SAINT JOAN

Literature & Fiction

george-bernard-shaw

Preface by Avot St. Lawrence

Dramas & Plays

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The only guide to the nests, eggs and nestlings of European birds. Shows when and where birds breed, plus color illustrations of all the chicks of all the common birds, photographs of the eggs and drawings of the nest.

Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings

Science & Math

HARRISON, COLIN

Biological Sciences

The Moonstone (Classics)

Wilkie, Collins

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Death Comes As the End

CHRISTIE,AGATHA

Mystery

A brilliant historical novel on the corruption of innocence, using the famous painting by Vermeer as an inspiration. Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeeth century Holland, obtains her first job, as a servant in Vermeer's household. Tracy Chevalier shows us, through Griet's eyes, the complicated family, the society of the small town of Delft, and life with an obsessive genius. Griet loves being drawn into his artistic life, and leaving her former drudgery, but the cost to her own survival may be high.

Girl With a Pearl Earring

CHEVALIER, TRACY

Contemporary

The sinking of the Nantucket whale ship Essex by an enraged sperm whale far out in the Pacific in 1820 was the inspiration for Melvilles classic novel. In this compelling narrative, the maritime historian Nathaniel Philbrick uses first hand accounts, including the diary of one of the survivors, to describe the terrifying experiences of the 20 crewmen of the Essex when they took to the open sea in three small boats.

In the Heart of the Sea : The Epic True Story That Inspired 'Moby Dick

History

Nathaniel Philbrick

Military

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The 'Bounty : The True Story of the Mutiny on the 'Bounty

Caroline Alexander

Europe

The Fireman's Fair

HUMPHREYS, Josephine

Romance

Year of Wonders is historical fiction of the highest order--absolutely convincing in its period detail, filled with full-blooded characters who arouse one's deepest empathy, and driven by a story of striking immediacy. In 1665, the north of England remains untouched by the plague that is ravaging London. Then, in a small, close-knit community of lead miners and hill farmers, a bolt of cloth has no way of knowing that the damp fabric carries within its folds the deadly bubonic infection. Confronted with a scourge beyond remedy or understanding, the villagers turn in desperation to sorcery, herb lore, and murderous witch hunting--to no effect. Finally, led by a young and charismatic preacher, they elect to isolate themselves in a quarantine that may only deepen the tragedy. Told through the eyes of hard-working, inquisitive Anna Firth, who at age 18 must contend with the loss of her family and the disintegration of her community, Year of Wonders explores love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggle of science and religion to interpret the world on the cusp of the modern era.

Year Of Wonders - A Novel Of The Plague

BROOKS, GERALDINE

The dramatic story of the largest voyage of discovery in the history of the world -- and the last such all-sail convoy. Headed by the controversial Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and consisting of six sailing vessels and 346 men, the 'Ex. Ex. ' (the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838--42) represented the largest voyage of discovery in the history of the world. Four years later, after losing two ships and seventy-one men, the expedition had logged 87,000 miles, surveyed 280 Pacific islands, and created 180 charts -- some of which were still being used as late as World War II. The Expedition's scientists collected 4000 zoological specimens, including 2000 new species, and thousands of ethnographic artifacts that would become the basis of the Smithsonian Institution. The Expedition also mapped 800 miles of coastline in the Pacific Northwest, providing the federal government with the information it needed to stake its claim on the Oregon Territory. The Expedition's crowning achievement was the discovery of a new southern continent that Wilkes would name Antarctica. The Expedition ended in a dramatic series of court martials, with Wilkes and his crew levelling accusations of misconduct against each other.

Sea Of Glory - America's Voyage Of Discovery, U. S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

Philbrick, Nathaniel

Travel

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