Ill, p.367.fictionTells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in personality. Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat, while Carton is a cynical English barrister. However, the two are in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette. english fiction, charles dickens 1812-1870

Ill, p.392.fictionCharles Dickens's sentimental classic about little Nell and her grandfather-a tale that has moved readers for generations Little Nell Trent, as beautiful as she is virtuous, lives with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. The only ambition of Nell's loving caretaker is to provide the young girl with a better life. But after attempting to gamble his way out of poverty, the old man finds himself indebted to the wicked and deformed moneylender Daniel Quilp. Thrust into a life of begging on the street, Nell and her grandfather are pursued by villains at every turn-but they never lose the compassion and generosity in their hearts. With a diverse cast of characters that ranges from scoundrels and vagrants to the truly pure of heart, The Old Curiosity Shop shows Dickens at his best.english fiction, charles dickens 1812-1870

Index, p.609non-fictionThe French Revolution is a work by Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. It is a massive, even heroic undertaking - one which hadn't been achieved before and has not since. Carlyle's literary style is unique: written in the present tense first-person plural, A History follows along chronologically as the events of the Revolution unfold with sweeping, apocalyptic grandeur. The reader feels as though he or she were observing, participating almost in, the events occurring on the Paris streets. The reader is carried along day-by-day, month-by-month as the as the inevitable. french revolution, france - history

Hardcover book with brown cover and a colour image of three adults and a child.fictionA couple agree to separate agreeing to take turns caring for their son during holidays. isabel m. peacocke, adventure, romance, fiction

Hardcover book, 158 pages. Front cover of book has a colour image of a man holding a revolver in each hand, face covered. Man on horseback in background.fictionOne side called it a righteous crusade, the other side a murdering invasion.allan v. elston, westerns, fiction

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Hardcover book, 224 pages. Book has a blue cover. Colour image of a man resting his hand on the head of a woman laying across his lap on front cover. Dustjacket has been removed, title and author's name written in white ink on spine.fictionRomance novel.valentine, romance, fiction

Hardcover book, 318 pages. Front cover of book has a colour image of a green and cream suitcase.fictionharry stephen keeler, fiction

256 p. : red cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front cover. Title and author's name handwritten in black ink on spine. fictionleila s. mackinlay, fiction

Hardcover book, 378 pages. Book has a dark blue cover with gold embossed text.fictionheadon hill, children's fiction

189 p. : pale blue cover, section of original dustjacket has been pasted to front.fictionRomance fictionfiction, clara dormandy

256 p. : ill. Cover illustration shows a man handing a posy of flowers to a young girl or sprite.fictionComing of age story. Red headed protagonist Verna Harley deals with a tyrannical step-father.isabel m. peacocke, fiction

Grey linen hardcover book with black and brown image on the front and black text on the spine. B&w line drawings. non-fictionscots' church sabbath school heidelberg, jean wilson, william lindsay superintendent

384 p. : decorative front cover, embossed with gold and silver, images of flowers and leaves.fictionNovel set against the background of the American Civil War.mrs mary ann goodfellow [linton librarian], fiction, american civil war

The book is based on the film series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.What we remember, what we've forgotten - and what we never knew about America's least understood war, revealed in a riveting, richly illustrated volume based on the major ten-part documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.vietnam war (1961-1975), president ford, north veitnamese troops, southeast asia, presidential palace, saigon