Author: Peter Lourie
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803279803
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Eight billion dollars? worth of Inca gold and silver are rumored to be hidden in an unmapped region of the Andes. This is the captivating story of that fabled treasure and the centuries-old spell it has cast on many, including a young American student, Peter Lourie. While completing anthropological fieldwork in Ecuador, Lourie heard the legend of Atahualpa?s ransom. The Incas gathered seven-hundred tons of gold (Sweat of the Sun) and silver (Tears of the Moon) to purchase the freedom of their king, Atahualpa, from Pizarro and his conquistadors. After the Inca ruler?s murder, the treasure vanished into the forsaken Llanganati range of the Andes. Lourie abandoned his graduate school ambitions to search for Atahualpa?s ransom. His quest for clues and his journey into the heart of the Andes is an absorbing and exciting detective story. Lourie?s account is also unforgettable for its revelations about the lives and characters of seasoned treasure hunters, the obsessed few lured by the siren song of legendary gold.
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142423920
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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Hurricane Katrina took her mother and granmother. And even though Laurel Daneau has moves on to a new life--one that includes a new best friend, a spot on the cheerleading squad, and dating the co-captain of the football team--she can't get past the pain of that loss. Then her new boyfriend introduces her to meth, and Laurel is instantly seduced by its spell, the way it erases, even if only temporarily, her memories. Soon Laurel is completely hooked, a shell of her former self, desperate to be whole again, but lacking the strength to break free. But with the help of a new friend--and the loyalty of an old one--she is able to rewrite her own story and move on with her own life. Dreamlike in quality and weaving flashbacks to the hurricane in with Laurel's present-day struggles, this is a stunning novel that readers won't want to miss.
Author: Stan Hoig
Publisher: Checkmark Books
ISBN: 9780816034918
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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A narrative history of the removal by white Americans of the Cherokee peoples from their eastern homeland to the Indian territory now known as Oklahoma.
Author: Nancy White Carlstrom
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780027173802
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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A young child excitedly plans all the essentials she must take with her for a trip to Grandma's house.
Author: Darylyn Rose
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1635686490
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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This book was written in deep thoughts and desire of one’s true self, in dreams, in memories, in wishes. My true loyalty to God, to nature, to moving oceans centered in the mist of a black universe. Cameo, a carved seashell, pink on white, trimmed with gold. Carved by man to show a beautiful reflection of a woman. Mother, daughter, sister, and young child. I was born aside the ocean. I lived most of my life by the ocean and someday to be lain down in ashes back to the ocean. I hope you all enjoy this book of poems.
Author: William Stanley Braithwaite
Publisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Vol. for 1958 includes "Anthology of poems from the seventeen previously published Braithwaite anthologies."
Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425271595
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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BOOK TWO OF THE GALLAGHERS OF ARDMORE TRILOGY High above the tidy village of Ardmore on a windy cliff, there is magic and music in the air, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts will help you find it… A talented songwriter, Shawn Gallagher spends his days lost in reverie and wonder, oblivious to the wiles of women and the ways of the world. He claims that he’s content with his life, but his music tells a different story—one of loneliness and desperate longing… No one understands why Shawn doesn’t put his musical gift to profitable use—least of all Brenna O’Toole, a fiercely independent tomboy who has been secretly in love with him for years. But it is only when Shawn gives in to the mysteries of magic that he gets the chance to fulfill his destiny as a man and a musician. Don't miss the other books in the Gallaghers of Ardmore Trilogy Jewels of the Sun Heart of the Sea
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Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : American poetry
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Pages : 320
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