Over two hundred years ago, the United States was threatened by pirates in the North African Barbary States. These pirates had been raiding merchant vessels and forcing sailors into slavery for centuries. Ocean battles, combat, and the first landing on foreign soil make this an engaging historical account for young readers of the emergence of the U.S. Navy.
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A New York advertising executive leaves his job in the city to write poetry in a hut by the sea. Once there he finds himself caught in the coils of his attraction to two women―a situation that so unsettles his wits that he falls prey to a heavily symbolic dream obsession.
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Classic American drama about an Iowa farm family's trip to the State Fair during the 1920s. It was an instant success in 1932, a best seller, made into films 1933-45-62, and a Rogers and Hammerstein hit musical.
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Historical romance about Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, who became a widow three times before finally wedding the man she loved. The facts as we know them have been deftly interwoven with speculation about what truly touched the heart of this passionate and independent woman.
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Humorous novel of 1940s America starring Rhubarb, a scraggly, somewhat deranged and bad tempered alley cat and a cast of zany human characters. When Rhubarb inherits a fortune ― including ownership of a baseball team ― bedlam ensues and gags unfold.
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