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"A haunting and beautifully written novel about a Confederate soldier whose own personal war follows him into the afterlife--until one fateful day when his encounters with a modern-day couple change everything. A ghost in his deserted childhood home in Virginia, Tom Smiley can't forget the bloody war and its meaningless losses, nor can he shed his revulsion for his role in the Confederate defense of slavery. But when a young couple moves in and makes...
3) Virginia
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64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
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4) Virginia
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48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
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5) Outfoxed
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From the bestselling author of the landmark work Rubyfruit Jungle comes an engaging, original new novel that only Rita Mae Brown could have written. In the pristine world of Virginia foxhunting, hunters, horses, hounds, and foxes form a lively community of conflicting loyalties, where the thrill of the chase and the intricacies of human-animal relationships are experienced firsthand-and murder exposes a proud Southern community's unsavory secrets......
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"Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie...
10) Virginia
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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Describes the history, geography, ecology, people, economy, cities, and sights of the state of Virginia, and includes ideas for classroom assignments.
11) Virginia
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80 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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Provides information about the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Virginia, and includes photographs, maps, sidebars, a time line, an almanac of state facts, and a gallery of famous Virginians.
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Stealing with Style is a Mystery Guild Book Club Selection, and the first in a series starring the witty and charming Sterling Glass, an intrepid antiques appraiser and amateur sleuth. In her debut adventure, Sterling must foil a plot set up by a shady construction company looking to bilk the elderly out of their prized possessions. Following a trail of clues from her small Virginia town to New York City, Sterling and her #1 guy Peter try to bring...
15) West Virginia
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80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, music ; 26 cm.
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Surveys the history, geography, government, economy, and people of West Virginia.
17) Virginia
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Explore the U.S.A volume 48
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24 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 x 25 cm.
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19) Lord of misrule
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Jaimy Gordon's engrossing Lord of Misrule is a National Book Award winner. In the early 1970s, horse trainer Tommy Hansel cooks up a crafty get-rich-quick scheme. But his plans go awry when everyone at the Indian Mound Downs track seems to be on to his shenanigans. Complicating matters further is Tommy's tragic love, Maggie. She adores the horses in all their rundown glory and becomes fascinated by the misfits who populate the backwater West Virginia...
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Henry Fleming is a young private fighting for the Union Army in the American Civil War. His head filled with visions of heroic glory, Henry is eager for the battlefield, but when faced with his first real chance to fight, Henry begins to doubt his resolve and flees the battlefield. Ashamed, he soon regrets his actions, and longs to regain his honour by earning his "red badge of courage" by being wounded in service.
While author Stephen Crane had...
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