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The Four Feathers, by A. E. W. Mason, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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2) Ghost legion
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Against the backdrop of the War for Independence, two intriguing storylines emerge. Stuart Brodie is a black freedman from Charles Town who owns a tavern in the backcountry of South Carolina. On his return from the war, he finds his younger brother, Ezekiel, hanging from the limb of a tree, his tavern burned to the ground, and a note warning any passerby that this is what lies in store for all Tories. Knowing that the guilty party was allied with...
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Shocking scenes of battle...unforgettable soldiers...heartbreaking betrayals...In this stunning, fast-paced novel, a ruthless future war unfolds in a 21st-century nightmare: Los Angeles is a radioactive ruin; Europe lies bleeding; and Israel has been destroyed...with millions slaughtered. A furious America fights to reclaim the devastated Holy Land.
The Marines storm ashore, the U.S. Army does battle in a Biblical landscape. Hi-tech weaponry is useless...
4) Invasion
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry were friends in Virginia, but now that they are both involved in the Normandy invasion, the differences in their positions is uncomfortable, for Josiah is a white infantryman and Marcus is a black transport driver, the only role the segregated army will allow him.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
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Ship breaker volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.
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One man's quiet life is shattered when he's forced to confront terrifying secrets he'd thought buried high in the Italian Alps
The New York Times has called his work "daring and remarkably assured," The Washington Post has dubbed it "shamelessly entertaining," and the Los Angeles Times claims it renders "the raw elegence of the human experience itself." Now Paul Watkins returns with his most engaging and atmospheric novel yet. The ice soldier of...
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Legend (Marie Lu) volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
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June and Day make their way to Las Vegas where they join the rebel Patriot group and become involved in an assassination plot against the Elector in hopes of saving the Republic.
11) Skyhunter
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Skyhunter duology volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
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The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death, transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then sends to attack Mara. The legendary Strikers, Mara's elite fighting force, are trained to stop these monsters. But as the number of Ghosts grows and Karensa closes in, defeat seems inevitable....
14) Coming home
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Follows the emotions of a young boy as he waits at an airport for a family member to return home from serving in the military.
17) Kings falling
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Book of the Wars novels volume 2
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"On a mission to recover the Book of the Wars, Leif and his team are diverted by a prophecy that foretells of sinister guardians who will decimate the enemies of the ArC. As they try to stop the guardians, danger creeps closer to home. The implications could tear them apart"--
18) Dark Shores
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Dark shores volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
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Told from two viewpoints, Teriana, a sea captain's daughter, and Marcus, a soldier, are compelled by Celendor's tyrranical new ruler to undertake the conquest of the West. Includes glossary.
19) Dare
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The blades of Acktar volume 1
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Until an arrow wound and a prairie blizzard drive him to the doorstep of the girls whose family he once destroyed, Leith Torren had never questioned his orders or his loyalty to King Respen.
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Pine Ridge portraits volume 1
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Best-selling author Stephanie Grace Whitson is a two-time Christy Award finalist. Deep in Lakota Sioux territory in 1878, a torched farmstead is discovered by American soldiers. Hidden in the cellar is Laina Gray-delirious and pregnant. Nursed back to health by a woman who trusts God's healing hand, Laina recovers but continues to closely guard her terrible secrets.
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