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The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel

Heather Morris - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The #1 International Bestseller This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov...
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Spilled Milk: Based on a true story

K L Randis - CreateSpace
Format: Print book

"Randis later would testify at a criminal trial against her father,who was sentenced to prison for his crimes. He was sentenced to up to 16 years in 2004. Her painful -- and ultimately triumphant -- story isrecounted in Randis' first novel, "Spilled Milk." - Brown, Stacy....
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Before We Were Yours: A Novel

LISA WINGATE - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT - A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerFor readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a "thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal."*Memphis,...
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Beautiful exiles

Meg Waite Clayton - Lake Union Publishing
Format: Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Meg Waite Clayton comes a riveting novel based on one of the most volatile and intoxicating real-life love affairs of the twentieth century.Key West, 1936. Headstrong, accomplished journalist Martha Gellhorn is confident with words but less...
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Sold on a Monday: A Novel

Kristina McMorris - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris comes another unforgettable novel inspired by a stunning piece of history. 2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken...
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Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait: A Novel

Alison Weir - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII's fourth wife, as a grieving king chooses a bride sight unseen in the fourth novel in the epic and intrigue-filled Six Tudor Queens series.Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry...
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Girl waits with gun

Amy Stewart - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Book

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

John Boyne - David Fickling Books
Format: Paperback

"Powerful and unsettling. . . . As memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank." - USA Today Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received...
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

Linda Sue Park - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes...
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The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel

Marie Benedict - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Book

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 and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans...
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