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Arab-Israeli conflict Fiction Egypt History 332-30 B.C Fiction Great Britain History Henry VII, 1485-1509 Fiction Large type books Man-woman relationships Fiction Murder Investigation Fiction of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England Margaret 1430-1482 Fiction Queen of Egypt Cleopatra -30 B.C Fiction Time travel Fiction United StatesSummary: "For a quarter of a century, Five Star Publishing, an imprint of Gale/Cengage, has offered readers the best in new voices, as well as many beloved authors, in the traditional Western and American frontier fiction genres. Hobnail and Other Frontier Stories, edited by Hazel Rumney, features seventeen brand-new stories that will delight historical fiction fans. These stories capture the spirit of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HOBRooney, Kathleen
Summary: "From the green countryside of England and the gray canyons of Wall Street come two unlikely heroes: one a pigeon and the other a soldier. Answering the call to serve in the war to end all wars, neither Cher Ami, the messenger bird, nor Charles Whittlesey, the Army officer, can anticipate how their lives will briefly intersect in a chaotic battle in the forests of France, where their wills will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROOGreen, Shari
Summary: A story of friendship, first love, and an impossible choice between integrity and duty, family and friends, all while fighting for a dream. Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a historical YA novel in verse that centers around a young pianist in East Germany trying to make sense of love, duty, and the pursuit of dreams during the unsettled months of protest that led to the fall of the Berlin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction RivSundin, Sarah
Summary: When evidence of sabotage is uncovered, Boston Navy Yard secretary Mary Stirling and Navy officer Jim Avery work together to discover the culprit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SUNFitzgerald, Penelope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITSummary: A collection of steampunk and supernatural tales that breathes new life into the Victorian and Edwardian ghost story for a new generation of readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GHOGingrich, Newt.
Summary: A novel of the darkest days of the American Revolution follows George Washington, Thomas Paine, and Jonathan Van Dorn, a private in Washington's army, during the days surrounding Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on December 25, 1776.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GINGingrich, Newt.
Summary: After two bestselling historical series re-envisioning the Civil War and World War II Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen have turned their sharp eye for detail on the Revolutionary War and the birth of the United States of America. Their story follows three men with three very different roles to play in history: General George Washington Thomas Paine and Jonathan Van Dorn a private in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GINYakhlif, Yaḥyá.
Summary: A Palestinian novel on the 1948 Arab-Israeli War in which Arabs tried unsuccessfully to crush the newly independent state of Israel. It is told through the eyes of the Arab inhabitants of a Palestinian village.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YAKWeymouth, Laura E.
Summary: Wilhelmina Price has a dubious reputation in the village of Thrush's Green. Ever since her mother's untimely death, she has been able to see a person's spirit leaving their body days or hours before they die. Wil has never been able to prevent these deaths, so her unusual skill has made her an outsider to most except her lifelong friend, Edison, the youngest son of Lord Summerfield. But when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WEYHering, Marianne.
Summary: Cousins Patrick and Beth work to protect runaway slave Sally as they travel by train with President-elect Abraham Lincoln through northern New York state in 1861 aboard The Lincoln Special, getting assistance from Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln and her son Willie along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2018
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Summary: "An assassination plot that could end the Civil War, and a hidden enemy that could destroy a secret league of unsung heroes ... Daniel Cumberland, born free in Massachusetts, studied law with dreams of helping his people--dreams that died the night he waskidnapped and sold into slavery. Daniel is rescued, but he's a changed man. When he's offered entry into the Loyal League, the covert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COLIggulden, Conn.
Summary: It is 1454 and for over a year King Henry VI has remained all but exiled in Windsor Castle, struck down by his illness, his eyes vacant, his mind a blank. His fiercely loyal wife and Queen, Margaret of Anjou, safeguards her husband's interests, hoping that her son Edward will one day come to know his father. With each month that Henry is all but absent as king, Richard, the Duke of York,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC IGGIggulden, Conn.
Summary: Winter 1461--Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of York, Margaret and her army seem unstoppable. Yet in killing the father, Margaret has unleashed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC IGGLong, Julie Anne
Summary: "A London season is the chance of a lifetime for Catherine Keating. But the ton's glitter and decadence and casual cruelty threaten to crush her hopes of finding a husband before her season even begins...until she accidentally acquires one of the most scandalous men in England as a secret chaperone. Famously fiery Lord Dominic Kirke can hold the House of Commons--and any woman he chooses--in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LONGuin, Jerry
Summary: "Sam Bass was just a farm boy from Indiana, but he wound up in Texas and became one of the most notorious outlaws in the history of the Old West. Texas history has often referred to Bass as "Texas' Beloved Bandit" or "Robin Hood on a Fast Horse." Jerry Guin's historical novel The Bandit takes an unflinching look at the life and times of Sam Bass, from his almost accidental incursion into a life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GUIHanson, Victor Davis.
Contents: Pt. 1. Holy Leuktra -- pt. 2. Between peace and war -- pt. 3. The march down country -- pt. 4. Freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANStabenow, Dana
Summary: Cleopatra- seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt- is surrounded by riches untold. It is a comfortable life. But not all are invited to share in the wealth of Alexandria, Egypt's first city. For the peasants and farmers, their lives lie in the hands of the gods and the harvest. Unless, that is, they can find other, less savory, methods to feed their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus Ltd. 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STADunlap, Susanne Emily.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNStabenow, Dana
Summary: Alexandria, 47 BC. Cleopatra shares the throne with her brother Ptolemy under the auspices of Julius Caesar, by whom Cleopatra is heavily pregnant. A shipment of new coins meant to reset the shaky Egyptian economy has been stolen and the Queen's Eye has been murdered, so Queen Cleopatra turns to childhood friend Tetisheri to find the missing shipment and bring the murderer to justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M STAIggulden, Conn.
Summary: "The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Margaret of Anjou, the second gripping novel in the new series from historical fiction master Conn Iggulden. As Traitors Advance...A Queen Defends It is 1454 and for over a year King Henry VI has remained all but exiled in Windsor Castle, struck down by his illness, his eyes vacant, his mind a blank. His fiercely loyal wife and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Iggulden 2015Gabaldon, Diana
Summary: "A magnificent collection of short fiction--including two never-before-published novellas--featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, all extending the story of Outlander in thrilling new directions "The Custom of the Army" begins with Lord John Grey being shocked by an electric eel and ends at the Battle of Quebec. Then comes "The Space Between," where it is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017