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The Train to Orvieto Rebecca J. Novelli The Train to Orvieto, set in Orvieto, Florence, and Milan, Italy, and in the heartland of America, is an intimate story of love, loss, betrayal, and reconciliation that unfolds against an historical background of war and dramatic social change. It is a story enacted by fascinating three-dimensional... |
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Across Great Divides Monique Roy Across Great Divides is a timeless story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler came to power in 1933, one Jewish family refused to be destroyed and defied the Nazis only to come up against another struggle — apartheid in South Africa. Sixteen... |
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The Cry of the Lone Coyote Debra Barton American history books often portray the Spanish missions of California as havens of civil coexistence between the Spanish conquistadors, the Catholic priests, and the native Indians who had long inhabited the area. In reality, the "civilized" Christian life that was... |
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A Fighting Chance As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become an elementary school teacher—an ambitious goal, given her family’s modest means. Early marriage and motherhood seemed to put even that dream out of reach, but fifteen years later she was a... |
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Dog Logic Tom Strelich If Dr. Strangelove and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy got together and had a litter of puppies you'd get Dog Logic, a duck-and-cover fable and love story. Hertell Daggett is not what he used to be: once married, once a physicist, and once shot in the head in a New Year's Eve accident, or... |
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Annaliese From Off Lindy Keane Carter The year is 1900 and young mother Annaliese Stregal is forced by her husband, John, to leave their comfortable life in Louisville, Kentucky to live in a lumber camp in the north Georgia mountains where he has launched a timber business with his brother. Joining her there with even more... |
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The True Story of Women's Harpoon Hally Abbott The True Story of Women's Harpoon is the autobiographical tale of a magazine's creation, and its journey from beginning to end. At the beginning of the feminist humor craze of the early 1990s a single mother with the desire for a women's humor magazine set out to... |
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The Vines We Planted Joanell Serra In the heart of the California wine country, secrets seem to grow on the vines that Uriel Macon’s family have tended for generations. Uriel, the winery’s young widower, steers clear of complicated relationships. He prefers the lonely comfort of his vineyard and his horses, until he is reminded of... |
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Love Imperfect L. Lee Shaw Colton Williams and Mya Parker weren’t looking for love when their paths unexpectedly crossed. Burned out from a series of relationships that ended up going nowhere, Colton had stepped away from getting involved again. But in meeting Mya, he believes he may have found the special one... |
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Woman Without an Identity Martine Kalaw Are you Martine Mwanj Kalaw? If so, your father is looking for you. Martine Kalaw is forced to make a choice in an immigration courtroom; save herself or her mother’s legacy. Her decision catapults her into a tumultuous and longstanding battle with immigration and a... |
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Shady Place David Byrne Shady Place is a fifty-five and up planned community in Florida. It's full of vibrant seniors enjoying the the sunset years of their lives. Shady Place the novel is about those people. Shady Place follows the antics and exploits of Jim Phillips, are tired police detective from Philadelphia, as he... |
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The Last Escape Hassan Granmayeh Major Granmayeh was a Fighter Pilot in the Iranian Air Force, piloted the F-5 and F-4 Fighter/Bomber aircraft, during his service times. Experienced two major accidents with F-5 aircraft, miraculously survived both accidents. He refused to serve the revolution which in turn led to a choice, Flee... |
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Silver Baron's Wife Donna Baier Stein The Silver Baron's Wife traces the rags-to-riches-to-rags life of Colorado's Baby Doe Tabor. This fascinating heroine worked in the silver mines and had two scandalous marriages, one to a philandering opium addict, one to a Senator and silver baron worth $24 million in the late 19th century. A... |
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The Monk Woman's Daughter Susan Storer Clark "My mother said she was a nun. That may have been a lie." So begins the eye-opening and entertaining tale of Vera St. John’s chaotic upbringing amid the turbulence of 19th-century urban America. Sometimes rollicking and sometimes terrifying, Vera’s story features a... |
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Married to a Ghost Jennifer Rene Stanton Jennifer Rene Stanton laughed the first time she visited a psychic. She’d only gone to appease her friend, and the experience didn’t make her a believer. Within months, three unspeakable tragedies had wiped the woman’s predictions from her mind. For a decade, Jennifer lived a normal... |
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Heist during the Rio Games Dexter James From a desolate cell located at a remote, state-of-the-art prison facility in Northern Ontario, inmate Brian Beasley plans his escape. Convicted of embezzlement when he masterfully infiltrated a bank's computer system, Beasley and a would-be journalist assigned to... |
