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The Lady Professor
By Robert L. Switzer. 2017
Emma Hansen, a poor farm girl born in 1900, has exceptional scholastic ability and a deep fascination with the natural…
world. She fights her way through poverty, her family's indifference, and prejudices against women to attend high school and Hancock College, a small Midwestern school. Encouraged by the college's only female professor, Emma conducts her first research with dung beetles and micro-organisms.The Lady Professor is a novel about the human side of real science, historically and scientifically accurate, but readily intelligible to non-scientists. It portrays a transitional time for women in America and would particularly interest young women who are drawn to careers in science.Chaduvu (Sundaram Learns)
By V. V. B. Rama Rao, Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao. 1998
History of Violence: A Novel
By Lorin Stein, Édouard Louis. 2018
History of Violence is international bestselling French author Edouard Louis’s autobiographical novel about surviving a shocking sexual assault and coping…
with the post-traumatic stress disorder of its aftermath.On Christmas Eve 2012, in Paris, the novelist Édouard Louis was raped and almost murdered by a man he had just met. This act of violence left Louis shattered; its aftermath made him a stranger to himself and sent him back to the village, the family, and the past he had sworn to leave behind.A bestseller in France, History of Violence is a short nonfiction novel in the tradition of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, but with the victim as its subject. Moving seamlessly and hypnotically between past and present, between Louis’s voice and the voice of an imagined narrator, History of Violence has the exactness of a police report and the searching, unflinching curiosity of memoir at its best. It records not only the casual racism and homophobia of French society but also their subtle effects on lovers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. It represents a great step forward for a young writer whose acuity, skill, and depth are unmatched by any novelist of his generation, in French or English.After a Time
By Laurie Salzler. 2016
In the late 1800’s, teenager Mayme Watson boards a train bound for Eagle Rock, Idaho. Disillusioned by her parents and…
completely alone, she finds a place to stay and a job to support herself. When Mayme discovers that most of the girls in town are just biding their time until they can marry, her heart calls for a change. She embarks on an adventure to overcome her feelings of failure by disguising herself as a boy and getting hired on as a post rider for the United States Postal Service. Follow along with Mayme on her often dangerous journeys as she discovers that waiting for the future is not as fulfilling as setting out to find it.Stampede of the Edmontosaurus (Dinosaur Cove)
By Rex Stone. 2008
Tom and Jamie can't believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs!…
They vow to have a new adventure every day. There's trouble in Dino World. A meteor has fallen, and all the dinosaurs are spooked.When Will This Cruel War Be Over: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson (Dear America)
By Barry Denenberg. 1996
Christmas after All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift (Dear America)
By Kathryn Lasky. 2001
Twelve-year-old Minnie Swift recounts living through one of the toughest times in American history, the Great Depression, through her diary…
that spans over one Christmas month. Reflecting both sadness and optimism that characterized the time, this is an intimate portrait of a Midwestern family's triumphs and losses. Photos.The Removes: A Novel
By Tatjana Soli. 2018
As the first wave of pioneers travel westward to settle the American frontier, two women discover their inner strength when…
their lives are irrevocably changed by the hardship of the wild west in The Removes, a historical novel from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Tatjana Soli. Spanning the years of the first great settlement of the West, The Removes tells the intertwining stories of fifteen-year-old Anne Cummins, frontierswoman Libbie Custer, and Libbie’s husband, the Civil War hero George Armstrong Custer. When Anne survives a surprise attack on her family’s homestead, she is thrust into a difficult life she never anticipated—living among the Cheyenne as both a captive and, eventually, a member of the tribe. Libbie, too, is thrown into a brutal, unexpected life when she marries Custer. They move to the territories with the U.S. Army, where Libbie is challenged daily and her worldview expanded: the pampered daughter of a small-town judge, she transforms into a daring camp follower. But when what Anne and Libbie have come to know—self-reliance, freedom, danger—is suddenly altered through tragedy and loss, they realize how indelibly shaped they are by life on the treacherous, extraordinary American plains.With taut, suspenseful writing, Tatjana Soli tells the exhilarating stories of Libbie and Anne, who have grown like weeds into women unwilling to be restrained by the strictures governing nineteenth-century society. The Removes is a powerful, transporting novel about the addictive intensity and freedom of the American frontier.The Capacity for Infinite Happiness
By Alexis Von Konigslow. 2015
Mathematician Emily Kogan needs to finish her thesis, and her secretive family may be just the inspiration she's looking for.…
She decides to conduct research into the influence of personal relationships, using her family tree as an original social network. Tracing the spiderwebs of these connections, she learns far more than she bargained for. In the 1930s, Harpo Marx joins his brothers at the Kogan's Jewish-friendly resort in Canada. Unhappy after the death of his parents and uncertain in life after the latest Marx Brothers' movie flops at the cinemas, Harpo is looking for something or someone to save. Captivated by the mysterious Ayala Kogan and her two daughters, he is drawn deeply into the lives of the Kogan family and their tragic past. Effortlessly weaving together these two storylines, Alexis von Konigslow draws the reader into an astonishing tale of ill-fated love, extraordinary courage, and a daring transatlantic escape.The Umbrella Mender
