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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller-America's first feminist and the pioneering journalist who inspired a generation of writers and activists-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"France, March 1944. Virginia Hall wasn't like the other young society women back home in Baltimore--she never wanted the debutante ball or silk gloves. Instead, she traded a safe life for adventure in Europe, and when her beloved second home is thrust into the dark days of war, she leaps in headfirst. Once she's recruited as an Allied spy, subverting the Nazis becomes her calling. But even the most cunning agent can be bested, and in wartime trusting...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Laura Ingalls Wilder is widely loved as the author of the Little House books that detail her life growing up in woods and on the prairies that were the frontiers of her time. Yet unknown to readers and publishers of the time and even until recently, Laura's daughter Rose had a substantial hand in crafting those stories for children. Rose was a well-recognized writer on her own, and it was she who encouraged her mother to write, then substantially...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed historical novelist Vanessa Riley is back with another novel based on the life of an extraordinary Black woman from history: Haiti's Queen Marie-Louise Coidavid, who escaped a coup in Haiti to set up her own royal court in Italy during the Regency era, where she became a popular member of royal European society"--
1810. Marie-Louise Christophe is crowned queen as her husband, Henry I, rules over the newly liberated Kingdom of Hayti in...
Author
Publisher
AmazonEncore
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Their names had become legendary: Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill Hickok and Texas Jack Omohundro. After taming the West, more or less, these three living legends decide to tackle the wildest of all frontiers -- the theater stages of the East. Based on actual events, East of the Border follows the 1873-74 theatrical tour of the three famous frontiersmen as they play themselves in Wild West stage melodramas in Eastern cities. Each has his own story to...
6) Diva
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. But her fame was hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her golden voice, she learned early in life to protect herself from those who would use her...
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Language
English
Description
1937. British socialite and painter Leonora Carrington meets Max Ernst, an older, married artist whose work has captivated Europe. She follows him to Paris, and gains recognition under her own name. When Max and his circle are denounced as "degenerates" and arrested, Leonora battles terrifying circumstances to survive. 1940. A train carrying exiled German prisoners from a labor camp arrives in southern France, but face capture by the Nazis. Only one...
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