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The Greedy Sparrow: An Armenian Tale

The Greedy Sparrow: An Armenian Tale

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A sparrow's greed gets the best of him.
Sparrow and Crowe: The Demoniac of Los Angeles

Sparrow and Crowe: The Demoniac of Los Angeles

Souza, Jared

It's a catch-22 for Sparrow and Crowe, as they find themselves caught between both Hell and the mob.
Killing: Misadventures In Violence

Killing: Misadventures In Violence

Jeff Sparrow

How do they live with the aftermath?These questions lead Sparrow through history and across Australia and the USA, talking to veterans and slaughtermen, executioners and writers about one of the last remaining taboos.Compassionate, engaged ...
The Sparrow

The Sparrow

Mary Doria Russell

Set in the 21st century - between 20 and 60 years from now - The Sparrow is the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and talented linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who - in response to a remarkable radio signal from the depths of space - leads a ...
Northwoods Standoff

Northwoods Standoff

Thomas Sparrow

Equipped with a damaged brain, a propensity for violence, and a quarter of a million in ill-gotten gains, Thomas Sparrow sets out to find new pleasures and winds up in a hazy world of drugs and perversion.
See You Next Summer: Postcard Memories of Sparrow Lake Resorts

See You Next Summer: Postcard Memories of Sparrow Lake Resorts

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Postcard Memories of Sparrow Lake Resorts Bruce M. McCraw. From Port Stanton to Vanomi BENNETT'S PENINSULA FARM HOTEL Haemon Bennett of Bennett's Peninsular Farm Hotel is an enduring folk legend around Sparrow Lake .
Will Sparrow's Road

Will Sparrow's Road

Karen Cushman

In 1599 England, twelve-year-old lying, thieving Will Sparrow runs away, meets many colorful characters on the road, and then reluctantly joins a traveling "oddities" exhibit, where he learns to see beyond appearances.
Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America

Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America

Amy Belding Brown

Based on the compelling true narrative of Mary Rowlandson, Flight of the Sparrow is an evocative tale that transports the reader to a little-known time in early America and explores the real meanings of freedom, faith, and acceptance.
Red Sparrow: A Novel

Red Sparrow: A Novel

Jason Matthews

Turn the page for a preview of the next thrilling novel by JASON MATTHEWS, continuing the adventures of Dominika, the Red Sparrow, and Nathaniel, her CIA lover. . . Copyright © 2014 by Jason Matthews ONE Captain Dominika Egorova of  ...
Into a Light Both Brilliant and Unseen: Conversations with ...

Into a Light Both Brilliant and Unseen: Conversations with ...

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Conversations with Contemporary Black Poets Malin Pereira. African Sleeping Sickness: Stories & Poems, Black Sparrow Press, 1990. Hand Dance, Black Sparrow Press, 1993. American Sonnets (chapbook), Woodland Pattern/Light and ...
The Road Home: Book Three of Sparrow Wars in the Garden of Bliss

The Road Home: Book Three of Sparrow Wars in the Garden of Bliss

C.A. Portnellus

Book Three of Sparrow Wars in the Garden of Bliss C.A. Portnellus. Portnellus continues the arduous work to publish the books in this series, while taking time for writing other books coming later in the series. Always caught up in creative, social and humane efforts, the author stays busy. C.A. Portnellus hopes that you have enjoyed this series thus far and looks forward to any kind comments.
Fog of War: The Second World War and the Civil Rights Movement

Fog of War: The Second World War and the Civil Rights Movement

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James. T. Sparrow. A riddle characterized statebuilding and national citizenship during the 1940s. These were years of retrenchment, when the social citizenship of the New Deal welfare state withered under conservative fire, while the ...
Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges

Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges

Stephan F. Miescher

Describing the post-Second World War citizen-soldier model, historian James T. Sparrow notes that many Americans in the 1950s and 1960s 'regarded their military service . . . as a crucible' of their citizenship. Historian Daniel Rodgers argues ...
Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big ...

Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big ...

James T. Sparrow

Warfare State shows how the federal government, in the course of World War II, vastly expanded its influence over American society.
Boundaries of the State in US History

Boundaries of the State in US History

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James T. Sparrow is associate professor of history and master of the social sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. William J. Novak is the Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne professor of law at the University of michigan law school ...
Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big ...

Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big ...

James T. Sparrow

David R. B. Ross, Preparing for Ulysses: Politics and Veterans During World War II (New York: Columbia University Press, 1969); Kathleen J. Frydl, The GI Bill ( New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009); Glenn Altschuler and Stuart Blumin, ...
Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big ...

Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big ...

James T. Sparrow

David R. B. Ross, Preparing for Ulysses: Politics and Veterans During World War II (New York: Columbia University Press, 1969); Kathleen J. Frydl, The GI Bill ( New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009); Glenn Altschuler and Stuart Blumin, ...
Sparrow Girl

Sparrow Girl

Sara Pennypacker

Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds.
Marriages in Nova Scotia (excluding Halifax City), ...

Marriages in Nova Scotia (excluding Halifax City), ...

Heather Allison Long

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Silver Sparrow

Silver Sparrow

Tayari Jones

It is a relationship destined to explode. This is the third stunning novel from an author deemed “one of the most important writers of her generation” (the Atlanta Journal Constitution).
Iron

Iron

Giles Sparrow

Discusses the origin, discovery, special characteristics, and uses of iron.
Things of the Earth, Book Four - Part Two: Sparrow Wars in ...

Things of the Earth, Book Four - Part Two: Sparrow Wars in ...

C. a. Portnellus

It is 1954 and Barton Barre has not only survived World War II, but also come home a hero, thanks to his family''s lucky phoenix.
Things of the Earth: Book 4 Part Ii Sparrow Wars in the ...

Things of the Earth: Book 4 Part Ii Sparrow Wars in the ...

C.A. Portnellus

It is 1954 and Barton Barre has not only survived World War II, but also come home a hero, thanks to his familys lucky phoenix.
From London with Love: Rebellious Brides

From London with Love: Rebellious Brides

Diana Quincy

Feisty Emilia and brooding Sparrow are the perfect couple, add to that murder and art theft and this book had me furiously turning the pages.
Nickel

Nickel

Giles Sparrow

Describes the properties of the element nickel and covers its history, its alloys, places where it is found, and mining and refining. Also discusses chemical reactions.
Bartlett Plays: 1: My Child, Contractions, Artefacts, Cock, ...

Bartlett Plays: 1: My Child, Contractions, Artefacts, Cock, ...

Mike Bartlett

James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda Yeah. I was. Idiot. I knew about roaming patrol. So I was jumpy. I stood up and tried to see.
Radical Melbourne: A Secret History

Radical Melbourne: A Secret History

Jeff Sparrow

Presents a pictorial guide through the first 100 years of political radicalism in Melbourne, focusing on the structures, streets and public places that remain today.
No Way But This: in search of Paul Robeson

No Way But This: in search of Paul Robeson

Jeff Sparrow

Part travelogue, part biography, this is a tale of political ardour, heritage, and trauma — a luminous portrait of a remarkable man, and an urgent reflection on the crises that define us now.

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