When her parents are killed in a raid, 11-year-old Helen Morrison and her younger sister Katy are kidnapped by a band of Comanches. Given the name Tehanita, Helen vows to maintain her white identity and clings tightly to her only...
Historical fiction
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Author:Capps, BenjaminSummary: - Author:Johnston, WayneSummary:
A World Elsewhere has all the hallmarks of Wayne Johnston's most beloved and acclaimed novels: outsiders yearning for acceptance, dreams that threaten to overpower their makers, and unlikely romance. It is an astounding work of...
- Author:Dekker, TedSummary:
A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine. A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart. The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all. The story of Jesus in a way you have...
- Author:Dekker, TedSummary:
Maviah is an outcast, but when she meets a man named Yeshua, he opens her eyes. Because of his teachings, she has gathered her own traveling kingdom of outcasts deep in the desert. But when her growing power threatens the rulers around...
- Author:MacInnes, HelenSummary:
Richard and Frances Myles are preparing for their annual European summer vacation in 1939 when they are visited at their Oxford college by old friend Peter Galt, who has a seemingly simple job for them. Galt asks if they would start...
- Author:Harris, JohnSummary:
In May 1936, George Dalziel flew far up the Nahanni River to check on Bill Eppler and Joe Mulholland, who were working one of his traplines. He found their cabin burned to the ground and no sign of them anywhere. What had happened to...
- Author:Faulkner, WilliamSummary:
ABSALOM, ABSALOM! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms...
- Author:Goodwin, S. M.Summary:
Jasper Lightner is a decorated Crimean War hero and the most admired inspector in London's Metropolitan Police. Along with a chest full of medals, he's got a head injury that's left large chunks of his memory missing. But Jasper's...
- Author:McDermott, AliceSummary:
"A breath of fresh air." - BookPage "Both narrators bring deep emotional tonality...this exceptional listen will foster deep book club discussions." - Booklist "Alternately gripping, moving, and thought-provoking...this is an audiobook...
- Author:Jeffries, SabrinaSummary:
The creative force behind the ton's most dazzling events, the three sisters of Elegant Occasions know plenty about fashion, food, and the perfect setting—but there is always more to learn about love ... As a viscount's heir, Rafe...
- Author:Metzger, BarbaraSummary:
Ace Endicott, the Earl of Carde, needs a woman who will give him an heir, but he never expects to be engaged to three different women or to become the laughingstock of the gossip columnists. Escaping this London nightmare, he takes a...
- Author:Wilson, JohnSummary:
Short-listed for the 1998 Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children’s Literature and Geoffrey Bilson Award In his third young adult title, John Wilson takes on the rich territory of the 1845 Franklin expedition. Cabin boy David Young travels...
- Author:Radcliffe, RobertSummary:
The story of two young pilots, George Duckworth a cynical Englishman determined to take the fight to the Germans and his Canadian friend, Mac, whose tally of kills rivals only those of the Red Baron, with whom he is fated to duel. There...
- Author:Mehlmann, GloriaSummary:
Adam's Tree is a fictional account of life on the Cowesses First Nation in Saskatchewan during the 1940's and 50's.This period in history finds forces like regulatory policy, World War II, systemic racism, and the long reach of the...
- Author:Lorrain, FranceSummary:
Adèle, 20 ans, rêve de devenir journaliste et de pouvoir vivre de sa plume, contrairement à ses frères et sa sœur, tous prêts à faire fructifier la ferme familiale. Un changement de rédacteur en chef au journal de Saint-Jovite, où elle...
- Author:Lorrain, FranceSummary:
« Promettez-moi de ne jamais vous marier, de ne jamais choisir d'époux ou d'épouse qui risque de vous abandonner ou de vous briser le coeur, ni d'avoir d'enfants. » Nous sommes dans les Hautes-Laurentides, en 1922. Rose rend l'âme en...
- Author:Tremblay d'Essiambre, LouiseSummary:
Adrien va enfin connaître les joies de la paternité. Sa femme Maureen en est à son cinquième mois de grossesse et cette fois, tout semble aller pour le mieux. Pourtant, une ombre viendra assombrir la naissance de l'enfant tant attendu...
- Author:Tremblay d'Essiambre, LouiseSummary:
Voici le dernier tome des Mémoires d’un quartier, un au revoir émouvant à une famille attachante…
1972: Mariage, naissance, déménagement, la vie suit son cours dans le quartier des Lacaille et elle bouscule un peu tout le monde...
- Author:Colvin, JeffreySummary:
A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood,...
- Author:Hunter, CatherineSummary:
After Light spans four generations of the Garrison family, over the course of the twentieth century. Irish Deirdre, forced into marriage at sixteen, never stops trying to regain her freedom, though her ruthless escape attempts threaten...
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