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Author
Series
Earth's children volume 3
Language
English
Description
Set in the challenging terrain of Ice Age Europe that millions of Jean Auel’s readers have come to treasure, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic novel of love, knowledge, jealousy, and hard choices—a novel certain to garner Jean Auel even greater acclaim as a master storyteller of the dawn of humanity.
Ayla, the independent heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses, sets out from...
Ayla, the independent heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses, sets out from...
Author
Series
Earth's children volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
Description
This odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman.
Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others,...
Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others,...
6) The warriors
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
This addictive John Jakes adventure blends the Kents' ruthless push for an empire with murderous betrayal and the Civil War's life-altering culmination With the Civil War reaching its gory climax, the divided Kent family is pushed to the edge of complete destruction. With the advent of the transcontinental Union Pacific Railroad, the Kents continue to fight for their foothold among America's wealthy founding families. While their private, insular...
7) The seekers
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Against the backdrop of the harsh and unforgiving American frontier, Abraham Kent seeks to build a life and identity of his own Continuing the saga of the Kent family, John Jakes turns his masterful eye to the settlement of the untamed American West. Abraham Kent, the son of Philip Kent and Anne Ware, fought valiantly on the frontier, only to return home to Boston and a life he doesn't want. Determined not to live in his father's shadow, Abraham and...
8) The titans
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The members of the Kent family's most dynamic generation face internal clashes as the Civil War ignites In the hellish years of the Civil War, the Kent family faces its greatest trials yet. Louis, the devious son of the late Amanda Kent, is in control of the dynasty-and of its seemingly inevitable collapse. His cousin Jephtha Kent, meanwhile, backs the abolitionist cause, while his sons remain devoted Southerners. As the country fractures around the...
9) Homecoming
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
Bantam ed.
Physical Desc
370 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
10) The rebels
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The rousing Kent family saga continues as Philip Kent fights for his new country alongside the greatest figures of the Revolutionary War The engrossing follow-up to The Bastard finds Philip Kent standing as a Continental solider at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In a bold move, Kent has taken up arms for the future of his new family. Spirited and unwavering in his dedication to his adopted homeland, Kent fights in the most violent battles in America's...
11) Mexico
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 625 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of an American journalist who travels to Mexico to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, but who is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his Mexican ancestors. From the brutality and brilliance of the ancients, to the iron fist of the invading Spaniards, to the modern-day Mexicans battling through dust and bloodshed to build a nation upon the ashes of revolution, James Michener weaves it all into an epic human story...
12) The furies
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Kents' saga expands as its first heroine takes center stage in the relentless struggle to build the family dynasty Opening twenty-two years after the events of The Seekers, John Jakes's fourth Kent Family novel spans the blood-soaked era of America's relentless expansion into the West. Amanda Kent, daughter of Gilbert Kent and Harriet Lebow, is one of the few women to escape the massacre at the Battle of the Alamo. Uncommonly brazen and focused,...
13) The bastard
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
One man's quest for his destiny leads him to the New World and into the heart of the American Revolution Meet Phillipe Charboneau: the illegitimate son and unrecognized heir of the Duke of Kentland. Upon the Duke's death, Phillipe is denied his birthright and left to build a life of his own. Seeking all that the New World promises, he leaves London for America, shedding his past and preparing for the future by changing his name to Philip Kent....
14) Outpost!
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
Bantam ed.
Physical Desc
434 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Clay Holt goes to Canada in search of an enemy, while his brother Jeff is stalked by a killer in North Carolina.
15) Galloway
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
The adventures of Flagan Sackett and other members of his family in the frontier West.
16) Doctor Zhivago
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
xxxv, 510 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Epic novel of post-revolutionary Russia focuses on the torments and dreams of a doctor-poet who attempts to avoid the struggles of his turbulent era
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2013, ©1996
Edition
Bantam books mass market movie tie-in ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 45
Physical Desc
835 pages : maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
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The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.
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