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England 1814
Quiet and Demure…
Two words not associated with Mrs. Amelia Chase, a woman from America on the run from her past with a healthy love for Shakespearean insults.
Opinionated – Yes
Nosy – Most definitely
Daring and Outrageous – Perhaps
In sum, all things irresistible to a broody, sexy Scotsman with a delicious brogue. A man with the power to evoke sparks with a look, sizzle with a touch, and fire with a moan.
And he's looked…...
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Masters of Horror volume 7
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Detective Dwight Faraday is a burned-out cop demoted to the "weird calls" desk until a series of bizarre murders suddenly grabs his attention: Several men killed by massive blunt-force trauma while in a state of sexual arousal, all last seen in the company of a sexy Native American woman. But when it's discovered that these corpses were trampled into hamburger by what appear to be hooves, Faraday must hunt a killer who may not be totally human. Will...
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The Unlikely Astronaut is the true story of how Astronaut Susan Kilrain overcame all obstacles to achieve her dream of flying in space when no American woman had. As one of only three women and the youngest to ever pilot the space shuttle, her story of unwavering determination will encourage children to reach for the stars even if the odds are against them. Commander Susan Kilrain is a renowned astronaut, a distinguished navy test pilot and aerospace...
84) Bellringer
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In a resort town turned internment camp, a female prisoner is brutally murdered Before the war, the hotels of Vittel hosted the wealthiest members of French society. Now, in the winter of 1943, two of France's most luxurious resorts have been converted into an internment camp for British and American women who failed to escape the country when the German army stormed across the border. For two years, the prisoners have lived quietly, surviving on...
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Can one woman with a spiritually-inspired environmental mission overcome the efforts of a large military organization determined to hide its decades-old environmental scandal? In this sequel to the "In the Arms of Gitche Gumee" novel, the perilous journey of Velvet LeBlanc, a First American woman from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, continues.
Now, as member of Congress, she probes the origins of steel barrels which washed ashore on the beaches of...
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For those individuals who are educated or more rational-minded, for those who have a passion for various cultures and unique perspectives, for those who love literature as well as logic, or for those who have been searching and yearning, but not yet finding, this book is for you. Quite simply, it will take you by storm. If you are already a Christian, you will find the testimony here edifying and enriching. This book is one-of-a-kind in that it records...
87) Venetian Bind
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In Venetian Bind, Detective Marko Korb and his associate Kelan Su, a Chinese-American woman, must hunt down a murderer and prevent a devastating terrorist attack in the romantic city of Venice. Korb, a fat, egotistical, and brilliant detective, and Kelan Su, a former Chicago police officer, licensed attorney, and martial arts expert, arrive in Venice to investigate the murder of Stefan Pakuli?, a former Serbian paramilitary leader and accused war...
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The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880—81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who in "confronting her destiny" finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently...
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Growing up an Italian-American in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New York city, Marianna De Marco longed for college, culture, and upward mobility. Her daydreams circled around WASP (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) heroes on television-like Robin Hood and the Cartwright family-but in Brooklyn she never encountered any. So she associated moving up with Ocean Parkway, a street that divides the working-class Italian neighborhood where she was born from...
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A young man journeys from rural Mississippi to the battlefields of WWI to discover his family's bloody legacy in this sequel to By Accident of Birth.
On May 7, 1915, the passenger ship RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat. Among the many casualties was Beverly Bethany Quinn, an American woman whose entire life was marked by the forces of bloodshed. For Ansel Quinn, the single event holds a grim double meaning. With his beloved aunt gone,...
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A German-American woman copes with a pandemic, and her neighbors' hostility during the Great War.
Stuart, Nebraska is a long way from the battlefields of Western Europe, but it is not immune to the horrors of the first Great War for Peace. Like all communities, it has lost sons and daughters to the fighting, with many more giving themselves over to the hatred only war can engender.
Set in 1918 in the farm country at the heart of America, The Meaning...
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a courageous and outspoken nineteenth-century African American who used the press and public speaking to fight slavery and oppression in the United States and Canada. Part of the small free black elite who used their education and limited freedoms to fight for the end of slavery and racial oppression, Shadd Cary is best known as the first African American woman to publish and edit a newspaper in North America. But her importance...
93) Birch Hall
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A young woman swept off her feet, and swept away to a distant land...in a world on the brink of war...BIRCH HALL tells the story of Natalie Kumansky, a Russian-American woman in San Francisco who meets Sir John Carrington and quickly becomes his wife. As she settles into life as the Lady of Birch Hall, the shadow of war darkens their new life together. Through the grim realities of the conflict -- from air raids to the loss of friends and family --...
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The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880—81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who in "confronting her destiny" finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently...
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The never-before-told story of NASA's barrier-breaking Astronaut Class of 1978, which for the first time ever, included women, Blacks, and people of color—with exclusive cooperation of five astronauts. They rode NASA's cutting-edge shuttle, through its triumphs and tragedies (Challenger, Columbia), never losing sight of their conviction—space is for everyone.
In 1978, NASA changed the rules and hired its first class of civilian astronauts for...
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Inspiring and timely, Pauli Murray's Revolutionary Life is the riveting story of an African American woman, born in 1910, who blazed through the barriers of race and gender decades before the Civil Rights and Women's Movements. Pauli Murray fearlessly rode freight trains dressed as a boy during the Great Depression and befriended First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt before embarking on a pioneering life of social activism, legal scholarship, and many firsts....
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With more than twenty-two million copies of her books sold, many of them New York Times bestsellers, Cynthia Freeman has delighted her legion of fans with sweeping historical epics of passion, heartbreak, duty, and family.
The Days of Winter: In this New York Times–bestselling epic spanning both World Wars, Rubin Hack betrays his wealthy family and intended bride when he falls for the beguiling Magda. And their daughter is later caught in her...
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"The president died earlier this morning in his sleep."That's the startling news Carla Hamilton, fashion model turn politician-and the first African American woman to serve as vice president of the United States-receives a month after an election that will turn the country over to a new president. Carla understands she will occupy the Oval Office for only six weeks.But in Washington, D.C., six weeks is a lifetime.Hours after being sworn in, Carla...
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"Mirah's Redemption" intricately weaves the tale of an American woman who harbors deep-seated anti-Semitic views. Set against the dark backdrop of pre-World War Two Austria, her life takes an unexpected turn when she finds herself caught in the whirlwind of the infamous Kristallnacht and is deported to a Nazi concentration camp. Her only ray of hope emerges in the form of a young Jewish man who risks everything to facilitate her escape.
This gripping...
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This novel takes the reader on a journey into contemporary Tanzanian life in an honest and unsentimental way, from the bustling towns to its vast, dangerous wilderness.
Set in Tanzania, Nothing Is Wrong follows the lives of three people living on the fringes of society: a wayward vagrant, a curious Tanzanian girl, and Sal, a young American woman suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from the war in Afghanistan. As their lives come together,...