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  5 Biggest Civil War Battles The:...

  Editors Charles River

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  Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battles, the leadership of the generals, and the courage of the soldiers. Since the war's start over 150 years ago, the battles have been subjected to endless debate among historians and the generals themselves. 
  By 1863, the Civil War had reached a level of ferocity not yet seen, and the 5 biggest battles would take place in 1863-1864, starting with Chancellorsville. Of all the Civil War battles fought, and of all the victories achieved by Robert E. Lee at the command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, the Battle of Chancellorsville is considered the most tactically complex and ultimately the most brilliant Confederate victory of the war. Despite being outnumbered by over 2-1, Lee's army won a battle that saw 30,000 casualties inflicted upon the two sides. 
  Less than 2 months later, the Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia faced off in the most famous and biggest battle of the war at Gettysburg. Day 1 of the battle would have been one of the 25 biggest battles of the Civil War itself, and it ended with a tactical Confederate victory. But over the next two days, Lee would try and fail to dislodge the Union army with attacks on both of its flanks during the second day and Pickett’s Charge on the third and final day. Meade’s stout defense held, barely, repulsing each attempted assault, handing the Union a desperately needed victory that ended up being one of the Civil War’s turning points. 
  The second bloodiest battle of the Civil War came in September 1863 at Chickamauga, which saw George H. Thomas save the Union Army of the Cumberland from a disaster on the second day of the battle after a Union blunder had created a gap in the line. After nearly 35,000 casualties suffered by the two sides, Thomas prevented the destruction of the Union army by Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee.

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  You're Finally Here!

  Melanie Watt

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  This back-to-school favorite is the perfect book for welcoming someone new—or for laughing yourself silly!Hooray! You're finally here! But where were you? A bunny bounces through a range of emotions in this hilarious audiobook about how difficult it is to wait. At first it's ecstatic that you, the reader, have arrived. But then it lets you know that waiting for you took too long, was way too boring, and even became insulting. The bunny is ready to forgive everything if you'll promise to stay. Just hold on one second—it needs to take a phone call. Wait! Come back! Where are you going? This funny, energetic, in-your-face story is just right for anyone who needs to practice a little patience, or for welcoming a new friend, student, or family member.

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  A Terrible Tide

  Suzanne Meade

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  November 18th, 1929. In her small village in Newfoundland, Celia is setting the table for her 13th birthday celebration when the house starts to shake. It’s an earthquake, rumbling under the Atlantic Ocean. A few hours later, the sea water disappears from the harbor, only to rush back in a wave almost 30 feet high, destroying nearly everything in its path. Buildings, boats, and winter supplies of fish and food are washed away, and Celia and her community are devastated. With their only phone line cut off and no safe route to get help, they are isolated and facing a long, cold, hungry winter.
  		 
  Their house destroyed and village in ruins, Celia and her family must band together and share the work needed for the community to survive. Can Celia find the courage to help her injured loved ones? Will help arrive before it’s too late?
  		 
  Based on the true story of an earthquake that shook Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula, A Terrible Tide tells the tale of this forgotten disaster from the point of view of a young girl whose life is turned upside down.

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  Vintage Sci-Fi 15 - 21 Vintage...

  Arthur C. Clarke, H.P....

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  Vintage Sci-Fi 15 - 21 Vintage Science Fiction Short Stories from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960sNever on Mars by John WyndhamMembership Drive by Murray F. YacoThe Perfect Woman by Robert SheckleySpawning Ground by Lester Del ReyArena by Fredric BrownThe Stuff by Henry SlesarSuperiority by Arthur C. ClarkeCome Home From Earth by Edmond HamiltonDouble-Cross by Frederik Pohl When the Moon Fell by Morrison ColladayIt Burns Me Up! by Ray BradburyMy Past is Mine by Gerda RhoadsThe Outer Quiet by Herbert D. KastleCosmic Striptease by Harlan EllisonYesterday Was Monday by Theodore SturgeonPotential by Robert SheckleyOr Darwin, If You Prefer by Mel HunterThe Artist and the Door by Dorothy QuickNobody Saw the Ship by Murray LeinsterThe Beast in the Cave by H. P. LovecraftA Thousand Deaths by Jack London

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  I am Hattie the Hare - A Tale...

  Pam Ayres

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  Read by the author, Pam Ayres.Join Hattie the playful Brown Hare as she leaps from meadow to farm to heath, in this heartwarming tale written in rhyme by the much-loved poet Pam Ayres, author of The Last Hedgehog.We didn’t always live here, once we had a sunny home,We came here with centurions, all the way from Rome . . .From grape green meadows to old-fashioned farms, hares travelled thousands of miles to find a home in the British countryside. What do they eat? What's their perfect habitat? Can you tell them apart from rabbits?Wonderfully read by the author, I Am Hattie the Hare is a follow-up to the bestselling I Am Oliver the Otter, bursting with natural and historical facts interwoven throughout the story.

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  Shaking Up the House

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  A friendly prank war at the White House spirals out of control in this hilarious and heartfelt middle grade novel written by acclaimed author Yamile Saied Méndez and perfect for fans of President of the Whole Fifth Grade and Merci Suárez Changes Gears.  
  Ingrid and Winnie López have lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for eight years, but their friends Skylar and Zora Williams—the new first daughters—are about to move into the White House with their mom, the president-elect. What the Williamses don’t know is that incoming presidents’ families are often pranked by the folks they’re replacing, and Ingrid and Winnie take that tradition very seriously. 
  But when the four girls get wrapped up in an ever-escalating exchange of practical jokes and things spiral out of control, can they avoid an international incident? Or will their battle go down in American history and ruin their friendship forever?

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