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The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs.

Presents a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave.

An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace-Lord Byron's daughter, the world's first computer programmer

In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

When Sylvia Bergstrom Compson discovers a stash of letters in the attic of Elm Creek Manor, she traces a remarkable tale back to 1859.

Pledging her loyalty to the North at the risk of her life when her native Virginia secedes, Quaker-educated aristocrat Elizabeth Van Lew uses her innate skills for gathering military intelligence t

Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak.

Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until his visit to the Cirque du Freak.

While visiting the city, Darren, the vampire's assistant, and his friend Evra discover blood-drained corpses and are determined to catch the creature responsible.

Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain--the vampaneze have been there before them.

The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you.

Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan--Darren Shan faces certain death. Can he reverse the odds and outwit a vampire prince?

Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, leaves Vampire Mountain on a life or death mission. As part of an elite force, he searches the world for the Vampaneze Lord.

Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and "vampaneze" killer, faces his worst nightmare yet--school. But homework is the least of Darren's problems.