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Civil War battle series volume 5
Description
Vicksburg is the fifth in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. Cory Brannon must abandon the supply train to undertake a vital mission for the Confederate commander in charge of Vicksburg's defenses.
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Mistborn novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 38
Description
Vin, the former street urchin and protege of Kelsier, is now heir to the Mistborn and the new world Kelsier created. When a mad race of giants attempt to take the former capital, Luthadel, Vin and her rebel allies must save the city and its hidden cache of allomancy metals from siege.
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Fairmile novels volume 3
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"The Fairmile series continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and life-changing secrets in 17th-century England"--
"The "sweeping" (Parade) and "superb" (People) Fairmile series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and...
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Ballantyne novels volume 5
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The banks of the Nile are torn by an unprecedented war during which a charismatic new religious leader traps hundreds of people in the capital city of Khartoum.
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
Richard Sharpe is caught between the British army and a renegade Englishman holed up in a fortress with his own private soldiers, in a novel about the British troops and their struggle to take the Indian fortress of Mahattra in 1803.
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Pub. Date
2002
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Meticulously researched and historically accurate, this depiction of the tragic story from the Indian Mutiny resonates in the struggles against religious fanaticism of our own time. Intense and inspiring, it describes the heroism of a handful of British soldiers and civilians who confronted swarms of vengeful sepoys and all but hopeless odds through the eyes of the characters Sheridan and his wife Emmy.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"In 1870 Paris during the build up to the Franco-Prussian War, a group of unforgettable characters, including a half-Haitian woman with incredible gifts and an American army surgeon, as they live through, and are buffeted by, momentous historical events that will change them forever"--
11) Sharpe's tiger
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 21
Description
The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make contact with a Scottish spy being held prisoner there, Sharpe has to pose as a deserter. Success will make him a sergeant, but failure will turn...
13) Empires of sand
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
A French balloonist crashes in the Sahara and returns to France with a Tuareg princess for a wife. They have a son, Moussa, who spends his childhood playing with Paul, his cousin. As men, the cousins meet on the battlefield in the desert, Moussa defending the Tuaregs from the invading French.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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"The final 13 hours at the Alamo began around 5 o'clock on the afternoon of March 5, 1836. Colonel William Barrett Travis drew a line in the dirt and asked all those who would stay and fight to cross it. Destinies played out that night for four people. Susannah Dickinson, a woman of surprising gumption. Young James Taylor who came to the Alamo to free Texas from the tyrannical rule of General Santa Anna. "Moses" Rose who refused to cross Travis's...
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
Richard Sharpe, newly promoted for his skill in assisting Sir Arthur Wellesley in the battle against the Mahratta, risks his honor, reputation, and fortune in his quest to thwart a treasonous scheme devised by his oldest nemesis Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
And not to yield: Born James Butler Hickok, Wild Bill Hickok made his reputation as a gunslinger extraordinaire, and his legend has titillated journalists, novelists, and historians ever since. Here is the story--crafted by a master novelist--of this complex hero whose exploits have become part of the lore of the American frontier.
Bowie: The story of James Bowie, the Texas frontiersman. It is told by some thirty people who range from Bowie's mother...