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Mistress of Her Heart

By: Helen Carras

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Upon the death of her mother, adventurous Becky Hasting--the illegitimate granddaughter of Sir Walter Raleigh--indentures herself to gain passage to America. Aboard ship, she meets, and falls in love with, Captain Jeremy Clay, yet she knows their future together can never be. But Jeremy vows that one day he will return from the sea to claim Becky's heart.

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388

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Zebra Books

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0821755722

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9780821755723

Endangered

By: Mary Helen Smith,Shuford Smith

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Endangered

By: Mary Helen Smith,Shuford Smith

A New York City automobile accident smashes Melanie Parker Evans' existence. She wakes from a coma to learn that her son, husband, mother and father have been killed. As she physically and emotionally recovers, Melanie discovers even more is at risk - her family's business and estate, a culture, a species .... Set primarily on a fictional sea island off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, explore the recurring cycles from old to new, the changing forces from tides to humans, and the driving primeval urges to survive from loggerhead turtle to mankind. Get involved in this web of vivid characters in an intriguing setting with a timeless prolog, a simple Gullah story, a hellacious firefighting scene, an exciting sex-on-the-beach episode, a fearsome hurricane, a wild chase, a devious drug-running scheme, and more. It's all Endangered.

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300

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Live Simply With Style

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0982827105

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9780982827109

Just Like Us

The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America

By: Helen Thorpe

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Just Like Us

The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America

By: Helen Thorpe

In this eye-opening and poignant true story about the experiences of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver—two who have legal documentation, two who don’t—Helen Thorpe “puts a human face on a frequently obtuse conversation” (O, The Oprah Magazine), exploring themes of identity and friendship and exposing the reality of life for many undocumented immigrants seeking the American dream. Just Like Us tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. We meet the girls on the eve of their senior prom in Denver, Colorado. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the legal pair sees a clear path forward. Their friendships start to divide along lines of immigration status. Then the political firestorm begins. A Mexican immigrant shoots and kills a police officer. The author happens to be married to the Mayor of Denver, a businessman who made his fortune in the restaurant business. In a bizarre twist, the murderer works at one of the Mayor’s restaurants—under a fake Social Security number. A local Congressman seizes upon the murder as proof of all that is wrong with American society and Colorado becomes the place where national arguments over immigration rage most fiercely. The rest of the girls’ lives play out against this backdrop of intense debate over whether they have any right to live here. Just Like Us is a coming-of-age story about girlhood and friendship, as well as the resilience required to transcend poverty. It is also a book about identity—what it means to steal an identity, what it means to have a public identity, what it means to inherit an identity from parents. The girls, their families, and the critics who object to their presence allow the reader to watch one of the most complicated social issues of our times unfurl in a major American city. And the perspective of the author gives the reader insight into both the most powerful and the most vulnerable members of American society as they grapple with the same dilemma: Who gets to live in America? And what happens when we don’t agree?

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432

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Simon and Schuster

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1439166250

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9781439166253

HELEN POTTERS IMPERSONATIONS

By: Helen Potter

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HELEN POTTERS IMPERSONATIONS

By: Helen Potter

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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326

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Wentworth Press

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136287471X

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9781362874713

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Mistress of Her Heart

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Endangered

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Just Like Us

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