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Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman, and from religious crises of conscience to the ethics of naval mutiny, it poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Through the story of Margaret Hale, the middle-class southerner who moves to the northern industrial town of Milton, Gaskell skilfully explores issues of class and gender in the...
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Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price.
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This magnificent novel transports readers to the world of a prominent Boston family summering on the New Hampshire coast, and to the social orbit of a spirited young woman who falls into a passionate, illicit affair with an older man, with cataclysmic results.
The Fortune Rock's Quartet collects four of Anita Shreve's most beloved novels-Fortune's Rocks, The Pilot's Wife, Sea Glass, and Body Surfing-for...
The Fortune Rock's Quartet collects four of Anita Shreve's most beloved novels-Fortune's Rocks, The Pilot's Wife, Sea Glass, and Body Surfing-for...
5) Steel Town
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
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English
Description
In Steel Town, it's always raining, freight trains come and go, the big furnace roars, and the steel mill never sleeps.
6) Carousel
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English
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A carny barker falls in love with a sweet millworker, but his wayward ways don't change enough to prevent his early death.
10) The miller
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"Explore the life of a colonial miller and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
11) Old water mills
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1975
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1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : analog.
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English
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