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Shelterbelts

by Candace Simar

Published: 2015-05-01

Paperback: 267 pages

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Tia Fiskum, the old maid of Tolga Township, yearns to retain her hold on the family farm after her shell-shocked brother returns from World War II. The neighbor she hopes to marry chooses a town girl for his new wife.The Potato King listens to the radio preacher and prays for a miracle. Eddy Root fears...

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A Beast No More: Emerging from the Middle State

by Phyllis Magold

Published: 2016-12-11

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Liberalized, Radicalized, Criminalized: Three Young Women in a World of Change. On a day in June of 1950, three baby girls are born at the same time, in the same hospital. Baby Brigid goes home to a middle-class, lily-white west Cleveland suburb where her Hungarian firefighter father and I...

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The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage Departures)

by Timothy Egan

Published: 1991-12-03

Paperback: 254 pages

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A fantastic book! Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood forests and the manicured English gardens of Vancouver. Here is a blend of history, anthropology and politics.

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Lilli de Jong: A Novel

by Janet Benton

Published: 2018-07-10T00:0

Paperback: 352 pages

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Library Journal Best Historical Fiction 2017 “A powerful, authentic voice for a generation of women whose struggles were erased from history—a heart-smashing debut that completely satisfies.” —Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sw...

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There is a Generation II: Kids of the Greatest Generation

by WH Buzzard

Published: 2016-01-06

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“A rollicking good tale with plenty of tension but also much humor,” concluded the publisher. “Your characters are well drawn and unique, …making for a strong story.”In the 1950s, the start of the great American culture shift began. The boys and girls who would one day transform ...

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The Hummingbird's Daughter

by Luis Alberto Urrea

Published: 2006-04-03

Paperback: 499 pages

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Discover an epic historical novel of a young saint escaping death from Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels. The prizewinning writer Luis Alberto Urrea's long-awaited novel is an epic mystical drama of a young woman's sudden sainthood in late 19t...

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Clementine

by Sara Pennypacker

Published: 2008-02-15

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Clementine is having not so good of a week.On Monday she's sent to the principal's office for cutting off Margaret's hair. Tuesday, Margaret's mother is mad at her. Wednesday, she's sent to the principal again. Thursday, Margaret stops speaking to her. Friday starts with yucky eggs and get...

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Goodnight from London: A Novel

by Jennifer Robson

Published: 2017-05-02

Paperback: 400 pages

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From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson—author of Moonlight Over Paris and Somewhere in France—comes a lush historical novel that tells the fascinating story of Ruby Sutton, an ambitious American journalist who moves to London in 1940 to report on the Second World War, and to...

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Fierce Kingdom: A Novel

by Gin Phillips

Published: 2018-07-24

Paperback: 288 pages

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One of the New York Times Book Review's Best Crime Novels of 2017“Warning: you'll finish this in one sitting.” —TheSkimm  “Expertly made thriller . . . clever and irresistible.” —The New York TimesAn electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and ...

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The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes)

by Richard K. Morgan

Published: 2010-01-12

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A dark lord will rise. Such is the prophecy that dogs Ringil Eskiath—Gil, for short—a washed-up mercenary and onetime war hero whose cynicism is surpassed only by the speed of his sword. Gil is estranged from his aristocratic family, but when his mother enlists his help in freeing a co...