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One of America's most beloved storytellers, Father Andrew Greeley returns with an explosive novel about the corrosive political culture tearing apart America-and one man's family.
Tommy Moran, an Irish Catholic kid from the West Side of Chicago, fights for the underprivileged on the floor of the United States Senate. Swearing off negative attack ads, Moran is determined to restore civility and compassion to American politics. But, his opponents don't...
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George Washington novels volume 1
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After two bestselling series examining the Civil War and WWII, Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen have turned their sharp eye for detail on the Revolutionary War with To Try Men's Souls.
The story follows three men with three very different roles to play in history: General George Washington, Thomas Paine, and Jonathan Van Dorn, a private in Washington's army.
The action focuses on one of the most iconic events in American
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A riveting, personal look at one of our country's first heroes in the second captivating novel of the George Washington series by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, the New York Times bestselling authors of To Try Men's Souls
It's the winter of 1777, a year after Washington's triumphant surprise attack on Trenton, and the battered, demoralized Continental Army retreats from Philadelphia. At Valley Forge, they discover that their requests for...
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George Washington novels volume 3
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New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen pen the triumphant conclusion to their George Washington series-a novel of leadership, brotherhood, loyalty, and the victory of the American Revolutionary cause.
1781. After three years in a bitter stalemate, General Washington decides to embark on one of the most audacious moves in American military history. He will take nearly his entire army out of New Jersey and New York...
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Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. What happens when one of the world's most renowned musicians appears incognito outside of a Washington, D.C. metro station to play some of the most beautiful music ever composed? In the audacious social experiment, "Pearls Before Breakfast", Gene Weingarten seeks out the answer to this question as he chronicles how an audience of rush hour pedestrians pass indifferently by as international wunderkind...
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Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Kathleen Parker, former staff writer for the Orlando Sentinel and author of SAVE THE MALES: WHY MEN MATTER, WHY WOMEN SHOULD CARE, informs and astounds readers with her Pulitzer Prize-winning columns for The Washington Post. No subject too charged or controversial; Parker tackles topics as incendiary as abortion, as charged as race, as current as President Obama, as deceptively whimsical as Twitter....
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Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. For critic Philip Kennicott, the line between art and social criticism is a thin one. In a voice both knowledgeable and compassionate, Kennicott joins his readers in contemplating the much deeper meaning underlying aesthetics. From his examination of violence and war in his review of a Taryn Simon photographic project, to his analysis of corporate America in an exhibit for architect Kevin Roche, Kennicott...
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Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Sarah Kaufman covers one of the high arts' most illustrious forms-dance. What emerges from her criticism is always fresh and thought-provoking. From exploring Cary Grant as an overlooked artist to her bold assessment of The Nutcracker, Kaufman tackles the subject of dance and movement with daring honesty and dazzling creativity.
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This is the initial volume of a comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume one begins with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. This volume continues the story of John and Anne's family for a total of seven generations, collecting over 5,000 direct descendants. Future volumes will trace...
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This is the second volume of a comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume one began with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume two is a collection of notable descendants of the next eight generations of...
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This Royal Descents supplement is an outgrowth of the author's multi-volume family history of the "Presidential Branch" of the Washingtons. That work collects the descendants of the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. The Royal Descents traces the ancestry of the early Virginia members of this "Presidential Branch" back in time...
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This is the fourth volume of Dr. Justin Glenn's comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume One began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume Two highlighted notable members of the next eight generations...
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This is the fifth volume of Dr. Justin Glenn's comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume One began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume Two highlighted notable family members in the next eight...
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This is the fifth volume of Dr. Justin Glenn's comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume One began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume Two highlighted notable family members in the next eight...
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This is the sixth volume of Dr. Justin Glenn's comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume One began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume Two highlighted notable family members in the next eight...
16) Flawed
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Kara's Story, Part 1
That guy-the one most girls would run away from-captured Kara's attention and wouldn't let it go. As expected, he turned out to be a player. So she cut him off...and he let her.
But he wasn't ready to give up on their future yet. He waited until the memory of their start would have been forgotten-at least, softened a bit. Then he returned to her life, and captured her heart.
Finally blissfully happy, they fall in love and...
17) Found
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Riding the wave is fun, until it crashes down around you and you find you can't swim.
Kara's getting on with her life after her fiancé dumped her for another girl. Luckily, she has come across a good guy-attractive, nice, settled…the kind of guy that most girls want.
So she goes with the flow and let's herself fall for him-as much as she can with that pesky love for her fiancé stuck in the bottom of her heart. She's happy…before the wave crashes.
Drenched...
18) Fright Court
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Bitten by a vampire, first night on the job!
Sarah Anderson has finally found her dream job: Clerk of Court for the Washington DC Night Court. Then she's attacked by a vampire defendant.
James Morton, Sarah's alluring boss, saves her life by letting her drink his own vampire blood. But then he insists on self-defense training that's nearly as dangerous as a courtroom bloodsucker.
Soon, Sarah lives a double life. By night, she works with James to...
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A librarian discovers she's a witch!Jane Madison has a problem. Or two. Or three. She has a desperate crush on a man who doesn't know she exists. Her doting grandmother insists she meet her long-absent mother. She's working as a librarian, trapped in absurd costumes and serving up lattes in a last-ditch effort to keep her employer solvent.In lieu of a well-deserved raise, Jane is allowed to live in an ancient cottage on the library grounds. She soon...
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A cozy paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Mindy Klasky.
Sometimes a thunderstorm is just a thunderstorm. But not this time.
Jane Madison's school for witches is in session, and the first order of business is an intricate Samhain ritual. Alas, in the midst of a sudden, unseasonable deluge, a classic Greek monster is released into the magic circle. Jane succeeds in vanquishing the beast, but only with the assistance of her sworn enemy,...
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