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Author
Publisher
Atmosphere Press [Independently published]
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Momentum is a captivating historical novel about Dr. Maria Montessori, a brilliant woman who defied societal norms, becoming one of Italy's first female doctors and later revolutionizing education worldwide. Taking its bones from an actual diary written by Dr. Montessori in 1913 chronicling her first voyage to America, Momentum is a fictionalized retelling of that same journal. Written directly to her son Mario, the novel illuminates their complicated...
Author
Publisher
L.M. Vincent
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the 20th century, a young Jewish immigrant living in the North End of Boston yearns to be a College Man, no matter the cost. Five decades later, his grandson embarks on his own college education and comes face-to-face with the unexpected secrets of his long-dead grandfather. Through dual narratives across time, Levinson Of Harvard traces the parallel stories of grandfather and grandson, as each grapples with misguided aspirations,...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author of the "magnificent...complex, vivid" (New York Journal of Books) Sin Eater returns with a rousing and propulsive novel based on the astonishing true story of the first female Pinkerton detective whose next assignment could end the Civil War. Kate Warner is many things: the country's first female detective, a Pinkerton agent, and a union spy. It's August 1863, and her latest assignment could finally end the bloody war and bring the fractured...
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But she's just been hired as an assistant to photographer Slim Aarons--famous for his vibrant pictures of high society, royalty, and Hollywood stars--and she knows this opportunity is her ticket to something better. From the bright beaches of Acapulco to glitzy parties in New York, Margo is...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
402 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family--French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral--are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st Henry Holt ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 424 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Raoul Yvard, a French privateer, is determined to rescue Admiral Caraccioli of Naples from execution by Lord Nelson, because of Raoul's love for Admiral Caraccioli's daughter.
Author
Series
Murder most Gilded Age volume 1
Publisher
www.BiancaBlytheBooks.com
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
210 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A jilted heiress, a blood-drenched ex-fianč, and scandal in Gilded Age Boston. . . Since the police insist they've solved the case, Ruby decides to discover who killed the viscount herself. Unfortunately, catching a murderer is rather more difficult than achieving good grades in Renaissance art, and she has the dreadful suspicion her own life might be at stake." -- cover, page 4
Author
Series
Railway detective volume 22
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
1866. On a dark, brooding summer's evening, Agnes Lenham seats herself in an empty first-class compartment on the train to Portsmouth. She is joined by a naval officer and a middle-aged man, in high spirits after dining at his club, travelling to his home on the Isle of Wight. His name is Giles Blanchard - and within moments of the train leaving the station, the sailor strangles him... At Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming...
Author
Publisher
Sibylline Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
359 pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Family secrets. A genealogical quest takes Van back 100 years to the Iowa prairie in search of an ancestor no one has claimed. As Van Reinhardt clears out her father's belongings, she comes across a request penned by her father prior to his death. Examining the family portrait of her German immigrant ancestors that he has left her, Van's curiosity grows about one of the children portrayed there. Meanwhile in the 1870's, Kate is a German immigrant...
Author
Series
Women of the way volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Responsible for raising her siblings, Lazarus and Mary, after her mother's untimely death, Martha finds solace in friendship and the beginnings of first love, until adversity strikes again. Many years later, a life-changing encounter with Jesus of Nazareth reawakens Martha's heart, even as she faces an unknown future"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family's house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' home is these migrants' last chance of refuge "before falling into the sea," and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot, and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung's city too, and her family and their guests take shelter underground. When the sirens stop, Kyung is upset--she...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The complete biblical historical fiction compilation by the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and A Voice in the Wind.
The Bible is filled with inspiring stories of unlikely candidates God chose to quietly change eternity. This bestselling compilation in one volume contains five novellas about such people—men who stood behind heroes of the faith. Aaron. Caleb. Jonathan. Amos. Silas.
Each...
The Bible is filled with inspiring stories of unlikely candidates God chose to quietly change eternity. This bestselling compilation in one volume contains five novellas about such people—men who stood behind heroes of the faith. Aaron. Caleb. Jonathan. Amos. Silas.
Each...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inspired by true figures - real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy and his star-crossed love story with a young woman named Maria - this captivating historical debut, set in the Golden Age of Pirates and in the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, combines spellbinding storytelling and impeccable research, perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah and Ellen Marie Wiseman. This true forbidden love story set 300 years ago in Cape Cod and the Caribbean is...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on real accounts of Britain's Land Girls and the Forgotten Blitz, The British Booksellers highlights the courageous choices we must make to live, love, and--in the face of all that tests us--fight for what matters most"--
15) An enemy like me
Author
Publisher
Atmosphere Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"How does a man show his love - for country, for heritage, for family - during a war that sets the three at odds? What sets in motion the necessity to choose one over the other? How will this choice change everything and everyone he loves? Jacob Miller, a first-generation American, grew up in New Berlin, a small German immigrant town in Ohio where he endured the Great Depression, met his wife, and started a family. Though his early years were not...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Betrayed by Mussolini and forced to flee to America, Vincenzo Nicosia, struggling to forget his past and forge a new life, charges his nephew Alex with killing Mussolini and avenging his family during World War II which sweeps Alex into Italian politics where he makes a discovery that could destroy both their lives.
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A young woman struggles to find her voice through her painting, confronting a society hostile to women claiming their place in the world"--
In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women's education who assumes the right to choose his daughters' vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city's dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
602 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The runaway international bestseller - part sweeping historical epic, part legal thriller - following the trial that shaped the life of the young Julius Caesar and gave root to an immortal legacy. Every legend has a beginning. Rome, 77 B.C. Senator Dolabella, known for using violence against anyone who opposes him, is going on trial for corruption and has already hired the best lawyers and even bought the jury. No man dares accept the role of prosecutor...
Author
Publisher
CK Van Dam
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Civil War created countless spinsters and widows. Anna Olson was one of them. With no prospects for marriage and family, Anna pins her future on the frontier and heads west to stake a claim on the wide-open prairies. 'Most women go from their father's house to their husband's house,' Anna said. 'Here, I have my own house. I am my own person.' But the Dakota Plains are not empty. Anna's new life collides with a Lakota warrior. Two Hawks MacKenzie,...
Author
Publisher
Square Enix Manga, an imprint of the Book Publishing division of Square Enix, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Forced to the leave the Inner Palace, Maomao finds herself in the employ of none other than Jinshi, the seemingly ever-present thorn in her side! Immune to his charms, Maomao sets about learning the ways of life in the Outer Palace, where government officials and military officers go about the daily business of running the country. Far from being fearful of her new surroundings, however, Maomao has her insatiable curiosity piqued by the soldier-occupied...
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