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In the New York Times bestseller The Immortal Irishman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan illuminates the dawn of the great Irish American story, with all its twists and triumphs, through the life of one heroic man.
A dashing young orator during the Great Hunger of the 1840s, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony for life. But two years...
A dashing young orator during the Great Hunger of the 1840s, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony for life. But two years...
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Strange fruit volume 1
Publisher
Fulcrum
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tells nine stories of lesser-known African Americans using historical and cultural commentary.
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times journalist and bestselling author Joe Drape takes us inside the modern-day process of the making of a saint -- part biography of a wartime adventurer Father Emil Kapaun, part detective story, and part journey of faith"--
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Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Este bestseller del New York Times, con bellas ilustraciones, presenta a lectores de todas las edades, mujeres que cambiaron el mundo. Conoce a 40 pequeñas líderes. Son valientes. Son atrevidas. Cambiaron el mundo. Estas pioneras de la historia afroamericana rompieron barreras y lograron sus metas a pesar de las dificultades. Aquí aprenderás sobre científicas, escritoras, pilotos, artistas y activistas que hicieron cosas extraordinarias. Todas...
7) Heroic heart: an illustrated biography of Joe Delaney : the legacy of a professional football player
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Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A moving illustrated biography of the late Joe Delaney, an NFL star in the making who valued helping others above all else On the football field, Joe Delaney possessed all the qualities of a great running back. He was fast with keen instincts, a burst of red and gold as he sprinted toward the end zone for the Kansas City Chiefs. Off the field, he embodied the qualities of a great person: generous, hard-working, humble, and honest. Helping people...
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Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Near the end of World War II, thousands of Allied ex-POWs were abandoned to wander the war-torn Eastern Front, modern day Ukraine. With no food, shelter, or supplies, they were an army of dying men. The Red Army had pushed the Nazis out of Russia. As they advanced across Poland, the prison camps of the Third Reich were discovered and liberated. In defiance of humanity, the freed Allied prisoners were discarded without aid. The Soviets viewed POWs...
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