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Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
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Description
"Joseph Conrad's enduring portrait of the ugliness of colonialism in a deluxe edition with a gripping cover by 'Hellboy' artist Mike Mignola. 'Heart of Darkness' is the thrilling tale of Marlow, a seaman and wanderer recounting his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz. Traveling upriver into the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's discovery...
Author
Language
English
Description
At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a card game with a white Indian named Featherstone, Will wins a mysterious girl named Claire. As Will's destiny intertwines with the fate of the Cherokee Indians,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
1799, Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor. Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk, has a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city's powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken--the consequences of which will extend beyond Jacob's worst imaginings.
Author
Series
Misfit's life for me volume II
Publisher
Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With Jinx as their newest crew member, the misfits of the Angry Ghost head to Pirate Cove, a popular trading post. But people are going missing there, and many say ghosts are responsible! With Bug's smarts and the misfits' courage, they decide to investigate. Will Pirate Cove ever be safe again?" -- Back cover.
Author
Series
Northwoods volume 2
Publisher
Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
p2016.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Genevieve Vellechamp believes her social background makes it impossible for her former carriage driver to love the real her. She changes her attitude and appearance to fit into every day trading post life, but he's still not convinced she's worth a second look. Robert 'Big Dog' Adams has loved Genevieve forever, but he doesn't believe he's good enough to reveal his true feeling for the former San Francisco socialite. Treachery through family ties...
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Language
English
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Description
"Lorelei Collins possesses a soft heart for any animal in need, so when she finds a buffalo calf bawling beside its mother's lifeless body, she can't help but bring it home to raise on the ranch she and her sisters are building in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Little does she realize that its white coloring is rare and considered sacred by Native Americans, which makes it highly valuable to them and the European trappers alike. A flood of men visit...
Author
Series
Northwoods volume 4
Publisher
Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Danielle's father hoped working for the pastor would curb her wandering spirit. Only he didn't know the preacher had set his heart on turning the girl into his next bride. Unfortunately, that isn't the only secret their man of the cloth is hiding. In a chance encounter on the beach, smuggler Jax Wellington loses his heart to the redheaded beauty. A job near the trading post gives him a chance to learn her identity and pursue her. Jealousy and moonshine...
8) Fort Dance
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
544 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 138 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and tension brought by the War of 1812.
12) A time of change
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
462 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
13) Cheyenne winter
Author
Series
Rocky Mountain Company volume 3
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
512 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Certain that someone is trying to cause the Rocky Mountain Company to lose its trading license when they discover forbidden grain alcohol planted in the hold of their boat, Brokenleg Fitzhugh and his partner, Guy Straus, prepare to argue their case.