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The Other Einstein: A Novel

Marie Benedict

One of PopSugar's "25 Books You're Going to Curl Up with this Fall.""The Other Einstein takes you into Mileva's heart, mind, and study as she tries to forge a place for herself in a scientific world dominated by men.&qu...

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Published: Jul 2017

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Bernard Cornwell

"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet—the heroic tale of Agincourt.Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past—haunted by what he has failed to do...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2014

Warriors of the Storm: A Novel (Saxon...

Bernard Cornwell

The ninth installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America...

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Published: Oct 2016

The Persimmon Tree

Bryce Courtenay

It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2012

The Magic of Ordinary Days

Ann Howard Creel

The powerful story of one woman's passion in a world at war. Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of becoming an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. But...

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Published: Aug 2011

Twain's End

Lynn Cullen

From the bestselling and highly acclaimed author of the "page-turning tale" (Library Journal, starred review) Mrs. Poe comes a fictionalized imagining of the personal life of America's most iconic writer: Mark Twain.In March...

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Published: Jun 2016

The Midwife's Revolt

Jodi Daynard

On a dark night in 1775, Lizzie Boylston is awakened by the sound of cannons. From a hill south of Boston, she watches as fires burn in Charlestown, in a battle that she soon discovers has claimed her husband's life.Alone in a new tow...

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Published: Apr 2015

The Danish Girl: A Novel (Movie Tie-I...

David Ebershoff

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Academy Award-winner Eddie Redmayne and directed by Academy Award-winner Tom Hooper A New York Times Notable Book * Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction * Winner of t...

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Published: Feb 2001

Songs of Willow Frost: A Novel

Jamie Ford

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Jamie Ford, author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful t...

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Published: Mar 2014

The Anatomist's Wife (A Lady Darby My...

Anna Lee Huber

Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her husband, Lady Darby has taken refuge at her sister's estate, finding solace in her passion for painting. But when her hosts throw a house party for the cream of London society, Kiera is unabl...

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Published: Nov 2012

Conqueror: A Novel of Kublai Khan

Conn Iggulden

For lovers of thrilling adventure and grand history, the bestselling co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys has written a magnificent novel with a hero for the ages: the legendary, visionary conquero...

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Published: Jan 2013

Genghis: Birth of an Empire

Conn Iggulden

Genghis Khan was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Shaped by abandonment and betrayal, Temujin endured, driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill...

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Published: Jul 2010

The Ambassador's Daughter: A Novel

Pam Jenoff

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris.For one woman in the aftermath of World War I, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons.Paris, 1919. Margot Rosenthal has arrived in France wit...

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Published: Dec 2019

Galway Bay

Mary Pat Kelly

In a hidden Ireland where fishermen and tenant farmers find solace in their ancient faith, songs, stories, and communal celebrations, young Honora Keeley and Michael Kelly wed and start a family. Because they and their countrymen must...

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Published: Feb 2011

In the Arms of Mr. Darcy

Sharon Lathan

Sweet and romantic Pride and Prejudice continuation from bestselling author with a growing audienceThis lushly romantic and historically fascinating story is filled with lavish details of Regency customs and social events including El...

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Published: Oct 2010

Spectacle of Corruption, A

David Liss

Benjamin Weaver, the quick-witted pugilist turned private investigator, who was first introduced in the Edgar Award-winning novel, THE CONSPIRACY OF PAPER, returns. While inquiring into some threatening notes sent to a Church of Engla...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Jun 2004

The House at Old Vine (The Suffolk Tr...

Norah Lofts

The doomed love story of Josiana Greenwood and Walter Rancon sets the scene as the destiny of the great Suffolk house known as the Old Vine continues to unfold. Haunted by the stubbornness of its founder, Martin Reed, and the mystical...

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Published: Nov 2013

Beyond the Wild River

Sarah Maine

For fans of Kate Morton and Beatriz Williams, a highly atmospheric and suspenseful historical novel, set in the 1890s about a Scottish heiress who unexpectedly encounters her childhood friend in North America, five years after he disa...

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Published: Apr 2017

Attila: The Judgment

William Napier

AD 449: the future of the world hangs in the balance.  The once mighty Roman Empire lies open and vulnerable to attack from a huge Hunnish army that has gathered on the banks of the Danube and is poised and ready to strike - but only...

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Published: Oct 2010

The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey Matu...

Patrick O'Brian

Ashore between cruises, Captain Jack Aubrey is persuaded to sink some money into an investment scheme. Soon this innocent decision enmeshes him in various criminal and even treasonous enterprises, which threaten to destroy his entire ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2006

The Yellow Admiral

Patrick O'Brian

At last! Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are back as Patrick O'Brian provides his indomitably loyal fans with another adventure, this one by land as well as by sea. Lucky Jack Aubrey finds himself not so lucky as his troubles amoun...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2007

Madame Serpent: A Catherine de Medici...

Jean Plaidy

Back in print after more than twenty years and for the first time in eBook, Madame Serpent, the first novel in Jean Plaidy's classic Catherine de Medici trilogy, introduces readers to the young de Medici princess.Sullen-eyed and brok...

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Published: Jul 2012

The Edge of the World

William Sarabande

From William Sarabande, whose brilliant re-creation of the prehistoric world of the First American has thrilled readers everywhere, comes a major new novel that awakens us to the true spirit of our ancestors. Following their desti...

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Published: Nov 1993

Reunion

Fred Uhlman

A daring novella about the loss of innocence in pre-war Germany. 'Reunion is the story of intense and innocent devotion between two young men growing up in 'the soft, serene, bluish hills of Swabia,' and the sinister (but all too mund...

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Published: Jun 1997

Becoming Josephine

Heather Webb

A sweeping historical debut about the Creole socialite who transformed herself into an empress  Readers are fascinated with the wives of famous men. In Becoming Josephine, debut novelist Heather Webb follows Rose Tascher as she s...

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Published: Dec 2013

The Skystone

Jack Whyte

Everyone knows the story-how Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, how Camelot came to be, and about the power struggles that ultimately destroyed Arthur's dreams. But what of the time before Arthur and the forces that created him?H...

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Published: Oct 1996

The Daylight Gate

Jeanette Winterson

"Mixing historical detail and dark horror, [Winterson] brilliantly brews a spellbinding take on the 1612 English witch trials."-PeopleAn instant bestseller in the UK, The Daylight Gate is Jeanette Winterson's singular vision...

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Published: Oct 2014

The Valley of Horses (Earth's Childre...

Jean M. Auel

This odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman.Cruelly cast out by the new lea...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2016

Return to Me

Lynn N. Austin

Bestselling Author Lynn Austin Launches New Biblical SagaAfter years of watching his children and grandchildren wander from their faith, Iddo's prayers are answered: King Cyrus is allowing God's chosen people to return to Jerusalem. J...

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Published: Oct 2013

The House at the Edge of Night

Catherine Banner

"A perfect summer read [that] brims with heart . . . Don't be surprised if you keep turning the pages long into the night, spellbound by its magic."—The Denver PostA sweeping saga about four generations of a family who liv...

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Published: Jun 2017
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