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The Lady from New York

By: Betty Annand

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The Lady from New York is the third historical novel in the trilogy about the tenacious and inspiring Gladys Tunner. Born in 1829 in Old Nichol—one of the worst slums in London—a young Gladys was forced to commit murder, following which she earned a life of riches, only to have widowhood and blackmail take it away and again be forced into servitude. This book begins in 1861 as Gladys and her son arrive in America on the SS Delaney to re-join her third husband, Angelo, leaving behind her daughters by her second husband in England. Will she ever be allowed to have her girls with her? With a host of labels—divorcee, wife, mother, friend, entrepreneur—Gladys struggles to make it all work. But if Gladys is to make a life for herself and everyone in her family, she must adapt quickly to a completely new way of being. Set primarily in New York and London, The Lady from New York captures the immigrant experience from a distinct perspective and will appeal to every age of reader, especially those who enjoy this period of history, in England and the new world. Fans of the author’s previous two novels will not be disappointed by this third installment. A wonderful story about a woman who uses her good fortune in America to help less-fortunate people from her place of origin, it’s the kind of book that keeps you in great company. Written with conviction to its characters—the complex web of interpersonal relationships and the personal ambitions of each character—this is historical fiction at its best!

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FriesenPress

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1525541994

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9781525541995

The Silver Thaw

By: Betty Neels

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The Silver Thaw

By: Betty Neels

SO MUCH FOR AN EAGER GROOM! Amelia and Tom had been engaged a long time—too long! She was beginning to worry about why he was so reluctant to set a date. So when her father first suggested that the three of them should have a holiday in Norway, Amelia thought that in such relaxed surroundings she and Tom would finally be able to settle their future. Instead, Amelia found Gideon van der Tolck often at her side, and his company became increasingly appealing….

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Harlequin

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146032157X

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9781460321577

Lives of the Great Romantics, Part III

By: Betty T Bennett

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Lives of the Great Romantics, Part III

By: Betty T Bennett

This volume sheds light on contemporary perception of William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, a biographically and intellectually compelling literary family of the Romantic period. The writings reveal the personalities of the subjects, and the motives and agendas of the biographers.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000743780

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9781000743784

The Apple Tree

By: Betty J. Roan

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The Apple Tree

By: Betty J. Roan

The Apple Tree: Mamie Hempstead lost her fiancée to WWII. Distraught and alone, she ended her life beneath the spring blossoms of the oldest apple tree in the orchard. Through generations, that tree became known as Mamie's tree. Mamie's tree is magical. It grants wishes. Relax, sit back in your comfy chair, pour a cup of your favorite beverage, and enjoy this eclectic compilation of short stories. Some will bring forth yesteryear. One is a tribute to a life well lived. Others will have you on the edge of your seat, tickle your funny bone, and make you cry. This story collection is pure entertainment.

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Lulu.com

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0557280583

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9780557280582

Trails West

Book II The Trail to San Jacinto

By: Betty Meischen

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Trails West

Book II The Trail to San Jacinto

By: Betty Meischen

Becky stood up abruptly and began to walk back towards the Inn. He followed her and grabbed her hand. "Don't you see? I want to be free so that you and I can be together." Becky disengaged her hand from his. "I will not be just another plaything of yours. I think you should leave, Mr. Travis." "No. I'm not. I can't. He caught her hand again and pulled her against his chest, holding her tightly against his fast-beating heart. "You must know by now how I feel about you." He brushed her blond hair with his lips. "I can't leave," he whispered against her ear, "because I am in love with you, Rebecca Cummings." He pulled her chin up, and for the first time in all those months, he kissed her lips. "Did you hear what I said? Becky, I love you." When William Barret Travis, a young attorney from Alabama, arrives in Austin's Colony, he makes a huge impact on all of the settlers' lives, especially that of lovely Rebecca Cummings. As the colonists prepare for war with Mexico, the Texas pioneers struggle to free themselves from the bonds of tyranny until they finally win their independence at San Jacinto.

