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Summary: History knows them as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Elizabeth of Austria, icons of the late nineteenth century who died young and left behind magnificent portraits and palaces. But to each other they were Ludwig and Sisi, cousins who shared a passion for beauty and a stubborn refusal to submit to the roles imposed upon them. Ludwig, simultaneously spoiled and punished for his softness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JEMNeugeboren, Jay
Summary: When Jay Neugeborens first novel, Big Man, was published, James Michener called it ''as good a sports novel as has ever been written.'' Now, nearly a half century later, Neugeboren is publishing Max Baer and the Star of David, his 22nd book--a remarkable novel that is centered on the life of the world heavyweight champion Max Baer. In 1933 Baer--who was one-quarter Jewish and wore a Star of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mandel Vilar Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEUParini, Jay
Summary: "A historical novel of the Apostle Paul, whose tireless and epic preaching of the message of Jesus brought Christianity into existence and changed human history. In relating Paul's epic journeys, both geographical and spiritual, the author unfolds a vivid panorama of the ancient world on the verge of epochal change, while in the alternating voice of the Gospel writer Luke, Paul's travel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARCallaway, Joy
Summary: "She has one last chance to prove she chose the right course for her life. In 1908, young Dorothy Tuckerman chafes under the bland, beige traditions of her socialite circles. Only the aristocracy's annual summer trips to The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia spark her imagination. In this naturally beautiful place, an unexpected romance with an Italian racecar driver gives Dorothy a taste of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Muse 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CALFowler, Karen Joy
Summary: "From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOWCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FOWPenman, Sharon Kay
Summary: The Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem following the First Crusade, Baudouin IV, struggles to hold his throne despite political intrigue, personal health risks, and the growing threat of Saladin and his army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENMore, Clay
Summary: "In Tombstone, Arizona Territory, the town too tough to die, Dr. George Goodfellow is known as the Surgeon to the Gunfighters. Friends with the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday, his services as a doctor are needed in the aftermath of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, but Goodfellow is handy with a gun and his fists, too, and he needs those skills to survive when he's stalked by a crazed miner and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021