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The History of Modern China

Zhiyue Bo

Covers the nineteenth and twentieth century history of modern China.

Sharpe's Prey : Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807

Bernard Cornwell

The Native Americans

Don Nardo

Discusses the weapons used by Native Americans and their different means of warfare.

Frederick Douglass

Sharpe's Triumph

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe barely survives a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer, who has joined the mercenary forces, determined to drive the British from the continent.

Montmorency

Eleanor Updale

In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit t

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Dr. Jekyll, a genteel, respectable London physician is transformed into Mr. Hyde, a foul-tempered, uncouth degenerate.

Edgar Allan Poe

Rafael Tilton

Examines the life and career of the nineteenth-century American author famous for his detective stories, horror stories, and poetry.

Alias Grace

Margaret Eleanor Atwood

Grace Marks is convicted for her involvement in the vicious murder of her employer, a wealthy man, and his housekeeper and mistress.

The Trial of John Brown

James Tackach

Focuses on the trial of the abolitionist who was hanged for treason and murder following his attempt to capture a military arsenal and arm the slaves for revolt.

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