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|  | Twenty Years at Hull-House by Jane Addams, Norah Hamilton, Ruth Sidel, Victoria Bissell Brown
Jane Addams's memoir of her experience running a settlement house on Chicago's West Side includes portraits of people in need and is a model for community service. Addams firmly believed that education and social activity were essential aspects of any program to turn lives around. AUTHOR: Jane Addams, Norah Hamilton, Ruth Sidel, Victoria Bissell Brown
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | The Hauntings of Williamsburg, Yorktown, & Jamestown by Jackie Behrend
For more than 250 years, people have told tales of strange occurrences in Virginia`s historic triangle. Colonial homes, deserted battlefield, haunted cemeteries, local churches, and public buildings all provide backgrounds for ghostly stories. Jackie Behrend, creator of two of the area`s most popular walking tours-- Haunted Williamsburg and Hauntings of Yorktown --now gathers over 40 of her most popular tales in this collection. Photos. AUTHOR: Jackie Behrend
PUBLISHER: Blair, John F. Publisher
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pirate's Prisoner! by David Antram, John Malam
Description not available.Offers a humorous look at life as a captain of a Spanish treasure ship taken prisoner by pirates. AUTHOR: David Antram, John Malam
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Embracing the Covenant by Allan Berkowitz, Allan L. Berkowitz, Patti Moskovitz
Description not available.Converts to Judaism discuss the reasons for their conversion and what qualities they find in Judaism AUTHOR: Allan Berkowitz, Allan L. Berkowitz, Patti Moskovitz
PUBLISHER: Jewish Lights Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The History of England by Hugh T. Roper, Thomas B. Macaulay
Description not available.Examines social, economic, and political forces and events that contributed to the shaping of the modern nation AUTHOR: Hugh T. Roper, Thomas B. Macaulay
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Why Didn't You Get Me Out? by Frank Anton
Description not available.A harrowing first-person account relates the experiences of a former Vietnam POW's experiences in a prison camp. Reprint. AUTHOR: Frank Anton
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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