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Lucy Marsden's testament of her Civil War days includes a three-way love story, an eccentric small-town family, accounts of combat, and the price she paid--the lives of her nine children and the freedom of her best friend.
"A philosopher's examination of how animal and plant life has shaped the history of our planet"-- Provided by publisher.
"A book about a British farmer who takes a sabbatical and goes to a tiny Norweigian island. He joins two women who are restoring eider duck nests. About quietness, natural beauty, paying attention to simple tasks. Nature writing."
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A riveting account of the five heated months in which King Charles I attempted to arrest five dissident Members of Parliament by bringing an armed force to the House of Commons--a shocking act of political terrorism that pushed England toward...
