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By: Laura Moriarty
The Chaperone
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartSoon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks… [more below]
- Author: Moriarty, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 04 2013
- ISBN10: 1594631433
- Language: English
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By: Moran, Michelle
Rebel Queen
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra’s Daughter comes the breathtaking story of Queen Lakshmi–India’s Joan of Arc–who against all odds defied the mighty British inv… [more below]
- Author: Moran, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1476716366
- Language: English
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El Lado Izquierdo del Sol / The Left Side of the Sun (Premio Mauricio Achar)
$18.95PaperbackRead morePremio Mauricio Acachar
«Un libro con una prosa cautivante, de ritmo hipn?tico. El lado izquierdo del sol es una novela paciente, contemplativa, hermosa, cuyo lenguaje logra un retrato certero y- Author: Lagunas, Cristian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 6073832591
- Language: Spanish
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By: Ospina, William
Pondré Mi OÃdo En La Piedra Hasta Que Hable / I Will Put My Ear on the Stone Unt Il It Speaks
$21.95HardcoverRead moreEsta esperada novela de William Ospina busca, entre miles de p?ginas cient?ficas y los testimonios de sus encuentros, al Humboldt m?s humano y personal que all? se esconde.
«C?mo no fascinarse c… [more below]- Author: Ospina, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 8439741839
- Language: Spanish
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By: Agnello, Coffey
Sara’s Rising
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cartSara’s childhood was a living hell. This is her story of the tremendous abuse she suffered and her fight to take back control. A first-person account of her life and healing journey.
Sara’s Rising is a
- Author: Agnello, Coffey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1778139515
- Language: English
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By: Hooper, Elise
The Other Alcott
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartA People Magazine and POPSUGAR pick
” May’s] adventures illuminate the world of intrepid female artists in the late 1800s …] The Other Alcott comes alive in its development of the relationship bet
- Author: Hooper, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0062645331
- Language: English
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By: Lessing, Doris
The Four Gated City (Harperperennial)
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cart“I read the Children of Violence novels and began to understand how a person could write about the problems of the world in a compelling and beautiful way, and it seemed to me that was the most import
- Series: Children of Violence #5
- Author: Lessing, Doris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: September 21 1995
- ISBN10: 0060976675
- Language: English
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By: Ruvalcaba, Hiram
Todo Pueblo Es Cicatriz / Every Town Is a Scar
$18.95PaperbackRead more«Hiram Ruvalcaba posee una destreza implacable para fraguar tramas inquietantes y combinar herencias que van del true crime y el gótico sureño a la crónica latinoamericana o lo rulfiano y arr… [more below]
- Series: Mapa de Las Lenguas
- Author: Ruvalcaba, Hiram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 607383537X
- Language: Spanish
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By: Beard, Janet
The Atomic City Girls
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart“The Atomic City Girls is a fascinating and compelling novel about a little-known piece of WWII history.”–Maggie Leffler, international bestselling author of The Secrets of Flight
In the bestselling t
- Author: Beard, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0062666711
- Language: English
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By: Cribb, John
The Rail Splitter
$28.00HardcoverRead moreFrom John Cribb, author of the acclaimed novel Old Abe, comes a new work of historical fiction that brings Abraham Lincoln to life as never before.
The Rail Splitter tells the story of Abraham Lincoln- Author: Cribb, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1645720640
- Language: English
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Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse
$19.99HardcoverRead moreAlexandria Giardinoand Felicita Sala’s poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book is inspired by Ode to the Onion by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973).
A Junior Library Guild Selection Pablo- Author: Giardino, Alexandria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1944903348
- Language: English
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By: Nothomb, Amélie
First Blood
$18.00PaperbackRead moreWINNER OF THE 2021 RENAUDOT PRIZE
WINNER OF THE 2022 STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZE
A WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE BOOK 2023A moving fictionalized account of Nothomb’s own father, who died of Covid related sym
- Author: Nothomb, Amélie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1609458443
- Language: English
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By: Hornby, Gill
Godmersham Park: A Novel of the Austen Family
$26.95HardcoverRead moreA richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family by the #1 International bestselling-author of Miss Austen.
On Januar- Author: Hornby, Gill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362584
- Language: English
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By: Waugh, Evelyn
Helena
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartEvelyn Waugh’s personal favorite of his novels and “a superlatively well done book” (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.
Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British- Author: Waugh, Evelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 11 2012
- ISBN10: 0316216518
- Language: English
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By: Dillon, Leo
Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles – Think of That!
$18.99HardcoverAdd to cartWith bold paintings and a simple, rhyming text, Caldecott Medalists Leo & Diane Dillon bring young readers a rap a tap tap celebration of dance that will have readers clapping and tapping along.
“There… [more below]
- Author: Dillon, Leo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0590478834
- Language: English
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By: Marie Benedict
The Only Woman in the Room
$17.99PaperbackRead moreThe instant New York Times Bestseller
She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both? Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party- Author: Benedict, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 09 2019
- ISBN10: 1432869175
- Language: English
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Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman
$17.95HardcoverAdd to cart“An inspiring portrait of a woman committed to making a difference and whose influence is still felt to this day.” –Kirkus Reviews
A young Jewish immigrant from Poland, Rose Schneiderman went to work
- Author: Berne, Emma Carlson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1681156172
- Language: English
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
$8.99PaperbackAdd to cartEleanor of Aquitaine, wife to two kings, mother to two others, has been waiting in Heaven a long time — eight centuries, more or less — to be reunited with her second husband, Henry II of England. F… [more below]
- Author: Konigsburg, E. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2001
- ISBN10: 068984624X
- Language: English
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By: Louis De Wohl
The Spear: A Novel of the Crucifixion
$18.95PaperbackRead moreThis panoramic novel of the last days of Christ ranges from the palaces of imperial Rome to the strife-torn hills of Judea-where the conflict of love and betrayal, revenge and redemption, reaches a mi… [more below]
- Author: de Wohl, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 401
- Publish Date: August 19 1998
- ISBN10: 0898706041
- Language: English
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Sugar Snow
$9.99PaperbackAdd to cartWith this illustrated adaptation from the beloved Little House series, the youngest readers can share in the joy of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved classics.
In Sugar Snow, Laura is delighted when a sof
- Series: Little House Picture Book
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 22 1999
- ISBN10: 0064435717
- Language: English











