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Academy of Hidden Powers

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by W. Varon ...

Narrated by Digital Voice James - Husky & Engaging E ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Academy of Hidden Powers
Unabridged

4 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Four extraordinary children arrive at the mysterious Academy of Hidden Powers, nestled deep within the forest and accessible only to the chosen few. Lysandra, Adrian, Seraphina, and Luciana discover unique gifts within themselves and a bond that links them to the legendary Four from a century ago. As an ancient evil begins to awaken, the young heroes ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Four extraordinary children arrive at the mysterious Academy of Hidden Powers, nestled deep within the forest and accessible only to the chosen few. Lysandra, Adrian, Seraphina, and Luciana discover unique gifts within themselves and a bond that links them to the legendary Four from a century ago. As an ancient evil begins to awaken, the young heroes
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How to be happy

Enjoying expectation

by Raf Varone ...

One of the most powerful ways to cultivate happiness lies in a simple truth: expectation can be more joyful than reality. ... Read more

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One of the most powerful ways to cultivate happiness lies in a simple truth: expectation can be more joyful than reality.
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Robot Dreams

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A graphic novel classic — and now an Oscar-nominated animated feature!After best friends Robot and Dog spend a happy day at the beach, Robot's joints freeze up—they've become rusted through by the water. Dog is powerless to help Robot, who can't move an inch and is too heavy for Dog to carry.Eventually, Dog makes the difficult decision to leave Robot there, and return alone to the life they shared ... Read more

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A graphic novel classic — and now an Oscar-nominated animated feature!After best friends Robot and Dog spend a happy day at the beach, Robot's joints freeze up—they've become rusted through by the water. Dog is powerless to help Robot, who can't move an inch and is too heavy for Dog to carry.Eventually, Dog makes the difficult decision to leave Robot there, and return alone to the life they shared
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Secession Winter

When the Union Fell Apart

by Robert J Cook, William L Barney, Elizabeth R. Varon ...

Series series The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series
Three historians examine what drove southern secession in the winter of 1860-1861 and why it culminated in the American Civil War.Politicians and opinion leaders on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line struggled to formulate coherent responses to the secession of the deep South states. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861 triggered civil war and the loss of four upper South states ... Read more

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Three historians examine what drove southern secession in the winter of 1860-1861 and why it culminated in the American Civil War.Politicians and opinion leaders on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line struggled to formulate coherent responses to the secession of the deep South states. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861 triggered civil war and the loss of four upper South states
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Longstreet

The Confederate General Who Defied the South

by Elizabeth Varon ...

Winner, American Battlefield Trust Prize for HistoryWinner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for NonfictionFinalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyA “compelling portrait” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) of the controversial Confederate general who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South.It was the most remarkable political about-face... ... Read more

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Winner, American Battlefield Trust Prize for HistoryWinner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for NonfictionFinalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyA “compelling portrait” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) of the controversial Confederate general who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South.It was the most remarkable political about-face...
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Armies of Deliverance

A New History of the Civil War

by Elizabeth R. Varon ...

Loyal Americans marched off to war in 1861 not to conquer the South but to liberate it. So argues Elizabeth R. Varon in Armies of Deliverance, a sweeping narrative of the Civil War and a bold new interpretation of Union and Confederate war aims. Northerners imagined the war as a crusade to deliver the Southern masses from slaveholder domination and to bring democracy, prosperity, and education to ... Read more

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Loyal Americans marched off to war in 1861 not to conquer the South but to liberate it. So argues Elizabeth R. Varon in Armies of Deliverance, a sweeping narrative of the Civil War and a bold new interpretation of Union and Confederate war aims. Northerners imagined the war as a crusade to deliver the Southern masses from slaveholder domination and to bring democracy, prosperity, and education to
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The Wars of Clara Barton

One Woman's Fight for the Soul of America

by Elizabeth Varon ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

From the award-winning historian and author of Longstreet, the first major biography of Clara Barton in over forty years, asserting her foundational importance in humanitarian work and American politics.As a Civil War nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton became one of the most powerful women in American history. Across her sixty years of public service, Barton sought ... Read more

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From the award-winning historian and author of Longstreet, the first major biography of Clara Barton in over forty years, asserting her foundational importance in humanitarian work and American politics.As a Civil War nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton became one of the most powerful women in American history. Across her sixty years of public service, Barton sought
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The Wars of Clara Barton

One Woman's Fight for the Soul of America

by Elizabeth Varon ...

