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Fellow Travelers is the story of the women in the brothers lives: Katya, the peasant girl Victor rescues from the streets of Moscow; Tania, the communist party functionary who eventually becomes his wife; and Yelena, the singer and cabaret entertainer Manny marries and ultimately destroys. Though the story centers on the rivalry between the two brothers, it also reflects the ambitions of their father, a millionaire co-founder of the American Communist...
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The following is a journal written by James Cook, a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the...
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The first-ever illustrated account of Captain James Cook's epic eighteenth-century voyages, complete with excerpts from his vivid journals.
This is history's greatest adventure story. In 1766, the Royal Society chose prodigal mapmaker and navigator James Cook to lead a South Pacific voyage. His orders were to chart the path of Venus across the sun. That task completed, his ship, the HMS Endeavour, continued to comb the southern hemisphere for the...
4) Fury Fall
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Their world is unjust…Is violence the only answer?Gun wants to change all that. But nothing is ever that easy. And when a childhood friend reappears in his life, it only complicates matters. Aithen isn't the person he used to be. The military is tightening its grip.Can Gun fight the inequality?The revolution isn't what it seems… Aithen is pushed to the brink when he clashes with the Wardens. They need him, but does he need them? The time to confront...
5) Sun Maker
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Is there meaning anymore?At the end of all things……where can one find hope? Sina takes refuge with the Dominion, a growing rebel military, and the only hope for defeating the Vine.But when the Valgeren steal the power Temperance from Aradoneh and threaten Wold again, Sina must decide whether to abandon those who cannot help themselves……or protect them. Hana finds herself in the middle of danger, and safety seems far from her grasp. Her daughter,...