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The enchantress of Florence
Par Salman Rushdie. 2008
Mogor, a blond European who speaks seven languages, arrives at the Indian court of Akbar the Great proclaiming himself England's…
ambassador. The charlatan entertains the emperor with tales of a lost princess. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2008.The eye in the door (World War I trilogy ; #2)
Par Pat Barker. 1994
As Britain faces defeat by Germany, pacifists and homosexuals are scapegoated as potential traitors. It is unfortunate for Lieutenant Billy…
Prior, a bisexual who has a split personality, that when he is released from Craiglockhart War Hospital, he is assigned to British Intelligence. Once again he needs the help of Dr. Rivers. Sequel to "Regeneration". Followed by "Ghost road" (DC18056). Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1994. (World War I trilogy ; 2)The faithful servants
Par Margery Sharp. 1975
The end of the hunt
Par Thomas Flanagan. 1994
Flanagan continues his story of Ireland through the lives of four people: Frank Lacy, a soldier; Patrick Prentice, a barrister;…
Janice Nugent, an Irish Catholic; and Christopher Blake, a historian, a supporter of Michael Collins, and Janice's lover -- all of whom are part of the struggle for "home rule." Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to "The tenants of time". 1994.The exiles (Australians. #1.)
Par William Stuart Long. 1979
Fifteen-year-old Jenny is falsely accused of theft and sent on a convict ship to Australia. She survives among hardened criminals…
and becomes Queen of the Convicts. Some strong language. Followed by "The Settlers". c1979. (The Australians ; 1)The examination
Par Malcolm J Bosse. 1994
Set in China during the Ming Dynasty, this story follows two brothers on their arduous journey from Chengdu to Beijing.…
Older brother Chen, the gifted scholar, is on his way to take the palace examination, accompanied by Hong, his loyal and brave younger brother. Along the way, they encounter a host of obstacles -- pirates, floods, famine -- and each brother carries a secret message. Some violence. Junior and senior high. 1994.The eternal spring of Mr. Ito
Par Sheila Garrigue. 1985
During her evacuation to Canada, teenager Sara befriends Mr. Ito and his family. When the Ito family is sent to…
an internment camp following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Sara realizes the cruelties of war. For junior and senior high readers. c1985.The emperor of lies
Par Sarah Death, Steve Sem-Sandberg. 2011
In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second-largest Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lódz. Its…
chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director - and the elusive, authoritarian power sustaining the ghetto’s very existence. Chronicles the tale of Rumkowski's monarchical rule over a quarter-million Jews for the next four years. Driven by ambition, he sought to transform the ghetto into a productive industrial complex and strove to make it - and himself - indispensable to the Nazi regime. Was Rumkowski a ruthless opportunist, an accessory to the Nazi regime driven by a lust for power? Or was he a pragmatic strategist who managed to save Jewish lives through his collaboration policies? 2011. Uniform title: De fattiga i Łódź.The courtesan: a novel
Par Alexandra Gambrill Curry. 2015
A novel inspired by the life of Qing dynasty courtesan Sai Jinhua follows the experiences of an orphan, whose world…
transforms when she becomes an emissary's concubine during the late-nineteenth-century clashes between China and imperialist Europe. 2015.The Debba
Par Avner Mandelman. 2010
1977. David Starkman returns from self-imposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his…
war hero father, Isser. Isser's will includes an unusual provision - that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, 'The Debba', be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit, decides to fulfill his father's request, while searching for clues to solve the murder. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. 2010.The Clayborne brides: One Pink Rose; One White Rose; One Red Rose (Large Print Bks.)
