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English
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Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleons invasion of Russia, "War and Peace" is often considered the greatest novel ever written.
Set in Russia during the Napoleonic era, this epic novel follows the fortunes of five aristocratic Russian families over the course of the French invasion. Tolstoy's timeless portrayal of the fates of families set against the backdrop of war is ultimately optimistic and life-affirming, with the educated, but socially...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
427 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Marrying the Romanov heir, nineteen-year-old Danish princess Minnie becomes empress of Russia and treads a perilous path of compromise in a beloved but resistance-torn country where her son becomes the last tsar.
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Series
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Ex-secret agent Cotton Malone and his partner, the enigmatic Cassiopeia Vitt, are pitted against ruthless Central Asian dictator Irina Zovastina as they scour the globe in search of the final resting place of Alexander the Great.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Near-death experiences are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the "soul" is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would have been the first to explain, might feel real, but they are fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress....
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity-but it was an unimaginable tragedy...
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Language
English
Description
Ron Chernow vividly re-creates the whole sweep of Alexander Hamilton's life - his exotic, brutal upbringing; his titanic feuds with celebrated rivals; his pivotal role in defining the shape of the federal government; his shocking illicit romances; and his famous death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"A #1 New York Times best-selling author and Newbery Medalist offers a memoir that poetry, letters, recipes and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with"--
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Series
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When several people are burned to death during the theft of a religious artifact, Gray Pierce, a new member of the U.S. SIGMA force, pursues a clandestine fraternity of alchemists who would use the artifact to establish a new world order.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, two men stood facing each other on a New Jersey cliff side. One was the U.S. vice president, Aaron Burr, and the other was Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury. They were ready to fight to the death for honor.
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Series
Magic tree house.Merlin mission volume 49
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
109 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Travel to Ancient Greece with Jack and Annie as they meet Alexander the Great and help tame his wild stallion"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The prosecutor who convicted murderess Jodi Arias for the disturbing killing of Travis Alexander, speaks for the first time about the shocking investigation and sensational trial that captivated the nation.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of Eliza Hamilton, wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, covering her early years in New York, her married life with Alexander, and her later years as a generous philanthropist.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims our country's origins for a diverse new generation. HAMILTON: THE...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations, map, facsimiles ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Woodward reveals the story of Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed the secret White House taping system that changed history and led to Nixon's resignation. In forty-six hours of interviews with Butterfield, supported by thousands of documents, many of them original and not in the presidential archives and libraries, Woodward has uncovered new dimensions of Nixon's secrets, obsessions and deceptions.
20) Scandalmonger
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
496p. 25cm.
Language
English