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Liberty Falling
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Nevada Barr
Park Ranger Anna Pigeon visits New York City to care for her ailing sister in this, the amateur sleuth's first urban adventure. When not by her sister's side at New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, Anna stays with friends on Liberty Island and enjoys the solace found on historical Ellis Island. But when first a young girl, then a park ...
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The Orphan of Ellis Island
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Elvira Woodruff
During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominick Avaro, a ten-year-old foster child, travels back in time to 1908 Italy and accompanies two young emigrants to America.
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Coming to America: The Story of Immigration
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Betsy Maestro, Susannah Ryan (Illustrator)
With clearly written prose and warm, child-friendly illustrations, this picture book is a wonderful first introduction to the moving story of the history of immigration to the United States--a story that belongs to all Americans. Full-color.
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North by Northeast
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Walter Cronkite, Ray Ellis
Rich with adventure and anecdotes, Walter Cronkite's longtime love affair with the rugged Northeastern seacoast is revealed in this account of his voyage from Cape May to the Canadian border, enhanced by the stunning watercolors and oils painted by noted marine artist Ray Ellis. Over 100 full-color reproductions.
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Island of hope, island of tears
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David M Brownstone
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The Memory Coat
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Elvira Woodruff
In the early 1900s, two cousins leave their Russian shtetl with the rest of their family to come to America, hopeful that they will all pass the dreaded inspection at Ellis Island.
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Against the grain
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Joris-Karl Huysmans
Huysmans tells the story of a jaded count who tries to revive his senses by means of increasingly more extravagant intoxications. When A REBOURS appeared in 1884, Huysmans wrote, it "fell like an aerolite into the literary fairground, to be received with mingled amazement and indignation; the Press completely lost their heads; such an outburst of ...
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Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: It Works for Me--It Can Work for You
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Dr. Albert Ellis, PH.D.
Albert Ellis, the renowned creator of one of the most successful forms of psychotherapy - Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) - offers this candid self-assessment, which reveals how he overcame his own mental and physical problems using the techniques of REBT. Part memoir and part self-help guide, this very personal story traces the private ...
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Ellis Island : gateway to the American dream.
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Pamela Reeves
Magnificently illustrated by renowned illustrator Charles Santore, with 24 full-color paintings, this edition of a timeless classic will charm readers of all ages.
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Innocence Lost
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Carlton Stowers
Recounts the murder of a police officer in a small town in Texas, and tells of the investigation that turned up evidence that the town's own children committed the crime.
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Dock Ellis in the country of baseball
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Donald Hall, Dock Ellis
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Walking the Trail
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Jerry Ellis
On a crisp fall morning, with only a backpack and walking stick, Jerry Ellis set off on an adventure he knew might prove too great a challenge for a solitary man: He would walk the 900-mile Trail of Tears, a journey his Cherokee ancestors had made more than a century earlier. Here he reveals how the tragic history of the Cherokee survives in the ...
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Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom
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Stephen Wilkes (Photographer), Bill Bradley (Introduction by)
For five years (1998-2003) New York photographer Stephen Wilkes explored the hospital complex that made up the south side of Ellis Island. Neglected for almost fifty years, the buildings were in a state of extreme disrepair: lead paint peeled from the ceilings and walls, vines and trees grew through the floorboards, detritus and debris littered ...
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The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog
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Nancy Ellis-Bell
Ellis-Bell offers this delightful memoir of a family turned upside down by a potty-mouthed, one-footed, blue and gold macaw. 15 b&w photos.
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Intrepid's Last Case
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William Stevenson
The final investigation by the "Man called Intrepid."
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A Diary of the Century: Tales from America'a Greatest Diarist
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Edward Robb Ellis, Philip Turner (Editor), Pete Hamill (Photographer)
From eager youth in Kewanee, Illinois, to feature writer and author, Ellis paints a palpable, candid, and telling picture of American life and his own experiences in the twentieth century. His book is filled with hundreds of characters and plots for scores of short stories and dozens of novels. He sees Garbo on the silent screen, and he hears ...
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Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits 1905-1920
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Augustus F Sherman (Photographer), Peter Mesenholler
Throughout his tenure as a registry clerk with the Immigration Division of Ellis Island, Augustus F. Sherman systematically photographed more than 200 families, groups, and individuals while they were being held by customs for special investigations. This volume collects and provides an essential revaluation of Sherman's striking portraits, which ...
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Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, and Fraud in the Writing of American History
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Professor Peter Charles Hoffer
The past has never been more contentious, its interpreters never more publicly at war. Now a renowned historian provides an evocative examination of his profession, American-style. Woodrow Wilson, a practicing academic historian before he took to politics, defined the importance of history: "A nation which does not know what it was yesterday, does ...
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The Life of an Ordinary Woman
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Anne Ellis
In Anne Ellis, readers will discover the perfect blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary, a pioneer who, "like the most valued of friends, is a woman of wry wit, plain courage, keen perceptions" (Molly Gloss). Powerfully conjuring up the world of the mining camps and colorful communities of the central Rocky Mountains, Ellis interweaves an ...
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Perry Ellis
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Jonathan Moor
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Secret missions; the story of an intelligence officer
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Ellis M. Zacharias
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Walking to Canterbury: A Modern Journey Through Chaucer's Medieval England
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Jerry Ellis
More than 800 years after Chaucer immortalized the pilgrims' journey to Canterbury, Alabama native Jerry Ellis reprises their travels by walking through modern-day England. Along the way, he takes shelter in small pubs and churches and imagines medieval life and the quest for God.
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At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices
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Louise Peacock, Walter Lyon Krudop (Illustrator)
Ellis Island was the gateway to America and the promise of freedom for thousands. Its walls are rich with stories. Its walls are rich with stories. In this book we hear myriad of those voices. First we follow a young person today. Her great-great-grandmother entered America through Ellis Island. As this young girl walks the halls of the famous ...
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Havelock Ellis: A Biog
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Phyllis Grosskurth
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Ellis Island and the Peopling of America: The Official Guide
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Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundatio, Marjorie Lightman
Ellis Island has become an invaluable resource center on immigration and genealogy as well as a national tourist attraction, widely praised for its excellent displays and informative exhibits. Now, the best of the Ellis Island Museum is available to readers in this book that provides an exciting overview of the island, placing it in historical ...
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