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The alphabet is introduced using the letters to describe 26 fine works of art owned by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

A brief biography of late nineteenth-century African-American businesswoman and banker, Maggie L. Walker, who dedicated her life to the equality of the races and helping Africa-Americans to start their own businesses.

Union loyalist Sophie Kent risks everything to help end the war from within the Confederate capital and abolish slavery forever from Richmond, Virginia in 1863. But she can't do it alone. Former slave Bella Jamison sacrifices her freedom to come to Richmond, where her Union soldier husband is imprisoned, and her twin sister still lives in bondage in Sophie's home. Though it may cost them their lives, they work with Sophie to betray Rebel authorities. When her espionage endangers the people she loves, she makes a life-and-death gamble. Will she follow her convictions even though it costs her everything---and everyone---she holds dear?.

Ex-convict and drug dealer Trill Johnson seeks revenge on the man responsible for his imprisonment, and copes with problems with his girlfriend while having an affair with Sunni James, a beauty shop owner who helped him when he was being chased by the police.

Provides an account of the prison break that occurred on February 9, 1864, when 109 Union officers escaped the Confederate's Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, and made their way to Washington, D.C., where their account of their experiences in Libby led to a new cycle of retaliation against Rebel captives.

Murder cases from her past come back to haunt Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, Kay Scarpetta, and she becomes a suspect herself.

Medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta struggles to find leads to the identity of a serial killer who has murdered five couples in Richmond, Virginia, meticulously leaving no clues behind.

Medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta tries to solve the mysterious killings of four young couples. Bones and fragments of clothing, and a jack of hearts are all that remain.