Drake, John
Summary: John Silver had never killed a man. But on a smoldering deck off the coast of Madagascar, his shipmates dead or dying, his cutlass has just claimed the lives of six pirates. Surrounded by their crewmates, Silver fears his merchant navy career is at an end. Then the pirate captain makes him an offer. On the other side of the world, Joseph Flint, a naval officer wronged by his superiors, plots a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DRABlake, Sarah
Summary: In London covering the Blitz with Edward R. Murrow, Frankie Bard meets a Cape Cod doctor in a shelter and promises that she'll deliver a letter for him when she finally returns to the United States. Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, "The Postmistress" is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women--and of two countries torn apart by war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2010
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Summary: "The year 1900 ushers in a new century and the promise of social change, and women rise together toward equality. Yet rules and restrictions remain, especially for women like Alice Butterworth, whose husband has abruptly disappeared. Desperate to make a living for herself and the child she carries, Alice leaves the bitter cold of Chicago far behind, offering sewing lessons at a New Orleans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022