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381) Da Vinci's tiger
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Young, beautiful, and witty, Ginevra de' Benci longs to take part in the artistic ferment of Renaissance Florence. But as the daughter of a wealthy family in a society dictated by men, she is trapped in an arranged marriage, expected to limit her creativity to domestic duties. Her poetry reveals her deepest feelings, and she aches to share her work, to meet painters and sculptors mentored by the famed Lorenzo de Medici, and to find love. When the...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Large print ed.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the life Hulda Klager, a German immigrant and farm wife with only an eighth-grade education and a burning desire to create something beautiful, who turns her hobby into a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with her family and community.
384) A cold day in hell
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Seamus Donegan's joy in the birth of his first son is cut short when he is ordered by Lt. General Phil Sheridan to be part of an advance team scouting the area in preparation for a move against the elusive Sioux warrior Crazy Horse.
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"In Tombstone, Arizona Territory, the town too tough to die, Dr. George Goodfellow is known as the Surgeon to the Gunfighters. Friends with the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday, his services as a doctor are needed in the aftermath of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, but Goodfellow is handy with a gun and his fists, too, and he needs those skills to survive when he's stalked by a crazed miner and has to untangle a deadly murder mystery! The West of the...
388) Born to the badge
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Shunted from his entrepreneurial ambitions to profit from the boomtowns of the frontier, Wyatt Earp returns to law enforcement. In Wichita, Kansas the town leaders become disenchanted with his hardline methods, and so he moves to a place where an iron rule is needed, Dodge City. With him comes Mattie Blaylock, a runaway prostitute, who, like Wyatt, is searching for a chance at a better life. As marshal in Dodge, Wyatt establishes a reputation as...
Author
Series
Banner is unfurled volume 5
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
p2012
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
November, 1838. The scattered members of the Johnson family struggle to survive the upheaval that comes in the wake of Governor Boggs's extermination order; faithful Saints mourn the plight of the imprisoned Prophet; and, in Kirkland, family patriarch Ezekiel battles alcoholism and his conflicting emotions of bitterness toward Mormonism and love for his family.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
p2013
Language
English
Description
A tale inspired by the marriage of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald follows their union in defiance of her father's opposition and her scandalous transformation into a Jazz Age celebrity in the literary party scenes of New York, Paris, and the French Riviera.
Author
Series
West of the big river volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Author
Series
Battalion of St. Patrick volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
""To the Color" is the continuing true story of John Riley: young (28), cynical, charming, a professional Irish soldier who deserts the U.S. army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, humor, pathos, and romance, it not only brings to life his torturous journey of reformation but that of the rough-hewn Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Changing Flags" is the true story of John Riley, a cocky Irish professional soldier who deserts the U.S. Army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, romance, and humor, it brings to life his torturous journey of reformation and that of rowdy Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared dream. Their epic tale begins in Michigan when Riley launches...
395) Esther: royal beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2015
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Based on the biblical account of Esther, this story imagines the life and passion of this beautiful woman whose courage and influence impacted history and the fate of her people.
396) Adobe moon
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
After growing up on an Iowa farm, Wyatt Earp is ready to live by his wits rather than the sweat of his back. In California, a Mexican girl tells him the adobe moon prophecy: if you do not achieve your dreams, you must settle for what you have, a philosophy that haunts him. After many menial jobs, Wyatt settles down as a constable in Missouri and sinks into depression when his wife and child die in childbirth. Soon wanted by the law, Wyatt bides his...
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel, Simon Schwartz weaves biography and fiction together to explore the life of Arctic adventurer Matthew Henson. Moving between different time periods and incorporating Inuit mythology, Schwartz offers fresh perspective on the many challenges Henson confronted during his life. As a member of early missions to reach the North Pole, Henson braved subzero temperatures and shifting sea ice. As an African American at the turn of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
When Harriet Beecher marries Calvin Stowe on January 6, 1836, she is sure her future will be filled romance, a family, and continued opportunities to develop as a writer. Her husband Calvin is completely supportive and said she must be a literary woman. Harriet's sister, Catharine, worries she will lose her identity in marriage, but she is determined to preserve her independent spirit. Deeply religious, she strongly believes God has called her to...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
Tom Dooley returned from the Civil War to a tumultuous affair with Ann Foster Melton, a married woman, and later became involved with her cousins Pauline and Laura. Tom is about to elope with Laura, who is found murdered, and he and Ann are arrested. After exonerating Ann, Tom is tried and found guilty. But why would he kill the girl he was going to run away with?
400) Hugh Glass
Author
Publisher
Bruce Bradley
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
HE WAS A WHITE MAN, WHOSE STORY WAS SO POWERFUL IT BECAME A TRADITION AMONG THE INDIANS OF THE AMERICAN PLAINS! For most of his thirty-seven years, Hugh Glass lived his life as an ordinary seaman, but in 1817 his ship was captured and he was given the choice to join a pirate crew or die. From that time on his life became an adventure that ranged from the edges of the Caribbean to the heart of the American wilderness. Based on a true story. Mauled...
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