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1776 by David McCullough 

Draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the American victory at Trenton. 

Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson 

Provides an account of the hurricane which struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed ten thousand people.

A Painted House by John Grishmam 
Racial tension, a forbidden love affair, and murder are seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy in a 1950s Southern cotton-farming community.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 
Wealthy Mr. Darcy and spirited Elizabeth Bennett dislike each other at first sight, and each must contend with their pride and prejudices while Elizabeth's mother plots economically advantageous marriages for all her daughters.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Scout's father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman in a small Alabama town during the 1930s.

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