From the award-winning historian and author of Longstreet, the first major biography of Clara Barton in over forty years, asserting her foundational importance in humanitarian work and American politics.As a Civil War nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton became one of the most powerful women in American history. Across her sixty years of public service, Barton sought ... Read more

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From the award-winning historian and author of Longstreet, the first major biography of Clara Barton in over forty years, asserting her foundational importance in humanitarian work and American politics.As a Civil War nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton became one of the most powerful women in American history. Across her sixty years of public service, Barton sought
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Southern Lady, Yankee Spy

The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy

by Elizabeth R. Varon ...

Northern sympathizer in the Confederate capital, daring spymaster, postwar politician: Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the most remarkable figures in American history, a woman who defied the conventions of the nineteenth-century South. In Southern Lady, Yankee Spy, historian Elizabeth Varon provides a gripping, richly researched account of the woman who led what one historian called "the most ... Read more

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Northern sympathizer in the Confederate capital, daring spymaster, postwar politician: Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the most remarkable figures in American history, a woman who defied the conventions of the nineteenth-century South. In Southern Lady, Yankee Spy, historian Elizabeth Varon provides a gripping, richly researched account of the woman who led what one historian called "the most
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My Pencil and Me

by Sara Varon ...

Sara Varon's My Pencil and Me is a playful picture book that’s perfect for young artists, writers, and makers—especially if they struggle with confidence or writer's block.Sara loves to draw and tell stories, but sometimes it can be difficult to get started. What if she doesn't have any good ideas or her drawings turn out terrible?!Lucky for Sara, she has a friend who is always by her side—her ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Sara Varon's My Pencil and Me is a playful picture book that’s perfect for young artists, writers, and makers—especially if they struggle with confidence or writer's block.Sara loves to draw and tell stories, but sometimes it can be difficult to get started. What if she doesn't have any good ideas or her drawings turn out terrible?!Lucky for Sara, she has a friend who is always by her side—her
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Appomattox

Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War

by Elizabeth R. Varon ...

Winner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for Nonfiction Winner, Eugene Feit Award in Civil War Studies, New York Military Affairs Symposium Winner of the Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize of the Austin Civil War Round Table Finalist, Jefferson Davis Award of the Museum of the Confederacy Best Books of 2014, Civil War Monitor 6 Civil War Books to Read Now, Diane Rehm Show, NPR Lee's surrender to Grant ... Read more

$15.19 USD

Winner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for Nonfiction Winner, Eugene Feit Award in Civil War Studies, New York Military Affairs Symposium Winner of the Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize of the Austin Civil War Round Table Finalist, Jefferson Davis Award of the Museum of the Confederacy Best Books of 2014, Civil War Monitor 6 Civil War Books to Read Now, Diane Rehm Show, NPR Lee's surrender to Grant
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Hold Hands

by Sara Varon ...

NYT Book Review 2019 25 Best Children's BooksIn Hold Hands, beloved graphic novelist and children's book author Sara Varon offers a sweet rhyming story for toddlers about friendship and connection.Hold hands each time you cross the street.Hold hands on the bus if you don’t have a seat.Hold hands when you say goodbye.And also when you’re jumping high.Everybody holds hands. You can hold hands with ... Read more

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NYT Book Review 2019 25 Best Children's BooksIn Hold Hands, beloved graphic novelist and children's book author Sara Varon offers a sweet rhyming story for toddlers about friendship and connection.Hold hands each time you cross the street.Hold hands on the bus if you don’t have a seat.Hold hands when you say goodbye.And also when you’re jumping high.Everybody holds hands. You can hold hands with
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