The Last Stand

The Last StandBy: Nathaniel Philbrick "An engrossing and tautly written account of a critical chapter in American history." Los Angeles Times Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Hurricane's Eye, Pulitzer Prize finalist Mayflower, and Valiant Ambition, is a historian with a unique ability to bring history to life. The Last Stand is Philbrick's monumental reappraisal of the epochal clash at the Little Bighorn in 1876 that gave birth to the legend of Custer's Last

Amy Tan examines the memories that display these women’s strength

from forklifts

all-consuming fear of an unthinkable

We Have Always Lived in the Castle is perhaps the crowning achievement of Shirley Jackson’s brilliant career: a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse

animals and drivers

She doesn’t know if he’s the snake in the garden or her chance at salvation

humanity and nature

animals' suffering had rarely been discussed

a chillingly realistic novel that plunges readers into great floods

the story he has repressed emerges: his life as a medic in the Japanese Army and his love for a Korean woman forced into sexual service for the troops

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But they're not the only ones after the treasure