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Pope Joan: A Novel
Donna Woolfolk Cross
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"Engaging . . . Pope Joan has all the elements: love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets."--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewFor a thousand years men have denied her existence--Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity for two years.... |
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The Other Einstein: A Novel
Marie Benedict - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover
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One of PopSugar's "25 Books You're Going to Curl Up with this Fall.""The Other Einstein takes you into Mileva's heart, mind, and study as she tries to forge a place for herself in a scientific world dominated by men."-BustleIn the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs.... |
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A Piece of the World: A Novel
Christina Baker Kline - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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"A Piece of the World is a graceful, moving and powerful demonstration of what can happen when a fearless literary imagination combines with an inexhaustible curiosity about the past and the human heart: a feat of time travel, a bravura improvisation on the theme of art history, a wonderful... |
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The Address: A Novel
Fiona Davis - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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Fiona Davis, author of The Dollhouse, returns with a compelling novel about the thin lines between love and loss, success and ruin, passion and madness, all hidden behind the walls of The Dakota, New York City's most famous residence.After a failed apprenticeship, working her way up to head... |
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News of the World: A Novel
Paulette Jiles - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award Finalist - FictionIt is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless,... |
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The Daughters Of Mars
Thomas Keneally - Thorndike Press, 2014.
Format: Large Print Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller In 1915, Naomi and Sally Durance, two spirited Australian sisters, join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father?s farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Though they are used to tending the sick, nothing could have prepared them for what... |
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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
Amor Towles - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"The book is like a salve. I think the world feels disordered right now. The count's refinement and genteel nature are exactly what we're longing for." - Ann Patchett"How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed novel stretches out with old-World... |
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