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Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family's circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire...until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitler's Nazis has put them all in grave danger. When the circus is forced to shut down and Irene's father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is...
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Waste not, want not! A patterned flour sack becomes a clever creation in this story set in the late 1930's featuring a crafty girl with a gift for repurposing her favorite daisy print.
When the family flour sack is emptied, Nancy Bess remakes it into a dress. But little girls grow as little girls do, and soon that dress is too small. Bit by bit, Nancy Bess fashions the material into new creations, until finally, all that is left of the flour sack...
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From Martin Dugard, coauthor of the 'Killing' series with Bill O'Reilly, comes a soaring account of England's desperate fight to fend off German invasion. 'Taking London' puts the reader inside the action, telling the complex personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske.
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Drawn from the author's own life, 'Tiananmen Square' is an epic, deeply moving coming-of-age novel about young love and lasting friendships forged in the years leading up to the Tiananmen Square student protests. Perfect for readers of 'The Beekeeper of Aleppo' and 'The Night Tiger'. The author is writing under a pseudonym to avoid reprisals. Book Club. #diversity.
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'The Forbidden Daughter' is the true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth. A moving, powerful chronicle of overcoming impossible odds, 'The Forgotten Daughter' is the story of one unforgettable woman and her will to survive.
11) Jackie: A Novel
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'Jackie' is the mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who forged a legacy out of grief and shaped history even as she was living it. It is the story of a love affair, a complicated marriage, and the fracturing of identity that comes in the wake of unthinkable violence. From the author of 'Georgia'. Goodreads Marketing Campaign. Book Club.
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In the vein of 'Americas First Daughter', Piper Huguleys historical novel delves into the remarkable friendship of Portia Washington and Alice Roosevelt, the daughters of educator Booker T. Washington and President Teddy Roosevelt. 'American Daughters' vividly brings to life two passionate and vital women who nurtured a friendship that transcended politics and race over a century ago. #diversity.
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A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations. 'The Royal Librarian' is a dual narrative novel following one woman in 1940 working as a librarian at Windsor Castle, secretly there to protect the two princesses - one of whom will become queen - and also her great grand-niece, decades later, who discovers a mystery book filled with secrets.
15) Calder Country
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Calder Brand volume 4
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PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: A CALDER AT HEART, ISBN 9781496727466. In the fourth 'Calder Brand' novel from Janet Dailey set in 1920s Blue Moon, Montana, the small cattle town is alight with the excitement of cars, telephones, and airplanes. But as new inventions and new roles for women collide with Prohibition and the rising battle between gangsters and the FBI, the town finds itself at a crossroads, and in battles of their own, between hearts and minds....
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