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Before the Week's Through
By Anne Pedke. 2020
During the Dust Bowl, Sarah’s family is losing their crops from wind damage. In order to care for his family,…
Sarah's father leaves for California to find work. Now, the family must work together to keep the farm running. During a storm, the family gives shelter to a stranger. How will this stranger give hope to Sarah that their father will return?Blood Red Horse
By K. M. Grant. 2004
You need three things to become a brave and noble knight: A warhorse. A fair maiden. A just cause. Will…
has a horse--a small chestnut stallion with a white blaze in his brow. Ellie is a fair maiden, but she's supposed to marry Will's older brother, Gavin. And as for the cause, King Richard is calling for a Crusade. The Knights of England must go to the Holy Land to fight. Will and Gavin will go. Blood will be shed. Lives will be taken. But through it all, two things will be constant--Ellie, and a blood-red horse called Hosanna. . . .The Voyage of the Destiny: A Novel
By Robert Nye. 2011
Sir Walter Raleigh-soldier, explorer, adventurer, lover of Queen Elizabeth-emerges from the pages of history and myth, full-blooded, passionate, and profoundly…
human. After unjustly languishing for years in the Tower, Raleigh undertakes one final voyage in search of gold. On his doomed quest he contends with Spanish forces, mutiny, pirates, court intrigue, and disease, all under the shadow of the executioner's blade awaiting him back home. Along the way, he also recounts his storied rise from humble origins into the Virgin Queen's favor and court--and ultimately her bed. This powerful and action-packed novel breathes life into the most dazzling yet most enigmatic of Elizabethans.Settle Down In Tang Dynasty: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
By Ban DuoLuoDeEMo. 2020
In the year 622, the Tang Dynasty was five years old. The Tang Dynasty was ruled by Li Yuan, and…
the Tang Dynasty, which would soon shake the world, had just been established. Xue Lang, a modern youth who had crossed over to this time in the Tang Dynasty, had a huge problem with his survival! From being alone to living in peace and pleasure, this is a man's inspiration history.The Imperial Clan of Ming Dynasty: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
By Gu JunDao. 2020
From the end of the Ming Dynasty until the end of the Ming Dynasty, he had become a slave of…
Jin Shang who starved to death. Where did he get such a good meal from in this apocalyptic era? Plundering of countries... No, this is trade. It was more comfortable being the emperor himself … This sister-in-law Zhang Yan … He had to take good care of her.Landlord In Zhou Dynasty: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
By Jian QiangDeAHua. 2020
As a traveler, Chen shouxin's dream was to be a happy small landlord in the zhou dynasty. How beautiful would…
it be to pen some land, brew some wine, raise a few herds of cattle and sheep, and marry a few beautiful wives? Which idea, the family affairs, the state affairs, the world affairs all together poured over. Pacify the rebellion, suppress the Japanese pirates, open the sea ban, prosper the civil affairs, on behalf of the sky patrol to kill the corrupt officials... The emperor of big zhou is willing to allow him to superfine maharaja position, the prime minister of the government, in exchange for big zhou zuanshan. But he really just wants to be a f*cking little landlord.New Story of Lv Bu: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
By San ZangDaShi. 2020
This was a book about human nature. Loyalty and betrayal, life and death were all reflected in this book. Every…
single moment, every single character was struggling with their own thoughts. Their will had made this book a reality. The story of a small Golden Triangle warlord passing through the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty to become a famous general, Lu Bu, and struggling to survive in the stormy seas. Every step he took was filled with fear, and he had to pay the price of blood. The complicated relations between the late Han Dynasty's valve families, the life on the market of the small people, the vast and magnificent natural scenery, and the vivid and lifelike characters of the three countries occupy a great deal of space in this book.New Story of Lv Bu: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
By San ZangDaShi. 2020
This was a book about human nature. Loyalty and betrayal, life and death were all reflected in this book. Every…
single moment, every single character was struggling with their own thoughts. Their will had made this book a reality. The story of a small Golden Triangle warlord passing through the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty to become a famous general, Lu Bu, and struggling to survive in the stormy seas. Every step he took was filled with fear, and he had to pay the price of blood. The complicated relations between the late Han Dynasty's valve families, the life on the market of the small people, the vast and magnificent natural scenery, and the vivid and lifelike characters of the three countries occupy a great deal of space in this book.Landlord In Zhou Dynasty: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
