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In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn't officially exist. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has sprung up in a matter of months--a town of trailers and segregated houses, 24-hour cafeterias, and constant security checks. There, June joins hundreds of other young girls operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. They know they are helping to win the war, but must ask no questions...
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"New York Times Bestseller! The View cohost and New York Times bestselling author Sunny Hostin dazzles with this brilliant novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha's Vineyard. Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive Black beach community in the country. Known for its gingerbread Victorian-style houses and modern architectural marvels, this picturesque town hugging the sea is a mecca for the creme de la creme of Black society--where...
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2013
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In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it...
7) A log's life
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A great oak tree, struck down by lightning, becomes home to a variety of creatures over the years, and eventually rots away into a rich mound of dirt that serves as host to an acorn that becomes another mighty oak.
10) The oak papers
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2021.
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Joining the ranks of The Hidden Life of Trees and H is for Hawk, an evocative memoir and ode to one of the most majestic living things on earth—the oak tree—probing the mysteries of nature and the healing role it plays in our lives.
Thrown into turmoil by the end of his long-term relationship, Professor James Canton spent two years meditating [PA1]beneath the welcoming shelter of the massive 800-year-old Honywood Oak tree in North Essex, England....
12) Oak Island gold
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1993.
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For over two centuries, the mysterious labyrinth of shafts and tunnels under Oak Island, a tiny island on Nova Scotia's South Shore, has been the scene of a frantic search by scores of treasure hunters from two continents. They believe that the shafts and intricate manmade flooding system hold the secret to a treasure of untold wealth. Although millions have been, spent, bitter feuds have erupted, and men have died, the treasure has, remained as elusive,...
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[2024]
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You are intrigued by the legend of Oak Island, Nova Scotia, and determined to search out its secrets, and the reader will decide which of the many choices and clues you will follow--to become the discoverer of the truth or the seventh victim of the curse of Oak Island.
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EllRay Jakes series volume 8
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2015.
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Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes of Oak Glen Primary School is looking for a new best friend, and he decides that the best way to find one is to come up with a bunch of amazing things to do at recess--and see who shares in the fun.
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c1999
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A compelling argument that connects the lost treasure of the Knights Templar to the mysterious money pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, that has baffled treasure hunters for two centuries
• Fascinating occult detective work linking the Cathars, the Scottish Masons, and Renne-le-Chateau to the elusive treasure pit on Oak Island
• Draws on new evidence recently unearthed in Italy, France, and Scotland to provide a compelling solution to one of the...
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2019.
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"What makes an oak tree an oak tree and what makes a squirrel a squirrel? In Squirrel's Family Tree, things aren't always what they seem. As squirrel searches for, finds, and hides her acorn treasures beneath the shadows of the great oak trees in the forest, little does she know the role she plays in creating the very environment she forages in."--
A squirrel searches for, finds, and hides acorns for the winter underneath the oak trees, where some...
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Violet Mackerel books volume 6
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[2014]
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Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park.
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2022.
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Lillian Kaufman hasn't heard from her twin sister since Eleanor left for a mysterious job at an Army base somewhere in Tennessee. Then she learns that Eleanor is missing. Lillian leaves New York to sneak into the mysterious town of Oak Ridge, only to learn that Eleanor has vanished without a trace-and she's not the only one. But how do you find someone in a town so dangerous it doesn't officially exist? Forced to pretend to be Eleanor, Lillian finds...
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