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Ella May Wiggins, a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together with the paltry nine dollars a week she earns from the textile mill two miles away, makes up her mind to join the labor union--a decision that will have lasting consequences for her children, her friends, her town, and all that she loves. Intertwining myriad voice, Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early...
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Emma has been diagnosed with leukemia and has only months to love. Her boyfriend William is heart broken but he vows to grant her last wish...but her one last wish goes against Amish customs...Emma had discovered guitar playing on her Rumspringa and fell in love with it...William learns of her passion, vowing to learn the instrument with her so they can perform one last ballad together.
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"A powerful, urgent novel that wields issues of gender and class like a blade. . . . This intergenerational novel asks hard questions about who we are, who we can become, and what awaits on the other side of our becoming. Thrity Umrigar is known as a bold and generous writer, and The Secrets Between Us only further establishes her reputation." — Wiley Cash, author of The Last Ballad
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Emma Donoghue vividly brings to life stories inspired by her discoveries of fascinating, hidden scraps of the past. Here an engraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, surgical case notes, theological pamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed out into rollicking, full-bodied fictions.
Whether she's spinning the tale of an English soldier tricked into marrying a dowdy spinster, a Victorian surgeon's attempts...
12) The Last Ship
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Inspired by Sting's forthcoming play of the same name. Explores the central themes of homecoming and self-discovery. Inspired by growing up in the shadow of a shipyard. The play debuts on Broadway in 2014 and tells the story of the demise of the shipbuilding industry in 1980s Newcastle which shaped and overshadowed the city, its development, and its community. It illuminates universal truths such as the complexity of relationships, the passage of...
14) Rudyard Kipling
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An illustrated collection of twenty-eight notable poems by Rudyard Kipling, with commentary and definitions of unfamiliar words. Includes an introduction about the poet's life and work.
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Dark Horse
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2016
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A thematic merging of The Lord of the Rings and Watchmen, The End League follows a cast of the last remaining super men and women as they embark on a desperate and perilous journey through a world dominated by evil, in hopes of locating the one remaining artifact that can save humanity--the Hammer of Thor. For his return to the world of comics renowned artist Mat Broome (X-Men, Batman) teams up with critically acclaimed writer Rick Remender (Fear...
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Palm Beach Film Group, Inc
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2020.
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Jimmy Van Meter spent almost thirty years traveling throughout Florida as a prolific singer/songwriter, street-corner busker, and itinerant back-up musician for every Florida music star from Fred Neil, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, The Allman Brothers, and Tom Petty. He was an eyewitness to Florida’s musical history of the past fifty years and became unofficially known as Florida’s Balladeer and Florida’s Musical Laureate. He played almost...