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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was fifteen, and in love for the first time, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, she...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who has led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last sixty years with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace.
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Series
Language
English
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Skye O'Malley's magnificent daughter Velvet embarks on her own adventures in this sensuous bestseller.
Velvet de Marisco is the daughter of one of fiction's most beloved heroines, the hot-blooded adventuress, Skye O'Malley.
Now, in this journey into pure sensual delight by Bertrice Small, Velvet proves she's every inch her mother's daughter.
When Alexander Gordon arrives from the Scottish Highlands to claim Velvet as his bride, he...
Velvet de Marisco is the daughter of one of fiction's most beloved heroines, the hot-blooded adventuress, Skye O'Malley.
Now, in this journey into pure sensual delight by Bertrice Small, Velvet proves she's every inch her mother's daughter.
When Alexander Gordon arrives from the Scottish Highlands to claim Velvet as his bride, he...
Author
Series
Kingsbridge volume 3
Language
English
Description
"International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face, petty theft and a silver tongue. As William's star rises, Richard's onetime gratitude is souring and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty. So when a priceless manuscript goes missing,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers--the trusted advisers in the King or Queen's inner circle--to ensure its survival as a family and a pillar of the country. Today, as ever, a carefully selected team of people hidden from view steers the royal family's path between public duty and private life. Queen Elizabeth II, after a remarkable 70 years of service, saw the final seasons of her reign without her husband Philip...
7) Long Lankin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
When Cora and her younger sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their great Auntie Ida in an isolated village in 1958, they discover that they are in danger from a centuries-old evil and, along with village boys Roger and Peter, strive to uncover the horrifying truth before it is too late.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief illustrated biography of Queen Elizabeth I, who ruled England from 1533 until her death in 1603, and discusses her childhood, imprisonment, her refusal to get married, the attempts on her life, and other related topics.
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Series
Publisher
CROOKED LANE BOOKS
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
Autumn has fallen on Wiltshire, but as the air grows crisp and the trees turn a resplendent gold, a sinister presence arrives in the form of a horrifying murder. Bartholomew Reade, a player in a traveling troupe, has been found stabbed, sprawled on a low mound outside the village, a reed pen jabbed into his throat. On the night of the murder, a bleeding woman collapses at the doorstep of herbalist Bess Ellyott desperately seeking help. Could she have...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
From bestselling author and historical consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown, an unparalleled insider account of tumult, secrecy and schism in the Royal family. The world has watched Prince William and Prince Harry since they were born. Raised by Princess Diana to be the closest of brothers, how have the boy princes grown into very different, now distanced men? From royal insider, biographer and historian Robert Lacey, this book...
11) Think of me
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Language
English
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Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of We Must Be Brave comes a new sweeping historical novel about one couple's journey through war, love, and loss, and how the people we love never really leave us"--
12) A constant heart
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Marget Barnardsen, the exquisitely beautiful daughter of one of the Queen Elizabeth's knights, feels her future is ensured when she becomes engaged to the Earl of Lytham, but when she unwittingly offends the queen, she must somehow find a way to make amends or face the prospect of losing the man she loves forever.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy's magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth's sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy's...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Velazquez shares a riveting...
ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Velazquez shares a riveting...
Author
Language
English
Description
In Mrs. Lincolns Dressmaker, novelist Jennifer Chiaverini presents a stunning account of the friendship that blossomed between Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Keckley, a former slave who gained her professional reputation in Washington, D.C. by outfitting the citys elite. Keckley made history by sewing for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln within the White House, a trusted witness to many private moments between the President and...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, the polyamorous relationship between his wife and his mistress, the creation of his beloved comic book character Wonder Woman, and the controversy the comic generated.
17) Betty Zane
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Language
English
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Zane Grey's debut novel, which he self-published in 1905, "Betty Zane" is the first book in Grey's "Frontier Trilogy" and tells the true biographical story of Elizabeth "Betty" Zane, a hero of the American Revolutionary War and direct ancestor of the author. While under siege at Fort Henry by American Indian allies of the British Army and faced with dwindling supplies, the lovely and sixteen-year-old Betty bravely volunteers to venture out of the...
Author
Language
English
Description
One of the most iconic, beloved, and bestselling books of our time from the bestselling author of City of Girls and Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert.
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love touched the world and changed countless lives, inspiring and empowering millions of readers to search for their own best selves. Now, this beloved and iconic book returns in a beautiful 10th anniversary edition, complete with an updated...
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love touched the world and changed countless lives, inspiring and empowering millions of readers to search for their own best selves. Now, this beloved and iconic book returns in a beautiful 10th anniversary edition, complete with an updated...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, must exonerate her father of murder. Armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together and examine new suspects, she begins a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
During the period between 1964 and 1977: the royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill; the United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy; survives the Aberfan disaster; observes the Apollo 11 moon landing; and plans for the Investiture of Prince Charles. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of...