Three hundred independent-minded women in 1880s California have embarked on a seemingly impossible journey: to establish a town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada composed exclusively of women. The only way for the singular town of...
Historical fiction
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Author:Brennan, KevinSummary: - Author:Beveridge, CathySummary:
Tragic Links is award-winning author Cathy Beveridge's fourth young adult novel focusing on Canadian disasters. This time Jolene and her family find themselves in Quebec where Jolene's father is conducting research for his Museum of...
- Author:Schlesier, Karl H.Summary:
Whirlwind, the twin brother of Stone, disappears during a raid into northeastern New Spain. So Stone brings together Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Gataka warriors to go after his missing brother--but there are many things between earth and sky...
- Author:Compton, Ralph, Richards, DustySummary:
After years of driving cattle and wearing a ranger's badge, disaffected Texan Ed Wright retires--intent on drowning his sorrows with whiskey. But widowed rancher Unita Nance has one last job for him, and she won't take no for an answer...
- Author:Dexter, PeteSummary:
Lionel Walk, etter known as Train, is a young black caddy at an elite Los Angeles golf course. There, he navigates between the careless hostility of patrons and the volatile brutality of the other caddies. One day, he finds an...
- Author:Johnson, DenisSummary:
Robert Grainer is a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century, an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his...
- Author:Ferguson, TrevorSummary:
1964. Aux confins de la taïga, des ouvriers construisent le chemin de fer du Grand-Lac-des-Esclaves dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest. C’est une véritable ruée vers l’or. Et l’occasion de s’en mettre plein les poches, pour quelques-uns...
- Author:Carthy Corbin, FrancineSummary:
Montréal, 1941. Ayant enfin convolé en justes noces, Joseph et Carmel attendent maintenant leur premier enfant. Cette lueur d'espoir est anticipée avec joie par les deux âmes soeurs, car la guerre s'intensifie en Europe et...
- Author:Carthy Corbin, FrancineSummary:
Montréal, 1942. Carmel et Joseph sont maintenant mariés depuis deux ans. Alors que la famille continue de s'agrandir, la jeune mère espère convaincre son mari de quitter Montréal afin de s'établir à Québec, tout près...
- Author:Atkinson, KateSummary:
Ten years after she was recruited as a spy, Juliet Armstrong presumes the events of those years are in the past. But a different war is being fought now, and she finds herself once more under threat.
- Author:Perry, AnneSummary:
When an explosion in London kills two policemen and seriously injures three more, many believe that anarchists are the culprits. But Thomas Pitt, commander of Special Branch, knows the city's radical groups well enough to suspect...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
Tracie Peterson Begins Compelling New Series Set on the 1840s Frontier Grace Martindale has known more than her share of hardship. After her parents died, raising her two younger sisters became her responsibility. A hasty marriage to a...
- Author:Connealy, MarySummary:
Wildly Fun Adventure and Romance in Connealy's New Series Kylie Wilde fought in the Civil War dressed as a boy and now she's homesteading as a man. But she makes one lousy man! When land agent Aaron Masterson comes to inspect her claim...
- Author:Di Renzo, AnthonySummary:
Drawing on history and family legend, Anthony Di Renzo presents a tale of progress and reaction, irony and paradox, in which the splendors of Caserta must yield to the wonders of the Crystal Palace. Both intimate and sweeping, Trinàcria...
- Author:Uris, LeonSummary:
The "terrible beauty" that is Ireland comes alive in this mighty epic that re-creates that Emerald's Isle's fierce struggle for independence. Trinity is a saga of glories and defeats, triumphs and tragedies, lived by a young Catholic...
- Author:Liesche, MargitSummary:
Triptych paints parallel portraits of two sets of mothers and daughters caught up in the brutalities of the Hungarian revolution. The story shifts from 1956 Budapest to 1986 Chicago and Budapest, illuminating courageous individuals who...
- Author:Banks, AnnaSummary:
Emma vient d’apprendre que sa mère est une princesse Syrena perdue depuis longtemps et se bat maintenant avec une crise d’identité. En réalité, elle est un phénomène dans le monde humain et une abomination dans le domaine Syrena. La loi...
- Author:Sutton, RichardSummary:
At what point did humanity learn to fear each other? To hate? Paleoanthropologist Ariel Connor thinks she knows. She just can't prove it yet. But her newest find, high in a Norwegian Valley, may give her the proof she needs. Those scary...
- Author:Goldsborough, RobertSummary:
Archie Goodwin goes undercover on the waterfront. After the gardener gets beaten to a pulp, Nero sends Archie to poke around and he finds himself caught up in something much bigger.
- Author:Cotton, Ralph W.Summary:
Dick Lowry anc his gang of crooks are robbing banks and stages like it's a God-given right--and that chaps Texas Ranger Sam Burrack something fierce. Then, in the small town of Olsen, Dick and his no-goodnik pals slip-up, straying...
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