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22) The salvation
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When an American settler avenges his family's death, the fury of a notorious gang leader is unleashed.
23) Colonial women
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This book introduces the different skills and often difficult lives of women on the farm, in business, and on the plantation as the owner's wife or as a slave in colonial America.
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The settlers may think the worst has passed, but Jason fury can see that this ramshakle place he calls home is facing its darkest day. Crippled by a drought and devastated by an unrelenting, blood-red dust storm, Fury is also under attack by Apaches who can smell the settlers' blood and fear.
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People are coming to America - all kinds of people. If you are European, you come in search of freedom. If you're African, you come in chains. And what about the Indians, they were here before anyone else? Soon, with the flow of so many people, the thirteen colonies are born - each with its own story.
26) The bolter
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"The story of the wild, beautiful, fearless IDINA SACKVILLE, descendant of one of England's oldest families, who went off to KENYA in search of adventure and became known as the high priestess of the scandalous "HAPPY VALLEY SET"--jacket cover.
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"Set in Kenya against the fading backdrop of the British Empire, a story of self-discovery, betrayal, and an impossible love. After six years in England, Rachel has returned to Kenya and the farm where she spent her childhood, but the beloved home she'd longed for is much changed. Her father's new companion--a strange, intolerant woman--has taken over the household. The political climate in the country grows more unsettled by the day and is approaching...
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Four centuries ago, a group of men left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1607 and built Jamestown, a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations of the British Empire and the United States of America. This book draws on new discoveries and neglected sources.--From publisher description.
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Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company’s outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, young Tony finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he and his fellow indentured servants—boys like himself, men from Africa, a mad woman from London—must work the tobacco...
36) Jamestown, 1607
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Discusses the community that was the first English colony on American soil in 1607, the home of Princess Pocahontas, the first destination port for African slaves, and the business center of the new tobacco industry.
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1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
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It is 1607. Aboard the "Susan Constant," Geoffry Payne is one of a group of intrepid adventurers seeking their fortunes in the mystical land of Virginia. Their tiny English fleet is on its way to establish a foothold in the New World, there to seek gold, silver, and pearls such as the Spanish found.The struggle to establish "James Fort" proves to be an arduous undertaking. When Captain John Smith finally takes control, he applies strict discipline...
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It's boom time in Jamestown, the 17th century English settlement on the very edge of the breathtaking Virginian wilderness. But success brings scrutiny and intrigue, and there are few in the settlement who have nothing to hide. Unlikely alliances have been formed; some provide friendship some offer love and some lead to great peril. Relations with the Native Americans offer hope of advancement for the settlers until greed for land and power corrupts...