By Jian QiangDeAHua. 2020
As a traveler, Chen shouxin's dream was to be a happy small landlord in the zhou dynasty. How beautiful would…
it be to pen some land, brew some wine, raise a few herds of cattle and sheep, and marry a few beautiful wives? Which idea, the family affairs, the state affairs, the world affairs all together poured over. Pacify the rebellion, suppress the Japanese pirates, open the sea ban, prosper the civil affairs, on behalf of the sky patrol to kill the corrupt officials... The emperor of big zhou is willing to allow him to superfine maharaja position, the prime minister of the government, in exchange for big zhou zuanshan. But he really just wants to be a f*cking little landlord.Settle Down In Tang Dynasty: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
By Ban DuoLuoDeEMo. 2020
In the year 622, the Tang Dynasty was five years old. The Tang Dynasty was ruled by Li Yuan, and…
the Tang Dynasty, which would soon shake the world, had just been established. Xue Lang, a modern youth who had crossed over to this time in the Tang Dynasty, had a huge problem with his survival! From being alone to living in peace and pleasure, this is a man's inspiration history.The Imperial Clan of Ming Dynasty: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
By Gu JunDao. 2020
From the end of the Ming Dynasty until the end of the Ming Dynasty, he had become a slave of…
Jin Shang who starved to death. Where did he get such a good meal from in this apocalyptic era? Plundering of countries... No, this is trade. It was more comfortable being the emperor himself … This sister-in-law Zhang Yan … He had to take good care of her.Land of Promise (The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Book #8)
By T. L. Tedrow. 1992
After devastating events in San Francisco, several Chinese families plan to make Mansfield their new home. Because part of the…
community views foreigners with contempt, the town is split over the arrival of the Chinese families. Laura hopes a moving Thanksgiving ceremony will bring the town back together and allow the Chinese residents to see Mansfield as the land of promise they hoped it would be.Moonshine
By Justin Benton. 2019
Set in the Great Depression, a boy begins to question his and his father's illicit lifestyle brewing moonshine in the…
Tennessee wilderness and finds himself facing not only vengeful gangsters and a corrupt sheriff, but also the possibility of losing his Pa.To keep food on the table during the Great Depression, thirteen-year-old Cub helps his widower father illegally distill and sell moonshine, despite Prohibition. However, their relaxed business is interrupted when a gangster named Salvatore arrives and offers a once-in-a-lifetime distribution deal to Cub's father. Eager for a safer lifestyle, Cub decides to interfere with the gangster's negotiations and end the deal. However, this broken arrangement backfires, forcing Cub to make some business decisions before things turn deadly. In this coming-of-age historical adventure by a debut author, Cub must race against time to not only save his father's life, but also their future.The Lost Diary of Venice: A Novel
By Margaux DeRoux. 2020
Two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries…
of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day America.&“Enchanting from the first page.&”—Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of All the Flowers in Paris In the wake of her father&’s death, Rose Newlin finds solace in her work as a book restorer. Then, one rainy Connecticut afternoon, a struggling painter appears at her door. William Lomazzo brings with him a sixteenth-century treatise on art, which Rose quickly identifies as a palimpsest: a document written over a hidden diary that had purposely been scraped away. Yet the restoration sparks an unforeseen challenge when William—a married man—and Rose experience an instant, unspoken attraction.Five centuries earlier, Renaissance-era Venetians find themselves at the mercy of an encroaching Ottoman fleet preparing for a bloody war. Giovanni Lomazzo, a portrait artist grappling with tragedy, discovers that his vision is fading with each passing day. Facing the possibility of a completely dark world, Gio begins to document his every encounter, including what may be his final artistic feat: a commission to paint the enchanting courtesan of one of Venice&’s most powerful military commanders. Soon, however, Gio finds himself enraptured by a magnificent forbidden love. Spellbound by Gio&’s revelations, Rose and William are soon forced to confront the reality of their own mystifying connection.A richly detailed page-turner shadowed by one of history&’s darkest times, The Lost Diary of Venice weaves a heartbreakingly vivid portrait of two vastly different worlds—and two tales of entrancing, unrelenting love.The House of Whispers: A Novel
By Laura Purcell. 2019
A new gothic Victorian tale from Laura Purcell, set on the atmospheric Cornish coast in a rambling house by the…
