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Exposed to fashionable society and romance--as well as clues about her mother--Lillian Haswell, brilliant daughter of a local apothecary, is torn when she is summoned back to her ailing father's bedside to save the family legacy at a time when women are forbidden to work as apothecaries and the suspicious eyes of a scholarly physician and a competing apothecary are upon her.
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Heirs of Acadia volume 2
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Eager to minister to the poor, well-bred Abigail ignores her parents' warnings and ventures into the slums of London. But instead of gaining converts, she causes a scandal when she enters a seedy theater. To save the family honor, Abigail is sent to live with relatives in America. In this new land, the adventurous young women will face true tests of her heart, soul, and spirit.
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"Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Instead, owing to the passage of the power of patronage to a new Prime Minister, a newcomer, the far more Evangelical Bishop Proudie, gains the see. His wife, Mrs Proudie, exercises an undue influence over the new bishop, making herself as well as the bishop...
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Tucker Mills trilogy volume 2
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Indentured servant Reese Thackery, believing herself free when her master Mr. Zantow dies, is stunned when the bank manager tells her he intends to keep her papers to cover Zantrow's outstanding debts, but she accepts that God has a plan for her life, and is rewarded for her faithfulness when bank owner Conner Kingsley comes to investigate the odd circumstances and loses his heart to the young woman.
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The enduring love story and satirical comedy by a master of the English novel. A young vicar's ambition drives him into a costly bargain in this classic tale from one of the Victorian era's finest novelists. Set in rural England in the fictitious county of Barsetshire, the fourth novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire brilliantly examines the intersection of romance and social class. Mark Robarts is a young, ambitious vicar from the village of Framley,...
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Sophie Broadmoor adores fancy balls, beautiful gowns, and expensive jewelry. Indeed, she enjoys everything the Broadmoor wealth provides and has earned a reputation as the wildest of the Broadmoor cousins. During a trip to England, she falls head over heels for Wesley Hedrick, a wealthy widower who promises her the world. But Wesley's promises never seem to come true, and soon Sophie finds herself in a very compromising situation. Why does it have...
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Miss Pickworth novels volume 1
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A man and a woman meet on a ship traveling from India to England and survive when their ship is attacked by pirates to return home to England to gossip.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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Overweight with acne-prone skin, twelve-year-old Hannah always feels unsure of herself, but when a wooden statue of Jesus goes missing from a cathedral, she discovers a special connection with both the statue and a larger force.
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Heirs of Acadia volume 1
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American Erica Langston faces her worst enemy, falls in love, and is forced to confront her lack of faith when she travels to England to collect on outstanding debts and save her family's business at the outbreak of the Revolution.
10) Fearless
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Dominion trilogy volume 2
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As the world is plagued by earthquakes, fire, disease, and floods, an anonymous and powerful hero offers hope to the world as he travels the globe in search of a way to stop the cataclysm.
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Servant Anne Webster, shot in the leg and expected to die, accepts a proposal of marriage from the disgraced Marquess of Blackthorne, thinking only of providing for her family after her death, and the newlyweds find themselves trying to deal with their changed circumstances when she makes a shocking recovery.
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"Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter. But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing...
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"A prolific and much-acclaimed writer, G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is best known as the creator of detective-priest Father Brown. Although Chesterton's mysteries constitute only a small fraction of his writings (which include essays, poetry, plays, and biographies), they abound in the felicities that make all of his works enduringly popular: a pleasingly paradoxical style, a wealth of pithy aphorisms, and a luxurious supply of exuberant wit. These...
14) The Amber Room
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 16
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In Florian's Gate, T. Davis Bunn introduced his growing readership to the fascinating world of European art and antiques. During months of research, he discovered and pursued the legend of The Amber Room, an ensemble of precious 18th century wall panels that graced a tsarist palace in St. Petersburg. Stolen by Nazi invaders, it was carried off to a castle in East Prussia. Dubbed the "eighth wonder of the world," the treasure was last seen in 1945...
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Priceless collection volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
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Jeffrey Sinclair has started a new life in London assisting in a high-end antique shop, he discovers that more than good salesmanship to wealthy customers is required. Alexander Kantor, his relative and now employer, has a reputation for acquiring priceless antiques under mysterious circumstances. As Jeffrey learns the business and becomes more involved in searching out valuable pieces, he discovers that their source is not the only secret Alexander...
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When Charlotte Lamb, a fallen vicar's daughter, tries to hide away in London's grim Milkweed Manor, she is mortified to find herself in the care of a former suitor whom her father long ago rejected as unsuitable, but both are determined--with God's help--to protect those they love.
18) The altarpiece
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Cross and the crown volume 1
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English
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In 1535, England is in turmoil during King Henry VIII's Roman absence. Catherine is in the midst in the Priory of Mount Grace. The King's divorce has dashed Catherine's hopes for a place at court, and she reluctantly takes the veil. When a costly altarpiece goes missing, Catherine is suspected. As the King's destructive soldiers return to Mount Grace, Catherine must choose between her calling and the man who represents her country's future.
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"Butcher's daughter Agnes Peppin is forced to leave her home in disgrace and live a cloistered life in Shaftesbury Abbey, but when King Henry VIII closes all religious houses, Agnes finds herself adrift in an unfamiliar world where she must use her wits to survive"--
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No place like Holmes volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
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"When Griffin is sent to stay with his detective uncle at 221A Baker Street for the summer, he is certain that his uncle must be the great Sherlock Holmes! But Griffin is disappointed to discover that Holmes lives at 221B Baker Street and his uncle lives unit 221A. His uncle is a detective, just not a very good one. But when Griffin meets a woman with a case that Holmes has turned away for being too ridiculous, he and his uncle team up to help her....
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