Malachy McCourt
Could an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning ... [... more]
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Edward Kritzler
How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean Edward Kritzler [... more]
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Francis Parkman
The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of rivalry and greed between the great imperial powers culminated in five brutal years of ... [... more]
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Lino Pertile
In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of and thus introduced Dante's literary genius to the New World. In the , the spirit of the classical poet Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell on the ... [... more]
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William H. Prescott
Originally published in 1847, History of the Conquest of Peru, a companion volume to William H. Prescott's masterly History of the Conquest of Mexico, continues his vivid chronicle of Spanish exploits in the New World. The book's commanding ... [... more]
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America 2009 Mini Wall Calendar
 America Mini Wall Calendar: This vast land derived its name from the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci whose travels in the New World were published in 1507. America the beautiful, with its glorious peaks, inviting waters, distinctive landscapes, an [... more]
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Hummingbirds 2009 Wall Calendar
Hummingbirds Wall Calendar: There is something magical about hummingbirds. Found only in the New World, hummingbirds come in an astonishing variety—at least 330 species. The smallest of birds, they weigh between .07 and .7 ounces. What seems most [... more]
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