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Hold on to TomorrowA young woman fights to follow her dreams at the start of the 1960s in this gripping, moving, and empowering read. November 22, 1963. As Jolene Johnson prepares to watch President John F. Kennedy's parade drive by the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas,...
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FatherlandMartin and Lora Brier, with three young children, possess all the trappings of a perfect life . . . except Martin is having yet another affair. Without warning, he abandons the family for his mistress and a new house on the other side of...
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InharmoniousA compelling love story--inspired by the author's own family history--set in the segregated South during and after World War II, perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah's The Women and Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half.When three young Black men enlist in the US Army hoping...
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Railsong"Magnificent . . . I would follow Miss Chitol to the ends of the earth." -Kamila Shamsie"Profoundly tender [and] vigorously alive to the currents of national change." -Megha MajumdarA breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways, Railsong is...
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Everything Lost ReturnsThe POIGNANT, UTTERLY ORIGINAL story of two women separated across time but united by the arrival of Halley's comet, as blazing and as daring as their stories "[A] PAGE-TURNER." --The Millions"Beautiful, engrossing, and REVELATORY." --Nina de Gramont, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author "A DAZZLING,...
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Sacred LightTragedy, deception, and peril await painter and amateur sleuth Georgia O'Keeffe in this enthralling historical mystery set in 1930s New Mexico, from multi-award-winning author Kathryn Lasky. "Step aside Miss Marple, Eugenia Potter, and Kinsey Millhone--Georgia O'Keeffe is the new sleuth in town!" Award-winning author...
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The Matchbox Girl: Lose Yourself in This Autumn's Most Captivating Historical NovelAuthor: Alice JollyPublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingPublished: 01/06/2026Pages: 416Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.60dISBN: 9781526681034
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Fire Must BurnThe owners of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are back, and more determined than ever to bring love matches to the residents of Post-WWII London . . . so something as trivial as being dragged into a spy mission isn't going to stop them!...
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Black, White, Colored: The Hidden Story of an Insurrection, a Family, a Southern Town, and Identity in AmericaAn absorbing investigation into a little-known historical tragedy--an insurrection which upended a resilient and wealthy Black community who found themselves in the clutches of an insurrection at the turn of the twentieth century in Laurinburg, North Carolina.In the late nineteenth century, Laurinburg, North Carolina,...
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The Innocents of Florence: The Renaissance Discovery of ChildhoodThe story begins with the abandonment of the newborn Agata Smeralda on February 5, 1445, in Florence's Hospital of the Innocents, the first--but certainly not the last--child to be left at its doors. In an era when children were frequently abandoned, often trafficked or...
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Teddy Roosevelt: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Theodore Roosevelt Who Served as the 26th President of the United States of AmericaIf you want to discover the captivating life of Teddy Roosevelt, then keep reading...The Roosevelt family would become a political dynasty in the United States, spanning from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. The Roosevelt presence in America can...
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Palace of Deception: Museum Men and the Rise of Scientific RacismFrom 1908 to 1933, the American Museum of Natural History launched more scientific field expeditions than at any other time in its existence. Sponsoring lavish trips to Africa and Central Asia, the museum filled its halls with artifacts and an aura of adventure, supported...
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary EditionA special 20th anniversary hardcover edition of this classic work of world literatureWhen The Unbearable Lightness of Being was first published in English, it was hailed as "a work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness" by critic Elizabeth Hardwick and named one of...
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The Passing of the Great Race: The Racial Basis of European History (With Original 1916 Illustrations in Full Color)Madison Grant is largely forgotten today, but in the early 20th century, he was a leading environmentalist. He spearheaded the effort to save America's buffalo and majestic redwood trees. He might be considered a lion of progressivism if not for the fact that If...
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The Guest ChildrenThe search for two missing children goes terribly wrong in this haunting and insidiously creepy ghost story debut by acclaimed showrunner Patrick Tarr. With terror mounting in 1940 London, thousands of "Guest Children" were evacuated out of England to escape the bombings. Two of...
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The Price They Paid: Slavery, Shipwrecks, and Reparations Before the Civil WarA prizewinning historian uncovers one of the earliest instances of reparations in America-ironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves "A spectacular achievement of historical research. Forret shows for the first time just how far the American government went to secure...
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The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human OriginsBooks about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory--and, in this respect, our current era is no...
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Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holocaust Memoir of a Mother and Daughter's Survival in Jewish Ghettos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-BelsenOne of the oldest living Holocaust survivors recounts her family's imprisonment at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen in this moving memoir of love, loss, courage, and hope. "A deeply moving memoir, beautifully written and researched." --Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of...
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As the Storm Clouds GatherIn a world full of darkness, can love prevail? An emotionally gripping and heartbreaking WW1 novel. May, 1915. Nineteen-year-old Ilse Marie Stahl experiences tragedy travelling on board the RMS Lusitania with her parents from New York to a new life in England, when the...
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The World War I BookDiscover the key battles, tactics, technologies, and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars." Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold images, The World War I Book explores the historical...
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