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Lilac Girls volume 3
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"Sunflower Sisters is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real : As we roamed the neat brick streets of Charleston, past filigreed fences and palmetto trees, the atmosphere so gentle and refined, we never dreamed we'd stumble headlong into hell. Mother, my sister Georgy and I had come from...
2) Midnight sea
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"Lani opened her eyes fully, straining to see something, anything. It was as though she swam in a black sea that blacked out all light, all visual sensation. 'I can't see,' she whispered. 'I can't see!' Her shriek rose and echoed off the blackness."
A seemingly random shooting at her aunt's coffee farm has left Lani Tagama blind. Now she must learn to navigate in a world of darkness. With the help of an embittered ex-cop, Ben, and a half-trained
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The war is over. The South has lost.
Josephine Weatherly struggles to pick up the pieces of her life when her family returns to their Virginia plantation. But the realities of life after the war cannot be denied: her home and land are but a shell of their previous grandeur; death has claimed her father and brother; and her remaining brother, Daniel, has returned home bitter and broken.
Her life of privilege, a long-ago dream.
Josephine soon realizes...
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Seeking for roots, Clayton--now a grown man--visits his grandfather's Southbridge plantation en route to college and kneels on his mother's grave, only to be accosted by a gun-wielding girl named Lucy, whose father will stop at nothing to make the plantation his own. Can Clayton realize his deepest desires of marrying the woman he loves, having a family, and reclaiming the plantation that is his rightful heritage?
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"The World Atlas of Coffee takes readers on a global tour of coffee-growing countries, presenting the bean in full-color photographs and concise, informative text. It covers where coffee is grown, the people who grow it and the cultures in which it is a way of life. It also covers the world of consumption -- processing, grades, the consumer and the modern culture of coffee" -- Provided by publisher.
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The Bregdan chronicles volume 15
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Another chapter in the lives of Carrie, Janie, Rose and Moses, Florence Robinson, and Felicia as they work to rebuild their lives in Virginia during the United States' Reconstruction.
10) Holly
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The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Summerhouse and James River series brings her signature "enchanting and exquisite" (BookPage) writing to this charming and tender yuletide tale of love and passion.
When Hollander Latham's parents purchase Spring Hill—a beautiful North Carolina plantation—she's thrilled that she can finally return to the gorgeous estate where she spent a memorable thirteenth...
When Hollander Latham's parents purchase Spring Hill—a beautiful North Carolina plantation—she's thrilled that she can finally return to the gorgeous estate where she spent a memorable thirteenth...
11) All things new
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, Josephine Weatherly and her mother, Eugenia, return to their Virginia plantation, but their once-grand home has lost its lustre. Jo's father and brother are dead, and the war has left her remaining brother broken and embittered. Bonding with Lizzie, one of the few remaining servants, Jo struggles to rebuild her life--and her faith in God.
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"'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave-owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves."--
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Suffering from a cruel heartbreak, Lord Philip Hamilton has been driven to seek refuge from the painful memories haunting London, and his father's Jamaican sugar cane plantation provides just the escape he needs -- until a mysterious woman with no memory of her past appears and turns Philip's world upside down.
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Bregdan chronicles volume 16
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Another chapter in the lives of Carrie, Janie, Elizabeth, Florence, Silas, Rose, Marietta, Abby and Thomas as they work to rebuild their lives in Virginia during the United States' Reconstruction. The newly formed Bregdan Medical Clinic faces a challenge no one anticipated; and Carrie, Janie and Elizabeth are forced to make unimaginable choices.
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Bregdan Chronicles volume 14
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America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone. Carrie and Abby, hoping for a peaceful visit to the plantation, find themselves pulled into a violent conflict in Richmond as struggle for control of the city boils over. Rose and Moses are happy on the plantation, enjoying respite from all the violence, while Susan travels north to expand the plantation breeding operation. A tragedy at the Capitol building in Richmond changes life for...
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