By Christine Fischer Guy. 2014
Though a stroke has left her mute, the story Hazel MacPherson has to share is unforgettable. As a talented nurse…
in the early 1950s, she went north to Moose Factory to help fight the epidemic of tuberculosis that was ravaging the Cree and Inuit peoples. Each week the boat brought new patients from the James Bay, Hudson Bay, and Nunavik communities to the little hospital. It was a desperate undertaking, fraught with cultural and language difficulties that hampered the urgent, sometimes reckless, efforts of the medical staff. But Hazel is soon distracted from the tensions of the hospital by an enigmatic drifter named Gideon Judge, an itinerant umbrella mender searching for the Northwest Passage. From her own hospital bed, the older Hazel struggles to pass on to her grandniece the harrowing tale of her past in the North, including the fate of Gideon and the heartbreaking secrets she left behind.Anacaona: The Golden Flower (The Royal Diaries)
By Edwidge Danticat. 2005
Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful and heroic queen to life. Queen Anacaona's island was peaceful until the Spanish explorers conquered it…
in 1492. The conquistadors were cruel to Anacaona's people, and when they revolted, their queen was resigned to a tragic fate. Illustrations.The Sound
By Sarah Drummond. 2016
The Sound is set in the 1820s, in the violent and lawless world just before the English established colonial law…
in Western Australia. It is a historical fiction about the men of many nations who made their way across the southern waters of Australia from Tasmania to WA, plundering seal colonies, and stealing women and children from indigenous communities as they went. It follows the journey of Wiremu Heke of Aramoana, who begins his journey on the quest to avenge the destruction of his village, but ends it older, wiser, and looking at the world in an entirely different way.Divya
By Anand Yashpal. 2006
Divya leads a blissful life within the secure walls of the palace even as the world outside rages with caste…
politics and religious strife, until one night of pleasure changes her entire world. She gets pregnant only to be spurned by her lover.Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan (Dear America)
By Barry Denenberg. 2002
Chickamauga and Other Civil War Stories
By Shelby Foote. 1993
The Player King
By Avi. 2017
From Newbery Award–winning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to…
become the King of England.England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim, has apparently disappeared. Meanwhile, a penniless kitchen boy named Lambert Simnel is slaving away at a tavern in Oxford—until a mysterious friar, Brother Simonds, buys Lambert from the tavern keeper and whisks him away in the dead of night. But this is nothing compared to the secret that the friar reveals: You, Lambert, are actually Prince Edward, the true King of England! With the aid of the deceitful Earl of Lincoln, Brother Simonds sets out to teach the boy how to become the rightful English king. Lambert has everything to gain and nothing to lose, or so he thinks. Yet in this dangerous battle for the throne, Lambert is not prepared for what’s to come—or for what it really means to play at being a king.Dave Cameron's Schooldays
By Bill Coles. 2010
This is the extraordinary first-hand account of Tory leader David Cameron's Eton Schooldays. In this cracking yarn, which also happens…
to be entirely fictional, veteran journalist Bill Coles reveals how Cameron's first year at Eton College helped turn him into one of the wiliest political operators of his age. These spoof memoirs include revelatory details of Cameron's early life as a porn-dealer and paparazzo. The novel may perhaps contain valuable insights into the mind of the man who is on the threshold of becoming the first Old Etonian Prime Minister in more than four decades.Homecoming
By Beverly Jenkins. 2002
A historical holiday story of homecoming and second-chance romance by NAACP Image Award Nominee, Beverly Jenkins. In 1883, Lydia Cooper…
is happily traveling back home to celebrate the simple joys of the holidays when an unexpected complication appears in the all-too-distracting form of Gray Dane, the man she loved as a girl; the man she left behind. Gray, a soldier, is finally returning home too. Seeing Lydia after fifteen years reignites all the temptations from years ago...and also the pain and regret. But as Lydia and Gray make their way home together, they get a chance to mend the past, and rediscover the joy, trust --and passion -- of before; to realize that love isn't just sweeter the second time around, it's downright decadent. This novella was previously published in Gettin' Merry, A Holiday AnthologyWrath and Ruin (Wishes And Curses Ser. #1)
By Ripley Proserpina. 2017
With every wish made comes a curse…Polya, wild and fierce, innocent and loyal, can credit her very existence to a…
wish her mother made for a prince’s love. The devil himself felt her mother’s ache and gave her everything she asked for. Tempted from Hell to the cruel country of Konstantin, the devil battles against a prince, his princess, and the perfect soldier for the ultimate prize: hope itself. When wishes and curses convene, only Polya can save them all, and start the revolution that will change everything. In the darkest of times…hope is born.Skylarking
By Kate Mildenhall. 2016
'Lovingly drawn' --Thuy On, Sydney Morning Herald'A beautifully written book' --AFR Magazine'[An] impressive debut novel' --Emily Bitto, author of the…
Stella Prize-winning The Strays'An evocative yarn' --Australian Women's Weekly'Strikingly real and deeply moving' --Olga Lorenzo'Brave, beautiful and richly textured' --Lucy TreloarKate and Harriet are best friends growing up together on an isolated Australian cape. As the daughters of the lighthouse keepers, the two girls share everything, until a fisherman, McPhail, arrives in their small community.When Kate witnesses the desire that flares between him and Harriet, she is torn by her feelings of envy and longing. An innocent moment in McPhail's hut then occurs that threatens to tear their peaceful community apart.Inspired by a true story, Skylarking is a spellbinding tale of friendship and desire, memory and truth, which questions what it is to remember and how tempting it can be to forget.