sea in which a maid cares for a mute old woman with a mysterious past, alongside her superstitious staff.Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr. Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the disease in the caves beneath his new Cornish home. While he devotes himself to his controversial medical trials, Louise finds herself increasingly discomfited by the strange tales her new maid tells of the fairies that hunt the land, searching for those they can steal away to their realm.Forty years later, Hester arrives at Morvoren House to take up a position as nurse to the now partially paralyzed and mute Miss Pinecroft. Hester has fled to Cornwall to try to escape her past, but surrounded by superstitious staff enacting bizarre rituals, she soon discovers her new home may be just as dangerous as her last.Belladonna: Our Italian Year
By Anbara Salam. 2020
A hypnotizing coming-of-age novel set in 1950s Italy that stares into the heart of longing and at the friendships that…
have the power to save and destroy us."I was utterly captivated, from first page to last." --Anton DiSclafani, New York Times bestselling author of The After PartyIsabella is beautiful, inscrutable, and popular. Her best friend, Bridget, keeps quietly to the fringes of their Connecticut Catholic school, watching everything and everyone, but most especially Isabella.In 1957, when the girls graduate, they land coveted spots at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Pentila in northern Italy, a prestigious art history school on the grounds of a silent convent. There, free of her claustrophobic home and the town that will always see her and her Egyptian mother as outsiders, Bridget discovers she can reinvent herself as anyone she desires... perhaps even someone Isabella could desire in return.But as that glittering year goes on, Bridget begins to suspect Isabella is keeping a secret from her, one that will change the course of their lives forever.Highland Devil (The Murrays #22)
By Hannah Howell. 2018
New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell returns to medieval Scotland where daring and desire stir the passions of the…
Murray clan . . . When a red-haired woman tries to steal Sir Gybbon Murray’s horse on his journey back to the Murray stronghold, he thanks his lucky stars that his horse is a rude lout—and that the pretty thief is not so injured that she can’t tell her tale. He’s no nursemaid to delicate lasses, but Mora Ogilvy is fleeing her ruthless cousins, fearing for her life. And when she tells him of the home they’ve taken from her and the man they say she murdered, Gybbon cannot let such injustice stand . . . Mora’s pride demands she take back her lands, but not by risking the lives of this handsome, wicked knight and his family. Still, she needs to recover from her wounds, and staying close to Gybbon in his brother’s keep is a seductive solution. A few weeks at his side will be a sweet memory for her when she returns to fight her own battles. Except the depth of her cousins’ treachery—and the fierceness of Gybbon’s love—may turn her own heart against her plans . . . Praise for Hannah Howell and Her Highland Novels “Few authors portray the Scottish highlands as lovingly or colorfully as Hannah Howell.” —Publishers Weekly “Expert storyteller Howell pens another Highland winner.” —RT Book ReviewsKane and Abel (Kane and Abel #2)
By Jeffrey Archer. 1980
William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless polish immigrant-born on…
the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world-are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Two men - ambitious, powerful, ruthless - are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred.Over sixty years and three generations, through war, marriage, fortune, and disaster, Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have...Landlord In Zhou Dynasty: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
By Jian QiangDeAHua. 2020
As a traveler, Chen shouxin's dream was to be a happy small landlord in the zhou dynasty. How beautiful would…
it be to pen some land, brew some wine, raise a few herds of cattle and sheep, and marry a few beautiful wives? Which idea, the family affairs, the state affairs, the world affairs all together poured over. Pacify the rebellion, suppress the Japanese pirates, open the sea ban, prosper the civil affairs, on behalf of the sky patrol to kill the corrupt officials... The emperor of big zhou is willing to allow him to superfine maharaja position, the prime minister of the government, in exchange for big zhou zuanshan. But he really just wants to be a f*cking little landlord.New Story of Lv Bu: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
By San ZangDaShi. 2020
This was a book about human nature. Loyalty and betrayal, life and death were all reflected in this book. Every…
single moment, every single character was struggling with their own thoughts. Their will had made this book a reality. The story of a small Golden Triangle warlord passing through the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty to become a famous general, Lu Bu, and struggling to survive in the stormy seas. Every step he took was filled with fear, and he had to pay the price of blood. The complicated relations between the late Han Dynasty's valve families, the life on the market of the small people, the vast and magnificent natural scenery, and the vivid and lifelike characters of the three countries occupy a great deal of space in this book.