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Barrett, Andrea The Air We Breathe In 1916, the sanatorium residents at Tamarack Lake feel cut off from the greater world. However, each convalescent has a story to tell, representing different elements of society. The sanatorium serves as a microcosm for wartime allegiances and betrayals. 2007 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Belfer, Lauren A Fierce Radiance Through the story of divorced 36-year-old Life photojournalist Claire Shiply, Belfer blends fact and fiction to describe the development of penicillin as a weapon of war in the 1940s. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Brennert, Alan Honolulu In 1914, Jin travels to Hawaii as a picture bride. Once there, she rejects the brutality of her arranged marriage and bravely makes her own way. 2009 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Brooks, Geraldine Caleb's Crossing In 1660, when Bethia is 12, the family takes Caleb, a Wampanoag Indian, into their home to prepare him to attend Harvard. Through Bethia, we experience smallpox epidemics, 17th-century Cambridge, women’s roles, and the clash of cultures. 2011 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Bryson, Ellen The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno Bartholomew Fortuno, the World's Thinnest Man,celebrates his unusual body and he is content to live and work in P. T. Barnum American Museum. When Barnum introduces a new performer, the bearded lady, Fortuno falls deeply in love. This novel explores what it means to be profoundly unique and how the power of love can transcend even the greatest divisions. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Carter, Betsy The Puzzle King In 1936, Simon and Flora are immigrate in order to escape Hitler’s Germany. The two meet up in New York, fall in love, and marry. They also share the desperate goal of rescuing their loved ones in Europe. 2009 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Carter, Stephen L. The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln In an alternate history novel, Lincoln escapes assassination by John Wilkes Booth only to face impeachment, and Abigail Canner, a young black woman involved in his defense, helps investigate the murder of the president's counsel. 2012 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Clark, Clare Savage Lands In 1704, the French colony Louisiana is home to less than 200 souls. 23 young girls are sent from France to be married, among them Elisabeth Savaret, who is well educated and skeptical about finding happiness in the New World. This backwater colony is above all a political quicksand of duplicity and shifting alliances, as the French fiercely compete with the English for control of this inhabitable land. 2010 Adult Fiction Book CLARK | |
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Cornwell, Bernard The Fort : a Novel of the Revolutionary War 1n 779, the British establish a fort on the Penobscot River. The Massachusetts patriots, including General Peleg Wadsworth and Colonel Paul Revere, mount an expedition to oust the redcoats. Cornwell presents afascinating, accurate, and exciting history lesson enlivened with a generous blast of gun smoke and grapeshot. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Doig, Ivan Work Song In 1919, Morrie Morgan is lured to Butte Montana to work in the copper mines. Morrie is drawn into the fierce clash raging between union leaders, mining companies, and the beleaguered miners. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Donati, Sara The Endless Forest The spring of 1824 is a challenging one for the inhabitants of Paradise N.Y. when a flood devastates the village. But for Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner, it's also a time of reunion as their children return from far-off places, a childhood friendship evolves into a romance, and family secrets threaten heart and home. 2010 Adult Fiction Book DONATI | |
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Fabiano, Laurie Elizabeth Street The Costa family establishes a successful business and attracts the attention of the Black Hand, a group of brutal extortionists operating in New York's Lower East Side. As the stakes grow,higher, the Costas struggle to remain outside the fray, and then to fight for — and finally to save — the family. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Gear, W. Michael Coming of the Storm Hernando de Soto’s exploration of the present-day Florida provides the dramatic context for the inevitable cultural collision between Europeans and indigenous people. Enslaved and cruelly mistreated by de Soto, Black Shell swears revenge for the atrocities committed against the Native Americans and vows to defeat the brutal de Soto. 2010 Adult Fiction Book GEAR | |
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Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants Told in a series of flashbacks, 90 year old Jacob Jankowskie describes the wild and wonderful period he spent with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, a traveling circus he joined during the Great Depression. 2006 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Hagen, Carla Hand Me Down My Walking Cane Faunce Ridge Minnesota is declared a rustic slum by Roosevelt’s New Deal government. Emil Rousseau returns to photograph his childhood home, document the poverty, and persuade the Congress to resettle his old friends and neighbors. 2011 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Johnson, Denis Train Dreams Circa 1900, Robert Grainer is a day laborer working in the Western forests and later building railroads. Grainger’s life story not only details his personal challenges but also the radical changes that transform America in his lifetime including influenza epidemics, the advent of automobiles and airplanes, and a chance meeting with Elvis Presley. 2011 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Kent, Kathleen The Wolves of Andover After Thomas Carrier saves Martha Allen from a wolf attack, he discovers wild animals are not the only dangers lurking in the Massachusetts woods: assassins have arrived from London to capture Charles I's executioner, said to be living outside Boston under an assumed name. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Knight, Michael The Typist Private Francis Vancleave is stationed in Tokyo just after World War II, serving as a typist for General MacArthur. His position puts him in contact with the elite units billeted near the Emperor's Palace. Knight cunningly details the confluence of the boredom of American soldiers and the economic plight of the post-bombing Japanese. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Kolpan, Gerald Magic Words In 1867, Jewish immigrant Julius comes of age in Nebraska. Based upon the lives of Julius Meyer, the renowned translator for Native American leaders, and world-famous magicians Compars and Alexander Herrmann, Kolpan weaves an adventure spanning two continents. 2012 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Leveen, Lois The Secrets of Mary Bowser Based on the true story of Mary Bowser, a freed slave who returns to Virginia to spy on the Confederates. Leveen depicts a woman who must sacrifice her freedom to truly achieve it. 2012 Adult Fiction Book | |
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