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iUniverse

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0595258972

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9780595258970

They Call Tishomingo County Home

By: Betty Compton

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They Call Tishomingo County Home

By: Betty Compton

This book is a combined study of genealogy, history, and literature. It is one family’s journey through every historical event that shaped Tishomingo County. Several generations settled in these beautiful rolling hills. Here they lived, worked, and raised their families. They all faced struggles, found things to love, and carved out a life for themselves. Old family stories bring these people to life. They have been passed by word of mouth through several generations. These fun stories will bring a smile to your face. It’s the fond memories that seem to be remembered, the most.

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Balboa Press

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1982242949

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9781982242947

The Conversational Circle

Rereading the English Novel, 1740-1775

By: Betty Schellenberg

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The Conversational Circle

Rereading the English Novel, 1740-1775

By: Betty Schellenberg

The Conversational Circle offers a model for exploring a range of novels that experiment with narrative patterns. It makes a compelling case that teleological approaches to novel history that privilege the conflict between the individual and society are, quite simply, ahistorical. Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly linear structure. Recent reexaminations of the canon, however, have revealed a number of early novels that do not fit this mold. Betty Schellenberg identifies another kind of plot, one that focuses on the social group—the "conversational circle"—as a model that can affirm traditional values but just as often promotes an alternative sense of community. Schellenberg selects a group of mid-eighteenth-century novels that experiment with this alternative plot structure, embodied by the social circle. Both satirical and sentimental, canonical and non-canonical, these novels demonstrate a concern that individualistic desire threatened to destabilize society. Writing that reflects a circular structure emphasizes conversation and consensus over individualism and conquest. As a discourse that highlights negotiation and harmony, conversation privileges the social group over the individual. These fictions of the conversation circle include lesser-known works by canonical authors (Henry Fielding's Amelia and Richards's Sir Charles Grandison as well as his sequel to Pamela), long-neglected novels by women (Sarah Fielding's David Simple and its sequel Volume the Last, and Sarah Scott's Millenium Hall), and Tobias Smollet's last novel, Humphrey Clinker. Because they do not fit the linear model, such works have long been dismissed as ideologically flawed and irrelevant.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813185238

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9780813185231

Austin Colony Pioneers

A Collection of Early Families Who Came to Stephen F. Austin’s Colony in Texas and Their Descendants

By: Betty Smith Meischen

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Austin Colony Pioneers

A Collection of Early Families Who Came to Stephen F. Austin’s Colony in Texas and Their Descendants

By: Betty Smith Meischen

Austin Colony Pioneers is a collection of many families that came to Texas in its earliest days and the German settlers and their influences upon the growth of Texas. The book is filled with many anecdotes, short stories, obituaries and articles gleaned from area newspapers. These early families intermarried and not only filled Austin’s original colony but their descendants went to every corner of America. The book traces many of these early pioneers into the present day and also gives their roots before they came to Texas. Colonel William Barret Travis of the Alamo has been a constant element of Betty’s historical research because her family was connected to him in many ways. There are descriptions of persons of historical note such as that of General George Custer and his command of Hempstead, Waller County, after the Civil War. There are stories of towns that once flourished and today are no more. The pages are packed with accounts such as the Bell-Schaffner feud and Shootout in Sealy, Texas and tales of infamous Six Shooter Junction, of Elizabeth Ney, the famous sculptress, and many other historical places and persons of interest.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796043001

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9781796043006

Winding Round the Square

Fall In Love With a Small Mountain Town As You Travel Back With Her To Another Time And Place

By: Betty Benedict

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Winding Round the Square

Fall In Love With a Small Mountain Town As You Travel Back With Her To Another Time And Place

