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The Witchcraft of Salem Village
The Witchcraft of Salem Village
Written by Shirley Jackson
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307779885
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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... Read more >
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Calico Dorsey
Calico Dorsey
Written by Susan Lendroth, Illustrated by Adam Gustavson
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781582463186
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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
Secret Subway
Written by Martin W. Sandler
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426304637
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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... Read more >
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Secret Subway
Secret Subway
Written by Martin W. Sandler
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426304620
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Secret Subway
The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering
Written by Martin W. Sandler


Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $17.95

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... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover library binding.
Voices from Colonial America: Maryland 1634-1776
Voices from Colonial America: Maryland 1634-1776
Written by Robin Doak
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426301438
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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... Read more >
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Voices from Colonial America: Maryland 1634-1776
Voices from Colonial America: Maryland 1634-1776
Written by Robin Doak
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426301445
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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... Read more >
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Voices from Colonial America: New France 1534-1763
Voices from Colonial America: New France 1534-1763
Written by Richard Worth
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426301476
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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. Read more >
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Voices from Colonial America: New France 1534-1763
Voices from Colonial America: New France 1534-1763
Written by Richard Worth
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426301483
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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. Read more >
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Voices from Colonial America: New Hampshire 1603-1776
Voices from Colonial America: New Hampshire 1603-1776
Written by Scott Auden
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426300349
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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... Read more >
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Voices from Colonial America: New Hampshire 1603-1776
Voices from Colonial America: New Hampshire 1603-1776
Written by Scott Auden
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426300356
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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... Read more >
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Voices from Colonial America: North Carolina 1524-1776
Voices from Colonial America: North Carolina 1524-1776
Written by Matthew C Cannavale
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426300325
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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... Read more >
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Voices from Colonial America: North Carolina 1524-1776
Voices from Colonial America: North Carolina 1524-1776
Written by Matthew C Cannavale
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426300332
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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... Read more >
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1607
1607
Written by Karen Lange
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426300127
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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... Read more >
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1607
1607
Written by Karen Lange
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426300134
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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... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
Voices from Colonial America: Louisiana 1682-1803
Voices from Colonial America: Louisiana 1682-1803
Written by Richard Worth
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780792265443
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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... Read more >
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Voices from Colonial America: Louisiana 1682-1803
Voices from Colonial America: Louisiana 1682-1803
Written by Richard Worth
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780792268505
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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... Read more >
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Quilt of States
Quilt of States
Written by Adrienne Yorinks
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780792272854
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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... Read more >
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Quilt of States
Quilt of States
Written by Adrienne Yorinks
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780792272861
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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... Read more >
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National Geographic Our Fifty States
National Geographic Our Fifty States
Written by Mark H. Bockenhauer
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780792269922
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National Geographic Our Fifty States

Written by Mark H. Bockenhauer


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 240 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2004
Price: $45.90

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National Geographic Our Fifty States
National Geographic Our Fifty States
Written by Mark H. Bockenhauer
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780792264026
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National Geographic Our Fifty States

Written by Mark H. Bockenhauer


Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2004
Price: $24.95

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Hoping for Rain
Hoping for Rain
Written by Kate Connell
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780792269038
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Hoping for Rain
The Dust Bowl Adventures of Patty and Earl Buckler
Written by Kate Connell


Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2004
Price: $6.99

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When the Mission Padre Came to the Rancho
When the Mission Padre Came to the Rancho
Written by Gare Thompson
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780792269458
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When the Mission Padre Came to the Rancho
The Early California Adventures of Rosalinda and Simon Delgado
Written by Gare Thompson


Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2004
Price: $6.99

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