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The heretic / by Delibes, Miguel. ;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Protestants; Heretics, Christian; Inquisition; Familia; Iglesia Católica; Novela española;

© 2007., Overlook Press,

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El hereje / by Delibes, Miguel.;

Subjects: Protestants; Heretics, Christian; Inquisition; Spanish language materials.;

© c1999., Ediciones Destino,

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Persuasion / by Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229).A delightful social satire of England's landed gentry and a moving tale of lovers separated by class distinction.

© 1984., Bantam Books,

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Gone with the wind / by Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949. ;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; War stories.; O'Hara, Scarlett (Fictitious character); Women;

© 1975, c1936., Macmillan,

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The wind done gone / by Randall, Alice.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; African American women; Racially mixed people;

© 2001., Houghton Mifflin,

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All the king's men / by Warren, Robert Penn,1905-1989;

Subjects: Political fiction.; Politicians;

© 1982, c1974., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,

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The awakening / by Chopin, Kate,1851-1904.;

Subjects: Love stories.; Adultery; Women; Self-actualization (Psychology);

© 1995., Riverhead Books,

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The awakening / by Chopin, Kate,1851-1904.;

Subjects: Love stories.; Adultery; Women; Self-actualization (Psychology);

© 1995., Riverhead Books,

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Benjamin Franklin : an American life / by Isaacson, Walter. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [513]-566) and index.

Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Statesmen; Scientists; Inventors; Printers;

© c2003., Simon & Schuster,

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Cane River / by Tademy, Lalita.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; African American families; African American women; Mothers and daughters;

© c2001., Warner Books,

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Caravans; a novel. by Michener, James A.(James Albert),1907-1997;

Subjects: Americans;

© [1963], Random House

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The crazed / by Jin, Ha,1956-;

Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Political fiction.; Teacher-student relationships; Cerebrovascular disease; Literature teachers; Graduate students; College teachers;

© c2002., Pantheon Books,

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Cry, the beloved country / by Paton, Alan. ;

Subjects: Political fiction.; Race relations; Apartheid;

© 2003., Scribner,

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Cry, the beloved country / by Paton, Alan. ;

Subjects: Political fiction.; Race relations; Apartheid;

© 2003., Scribner,

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East of Eden / by Steinbeck, John,1902-1968.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Children of prostitutes; Fathers and sons; Sibling rivalry; Brothers;

© 2002., Penguin Books,

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Ecology of a Cracker childhood / by Ray, Janisse,1962-;

Subjects: Ray, Janisse, 1962-; Longleaf pine.; Deforestation; Forest ecology; Consumption (Economics);

© 1999., Milkweed Editions ; Distributed by Publishers Group West,

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Every crooked nanny / by Trocheck, Kathy Hogan,1954-;

Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Garrity, Callahan (Fictitious character); Women cleaning personnel;

© c1992., HarperCollins Publishers,

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Finding Fish : a memoir / by Fisher, Antwone Quenton. ; Rivas, Mim Eichler. ;

Act 1 ward of the state -- 1 1959 to 1964 -- 2 1965 to 1969 -- 3 1969 to 1972 -- 4 1973 to 1976 -- Act 2 the rain that falls -- 5 1976 to 1977 -- 6 1977 -- Act 3 man of the world 7 1977 to 1992 -- 8 1992 -- Post-memoir: Finding fish.

Subjects: Fisher, Antwone Quenton.; African Americans; Foster children; African American screenwriters;

© c2001., Morrow,

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A fine balance : a novel / by Mistry, Rohinton, 1952- ;

A portrait of India featuring four characters. Two are tailors who are forcibly sterilized, one is a student who emigrates, and the fourth is a widowed seamstress who decides to hang on. A tale of cruelty, political thuggery and despair by an Indian from Toronto, author of Such a Long Journey.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.;

© 1997, 1995., Vintage Books,

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The fountainhead / by Rand, Ayn.;

© 1943., Bobbs-Merrill,

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The glorious cause : a novel of the American Revolution / by Shaara, Jeff,1952-;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; War stories.;

© 2002., Ballantine Books,

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The wind done gone / by Randall, Alice.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; African American women; Racially mixed people;

© 2001., Houghton Mifflin,

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The good earth / by Buck, Pearl S.(Pearl Sydenstricker),1892-1973.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Married women;

© 1975., Franklin Library,

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Hard times : for these times / by Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.; Raymond, Charles,ill.;

Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.;

© c1966., Heritage Press,

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The heart of the matter / by Greene, Graham.;

© 1948., The Viking Press,

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John Adams / by McCullough, David G. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 703-726) and index.Revolution: Road to Philadelphia -- True blue -- Colossus of independence -- Distant shores: Appointment to France -- Unalterably determined -- Abigail in Paris -- London -- Independence forever: Heir apparent -- Old oak -- Statesman -- Rejoice ever more -- Journey's end.

