The Witchcraft of Salem Village
Written by Shirley Jackson
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2011
Price: $5.99
Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman named Tituba. When questioned about their activities, the terrified girls set off a whirlwind of controversy as they accused...
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Calico Dorsey
Written by Susan Lendroth
Illustrated by Adam Gustavson
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $16.99
Neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night kept this poch from his appointed rounds!
Back in the 1880s, when the Old West boomed with the rush for gold and silver, the miners of Calico, California, needed a mail carrier they could count on. And they found him in a Border...
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Secret Subway
The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering
Written by Martin W. Sandler
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 96 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $26.90
This is the incredible story of the visionary engineer who built New York City’s first subway.
The Secret Subway is the gripping tale of a man whose vision was years ahead of his time; a man whose dream was crushed by the greed and political jockeying for power that characterized the...
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Voices from Colonial America: Maryland 1634-1776
Written by Robin Doak
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2007
Price: $21.95
First-person accounts, archival illustrations, and historic maps reveal Maryland's rich history. Discover how the colony was founded by Catholics yet largely settled by Protestants; how it was uniquely ruled by a single proprietor; why a ton of tea was burned in Annapolis; how tobacco and wheat were often used as money...
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Voices from Colonial America: Maryland 1634-1776
Written by Robin Doak
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2007
Price: $32.90
First-person accounts, archival illustrations, and historic maps reveal Maryland's rich history. Discover how the colony was founded by Catholics yet largely settled by Protestants; how it was uniquely ruled by a single proprietor; why a ton of tea was burned in Annapolis; how tobacco and wheat were often used as money...
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Voices from Colonial America: New France 1534-1763
Written by Richard Worth
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2007
Price: $21.95
Readers will meet Samuel de Champlain, the "Father of New France," and travel the waterways with the
coureurs de bois, French traders who lived like Indians. Then watch as attempts to grow the colony fail and wars with the British and Iroquois bring about the fall of New France.
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Voices from Colonial America: New France 1534-1763
Written by Richard Worth
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2007
Price: $32.90
Readers will meet Samuel de Champlain, the "Father of New France," and travel the waterways with the
coureurs de bois, French traders who lived like Indians. Then watch as attempts to grow the colony fail and wars with the British and Iroquois bring about the fall of New France.
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Voices from Colonial America: New Hampshire 1603-1776
Written by Scott Auden
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $21.95
You might know that New Hampshire's proud motto is "Live Free or Die." But did you know that it was a quest for sassafras and a shortcut to Asia that brought the first Europeans to this part of America in 1603? Or that John Smith of the Virginia Colony officially claimed...
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Voices from Colonial America: New Hampshire 1603-1776
Written by Scott Auden
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $32.90
You might know that New Hampshire's proud motto is "Live Free or Die." But did you know that it was a quest for sassafras and a shortcut to Asia that brought the first Europeans to this part of America in 1603? Or that John Smith of the Virginia Colony officially claimed...
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Voices from Colonial America: North Carolina 1524-1776
Written by Matthew C Cannavale
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $21.95
A Spanish conquistador hunts for gold. Colonists vanish from the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Pirates lurk among the many islands and inlets along the coast. Colonists and Native Americans battle fiercely in the Tuscarora War. The early history of North Carolina reads like the ultimate adventure novel, and the story accelerates...
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Voices from Colonial America: North Carolina 1524-1776
Written by Matthew C Cannavale
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $32.90
A Spanish conquistador hunts for gold. Colonists vanish from the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Pirates lurk among the many islands and inlets along the coast. Colonists and Native Americans battle fiercely in the Tuscarora War. The early history of North Carolina reads like the ultimate adventure novel, and the story accelerates...
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1607
A New Look at Jamestown
Written by Karen Lange
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $17.95
1607: A New Look at Jamestown is the last word on America's first colony. With expert appraisal of new archaeological evidence, this National Geographic title stands alone for timely authority and visual appeal.
Karen Lange's gripping narrative incorporates analysis of the latest discoveries from the Jamestown site. The text has been researched...
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1607
A New Look at Jamestown
Written by Karen Lange
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $27.90
1607: A New Look at Jamestown is the last word on America's first colony. With expert appraisal of new archaeological evidence, this National Geographic title stands alone for timely authority and visual appeal.
Karen Lange's gripping narrative incorporates analysis of the latest discoveries from the Jamestown site. The text has been researched...
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Voices from Colonial America: Louisiana 1682-1803
Written by Richard Worth
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $21.95
The rich and colorful history of Louisiana begins in 1682 when Sieur de La Salle claimed the region for France. After that time, the region was governed under several different flags, including France, Spain, and Great Britain. Readers will learn how secret treaties bounced the colony between French and Spanish rule...
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Voices from Colonial America: Louisiana 1682-1803
Written by Richard Worth
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $32.90
The rich and colorful history of Louisiana begins in 1682 when Sieur de La Salle claimed the region for France. After that time, the region was governed under several different flags, including France, Spain, and Great Britain. Readers will learn how secret treaties bounced the colony between French and Spanish rule...
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Quilt of States
Piecing Together America
Written by Adrienne Yorinks
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $19.95
There is no book quite like
Quilt of States—the unique combination of handmade quilts with the voice of each state heard through the writing of one of the state's librarians to illustrate the coming together of the United States of America.
Using one of the only two original American folk art forms—quilting...
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Quilt of States
Piecing Together America
Written by Adrienne Yorinks
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $29.90
There is no book quite like
Quilt of States—the unique combination of handmade quilts with the voice of each state heard through the writing of one of the state's librarians to illustrate the coming together of the United States of America.
Using one of the only two original American folk art forms—quilting...
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