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The Leper Spy: The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II

by Ben Montgomery

Published: 2016-10-01

Hardcover: 288 pages

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The GIs called her Joey. Hundreds owed their lives to the tiny Filipina woman who was one of the top spies for the Allies during World War II, stashing explosives, tracking Japanese troop movements, and smuggling maps of fortifications across enemy lines for Gen. Douglas MacArthur. As the ...

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The Magic of Ordinary Days: A Novel

by Ann Howard Creel

Published: 2011-08-30

Paperback: 304 pages

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The powerful story of one woman's passion in a world at war. Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of becoming an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. But when an exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, she ...

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Minds of Winter

by Ed O'loughlin

Published: 2017-02-04

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In a journey shrouded in mystery and intrigue, Sir John Franklin's 1845 campaign in search of the Northwest Passage ended in tragedy. All 129 men were lost to the ice, and nothing from the expedition was retrieved, including two rare and valuable Greenwich chronometers. When one of the chr...

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Their Finest: A Novel

by Lissa Evans

Published: 2017-02-14

Paperback: 464 pages

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From the author of the acclaimed Crooked Heart comes another “smart, funny, ingenious, revealing tale of London life during the Second World War” (The Independent)—longlisted for the Orange Prize upon its original publication in England.It is 1940. France has fallen, and only a narro...

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If I Could Tell You: A Novel

by Elizabeth Wilhide

Published: 2017-02-28

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Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale meets Anna Karenina, a vivid and captivating novel of love, war, and the resilience of one woman's spirit    England, 1939: Julia Compton has a beautifully well-ordered life. Once a promising pianist, she now has a handsome husband, a young son she adores...

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Days Without End: A Novel

by Sebastian Barry

Published: 2017-01-24

Hardcover: 272 pages

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COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER"A true leftfield wonder: Days Without End is a violent, superbly lyrical western offering a sweeping vision of America in the making."—Kazuo Ishiguro, Booker Prize winning author of The Remains of the Day and The Buried Giant“A haunting archeolo...

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The Signal Flame: A Novel

by Andrew Krivak

Published: 2017-01-24

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The stunning second novel from National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak—a heartbreaking, captivating story about a family awaiting the return of their youngest son from the Vietnam War.In a small town in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains Hannah and her son Bo mourn the loss of the fam...

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The Evening Road

by Laird Hunt

Published: 2017-02-07

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Two women, two directions: one dark, extraordinary day.Meet Ottie Lee Henshaw, a startling, challenging beauty in small-town Indiana. Quick of mind, she navigates a stifling marriage, a lecherous boss, and on one day in the summer of 1930 an odyssey across the countryside to witness a dark...

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The Alice Network: A Novel

by Kate Quinn

Published: 2017-06-06

Paperback: 560 pages

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 NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of NPR's Best Books of the Year!One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!The 2017 Girly Book Club Book of the Year!A Summer Book Pick from Good ...

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The Library of Fates

by Aditi Khorana

Published: 2017-07-18

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A romantic coming-of-age fantasy tale steeped in Indian folklore, perfect for fans of The Star-Touched Queen and The Wrath and the Dawn No one is entirely certain what brings the Emperor Sikander to Shalingar. Until now, the idyllic kingdom has been immune to his many violent conques...