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"Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy - an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack - who has already killed...
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 85
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English
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Nancy's discovery of a treasure map leads her into a network of underground passageways beneath a spooky cemetery, where she uncovers a series of clues to both a recent outbreak of robberies and the location of a long-lost fortune in gold.
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Hugo Marston novels volume 2
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English
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It's summer in Paris and two tourists have been murdered in Père Lachaise cemetery in front of Jim Morrison's grave. The cemetery is locked down and put under surveillance, but the killer returns, flitting in and out like a ghost, and breaks into the crypt of a long-dead Moulin Rouge dancer. In a bizarre twist, he disappears under the cover of night with part of her skeleton. One of the dead tourists is an American and the other is a woman linked...
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At the dawn of the 20th century, London is still very much entrenched in the Victorian era. Both visiting the nearby cemetery to visit graves with their families, Maude, the plain daughter of an upper crust family, and Livia, the beautiful daughter of a working class family, begin to forge an important friendship. But as the years pass by, the friends begin to grow apart as English society is pushed into a new, more liberal age.
In January 1901,...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A moving, reverent history—a tribute, really—to ‘The Old Guard’ … An ode to excellence and caring in service to the nation. It is an inspiring read for every American.”— ROBERT M. GATES
An extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton’s Sacred Duty offers an
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Candlewick Press
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2021.
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"With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America's fallen. Discover their story, and that of the unknown soldiers they honor, through resonant words and illustrations. Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America's fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone....
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Celebrated military historian and bestselling author Patrick O'Donnell illuminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself and recreates the moving ceremony during which it was consecrated and the eight Body Bearers, and the sergeant who had chosen the one body to be interred, solemnly united. Brilliantly researched, vividly told, The Unknowns is a timeless tale of heeding the calls of duty and brotherhood, and humanizes the most consequential...
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Storehouse Media Group LLC
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©2021
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English
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In this book, Johnny learns Honor as he gets his first ride on a motorcycle, meets the famous Saluting Marine, and learns why we stand for our flag.
The Author, Tim Chambers (the Saluting Marine) started saluting in D.C. in 2002. The salute has touched the lives of millions.--Ingram Ipage.
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Calkins Creek
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[2012]
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English
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Known as the Poppy Lady, Moina Belle Michael, a schoolteacher from Georgia, successfully established the Flanders Field Memorial Poppy as a universal symbol of tribute and support for veterans and their families during World War I and II.
13) Roslyn Cemetery
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[CWU?]
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1978.
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English
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Includes maps of Roslyn and its cemetery, lists of names and vital statistics of those buried in the cemetery as well as a history of the town and the local coal mining industry.
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A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Collection of three programs on monuments of Washington, D.C., covering the White House, the presidential memorials including the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, and the war memorials including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Arlington Cemetery.
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