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A Little Dab a Do Ya
 | Eric L. Brantley's "A Little Dab 'a Do Ya" is a cultural novel that will take the reader into the life and soul of a blues singer. Joe grows up fending for himself as his momma has many men in and out of their home... |
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Bending the Boyne: A Novel of Ancient Ireland
 | This story begins in a tea room at a museum. The people listened closely as he told the story of the Starwatchers and Boann. Theirs was a simple society. They were concerned because foreigners were moving in. their Pikes would... |
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Clare: A Novel
 | The Keane children, Clare, Mick and Tom, hadn't had an easy life since their father died. Their mother did the best she could to support them, and Clare, her fourteen-year-old daughter, worked along side her to earn what money they... |
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House of Northern Lights
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House of Northern Lights by Valen Watson is an amazing novel that takes the reader on a trip to the far northwestern regions, the land of the Haida people whose history goes back a long ways. Liselle (Elle) leaves her... |
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Norah: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th-Century New York
 | Norah McCabe was an Irish immigrant in New York in the mid-1850's. As a child she faced hunger and poverty. As an adult she was determined never to be hungry again. The McCabe family migrated to the United States during the famine in Ireland. Their... |
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Sikander
 | "Sikander" by M. Salahuddin Khan is an epic undertaking which hits its mark with an intriguing journey into culture, religion, politics and humanity coming of age. Sikander is a young Pakistani student who becomes disgruntled with family interactions and who leaves home to join the... |
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Soul and Shadow
 | Soul and Shadow is the story of Amisihathor, a songstress in the temple of Hathor who, though she was buried along with her husband in his tomb, was in love with another. As Lily Evans, a research assistant views the... |
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Sultana
 | In her latest novel, Sultana, Lisa Yarde has provided the reader with an exciting glimpse into thirteenth century Spain, into the house of the last ruling Muslim Sultan who resides in Granada. The reader is treated to introductions... |
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The Emancipation of Giles Corey
 | Author Michael Sortomme has written a complicated, but highly readable, story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. It is the story of Giles Corey, an elderly farmer who refused to admit that he was a witch and was pressed... |
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Checkered Fences
 | Checkered Fences by Alma Hudson is the story of Diane Jones, a young black girl growing up in California during the 1970's. Her life has not been easy. After seeing her mother suffer so much at the hands of... |
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