Stonewall
By: Jean Fritz
3.63
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
“An absorbing biography of the controversial Confederate general, one of the country’s greatest, an…
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1. Twelfth Night
By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more
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"a raven's heart within a dove."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"I pity you That's a degree to love"-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
2. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-w… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
"There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship's sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Many of the so-called American characteristics,’ a chronicler of the [WW2 University of Minnesota starvation] experiment wrote, ‘—abounding energy, generosity, optimism—become intelligible as the exp…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent cont…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
3. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
By: Gregory A. Freeman
4.36
Format: None pages,
An astonishing, never-before-told story of the Second World War, based on newly declassified docume… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
4. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.49
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more
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- childrens
"I don't want to just survive"-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"This book made me love reading."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
5. Mansfield Park
By: Jane Austen
3.87
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich … read more
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"I was quiet, but I was not blind."-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
6. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
By: Greg Mortenson , David Oliver Relin
3.67
Format: None pages,
The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and ant… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
7. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
By: Ben Montgomery
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
8. Letters from Father Christmas
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Baillie Tolkien
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's ch… read more
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- childrens
9. Gulliver’s Travels
By: Louis Rhead , Jonathan Swift , William Dean Howells , Robert DeMaria Jr.
3.58
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and… read more
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"Anlamadığınız bir insanı "delidir" diye nitelemek o kadar kolaydır ki!"-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"we neither of us are able to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the other."-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"معظم ابناء جلدتك هم أخبث سلالة من الحشرات المؤذية البغيضة التي سمحت لها الطبيعة بالزحف على وجخ الأرض"-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"... a wife should be always a reasonable and agreeable companion, because she cannot always be young."-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
10. The Phantom Tollbooth
By: Jules Feiffer , Norton Juster
4.20
Format: 24 pages,
Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click . Hailed as "a classic. .… read more
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11. Twenty and Ten
By: William Pène du Bois , Claire Huchet Bishop
2.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
During the Nazi occupation of France, twenty ordinary French kids in a boarding school agree to hid… read more
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12. Understood Betsy
By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more
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- childrens
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy
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14. Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.90
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
1888 W Africa. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Greystoke are marooned by mutineers. He builds a snug cabin … read more
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"Teach me to speak the language of men."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
"I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
"Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
"P43- that the huge, fierce brute loved this child of another race is beyond question."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
15. Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette
By: Drazen Kozjan , Selene Castrovilla
4.62
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
In this riveting story about an important friendship, Selene Castrovilla introduces young readers t… read more
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16. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
By: Ron Howard
4.27
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
17. Stonewall
By: Jean Fritz
3.63
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
“An absorbing biography of the controversial Confederate general, one of the country’s greatest, an… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- childrens
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