By: Betty Benedict

This is the story of a little girl in a small Appalachian mountain town during the depression. She had no relatives in the area except her mother and dad, yet she captivated an entire community with her comic and precocious antics. There was never a dull moment in Hayesville, North Carolina, when this little Pixie was Winding Round the Square. Go with her to meet the people she loved, and travel back to another time and place. It was the hardest of times, and yet the best of times because the spirit of the mountain people made it so. You will feel that you have lived these times with them.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450080480

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9781450080484

From Jamestown to Texas

A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County

By: Betty Smith Meischen

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From Jamestown to Texas

A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County

By: Betty Smith Meischen

The rugged character and indomitable spirit of the early pioneers of Stephen F. Austins Texas colony had their roots in a turbulent, distant past. From the early 1600s, their courageous ancestors had pushed westward, leaving the European shores to carve out a new nation from the wilderness. They fled religious and political oppression in search of a better life in which freedom was of supreme importance. Many came with tales of their former struggles in Londonderry, Ireland during the great siege, of terrible massacres and clan rivalries in the times of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland. They vividly remembered the tribulations of Martin Luther and the deadly religious split with the Catholic Church. More recently, memories of their parents participation in the American Revolution, of dramatic, true life scenes such as depicted in the movie The Patriot filled their minds, their fathers having ridden along side of the wily Swamp Fox, Francis Marion. These pioneers associated themselves with men like Travis, Crockett, Houston and Andrew Jackson. Many of these early trailblazers were Scots-Irish and German immigrants. They were on a westward trek to grasp a special prize, to seal Americas Manifest Destiny. And that prize they sought was Texas. From Jamestown to Texas is the story of these intrepid pioneers and their ancestors who cleared and farmed the land, who fought the Indians, battled the elements, and carved out this wonderful country that we have today.

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1453576398

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The Enemy Stalks

By: Betty Sullivan La Pierre

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The Enemy Stalks

By: Betty Sullivan La Pierre

The story THE ENEMY STALKS, a suspense novel that evolves around agent, JIM ANDERSON who retires from the Agency due to an eye injury he acquired after seeking revenge against his wife's killers. He's found all but the ring leader. When he leaves the Agency, he's given a new identity. TOM CASEY, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR. He moves to the remote COPCO LAKE in northern California. His ability to heal injured hawks earns him the nickname, HAWKMAN, by the local residents. He meets, JENNIFER MORGAN, a young widow and they become friends. DICK HENDERSON, is a double agent and the killer of Jim's wife, hates Jim for selfish reasons and has kept track of him over the years. When Jim vanishes underground, he becomes frustrated. But by a stoke of luck, Dirk discovers his whereabouts and learns his new identity. He begins his ruthless pursuit to get rid of his formal rival by sending in his hired guns. When that fails, he goes in himself, using Jennifer in his relentless desire to kill Hawkman. When Hawkman discovers that Jennifer's life is being threatened, he tries to convince her to leave the area but she refuses. So together, they struggle against snipers, bombs, failed brakes and other harrowing dangers as they try to stay one step ahead of Dirk.

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SynergEbooks

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1591092043

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9781591092049

Lives of the Great Romantics, Part III, Volume 1

By: Pamela Clemit

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Lives of the Great Romantics, Part III, Volume 1

By: Pamela Clemit

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Routledge

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1000748286

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9781000748284

Marriage Records of Scioto County, Ohio, 1803-1860

By: Caryn R. Shoemaker,Betty J. Sisler Rudity

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Marriage Records of Scioto County, Ohio, 1803-1860

By: Caryn R. Shoemaker,Betty J. Sisler Rudity

Compilers Shoemaker and Rudity have assembled a definitive list of 9,000 marriages performed in this southern Ohio county between 1803 and 1860. Each record contains the names of the bride and groom, the date of the marriage, a source citation, and often ages, places of residence, and the names of parents. For convenience, the records are listed in alphabetical order by grooms' names; brides and all others mentioned in the records are listed separately in the index.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806311703

