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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
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"Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channels his anger into becoming the World Heavyweight Champion, and later survives a near-death experience that takes him from the ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggle, he reclaims his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable heavyweight champion ever" --Container.
Language
English
Description
This saga follows two families - the Hazards, from the North, and the Mains, from the South - through their changing fortunes at home and the harsh realities of the battlefields. When the South surrenders at the end of the Civil War, the families are reunited once again in friendship. In the final installment, the two families continue through Post-Civil War Reconstruction into pioneer Indian territories.
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English
Description
This book is based on the true life of Henry Stuart. When the 67-year-old former professor finds out he is dying of tuberculosis, he vows to "learn in solitude how to save myself." He sets off for Fairhope, Alabama, with only the writings of his beloved Tolstoy for company. There, the barefoot poet builds himself a small hut and slowly becomes an inspiration for the rest of the utopian town. When his last few months become his last few years, Henry's...
4) The 12th man
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Breathtaking action adventure that tells an incredible true life story of heroism and a man's unbreakable will to live." --
5) Centennial
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
History of fictional Colorado town, from 1795 to late 20th century.
6) Restoration
Language
English
Description
In 17th century Britain, a young man seduced by the wealth and indolence of the Restoration court, finds redemption of sorts through the love of a woman.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) is drawn into a maze of global intrigues in the blistering third series of the family saga that's being hailed as 'Britain's best drama' (Indedpendent). Coerced into the most audacious crime of his career, Shelby faces overwhelming forces in every part of his life. His response to them will define the kind of man he is. (summary from back cover)
Pub. Date
[2006, c1998]
Language
English
Description
Based on the real legend of the miraculous staircase at the Sisters of Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, N.M. A small chapel's choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a mysterious drifter, with a background in carpentry, arrives in town.
10) The tide of life
Pub. Date
2001, 1996.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Emily Kennedy faces her future with a glad smile and an ever-hopeful philosophy. Her only worry is her delicate younger sister, Lucy. When a tragic set of circumstances force the sisters from their home, Emily is quickly forced to grow into womanhood and take on the responsibilities of an adult. Needing all her strength of will and character to see her through the difficult road she travels, Emily manages to cling bravely to her never-say-die...
11) Rage at dawn
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the real life escapades of the infamous Reno Brothers gang, this double-barreled western adventure stars Randolph Scott as the tough, two-fisted Chicago special agent assigned to bring the outlaws to justice.
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Felicity: In Colonial America, shortly before the American Revolution, a young girl tries to rescue a horse from an abusive owner.
Molly: Molly is a girl living in the year 1943 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape the bombings. They slowly become good friends.
Kit Kittredge: Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl,...
13) True women
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful, moving story about two fearless women, of frienship, romance, courage and survival in the Old West. When Mexican forces threaten their homeland, Sarah Ashby McClure and her younger sister Euphemia move their family and friends to safety. Resettling on the rugged West Texas plains, they soon become targets of Indian raids. They are determined to defend their homeland while their men fight in the Civil War.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This saga follows two families - the Hazards, from the North, and the Mains, from the South - through their changing fortunes at home and the harsh realities of the battlefields. When the South surrenders at the end of the Civil War, the families are reunited once again in friendship. In the final installment, the two families continue through Post-Civil War Reconstruction into pioneer Indian territories.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters, Evangeline and Beatrice, have established a fashion house that creates a sensation in the London of the Roaring Twenties. The sisters and the House of Eliott face changing times, cutthroat competition and romance as they survive in the world of fashion. But the world of haute couture is shrinking. In order to survive, can the House of Eliott realize that ready-to-wear is fashion's future?
17) Temptation
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
It is 1909, and Temperance O'Neill is ahead of her time, but her stepfather insists that she quit her job of helping other women. The only way out is to find a wife for his nephew.
19) Caligula
Pub. Date
1979, 2007.
Language
English
Description
From the moment he ascends to the throne as Emperor, Caligula enforces a reign like no other as power and corruption transform him into a deranged beast whose deeds still live on as some of the most depraved in history.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad's leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and hiding her maps within her paintings ... Eden, a modern woman desperate to conceive a child with her husband, moves to an old house in the suburbs and discovers a porcelain head hidden in the...
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