The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa--one of the most renowned women rulers in history--and three of her extraordinary daughters: elegant and artistic Maria Christina, duchess of...
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Author: Goldstone, NancySummary:
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Author: Larsen, Wayne, Knowles, Valerie, Lahey, D.T., Butts, Edward, Leavey, Peggy DymondSummary:
Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: nineteenth century railway builder William...
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Author: Ehrman, Bart D.Summary:
A staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has stood atop The New York Times Bestseller List for well over a year, with millions of copies in print. But this fast-paced...
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Author: Carr Jr, Thomas M.Summary:
Marie-André Duplessis (1687-1760) guided the Augustinian sisters at the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec - the oldest hospital north of Mexico - where she was elected mother superior six times. Although often...
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Author: Ferguson, Julie H., Henighan, Tom, Maes, Nicholas, Larsen, Wayne, Stewart, Sharon, Knowles, Valerie, Lahey, D.T., Butts, Edward, Leavey, Peggy DymondSummary:
Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson...
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Author: Ferguson, Julie H., Henighan, Tom, Maes, Nicholas, Larsen, Wayne, Stewart, Sharon, Knowles, Valerie, Lahey, D.T., Butts, Edward, Leavey, Peggy DymondSummary:
Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson...
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Author: Fertig, Mona, Lederman, MarshaSummary:
This small attractive full-colour book, will gather thirteen forgotten and accomplished artists from the acclaimed Unheralded Artists of BC series (ten books), in one place, for the first time. A...
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Author: Pratt, MarySummary:
Mary Pratt: A Personal Calligraphy features Mary's own writings, drawn and adapted from her personal journals, the essays that she has written for numerous publications ranging from The Globe and...
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Author: Cooper, AfuaSummary:
Writer, historian and poet Afua Cooper tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal in April 1734 and...
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Author: Rockthunder, Mary LouiseSummary:
Mary Louise (née Bangs) Rockthunder, / wêpanâkit, was an Elder of Cree, Saulteaux, and Nakoda descent. Born in 1913, raised and married at nehiyawipwatinahk / Piapot First Nation, Mary Louise,...
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Author: Hennig, KateSummary:
In this stunning third part to Kate Hennig's powerful Queenmaker series, England's first queen regnant finds herself fighting xenophobia, religious nationalism, and strained familial...
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Author: Donoghue, EmmaSummary:
Born to rough cloth in working-class London in 1748, Mary Saunders hungers for velvet and lace'a desire that leads her to a life of prostitution, where she encounters a freedom unknown to...
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Author: Davis, KathrynSummary:
A fictionalized account of the life of Marie Antoinette follows her through such challenges as her early marriage to the future King Louis XVI, struggles with the expectations of her station,...
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Author: Melfi, MarySummary:
Attempting to make sense of her life, and change her sad disposition to a happy one, the author of In the Backyard: Relearning the Art of Aging, Dying and Making Love seeks out the help of her in-...
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Author: Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:
Doctor Marie Levant can't explain why she's drawn to New Orleans, why it's comforting and unsettling at the same time. And she can't shake her haunting dreams. But when she delivers a dead woman's...
Genre: Historical fiction