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The treasures of the seven seas

Cleopatra and the mystery of the San Diego
Follows Franck Goddio and his team of underwater archaeologists as they search the seabed for artifacts from lost cities that can provide a new picture of what life was like in Egypt during the age of Cleopatra.

Remember the Titans

2001
A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by African-American Herman Boone, tough, opinionated and as different from Yoast as could be. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. A rousing celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction and mistrust comes together in triumphant harmony.

Hospital days

reminiscence of a Civil War nurse
1996

Tales out of school

a teacher's candid account from the front lines of the American high school today
1986
A teacher describes life at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA.

Miriam's song

a memoir
2000
Mark Mathabane chronicles the life of his sister Miriam, describing the experiences she had living in South Africa under the apartheid social system.

I live at a military post

2000
Presents a children's book for early readers that describes, through the eyes of a third-grader, the things to do and see while living on a military post.
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