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Animal Farm ; 1984

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George Orwell
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Book, 1st ed, Harcourt, 2003
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ANIMAL FARM George Orwell’s classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture. It is the account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones’s Manor Farm into Animal Farm–a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Domestic animals · Fiction · Totalitarianism · Political fiction. · lcsh · London (England) · Orwell, George, 1903-1950 · Orwell, George, 1903-1950 · Orwell, George, 1903-1950
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The Royal Historical Society Bibliography A Guide To Writing About British And Irish History

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Nineteen Eighty-four

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George Orwell ; with an introduction by Julian Symonds
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Book, Knopf, 1992
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Totalitarianism · Fiction · London (England) · Orwell, George, 1903-1950
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR6029.R8 N49 1992 DUE 10-30-09
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Shakespeare’s Friends

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Kate Emery Pogue
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Book, Praeger, 2006
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Shakespeare, more than any other writer in the western world, based much of his work on the consequences of friendship. This work gives readers the chance to learn more about Shakespeare’s friends, who they were and what they can tell us about Shakespeare and his times. Francis Collins, a lawyer who represented Shakespeare in a number of legal dealings, drafted both versions of Shakespeare’s will. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Shakespeare, William, · 1564-1616 · Friends and associates · Dramatists, English · Early modern, 1500-1700 · Biography · Great Britain · History · Elizabeth, 1558-1603 · Stratford-upon-Avon (England) · London (England) · Pogue, Kate
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London : An Architectural History

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Anthony Sutcliffe
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Book, 1st ed, Yale University Press, 2006
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London is one of the world?s greatest cities, and its architecture is a unique heritage. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Architecture · England · London · London (England) · Buildings, structures, etc · Sutcliffe, Anthony, 1942-
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Broadcasts From The Blitz : How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America Into War

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Philip Seib
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Book, 1st ed, Potomac Books, 2006
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Broadcasts from the Blitz is a story of courage?of a journalist broadcasting live from London rooftops as bombs fell around him?and of intrigue, as the machinery of two governments pulled America and Britain together in a common cause. Finally there is the drama of December 7, 1941, when Murrow was the sole journalist to meet with Roosevelt.Broadcasts from the Blitz is for all those interested in the influential career of an extraordinary man and in the relationship between journalism and politics. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Murrow, Edward R · World War, 1939-1945 · Journalism, Military · Diplomatic history · Radio journalism · United States · History · 20th century · London (England) · Bombardment, 1940-1941 · Seib, Philip M., 1949-
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The Lambs Of London : A Novel

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Peter Ackroyd
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Book, 1st ed. in the U.S.A, Nan A. Talese, 2006
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Young men · England · London · Fiction · Antiquarian booksellers · London (England) · Intellectual life · 19th century · Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
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Leaving Home : A Novel

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Anita Brookner
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2005
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Once settled in a small Paris hotel, Emma befriends Fran (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Young women · Fiction · Mothers and daughters · Female friendship · British · France · Mothers · Death · Women scholars · London (England) · Brookner, Anita
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The Great Stink

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Clare Clark
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Book, 1st U.S. ed, Harcourt, 2005
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It is 1855, and engineer William May has returned home to his beloved wife from the battlefields of the Crimea. With extraordinarily vivid characters and unflinching prose that recall Year of Wonders and The Dress Lodger, The Great Stink marks the debut of an outstandingly talented writer in the tradition of the best historical novelists. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Crimean War, 1853-1856 · Veterans · Fiction · Underground areas · Ragpickers · Sewerage · London (England) · Clark, Clare
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR6103.L3725 G74 2005 AVAILABLE

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Epic Journeys Of Freedom : Runaway Slaves Of The American Revolution And Their Global Quest For Liberty

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Cassandra Pybus
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Book, Beacon Press, 2006
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Fugitive slaves · United States · History · 18th century · Australia · New South Wales · Sierra Leone · England · London · Revolution, 1775-1783 · African Americans · To 1896 · London (England) · Pybus, Cassandra
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The Edge Of Pleasure

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Philippa Stockley
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Book, 1st U.S. ed, Harcourt, 2006
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He is an enormously gifted painter, staggeringly good-looking, and profoundly self-involved, a cross between every woman’s dream and every woman’s worst nightmare. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Artists · Fiction · Self-destructive behavior · Triangles (Interpersonal relations) · London (England) · Stockley, Philippa
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Victorian London : The Life Of A City, 1840-1870

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Liza Picard
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Book, 1st ed, St. Martin’s Press, 2006
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But this was also, at least until the 1850s, a city of cholera outbreaks, transportation to Australia, public executions, and the workhouse, where children could be sold by their parents for as little as (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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London (England) · History · 19th century · Social conditions · Picard, Liza, 1927-
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The Night Watch

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Sarah Waters
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Book, Riverhead Books, 2006
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World War, 1939-1945 · England · London · Fiction · London (England) · History · Bombardment, 1940-1945 · 1800-1950 · Waters, Sarah, 1966-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR6073.A828 N54 2006 AVAILABLE

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The Case Of The Missing Marquess : An Enola Holmes Mystery

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Nancy Springer
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Book, Philomel Books, 2006
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When Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared?on her 14th birthday nonetheless?she knows she alone can find her. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Springer, Nancy
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A True And Faithful Narrative

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Katherine Sturtevant
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Book, 1st ed, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006
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In Restoration London, sixteen-year-old Meg Moore is something of an anomaly. But once Meg learns to direct the power behind her words, will she be able to undo the damage she has caused, and write freely the stories that she longs to put to paper? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Authorship · Juvenile fiction · Courtship · Sex role · London (England) · History · 17th century · Great Britain · Charles II, 1660-1685 · Juvenile fiction · Sturtevant, Katherine
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