We Were Heroes: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins A World War II Soldier…

"By the time that night arrives all that matters is that I'm alive." Following in the footsteps of his father and great- grandfather, both war veterans, Scott Pendleton Collins signs up for the army during the height of World War II. He is shipped out to England only to face weeks of boredom. He and his unit want to be out in the fields, doing something to help the Allied forces. Finally, th…

Shiloh

What do you do when a dog you suspect is being mistreated runs away and comes to you? When it's someone else's dog? When the man who owns him has a gun? This is Marry's problem, and he finds it is one he has to face alone. When his situation gets too big for him to handle, things become more frightening still. Marty puts his courage on the line, and discovers in the process that it is not alway…

Anne of Avonlea (Retold from the Lucy Maud Montgomery Original)

I've only been a grown-up for a very little time," sixteen-year-old Anne Shirley tells her dearest friend Diana Barry. "It takes some getting used to." Anne's life in Avonlea is changing. She still lives with her aunt Marilla who took her in as a young girl from an orphanage. But Anne is about to begin her new job as the teacher at Avonlea School and also start the Avonlea Village Improvement S…

Chateaubriand: A Biography, Volume I (1768-93): The Longed-for Tempests

Present at the fall of the Bastille, journeying alone 3,500 miles through America, dining with George Washington, camping with the Iroquois Indians, Francois-Rene, vicomte de Chateaubriand embodied the romantic hero of the new world.

Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense

Edition

4

ISBN/ISSN

9780155511064

Collation

Hardcover, 1492 hlm, 14x21cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

R 808 P458 C1

Pierced by the Word: Thirty-One Meditations for Your Soul

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