatic aftermath that rippled across the nation. From the author of 'The Dante Chamber'.
- Subjects: Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820; Frontier and pioneer life; Indigenous peoples; Kidnapping.;
- Cubes / by Furstinger, Nancy.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
- Subjects: Cube; Shapes; Geometry, Solid;
- Spheres / by Furstinger, Nancy.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
- Subjects: Sphere; Shapes; Geometry, Solid;
- © c2014., Child's World,
- Cones / by Furstinger, Nancy.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
- Subjects: Cone; Shapes; Geometry, Solid;
- © c2014., Child's World,
- The very hungry caterpillar eats dinner : a shapes book / by Carle, Eric.;
- Die-cut pages illustrate the concept of shapes as a hungry caterpillar eats different things for dinner.Ages 0-3.LSC
- Subjects: Caterpillars; Shapes; Food;
- The origin of politics : human nature and the shaping of political systems / by Wade, Nicholas,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."An analysis of the ways that evolution explains why societies succeed and fail"--
- Subjects: Political science; Political sociology.; State, The.;
- Rectangles / by Hall, Pamela,1961-; Holm, Sharon Lane.;
- Simple text and illustrations show rectangles in everyday objects.LSC
- Subjects: Rectangles; Shapes; Geometry, Plane;
- © c2008., Magic Wagon,
- Triangles / by Lorbiecki, Marybeth.; Holm, Sharon Lane.;
- Simple text and illustrations show triangles in everyday objects.LSC
- Subjects: Triangle; Shapes; Geometry, Plane;
- © c2008., Red Wagon,
- Squares / by Hall, Pamela,1961-; Holm, Sharon Lane.;
- Simple text and illustrations show squares in everyday objects.LSC
- Subjects: Square; Shapes; Geometry, Plane;
- © c2008., Magic Wagon,
- Jane Austen's bookshelf : a rare book collector's quest to find the women writers who shaped a legend / by Romney, Rebecca,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."Long before she was a rare book dealer, Rebecca Romney was a devoted reader of Jane Austen. She loved that Austen's books took the lives of women seriously, explored relationships with wit and confidence, and always, allowed for the possibility of a happy ending. She read and reread them, often wishing Austen wrote just one more. But Austen wasn't a lone genius. She wrote at a time of great experimentation for women writers -- and clues about those women, and the exceptional books they wrote, are sprinkled like breadcrumbs throughout Austen's work. Every character in Northanger Abbey who isn't a boor sings the praises of Ann Radcliffe. The play that causes such a stir in Mansfield Park is a real one by the playwright Elizabeth Inchbald. In fact, the phrase "pride and prejudice" came from Frances Burney's second novel Cecilia. The women that populated Jane Austen's bookshelf profoundly influenced her work; Austen looked up to them, passionately discussed their books with her friends, and used an appreciation of their books as a litmus test for whether someone had good taste. So where had these women gone? Why hadn't Romney -- despite her training -- ever read them? Or, in some cases, even heard of them? And why were they no longer embraced as part of the wider literary canon? Jane Austen's Bookshelf investigates the disappearance of Austen's heroes -- women writers who were erased from the Western canon -- to reveal who they were, what they meant to Austen, and how they were forgotten. Each chapter profiles a different writer including Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, Charlotte Smith, Hannah More, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, and Maria Edgeworth -- and recounts Romney's experience reading them, finding rare copies of their works, and drawing on connections between their words and Austen's. Romney collects the once-famed works of these forgotten writers, physically recreating Austen's bookshelf and making a convincing case for why these books should be placed back on the to-be-read pile of all book lovers today. Jane Austen's Bookshelf will encourage you to look beyond assigned reading lists, question who decides what belongs there, and build your very own collection of favorite novels"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Literary criticism.; Personal narratives.; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840; Radcliffe, Ann, 1764-1823; Lennox, Charlotte, approximately 1729-1804; Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806; More, Hannah, 1745-1833; Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821; Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821; Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849; English literature; Literature; Women novelists, English; Women novelists, English; Women novelists, English; Women novelists, English;
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