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[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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After the tragic romance of Jane the Quene, this second book in the Seymour Saga takes a dark turn through an era in which King Henry VIII descends into cynicism, suspicion, and fits of madness – and in which mistakes mean death. Edward Seymour’s future is uncertain. Although his sister Jane bore Henry the son he’d sought for twenty years, when she died in childbirth, Henry’s good nature died with her. Now the fiercely ambitious Edward...
Author
Publisher
[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
All Jane Seymour wants is a husband; but when she catches the eye of a volatile king, she is pulled deep into the Tudor court's realm of plot and intrigue.... England. 1535. Jane Seymour is 27 years old and increasingly desperate to marry and secure her place in the world. When the court visits Wolf Hall, the Seymour ancestral manor, Jane has the perfect opportunity to shine: her diligence, efficiency, and newfound poise are sure to finally attract...
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English
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"To love and to lose is sad. To never love again, is a tragedy."In November of 1979, David Elliott, 32, learns the truth in his father's words. Likeable and quick-witted, David works at Wyndlan, his father's farm in southern England, and he struggles to keep it prosperous. His long hours there are a flashpoint in his stormy relationship with his French girlfriend.While at the local pub, David chats up the new barmaid in town, a feisty Canadian girl....
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English
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There are 740 Days left until the fire that changes industrial history forever.
It's 1909. Seventeen-year-old Ruth survived the Russian Revolution and is now finally reunited with her lost love in the New World. All she wants is peace and a new life with her family in New York.
But when an uprising of 20,000 women vows to take down a greedy factory owner, can Ruth possibly stay away? Who will survive? And will they ever be the same again?
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5) Fiery Girls
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English
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Two young immigrant women. One historic strike. And the fire that changed America. In 1909, shy sixteen-year-old Rosie Lehrer is sent to New York City to earn money for her family's emigration from Russia. She will, but she also longs to make her mark on the world before her parents arrive and marry her to a suitable Jewish man. Could she somehow become one of the passionate and articulate "fiery girls" of her garment workers' union? Maria Cirrito,...
Author
Publisher
[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Brynnde Archambault's father has given her an ultimatum: find a suitor during the London Season, else settle for their dull neighbor Mr. Dallweather. Brynnde thinks she's found the solution to her problem in the form of witty and handsome Viscount Burbridge, but when scandal strikes she's back to square one. Meanwhile, Brynnde has no problem finding matches for her friends and even her own brother. Can she find love for herself, too, or must she...
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Publisher
[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It's 1942 in Nazi-Occupied Paris. Mori Rothstein is a widely-respected, internationally-known art dealer, loving husband, and father. Mori's once-charmed life darkens when Hermann Goering— the head of the Nazi Gestapo and one of the most feared men alive— seeks out his expertise. Goering gives Mori a choice: appraise priceless pieces of art that will be deported to Hitler's new museum or risk his and his family's lives. As his friends and fellow...
Author
Publisher
Gossip Park Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Book one of a four part story of two young men, lifelong friends, Catholic Marcus and Jewish Levi in historic family saga beginning in 1900 in China's Boxer Rebellion and ending in Germany in 1909. Book two will cover World War I years from 1909 to 1919.
Author
Publisher
[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The Irish Goodbye is a celebration of growing up in Albany in the 1950’s, specifically on Partridge St., between Western Ave. and Madison Ave. I feel that anyone coming of age during that time in Albany would enjoy the story, especially if you are familiar with that neighborhood, which in a way, is one of the main characters.
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Publisher
The Written Word Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A Canadian is drafted into the Soviet Red Army during World War II, just in time to be thrown against Nazi Germany's invasion in Operation Barbarossa. Caught in the vise of the Nazi and Communist forces, Maurice Bury concentrates on keeping his men alive as they retreat across Ukraine from the German juggernaut. Now the question is: will they escape from the hell of the POW camp before they starve to death?
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Publisher
KDP Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Based on a firsthand account. Imagine fighting for an ideal you cannot fathom. Imagine searching for a flicker of patriotism before a wave of blood. Imagine nausea at the idea of your brother as a target. Imagine curtains opening to reveal calculated extermination. Towards the end of World War II, Hitler was desperate. He pulled in young and old to fight a losing war. Sixteen year old Karl's experiences and his journey from then to modern day, through...
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Publisher
Buckskin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When her husband brings her to a lonely ridge north of the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona, to start a cattle ranch in 1865, Esperanza Ramirez struggles to help him achieve his dream. Finding an ancient pot in her garden gives her a sense of companionship, as does, surprisingly, the presence of an enigmatic Apache that watches her from a distance. Can she survive the desolation, the tragic loss of a child, her husband's indifference...
Author
Publisher
[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1519, and Tizoc is an Aztec boy growing up in a remote farming village. He was born with the curse of being unlucky; and his worst bad luck occurs when he accidentally destroys a priceless feather cape. As punishment, his parents are slated for sacrifice at the great temple. With the help of a few friends, Tizoc travels to the capital city, Tenochtitlan, in a desperate attempt to rescue his parents from a gruesome death.
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Publisher
www.booklocker.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Before Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes a leader of the women's rights movement and prominent abolitionist she faces challenges fraught with disappointment. Her father admires her intellect but warns a woman cannot aspire to the goals of men. Her sister’s husband becomes her champion—but wants more. Religious fervor threatens to consume her. She faces depression and despair and records these struggles and other dark secrets in diaries. When she...
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Publisher
Yorkshire Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Oklahoma, 1944. Everything is about to change for Paul and his family.
Paul’s teachers say he’s distracted, and they’re not wrong. With the demands of a struggling farm, Allied boots in Europe, and secrets surrounding his mother’s death, who can blame him? And the expectations of his unapproachable father are seemingly out of reach. When a financial windfall sparks a rags-to-riches transformation, it also sets in motion events that will test...
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Publisher
Burning Books Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An Epic Quest for Love The untold story that burns at the heart of Wuthering HeightsWhen Heathcliff flees Wuthering Heights as a heartbroken young Englishman, he begins an astounding series of adventures that marks him forever. Haunted by memories of Catherine Earnshaw, his first love, Heathcliff embarks on an astonishing odyssey that carries him to the seaport of Liverpool, on a slaving ship to Africa, to the slave auctions and brothels of Jamaica,...
Author
Publisher
[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Leaving home for the first time, 22-year old Lucile Ball accepts a teaching position in Michigan's rugged Upper Peninsula, awaiting her fiancé's return from the Great War. Initially thrilled by the newfound independence, her world unravels when letters sent to her beloved Howard begin coming back unopened-the word WOUNDED stamped across his name-just as the deadly influenza epidemic that's rounding the globe strikes. Unlike any virus ever seen, the...
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