Subjects: Adams, John, 1735-1826.; Presidents; Adams, John, 1735-1826.; Présidents;

© c2001., Simon & Schuster,

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The kitchen boy / by Alexander, Robert,1952-;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918; Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918; Assassination; Witnesses;

© 2003., Viking,

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The kite runner / by Hosseini, Khaled. ;

Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.

Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Male friendship; Social classes; Betrayal; Boys;

© 2003., Riverhead Books,

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The known world / by Jones, Edward P.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; African American plantation owners; African American slaveholders; Plantation life; Slavery; Slaves;

© c2003., Amistad,

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Lamb in his bosom / by Miller, Caroline Pafford,1903-;

© c1966., Berg,

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Life of Pi : a novel / by Martel, Yann.;

Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.; Human-animal relationships; Storytelling; Teenage boys; Ocean travel; Zoo animals; Orphans; Tigers;

© c2001., Harcourt,

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Losing battles. by Welty, Eudora,1909-2001;

© [1970], Random House

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Main Street & Babbitt / by Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. ; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Babbitt. 1992. ;

© c1992., Library of America,

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Of mice and men. by Steinbeck, John.1902-1968.;

Subjects: Mentally handicapped; Ranchlife; Migrant labor;

© c1965., Viking Press,

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A passage to India. by Forster, E. M.(Edward Morgan),1879-1970.;

Subjects: Political fiction.; Race relations;

© [1969? c1952], Harcourt, Brace & World

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Peyton Place ; & Return to Peyton Place / by Metalious, Grace.; Metalious, Grace.Return to Peyton Place.;

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; City and town life;

© 1999., Gramercy Books,

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The poisonwood Bible : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-546).The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Americans; Missionaries;

© c1998., HarperFlamingo,

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Power and the glory / by Greene, Graham,1904-1991;

© 1953., Viking Press,

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Prescribed danger / by Hunter, Gwen.;

© c2002., MIRA,

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Raney / by Edgerton, Clyde,1944-;

Subjects: Domestic fiction.;

© 1986, c1985., Ballantine Books,

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Secret history by Tartt, Donna.;

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The secret life of bees / by Kidd, Sue Monk. ;

Set in South Carolina in 1964, [this book] tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love--a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.-Back cover.

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Teenage girls; African American women; Maternal deprivation; Race relations; Beekeepers; Sisters;

© 2002., Viking,

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Suzanne's diary for Nicholas : a novel / by Patterson, James, 1947- ;

Subjects: Diary fiction.; Love stories.; Mothers and sons; Loss (Psychology); Infants;

© c2001., Little, Brown,

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Tender is the night / by Fitzgerald, F. Scott(Francis Scott),1896-1940.;

Subjects: Love stories.; Psychological fiction.; Psychiatrists; Wealth;

© [1978?] c1934., Scribner,

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To dance with the white dog : a novel / by Kay, Terry.;

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bereavement; Parent and child; Dogs;

© c1990., Peachtree Publishers,

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Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson / by Albom, Mitch, 1958- ;

Subjects: Schwartz, Morris S.; Brandeis University; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Teacher-student relationships; Death; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.; Attitude to Death.; Intergenerational Relations.; Patients;

© 1997., Doubleday,

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Watership Down by Adams, Richard, 1920- ;

Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.

Subjects: Rabbits; Rabbits;

© [1974, c1972], Macmillan

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The wonderful Wizard of Oz / by Baum, L. Frank(Lyman Frank),1856-1919.; Denslow, W. W.(William Wallace),1856-1915.ill.;

Elementary School Library Collection (Bro-Dart)After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.5.43-6

Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Fantasy.;

© c1987., Books of Wonder : W. Morrow,

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The giver / by Lowry, Lois.;

Jonas lives in a seemingly utopian society. He is about to experience the Ceremony of Twelve to determine his role in life. He will be the receiver of secret memories shared by only one other in his community, and discover the terrible truth about the dystopian society in which he lives.Ages 10-17.Reading grade level 7.0.Newbery Medal, 1994ALA Best Book for Young Adults, [1994]Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Fiction Honor Book, 1993NEA Teachers' Top 100 Books for ChildrenNEA Kids' Top 100 BooksAmerican Booksellers Book of the Year Children's Prize (ABBY), 1994 nomineeCalifornia Recommended Literature, 1994

Subjects: Science fiction; Memory; Dystopias;

© [2002?]., Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers,

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