The first volume of John Jakes’s acclaimed and sweeping saga about a friendship threatened by the divisions of the Civil War  In the years leading up to the Civil War, one enduring friendship embodies the tensions of a nation. Orry Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania forge a lasting bond while training at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Together they fight in the Mexican-American War, but their closeness is tested as their regional politics diverge. As the first rounds are fired at Fort Sumter, Orry and George find themselves on different sides of the coming struggle. In John Jakes’s unmatched style, North and South launches a trilogy that captures the fierce passions of a country at the precipice of disaster.

North & South

Literature & Fiction

JAKES, JOHN

Contemporary

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SEQUENCE: A BASIC WRITING COURSE balances coverage of the writing process as well as familiarity of writing conventions.

Sequence: A basic writing course

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The Public Speaking Process: Computer-Assisted Speech Organization and Development

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Rathus,Spencer A.

Psychology & Counseling

Appropriate for courses designed to improve reading comprehension, study skills, and reading rate, Developing Reading Versatility 8e provides a variety of reading lessons and practice opportunities for college students who need experience with all levels of comprehension: literal, critical, and affective.

Developing Reading Versatility

Adams, W.Royce

Miller's Comprehensive GAAP Guide 1983

Miller, Martin A.

The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects is a 1961 National Book Award winner by American historian Lewis Mumford. Mumford argues for a world not in which technology rules, but rather in which it achieves a balance with nature. His ideal vision is what can be described as an "organic city," where culture is not usurped by technological innovation but rather thrives with it. Mumford contrasts these cities with those constructed around wars, tyrants, poverty, etc. However, the book is not an attack on the city, but rather an evaluation of its growth, how it came to be, and where it is heading, as evidenced by the final chapter "Retrospect and Prospect."

The City in History

Politics & Social Sciences

MUMFORD, Lewis

Social Sciences

This story of C.S. Lewis - one of the greatest writers of the 20th century - whose books for children and adults have become much-loved classics. Part of the story of C.S. Lewis has been made famous through the film "Shadowlands". Here this fascinating man's entire life-story is told by those who knew him personally. C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898 and was sent to England for a public school education with his elder brother, Warren. Lewis exhibited a genius for imagination and perception from his earliest years. Brought up in a Christian household, Lewis lost his faith in his teenage years but was to regain it, with reluctance, as a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. His faith subsequently influenced his writings. He became a vigorous champion of the Christian faith through classics such as "Mere Christianity" and through his BBC broadcasts. His "Chronicles of Narnia" became children's classics and he was deluged with correspondence from his young readers. In his latter years he unexpectedly fell deeply in love with a divorced American, Joy Greshem, and married her, only to suffer the devastation of her death a few years later. C.S. Lewis died in 1963 at his home in Oxford. During his lifetime C.S. Lewis suggested to his friend, Roger Lancelyn Green, who was a fellow English scholar, that he would undertake his biography one day. After Lewis's death in 1963 Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper were approached by several of Lewis's friends, to write the biography. Warren Lewis, brother to Jack, contributed a great deal to the writing. The authors had at their disposal a vast collection of letters and diaries, as well as the recollections of many surviving family members and friends. Walter Hooper has enhanced the original text with additional material to provide a new, expanded edition.

C. S. Lewis: A biography

ROGER LANCELYN GREEN

Walter Hooper

Biographies & Memoirs

Filmed as Angel Heart, by Alan Parker, a crime novel in which a New York detective becomes embroiled in a nightmare of voodoo and black magic when a missing-persons case he accepts develops into a mysterious murder investigation.

Falling Angel

HJORTSBERG, William

Genre Fiction

Foil Around and Stay Fit: Exercise Secrets of a Fencer

Sports & Outdoors

Lownds, Camille

Individual Sports

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