What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist...
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Author: Bartoletti, Susan CampbellSummary:
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
Waking up in Morocco with no memory of her identity, Mary Russell is enmeshed in the political and military uprisings of Europe, while Sherlock Holmes taps the assistance of T. E. Lawrence to...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
Returning to London after extensive travels abroad, Mary and husband Sherlock Holmes receive an unexpected visit from Sherlock's estranged son Damian. Years ago, Damian was arrested following the...
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Author: Ferrell, JohnSummary:
In Mary Mac's Tea Room, author and owner John Ferrell brings together over 100 classic recipes from this venerable institution of Southern comfort food. When Mary Mac's opened in 1945, it was one...
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Author: Jacobovici, Simcha, Wilson, BarrieSummary:
Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church. Now The Lost Gospel provides the first-ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique...
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Author: Young, Kathryn A., McKinnon, Sarah M.Summary:
What force of will and circumstance drove a woman from a comfortable life painting china tea services to one of hardship and loneliness in the battle zones of France and Belgium following the...
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Author: Williamson, Mary F., Sharp, TomSummary:
The Second World War had been under way for a year when Marie and John Williamson welcomed two English brothers to join them and their two children in their small house in north Toronto for the...
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Author: Iles, Elizabeth A.Summary:
Ask the Grey Sisters: Sault Ste. Marie and the General Hospital, 1898-1998 tells the story of the creation and one-hundred-year history of the Sault Ste. Marie General Hospital. At a time when...
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Author: Peacock, MollySummary:
'Graceful yet precise, poetic yet deeply rooted in research, this exploration of an overlooked painter is gorgeous — a joy to read. Molly Peacock's insights and empathy with her subject...
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Author: Sorell, TraciSummary:
Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's first female engineer. This story traces her journey from being the only girl in a high-school...
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Author: Macdonald, Ian, O'Keefe, BettySummary:
This lively biography of Bishop Edward Cridge and his wife Mary paints a vivid picture of early Victoria as it developed from an isolated Hudson's Bay Company post into the bustling capital of...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
Maintaining tenuous contact only by means of coded messages and cryptic notes with her husband, Sherlock Holmes, and with Holmes' young granddaughter in her safekeeping, Russell will have to call...
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Author: White, JerrySummary:
Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville are among the most important postwar filmmakers; they have worked across forms, across media, and across countries. This book, the first to be devoted...
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Author: Mae, SarahSummary:
Get your home and your heart in order in just 31 days!Sarah Mae wants to let you in on a little secret about being a good homemaker: It's not about having a clean house. She'd never...
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Author: de la Roche, MazoSummary:
Chronicling the early years of the formidable manor Jalna and the Whiteoak family who inhabit it, this bundle gathers together the first four novels in Mazo de la Roche's treasured Canadian...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Epic fiction