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An Account Of The Corvette: L'Uraine's Sojourn At The Mariana Islands, 1819

by Freycinet, Louis Claude

Synopsis: Like his Russian contemporary Otto von Kotzebue, who preceded him at Guam by sixteen months (November 1817) and with a comparable mix of reprovisioning and scientific aims, Louis Claude de Freycinet (1779-1842) of L'Uranie (ex-Ciotat) came to the Mariana Islands as a veteran of mid-Pacific exploration.

Copyright Date: 2003

An Accursed Race

by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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Synopsis: none

Copyright Date: N/A

Aceh Under Martial Law: Inside The Secret War

by Watch, Human Rights

Synopsis: This report documents violations of human rights and humanitarian law since the Indonesian government imposed martial law in Aceh on May 19.

Copyright Date: 2003

Aceh Under Martial Law: Muzzling The Messengers

by Watch, Human Rights

Synopsis: This report documents violations of press freedom in Aceh after the Indonesian government on May 19 declared a state of military emergency in the province and renewed its war.

Copyright Date: 2003

Aceh Under Martial Law: Problems Faced By Acehnese Refugees In Malaysia

by Watch, Human Rights

Synopsis: This report documents Malaysia's deportations of refugees and asylum seekers from Aceh and the mistreatment of Acehnese refugees while in Malaysia.

Copyright Date: 2004

An Acquaintance With Darkness

by Rinaldi, Ann

Synopsis: When her mother dies and her best friend's family is implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln, fourteen-year-old Family Pigbush must go live with an uncle she suspects of being involved in stealing bodies for medical research.

Copyright Date: 1997

Acquainted With Grief: Wang Mingdao's Stand For The Persecuted Church In China

by Harvey, Thomas Alan

Synopsis: Story of Wang Mingdao and the House Church in China.

Copyright Date: 2002

Across The Wide Missouri

by Devoto, Bernard A.

Synopsis: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s.

Copyright Date: 1975

Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell

by Gregory, Kristiana

Synopsis: In her diary, 13-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon, along the Oregon Trail. Historical fiction.

Copyright Date: 1997

Act Of Mercy: A Mystery Of Ancient Ireland (Sister Fidelma Mystery #8)

by Tremayne, Peter

Synopsis: In the late autumn of 666 A.D., Fidelma of Cashel - an advocate of the Brehon Courts, sister to the King of Cashel, and religieuse of the Celtic Church - is at a crossroads.

Copyright Date: 1999

An Act Of State: The Execution Of Martin Luther King

by Pepper, William

Synopsis: A new interpretation.

Copyright Date: 2003

Ada Blackjack

by Niven, Jennifer

Synopsis: 1921. The true story of A 23-year-old Eskimo woman who joins an expedition in to the Arctic and soon must learn to survive on her own.

Copyright Date: 2003

Adams Versus Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election Of 1800

by Ferling, John

Synopsis: A description of one of the most vital and hotly contested elections of our history.

Copyright Date: 2004

The Addiction Of Mary Todd Lincoln

by Beidler, Anne E.

Synopsis: Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the president we have immortalized, has ­always been difficult for us to understand. She could appear poised and ­brilliant one moment yet rude and ugly the next.

Copyright Date: 2009

Addy Saves The Day: A Summer Story Book 5 (The American Girls Collection)

by Porter, Connie

Synopsis: A Summer Story. The Civil War is over, but not the feud between Addy and Harriet, until tragedy forces them to come together at last.

Copyright Date: 1994

Addy Studies Freedom (American Girls Short Stories)

by Porter, Connie

Synopsis: Addy's jubilation over her family's new freedoms is cut short by the news that President Lincoln has been shot and killed.

Copyright Date: 2002

Addy's Little Brother (American Girls Collection)

by Porter, Connie

Synopsis: After her brother joins the family in Philadelphia at the end of the Civil War, Addy wants to be with him as much as possible so she is jealous when he starts spending time with her friend's cousin.

Copyright Date: 2000

Adelsverein: The Gathering (Book One Of The Adelsverein Trilogy)

by Hayes, Celia

Synopsis: Adelsverein: The Gathering is Book 1 of the Adelsverein Trilogy, a saga of family and community loyalties, and the challenge of building a new life on the hostile frontier.

Copyright Date: 2008

Adelsverein: The Harvesting (Book Three Of The Adelsverein Trilogy)

by Hayes, Celia

Synopsis: A war ends and another begins. The Confederacy lies in ruins and those who survived struggle to rebuild homes and lives in this triumphant conclusion to the saga of the Becker and Richter families in Texas. This is Book 3 of the Adelsverein Trilogy.

Copyright Date: 2008

Adelsverein: The Sowing (Book Two Of The Adelsverein Trilogy)

by Hayes, Celia

Synopsis: Adelsverein: The Sowing is Book 2 of the Adelsverein Trilogy, following the fortunes of 19th century German settlers who came to Texas seeking land and political freedom.

Copyright Date: 2008

Admiral Hornblower In The West Indies (The Hornblower Saga, Book 9)

by Forester, C. S.

Synopsis: The final adventures of Captain, now Admiral and Lord, Hornblower during three years from 1821 to 1823 as he commands "His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies." He faces a slave ship, a renegade Englishman, a hurricane, and more.

Copyright Date: 1958

Admiral Of The Ocean Sea: A Life Of Christopher Columbus

by Morison, Samuel Eliot

Synopsis: Telling the story of the greatest sailor of them all, "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" is a vivid and definitive biography of Columbus that details all of his voyages that, for better or worse, changed the world.

Copyright Date: 1970

Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion

by Nicholls, David

Synopsis: An encyclopedia of topics relating to the German leader such as his most important collaborators and opponents, his domestic and foreign policies, the use of propaganda and the forging of the Hitler cult, racial persecution and the Holocaust, and Hitler as a war leader.

Copyright Date: 2000

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