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 The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff (Goodreads Author)

The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff (Goodreads Author)

The Orphan's Tale
 
A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan's Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival .

Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in... Read More


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 The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill (Tales from Ivy Hill #1) by Julie Klassen

The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill (Tales from Ivy Hill #1) by Julie Klassen

The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill (Tales from Ivy Hill, #1)

First Series from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen!

On a rise overlooking the Wiltshire countryside stands the village of Ivy Hill. Its coaching inn, The Bell, is its lifeblood--along with the coach lines that stop there daily, bringing news, mail, travelers, and much-needed trade.

Jane Bell lives on the edge of the inn property. She had been a genteel lady until she married... Read More
 From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon

From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon

From Sand and Ash

Italy, 1943—Germany occupies much of the country, placing the Jewish population in grave danger during World War II.

As children, Eva Rosselli and Angelo Bianco were raised like family but divided by circumstance and religion. As the years go by, the two find themselves falling in love. But the church calls to Angelo and, despite his deep feelings for Eva, he chooses the priesthood.

Now, more than a decade later, Angelo is a Catholic priest and Eva is a woman with nowhere to turn. With the Gestapo closing in, Angelo hides Eva within the walls of a convent, where Eva discovers she is just one of many Jews being sheltered by the Catholic Church... Read More

The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King

The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King

The Murder of Mary RussellMary Russell is used to dark secrets—her own, and those of her famous partner and husband, Sherlock Holmes. Trust is a thing slowly given, but over the course of a decade together, the two have forged an indissoluble bond.And what of the other person to whom Mary Russell has opened her heart: the couple’s longtime housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson? Russell’s faith and affection are...


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Edition Language:English
Format Type:Kindle Edition
Number of Pages:384 pages

A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

A Murder in Time
Beautiful and brilliant, Kendra Donovan is a rising star at the FBI. Yet her path to professional success hits a speed bump during a disastrous raid where half her team is murdered, a mole in the FBI is uncovered and she herself is severely wounded. As soon as she recovers, she goes rogue and travels to England to assassinate the man responsible for the deaths of her teamm...

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ISBN:1605989746
Format Type:Hardcover
Number of Pages:498 pages

The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian by David Dyer

The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian by David Dyer

The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian

As the Titanic and her passengers sank slowly into the Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg late in the evening of April 14, 1912, a nearby ship looked on. Second Officer Herbert Stone, in charge of the midnight watch on the SS Californian sitting idly a few miles north, saw the distress rockets that the Titanic fired. He alerted the captain, Stanley Lord, who was slee...

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Title:The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian
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ISBN:1250080932
Edition Language:English
Format Type:Hardcover
Number of Pages:323 pages

Free Reading Girl in the Blue Coat from Monica Hesse

Free Reading Girl in the Blue Coat from Monica Hesse

Girl in the Blue Coat
Amsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days finding and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the Dutch front lines when the German army invaded. Her illegal work keeps her family afloat, and Hanneke also likes to th...

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ISBN:0316260606
Edition Language:English
Format Type:Hardcover
Number of Pages:320 pages

Download Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt

Download Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to MarsThe riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transfo...

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Title:Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
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ISBN:0316338923
Format Type:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352 pages

Free Online Reading Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss

Free Online Reading Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss

Tuesday Nights in 1980“In one sentence, Ms. Prentiss captures a sense of intoxication and possibility that six seasons of voice-overs from Sarah Jessica Parker never could…Ms. Prentiss concludes her novel on a note that’s both ethereal and brutally realistic. She cauterizes wounds, but they’re still visible and bare. But for her characters—for this promising author—it’s enough.” —The New York T...

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ISBN:1501121049
Format Type:Hardcover
Number of Pages:336 pages

Free Ebook: The 14th Colony: A Novel (Cotton Malone) by Steve Berry

Free Ebook: The 14th Colony: A Novel (Cotton Malone) by Steve Berry

The 14th ColonyShot down over Siberia in what was to be a simple meet-and-greet-mission, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for decades into an intense hatred of the United States.Before escaping, Malone learns that Zorin and another ex-KGB officer, this one a sleeper...
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ISBN:1250056241
Edition Language:English
Format Type:Hardcover
Number of Pages:450 pages