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1291-1320 of 1801

Saint Mazie: A Novel

Jami Attenberg

Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and bawdy, she's the truth-telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It's the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty--even when Prohibition kicks in--and Mazie never ...

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Published: Jun 2016

Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood

From the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Handmaid's TaleSoon to be a Netflix Original series, Alias Grace takes listeners into the life of one of the most notorious women of the 19th century. It's 1843, and Grace ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2018

Land of Painted Caves, The (Earth's C...

Jean M. Auel

Ayla, one of the most remarkable and beloved heroines in contemporary fiction, continues to explore the world and the people around her with curiosity, insight, and, above all, courage.As the story opens, Ayla, Jondalar, and their inf...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2016

Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty...

Ramona Ausubel

"A timely, sophisticated tale [that] explores what happens when a charmed life loses its luster." –O MagazineFrom the award-winning author of the forthcoming Awayland, an imaginative novel about a wealthy New England famil...

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Published: Jun 2017

Karolina's Twins: A Novel (Liam Tagga...

Ronald H. Balson

In the tradition of The Nightingale, Sarah's Key, and Lilac Girls, comes a saga inspired by true events of a Holocaust survivor's quest to return to Poland and fulfill a promise, from Ronald H. Balson, author of the international best...

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Published: Aug 2017

A Bend in the Stars

Rachel Barenbaum

All the Light We Cannot See meets The Nightingalein this literary WWI-era novel and epic love story of a brilliant young doctor who races against Einstein to solve one of the universe's great mysteries. In Russia, in the summer of 19...

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Published: May 2020

House of Silence

Sarah Barthel

Oak Park, Illinois, 1875. Isabelle Larkin's future—like that of every young woman—hinges upon her choice of husband. She delights her mother by becoming engaged to Gregory Gallagher, who is charismatic, politically ambitious, and ...

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Published: Dec 2016

Back in Society (Poor Relation Series...

M. C. Beaton

Life is finally looking up for the poor relations. The Prince of Wales' coat of arms gleams over the hotel entrance. All but one of the rooms are filled by the open-handed Prince Hugo and his entourage. The owners have taken on a new ...

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Published: Dec 2018

The Teleportation Accident: A Novel

Ned Beauman

When you haven't had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thing that could ever happen.If you're living in Germany in the 1930s, it probably isn't.But that's no consolation to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him...

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Published: Nov 2013

The Visitors: A Novel

Sally Beauman

Based on a true story of discovery, The Visitors is New York Times bestselling author Sally Beauman's brilliant recreation of the hunt for Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings—a dazzling blend of fact and fiction that b...

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Published: Jul 2015

The Last Dress from Paris

Jade Beer

The secret is hidden within a collection of Dior dresses... London, 2017. There’s no one Lucille adores more than her grandmother. So when her beloved Granny Sylvie asks for Lucille’s assistance with a small matter, she...

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Published: Jun 2022

House of Thieves: A Novel

Charles Belfoure

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect "The world of old New York comes alive in this beguiling tale of mystery and intrigue... Charles Belfoure definitely has the touch." ―Steve Berry, New York ...

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Published: Aug 2016

The Girls in the Picture: A Novel

Melanie Benjamin

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Wife, a "rich exploration of two Hollywood friends who shaped the movies" (USA Today)—screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Ma...

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Published: Jan 2019

My Lady Notorious

Jo Beverley

Desperate to help her widowed sister and baby escape a deadly pursuer, Lady Chastity Ware dresses as a highwayman and captures the first coach to travel down the road. Coming face-to-face with its occupant, the arrogant aristocrat Cyn...

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2014

My Lady Notorious

Jo Beverley

Desperate to help her widowed sister and baby escape a deadly pursuer, Lady Chastity Ware dresses as a highwayman and captures the first coach to travel down the road. Coming face-to-face with its occupant, the arrogant aristocrat Cyn...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Feb 2014

HHhH

Laurent Binet

HHhH: "Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich," or "Himmler's brain is called Heydrich." The most dangerous man in Hitler's cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich was known as the "Butcher of Prague." He was feared by all and...

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Published: Aug 2012

The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco C...

Pamela Binnings Ewen

Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel is revered for her sophisticated style—the iconic little black dress—and famed for her intoxicating perfume Chanel No. 5. Yet behind the public persona is a complicated woman of intrigu...

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Published: Apr 2021

The Pistoleer: A Novel of John Wesley...

James Carlos Blake

Some called him a Texas hero. Some called him the Devil himself. But on one point they all agreed. While he was alive, John Wesley Hardin was the deadliest man in Texas.A novel of uncompromising depth and power from western master Jam...

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Published: Dec 2016

After Alice Fell: A Novel

Kim Taylor Blakemore

Until she discovers the truth of her sister’s death, no one will rest in peace. New Hampshire, 1865. Marion Abbott is summoned to Brawders House asylum to collect the body of her sister, Alice. She’d been found dead after...

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Published: Jan 2021

What If?-Two: More Alternative Histor...

Robert Blumetti

After the success of Blumetti’s highly popular book, What If?, he has written What If?—Two. Blumetti once again stretches the imagination in exciting and fascinating counter-factual histories. Whether you consider them rea...

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Published: Nov 2005

The Wettest County in the World Based...

Matt Bondurant

Based on the true story of his grandfather and two granduncles, Matt Bondurant's novel is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through...

Unabridged CD
Published: Dec 2011

In Farleigh Field: A Novel of World W...

Rhys Bowen

World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operat...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2017

The Tuscan Child

Rhys Bowen

From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets… “Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a cop...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Feb 2018

San Miguel: A Novel

T. Coraghessan Boyle

The brilliant and acclaimed New York Times bestseller from the author of The Women and When the Killing's Done Just off the coast of Southern California, two families-one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s-come to desolate, windswept S...

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Published: Sep 2013

Shadow on the Crown

Patricia Bracewell

A rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queen In 1002, fifteen­-year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England, whom she meets for the first time at t...

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Published: Dec 2013

White Chrysanthemum

Mary Lynn Bracht

For fans of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Lilac Girls, the heartbreaking history of Korea is brought to life in this deeply moving and redemptive debut that follows two sisters separated by World War II.Korea, 1943. Hana has lived her en...

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Published: Oct 2018

Secrets of Cavendon: A Novel (Cavendo...

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Beloved blockbuster bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford continues to captivate readers with her Cavendon saga. Now, with change on the horizon, what will become of the aristocratic Inghams and the devoted Swann family who serve...

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Published: Oct 2018

The Cavendon Luck (Cavendon Hall)

Barbara Taylor Bradford

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating epic saga of courage and honor, following the aristocratic Inghams and the loyal Swann family who have served them for centuries.It is 1938 in England, and Miles and Ce...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jun 2016

Time and Chance

Alan Brennert

A classic novel from the bestselling author of Moloka'i and HonoluluBefore Alan Brennert became a bestselling author of historical novels, he wrote this lyrical fantasy in the vein of The Time Traveler's Wife. Part love story, part de...

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Published: Jul 2011

The Whispering House

Elizabeth Brooks

“Will keep you up all night. . . . A gothic mystery like no other.” —Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of The Butterfly Girl From the acclaimed author of The Orphan of Salt Winds It was like holding a couple of jigsa...

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Published: Mar 2021
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