In 18th-century England, spiritual sisters Anne and Nicole find themselves facing different roads into the future. While Anne is settling into mannered British life, she prays for best friend...
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Auteur: Oke, Janette, Bunn, T. DavisSommaire:Genre: Historical fiction, Religious fiction -
Auteur: Oke, Janette, Bunn, T. DavisSommaire:
Just before the French were expelled from Nova Scotia early in the 18th century, two women, one French, one English, became as sisters. Now their daughters Anne and Nicole are just as close,...
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Auteur: Haddix, Margaret PetersonSommaire:In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a...
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Auteur: Auerbacher, IngeSommaire:The author's reminiscences about her childhood in Germany, years of which were spent in a Nazi concentration camp. Includes several of her original poems.
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Auteur: Austin, Lynn N.Sommaire:
Although his father had allowed widespread idolatry, King Hezekiah is restoring God's law to Judah. The temple is cleansed and proper offerings are made to Yahweh. The Assyrians, however, rule the...
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Auteur: Austin, Lynn N.Sommaire:
God has blessed Hezekiah--his kingdom is flourishing. The people are prospering and the city of Jerusalem is safe from invaders. But the king worries that his beloved wife may be barren. After all...
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Auteur: Johnson, DianeSommaire:
American writer Tim Nolinger pursues his journalism career in Paris while proper Frenchwoman Anne-Marie plans their wedding. When Tim covers the theft of a valuable manuscript, the story leads the...
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Auteur: Alexander, Sally HobartSommaire:The author recounts how she gradually lost her sight from retinal hemorrhages, and describes her experiences in a training program for blind adults.
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Auteur: Beattie, AnnSommaire:
Nina and her brother Andrew share a strong bond: during childhood, they helped each other survive the cruelty of their physician father. Their mother has not fared so well: she is a drunken...
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Auteur: Fluke, JoanneSommaire:
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the...
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Auteur: Fluke, JoanneSommaire:
Christmas is here and Hannah's shop, The Cookie Jar, is hopping. The holiday season loses a little luster, however, when a local businessman is discovered dead in his office. Now it's up to Hannah...
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Auteur: Fluke, JoanneSommaire:
Hannah Swensen, amateur sleuth and boutique bake store proprietor extraordinaire, is judging a dessert contest when fellow judge Coach Boyd Watson is found dead, face down in a delicate confection...
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Auteur: Fluke, JoanneSommaire:
The holidays are the icing on the cake for bakery owner Hannah Swensen. Surrounded by her loved ones, she has all the ingredients for a perfect Christmas--until murder is added to the mix.
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Auteur: Austin, Lynn N.Sommaire:
While a motherless girl longs for her daddy and a young lady hopes for a second chance at love, this poignant tale explores the uncertainty that stalks the homefront as the "War to End All Wars"...
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Auteur: Kanafani, DeborahSommaire:
The ex-wife of a former high-ranking diplomat, Deborah Kanafani spent many years witnessing the peace efforts between Israel and Palestine. Rather than telling the story of her experiences from a...