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The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
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Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
"In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles,...
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Library of America volume 98
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c1998
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English
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4) Bobcat
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1983
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English
Description
Describes the habits and characteristics of the stubby-tailed spotted wild cat that is native to North America.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
NATIVE SON, AUTHOR and ACTIVIST. RICHARD WRIGHT was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction that dealt with powerful themes and controversial topics. Much of his works concerned racial themes that helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century. Born on a plantation in Mississippi, Wright was a descendent of the first slaves who arrived in Jamestown Massachusetts. This program follows...
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Intellectual Reserve, Inc
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
God so loved the world ... : A Christmas program with sacred songs and carols with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Mr. Krueger's Christmas: The true message of Christmas is shared by a widower with whomever he meets.
The nativity: A re-enactment of the nativity scene of the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem.
The restoration: On a spring day in 1820 a young man approached God with a question. In answer to that humble prayer, God, our Heavenly Father,...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A holiday musical that follows teenaged Langston as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives. Unwilling to live by their imposing rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima. Langston embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey, and along with new friends and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing, and family.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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An educational documentary examining the causes and effects of the America's first great Indian War. ABOUT THE PROGRAM: King Philip's War, took place between June 1675 and August 1676 between the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colonies of New England and the Native American, Wampanoag Tribe in what is considered the bloodiest war per capita in this country's history. King Philip was the name given to Metacom, the great chief of the Wampanoag...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Richard Wright - Black Boy is an Emmy Award winning film -- the first documentary film on the life, work and legacy of Richard Wright. Born outside Natchez, Mississippi in 1908, Wright overcame a childhood of poverty and oppression to become one of America's most influential writers. His first major works, Native Son and Black Boy, were runaway best sellers which are still mainstays of high school and college literature and composition classes. According...
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Wolfe Creek volume 3
Publisher
Entangled Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
Description
The mystery surrounding her disappearance is legendary in Wolfe Creek. But she's far from gone ...Aimee Styles vanished in the tiny mountain town of Wolfe Creek two years ago. She's supposed to be dead. The only problem is, she's not. What the locals don't know is that she lurks there as a werewolf to this day-a symbol of strength and tragedy, but mostly a protector to those who need her most.When Doctor Jake Blackstock is called in to treat a sick...
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Tommy Nelson, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Jesus Calling : The Story of Christmas uniquely teaches the Christmas story to your children by starting at creation and sharing that Jesus has always been present and that God has always had a plan for Christmas. Bible verses and Jesus Calling devotions are on every spread of this beautifully illustrated book with foil and glitter on the cover. Teach your children the story of Christmas . . . starting from creation! In Jesus Calling : The Story of...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America.
15) Twisted river
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English
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"A gripping debut psychological thriller for fans of The Silent Wife and The Wicked Girls about two families in crisis and a holiday house swap gone terribly wrong "She would never have fit as neatly into the trunk of his own car." Limerick, Ireland: the O'Brien family's driveway. American Oscar Harvey opens the trunk of his hosts' car and finds the body of a woman, beaten and bloody. But let's start at the beginning. Kate and Mannix O'Brien...
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2017.
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English
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"At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices...
17) Smoke signals
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Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
Depicts two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town to retrieve the remains of Victor's father.
19) End of sentence
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Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After Sean is released from prison, he reluctantly embarks on a journey with his alienated father to spread his mother's ashes in her native Ireland.
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Red Hen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Fleeing the shattered remains of her marriage and a betrayal by her sister, in the throes of a midlife freefall, Latina anthropologist Claudia retreats from Seattle to Neah Bay, a Native American whaling village on the jagged Pacific coast. Claudia yearns to lose herself to the songs of the tribe and the secrets of her guide, a spirited hoarder named Maggie. But when, spurred by his mother's failing memory, Maggie's prodigal son Peter returns seeking...
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