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England Fiction Families England History 20th century Fiction Large type books London (England) Fiction Man-woman relationships Fiction Nobility England Fiction Older women Fiction Reminiscing in old age Fiction Saint Petersburg (Russia) History Siege, 1941-1944 Fiction World War, 1939-1945 FictionChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: As the nation grapples with the strictures of Prohibition, Rosa Barclay lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the federal purview. Mother to eight children, Rosa mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease that is now afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Two daughters born of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHIAlbert, Susan Wittig
Summary: Set during the chaotic years of World War II, tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of that relationship on Mamie Eisenhower and her life in Washington during the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALBBeauman, Sally.
Summary: "Before the summer is over, a catastrophic event changes the life of three young sisters in 1967 England"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BEAAzzopardi, Trezza.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC AZZCooney, Ellen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC COOGoodwin, Daisy.
Summary: In 1875, Sisi, the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies. Beautiful, athletic and intelligent, Sisi has everything -- except happiness. Bored with the stultifying etiquette of the Hapsburg Court and her dutiful but unexciting husband, Franz Joseph, Sisi comes to England to hunt. She comes looking for excitement and she finds it in the dashing form of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GOOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GOOAlexander, Bruce
Summary: Sir John Fielding, the legendary blind eighteenth-century London judge, and his young assistant Jeremy Proctor investigate when a packet of incendiary letters is stolen from the London residence of a prominent official and turns up in the colony of Massachusetts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M ALEJordan, Hillary
Summary: In 1946, city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband's Mississippi Delta farm when two young men return from the war to work the land, Jamie McAllan, Laura's brother-in-law, and Ronsel Jackson, eldest son of the black sharecroppers on the farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOREdwards, Cassie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC EDWChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: "Kate Chase was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of Salmon P. Chase. Her father was Abraham Lincoln's secretary of the treasury, and he aspired to even greater heights. Kate stepped into the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society and as a future presidential candidate. Her efforts were successful enough that The Washington...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHIChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: As the nation moves toward civil war, one resident of Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania has her life irrevocably changed. Dorthea Granger is asked by her uncle-- shortly before his violent death-- to stitch an unusual quilt. When she learns the quilt contains hidden clues for the Underground Railroad, Dorthea makes a brave decision. She will put her own life at risk to continue the work that cost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHIDean, Debra
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DEAHarris, C. S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M HARArcher, Jeffrey
Summary: A second installment in a planned five-part series finds Harry despairing of a marriage to Emma and joining the Merchant Navy before assuming the identity of a fallen American soldier whose past proves even more turbulent than Harry's own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Archer 2012Archer, Jeffrey
Summary: "Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, Alex Fisher, in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Archer 2014Lindsey, Johanna
Summary: Some young ladies marry for money and social standing, a few lucky ones marry for love - but Tiffany Warren is marrying to end a feud. Honoring her mother's promise, Tiffany reluctantly travels west to meet her estranged father and his enemy's eldest son, rancher Hunter Callahan. But in the chaos of a train robbery, Tiffany seizes the opportunity to assume the identity of her father's new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LINChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: Born to slave-holding aristocracy in Richmond, Virginia, and educated by Northern Quakers, Elizabeth Van Lew was a paradox of her time. When her native state seceded in April 1861, Van Lew's convictions compelled her to defy the new Confederate regime. Pledging her loyalty to the Lincoln White House, her courage would never waver, even as her wartime actions threatened not only her reputation,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHIDunmore, Helen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DUNGarlock, Dorothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GARGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: Facing daunting challenges in the form of political threats against the OSS and the early stirrings of the Cold War, Cletus Frade and his colleague conduct a secret operation to counter the growing ambitions of Joseph Stalin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRIAlexander, Victoria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALEHenley, Virginia.
Summary: Set in 1322 during the reign of King Edward II Brianna de Beauchamp meets Wolf Mortimer, a man who possesses the Celtic gift of second sight, and is swept into an adventure that entangles her in the intrigues between Edward II, his wife, Isabella, and their lovers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HENLindsey, Johanna.
Summary: "London society has its very own Cupid. Renowned horse breeder and occasional matchmaker Devin Baldwin pairs eligible young ladies with suitable gentlemen based on his theory of animal magnetism. Amanda Locke, the daughter of a duke, is everything a nobleman could desire, yet she enters her third Season still searching for a match. When an earl passionate about horses becomes the target of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LINGregory, Philippa.
Summary: Descended from a river goddess, Jacquetta has always had the gift of second sight. Wed to the Duke of Bedford, she is introduced to the world of learning and alchemy. When his death leaves her a wealthy young widow, Jacquetta marries the Duke's squire, Richard Woodville. They return to England and have a daughter, Elizabeth, for whom Jacquetta senses an extraordinary future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011