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9780806311708

Children's Literature for All God's Children

By: Virginia Thomas,Betty Davis Miller

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Children's Literature for All God's Children

By: Virginia Thomas,Betty Davis Miller

The themes, words, and concepts in children's literature speak to the whole Christian community. Virginia Thomas and Betty Miller have examined children's literature and designed an extensive annotated list of children's stories, poems, folk tales, and fiction that express faith, belief, theology, and Christian principles. This unique resource/reference handbook gives the church the opportunity to function as a united community of believers. Children and adults have the chance to study and learn together -- grow as a whole community.Thomas and Miller offer a practical approach to children's literature that gives background and theory, an evaluation of techniques, "how-to" guidelines, suggestions for use, lists of books, two annotated bibliographies, and indices: subject and themes, genre, and book awards. Explains: why children's literature is a good resource for Christians where to find good stories how significant themes are adapted for different age levels how to evaluate stories how to use them Parents, teachers, and ministers will delight with children in this new approach to sharing, learning, teaching, and worship. The bibliography of books for all ages is a treasure-house of information. Features basic book information, summary, and themes values. This is an educational tool that provides a new avenue to understanding our faith.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0804216908

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9780804216906

The Silver Thaw

By: Betty Neels

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The Silver Thaw

By: Betty Neels

So much for an eager groom! Amelia and Tom had been engaged a long time-too long! She was beginning to worry about why he was so reluctant to set a date. So when her father first suggested that the three of them should have a holiday in Norway, Amelia thought that in such relaxed surroundings she and Tom would finally be able to settle their future. Instead, Amelia found Gideon van der Tolck often at her side, and his company became increasingly appealing....

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Harlequin

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0373249802

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Creature Crossing

By: Betty Levin

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Creature Crossing

By: Betty Levin

Ben, Kate, and Foster, the trio of friends from Starshine and Sunglow return in this satisfying sequel in which Ben finds a tiny creature in a ditch and is convinced he's stumbled upon something really big -- really big. It looks exactly like a baby dinosaur, but how can Ben be sure without letting the potentially explosive secret out? With help from Kate and Foster the answers begin to come together. But soon there's a new problem, and an even bigger challenge that will unite -- and galvanize -- the youngsters and their entire community.

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Harper Collins

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0062029908

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9780062029904

Oh, Kentucky!

By: Betty Layman Receveur

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Oh, Kentucky!

By: Betty Layman Receveur

Sixteen-year-old Kitty Gentry and her family came to Fort Boonesborough to farm the rich land. But when fierce Shawnee attacked the white settlers, the horrified young Kitty was forced to seek refuge within the walls of the fort. There her real life as a founding mother of Kentucky began -- a life in which she would surive tragedy and hearth-wrenching grief and find the all-encompassing passion of great love as the burgeoning territory became a state . . .

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Ballantine Books

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0345317173

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9780345317179

Where to Retire in Florida

The Most Complete Guide to Retirement Areas in the Sunshine State

By: Richard Fox,Betty Fox

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Where to Retire in Florida

The Most Complete Guide to Retirement Areas in the Sunshine State

By: Richard Fox,Betty Fox

Florida attracts more retirees than any other state--450,000-plus during the latest census. Many times that number are currently considering such a move. This new edition will top their reading lists. Fact-filled profiles of the state's top 99 towns for retirement are enlivened by witty and candid evaluation from the authors.

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0964421666

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9780964421660

Always a Bride

By: Betty Brooks,Brooks,B Brooks

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Always a Bride

By: Betty Brooks,Brooks,B Brooks

From a little girl's hopes to a woman's desires, weddings fulfill a lifetime of dreams. And though the heart survives many trials, true love overcomes the past. Now, celebrate the season when wedding bells ring with a delightful new collection of stories that celebrates the timeless magic of marriage--and the promise of forever.

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Zebra Books

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0821762222

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9780821762226

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