On the eve of World War II Egon Schneider--a gallant and successful Jewish doctor--escapes Germany to an uncertain future across the sea. Settling in upper Manhattan, he finds solace among a tight...
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Author: Carter, BetsySummary:Genre: Historical fiction
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Author: Coontz, StephanieSummary:
Leave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the 'male breadwinner marriage' is the least traditional family in history, and sexual assault was more common in...
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Author: Cohen, DeborahSummary:
Married foreign correspondents John and Frances Gunther intimately understood that it isn't only impersonal, economic forces that propel history, bringing readers so close to the front lines...
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Author: Taylor, SydneySummary:
It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters-Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie. Follow along...
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Author: Haddix, Margaret PetersonSummary:
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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Author: Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
While leading the exiled faithful into Egypt, Joshua's thirst for vengeance against the tyrannical King Manasseh threatens to consume his soul. Ultimately he must learn to forgive, placing his...
Genre: Religious fiction -
Author: Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
Shortly after the death of King Solomon in 931 B.C., the Promised Land is divided into two separate nations: Israel in the north, and Judah in the south. Hezekiah is the second son of King Ahaz of...
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Author: Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
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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Author: Alexander, Sally HobartSummary:
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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Author: Shapiro, Linda ApplemanSummary:
Psychotherapist Linda Appleman Shapiro tells her story as an immigrant daughter who grew up on the top floor of a small home in 1940s Brooklyn and struggled to understand her mentally ill mother...
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Author: Goodwin, Doris KearnsSummary:
On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln...
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Author: Brenner-Wonschick, HanneloreSummary:
From 1942 to 1944, twelve thousand children passed through the Theresienstadt internment camp on their way to Auschwitz. Only a few hundred of them survived the war. In the mid-1990s, German...
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Author: Gillham, David R.Summary:
A captivating novel of a Berlin girl on the run from the guilt of her past and the boy from Brooklyn who loves her 1955 in New York City: the city of instant coffee, bagels at Katz's Deli,...
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Author: Oke, Janette, Bunn, T. DavisSummary:
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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Author: Oke, Janette, Bunn, T. DavisSummary:
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,...
Genre: Historical fiction