“ The Map of Knowledge is an endlessly fascinating book, rich in detail, capacious and humane in vision.” —Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern , winner of the...
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Author: Moller, VioletSummary:
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Author: Monroe, MarySummary:
Trudy Bell lives with her aging father, works in his downtown liquor store, and has dated the same dull man for 10 years. Hoping to spice up her life, she takes a new job with the Bon Voyage...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:
When their mother suffers a debilitating stroke, Sydney, Gina, and Rick come to a crossroads and discover something they've never let themselves believe -- that their most cherished relationships...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Joe, YolandaSummary:
Terri Mills' star is on the rise. A smart and ambitious lawyer engaged to a successful man, she has escaped her small-town roots and hopes to never look back. But then her man is unfaithful....
Genre: Bildungsromans, Domestic fiction -
Author: Castoro, LauraSummary:
Recently widowed, Thea has become a successful business woman and is now rekindling a love affair with a former star athlete-turned pastor. Meanwhile, Jesse struggles with her mixed race heritage...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Allan, Ted, Allan, Julie, Allan, Norman Bethune, Ostrovsky, Susan, Gordon, SydneySummary:
Originally published in the early 1950s, The Scalpel, the Sword celebrates the turbulent career of Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939), a brilliant surgeon, campaigner against private medicine,...
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Author: Forster, GwynneSummary:
Starting a new life in the Thank the Lord Boarding House, a place that houses "misguided souls," Jolene discovers that she is not alone when she meets Richard Peterson, a high-powered businessman...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Phillips, Michael R.Summary:
Before the war, Rosewood Plantation is large and prosperous. During the war years, women and slaves struggle to keep it running. But in the bloody days following the Northern victory, a marauding...
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Harper, Rachel M.Summary:
Nellie, whose black skin and blonde hair have always made her feel like an outsider, feels more out of place than when she was younger. Her parents are working on a divorce. She's stuck in a car...
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Author: Pollard, D. T.Summary:
After losing her grandmother, her home, and all her worldly posessions in Hurricane Katrina, Monique Deveraux has all but given up on life. Then at an evacuee shelter, a wealthy woman takes her in...
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Author: Pope, JamieSummary:
"Beautifully written.a story you won't forget.-Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author When tragedy destroys everything you've built, how do you find the strength to go on' In Jamie...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Pope, JamieSummary:
When mistakes haunt your every choice, how do you find the courage to follow your own heart' An unstable childhood and a bad marriage have left Nova unable to trust anyone-especially herself. She'...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Galford, EllenSummary:
Convinced that unnamed babies are not truly alive, King Tuthmosis I's wife Ahmose immediately names her newborn daughter Hatshepsut. This tiny girl will one day rise above her name and become not...
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Author: Stimpson, MichelleSummary:
Former singer Camille Robertson reinvents herself as a gospel singer to restart her career, and she finds herself conflicted by her growing attraction to a handsome worship leader even as she uses...
Genre: Romance fiction, Religious fiction -
Author: Ward, JesmynSummary:
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems...
Genre: Social science, Essays