Par Julie Garwood. 1997
Travis Clayborne escorts young Bostonian Emily Finnegan to Montana where she'll meet Travis' brothers, Douglas and Adam, and discover what…
awaits her as a mail-order bride. But perhaps her destiny is not exactly as she imagined. Made up of the novellas One pink rose, One white rose and One red rose. Sequel to "For the roses" (DC23594.) 1997.The confession (The heritage of Lancaster County ; #2)
Par Beverly Lewis. 1997
Katie, now Katherine Mayfield, searches for her birth mother. The journey takes her to the Finger Lakes region of New…
York and into a world of compassion and greed, mercy and betrayal. Meanwhile Katie's first love, Daniel, wants to rekindle their relationship. Sequel to "The Shunning" (DC36967), followed by "The reckoning" (DC36966). 1997. (The Heritage of Lancaster County ; 2)The desert hawks (Wells Fargo trail. #5.)
Par James Walker. 1996
Wells Fargo agent Zac Cobb's new assignment takes him to Arizona to track down bandits stealing army payrolls. It also…
leads him into a confrontation with his brother Julian, who, bitter from injuries suffered in the Civil War, has become an outlaw. They find themselves thrust together on a boat careening down the rapids of the Colorado River. Sequel to "The Rawhiders". c1996. (The Wells Fargo trail ; 5)The crown and the crucible (Russians. #1)
Par Judith Pella, Michael R Phillips. 1991
Just prior to the 1917 Russian Revolution, Anna finds work in the palace at St. Petersburg. There, she meets the…
spoiled Princess Katrina and, by example of faith, influences the princess. Against brewing political conflict, they struggle to survive. 1991. (The Russians ; 1)The city man
Par Howard Akler. 2005
1934. With Toronto stalled in the Great Depression, Mona Kantor makes a living as a pickpocket, while reporter Eli Morenz…
struggles to wring news stories out of the subdued city. When a chance photo drives Eli into the Jewish underworld that Mona inhabits, he finds he's stumbled onto the story of his life. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. 2005.The comedian (Brave & brilliant ; #6)
Par Clem Martini. 2018
Titus Maccius Plautus' career is on the decline. Once famous for bringing Greek comedies to the Roman world, now he…
struggles to stage a single play. Unlucky with money and unlucky in love, Plautus faces the world with wry dignity. This could be the performance that returns fortune and reputation, or the one that ends it all. Engaging, thoughtful, and funny, "The Comedian" dives into the rough and tumble world of arts in its infancy. Martini draws on his experience to bring to life the signs and sounds of a world where playwrights suffered and succeeded - but mostly suffered. 2018.The crossing
Par Cormac McCarthy. 2016
Billy and Boyd Parham are two boys living in New Mexico on the cusp of unimaginable events in the years…
before the Second World War. First comes a trespassing Indian and the dream of wolves running wild among cattle. Billy traps a she-wolf, intending to restore it to the mountains of New Mexico. But when he returns, he finds everything he left behind utterly transformed. 2016.The duchess: a novel
Par Danielle Steel. 2017
Angélique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield,…
after the death of her aristocratic French mother. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out. Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her. She makes her way to Paris, where she rescues a young woman fleeing an abusive madam--and suddenly sees a possibility: Open an elegant house of pleasure that will protect its women and serve only the best clients. With her upper-class breeding, her impeccable style, and her father's bequest, Angélique creates Le Boudoir, soon a sensational establishment where powerful men, secret desires, and beautiful, sophisticated women come together. But living on the edge of scandal, can she ever make a life of her own--or regain her rightful place in the world? Bestseller. 2017.The day of atonement: a novel
Par David Liss. 2014
Returning to mid-eighteenth-century Lisbon to avenge the death of his father, Sebastian Foxx, the protégé of bounty hunter Benjamin Weaver,…
stealthily collects funds and identifies friends and allies among Inquisition spies. 2014.The colonel's dream (Griot audio)
Par Charles W Chesnutt. 2005
When former Confederate officer Colonel French returns to his North Carolina hometown after building his fortune in the North, he…
is a new man. He intends to create better economic conditions for those who have only known hardship. But there is a new social order in the South that stands in his way. The very men who used to look upon Colonel French with awe now berate him and his idealism - and they are determined to make him fail. 2005.