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Set in turn-of-the-century New York, E.L. Doctorow's "Ragtime" seamlessly blends fictional characters and realistic depictions of historical figures ... More

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It's 1897. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer. And in a few months, an American battleship will ... More

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Based upon "Stephen King's Rose Red, " a six-hour original miniseries that aired on ABC in January, 2002, this companion book presents the diary of ... More

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The school bus in Sam Dent, New York, swerves off the road during heavy snow. Most of the town's children are either killed or injured and this book ... More

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The story of Lucy Marsden, the 99 year-old, half-blind wife of Captain Marsden, a Confederate veteran, this book unfolds the story of the American ... More

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Born in 1844 in bucolic upstate New York, Liberty Fish is the son of fervent abolitionists and the grandson of Carolina slaveholders. Thus his ... More

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A Polish girl comes to America at the turn of the century in this fast-paced historical novel about the immigrant experience.

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This novel is based on the screenplay by Robert Rodat ("Saving Private Ryan") for Columbia Picture's new movie starring Mel Gibson, slated for summer ... More

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One morning in March 1888, twelve-year-old Milton Daub awoke to find the world buried in snow. The blizzard was like nothing Milton and his neighbors ... More

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It is 1901 and Buffalo, New York, stands at the center of the nation's attention as a place of immense wealth and sophistication. Against this rich ... More

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THE BIG MONEY completes John Dos Passos's three-volume "fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline" (American Heritage) and marks the ... More

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With 1919, the second volume of his U.S.A. trilogy, John Dos Passos continues his "vigorous and sweeping panorama of twentieth-century America" ... More

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The authorized text which restores all the language of Fitzgerald's 1920's classic story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the ... More

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The story of two sisters, one fat and one thin, daughters of a famous American TV star, and what happens to the family as they grow up and the mother ... More

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The story which features in the film of the same name. Set during the late-19th century land wars of western Ireland, it tells how a young peasant ... More

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Rebecca and her neighbor, Mr. Rossi, seem to be having a run of bad luck. When Mr. Rossi sprains his wrist, Rebecca takes over the care and feeding ... More

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Based on the true story of the 1839 mutiny on board the Spanish slave ship, Amistad, this tale describes the frightening sequence of events that lead ... More

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Turn-of-the-century New York City midwife Sarah Brandt thinks it's absurd that mild-mannered banker Nelson Ellsworth murdered his mistress, but to ... More

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A boy from New York resents the presence of a Jamaican woman, whom his mother has brought to live in their household, but resentment gradually turns ... More

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After her dramatic release from quarantine and reunion with her family, Sofia moves to the North End of Boston, where the Monaris start their new ... More

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In a compelling, immediate voice, a 12-year-old narrator takes readers inside the courtroom of the most widely publicized criminal case of the 20th ... More

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Benjamin Franklin Gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in "Book of Secrets," the upcoming sequel to Walt ... More

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""That Kennedy Girl"" tells the story of Kathleen Kennedy and her struggle to live her own life her own way, in spite of enormous pressures from her ... More

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To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was ... More

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