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Aloha Wanderwell Takes the Wheel

A Novel

by Laurel Corona ...

In the 1920s and 1930s, Aloha Wanderwell drove Model Ts across five continents, winning fame as the most traveled woman in the world.Sixteen-year-old Idris Hall ran away from her boarding achool in 1924, changed her name, and joined the daring around-the-world expedition of charismatic Walter "Cap" Wanderwell, beginning a decade-long adventure that would take her across five continents behind the ... Read more

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In the 1920s and 1930s, Aloha Wanderwell drove Model Ts across five continents, winning fame as the most traveled woman in the world.Sixteen-year-old Idris Hall ran away from her boarding achool in 1924, changed her name, and joined the daring around-the-world expedition of charismatic Walter "Cap" Wanderwell, beginning a decade-long adventure that would take her across five continents behind the
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The Mapmaker's Daughter

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**"**Vividly detailed and beautifully written, this is a pleasure to read, a thoughtful, deeply engaging story of the power of faith to navigate history's rough terrain."—BooklistHow Far Would You Go To Stay True to Yourself?Spain, 1492. On the eve of the Jewish expulsion from Spain, Amalia Riba stands at a crossroads. In a country violently divided by religion, she must either convert to ... Read more

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**"**Vividly detailed and beautifully written, this is a pleasure to read, a thoughtful, deeply engaging story of the power of faith to navigate history's rough terrain."—BooklistHow Far Would You Go To Stay True to Yourself?Spain, 1492. On the eve of the Jewish expulsion from Spain, Amalia Riba stands at a crossroads. In a country violently divided by religion, she must either convert to
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Finding Emilie

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Woman is born free, and everywhere she is in corsets. . . .Lili du Châtelet yearns to know more about her mother, the brilliant French mathematician Emilie. But the shrouded details of Emilie’s unconventional life—and her sudden death—are elusive. Caught between the confines of a convent upbringing and the intrigues of the Versailles court, Lili blossoms under the care of a Parisian salonnière as ... Read more

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Woman is born free, and everywhere she is in corsets. . . .Lili du Châtelet yearns to know more about her mother, the brilliant French mathematician Emilie. But the shrouded details of Emilie’s unconventional life—and her sudden death—are elusive. Caught between the confines of a convent upbringing and the intrigues of the Versailles court, Lili blossoms under the care of a Parisian salonnière as
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Until Our Last Breath

A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance

by Michael Bart, Laurel Corona ...

"A powerful tale of the triumph of love under extremely difficult conditions," tells the story of a married couple who were part of the Jewish Resistance ( Publishers Weekly).At his father's funeral, one of the mourners told Michael Bart that the gravestone should include a reference to the Freedom Fighters of Nekamah, to honor Leizer Bart's involvement in the Jewish resistance movement in Vilna ... Read more

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"A powerful tale of the triumph of love under extremely difficult conditions," tells the story of a married couple who were part of the Jewish Resistance ( Publishers Weekly).At his father's funeral, one of the mourners told Michael Bart that the gravestone should include a reference to the Freedom Fighters of Nekamah, to honor Leizer Bart's involvement in the Jewish resistance movement in Vilna
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Penelope's Daughter

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The award-winning author of The Four Seasons retells The Odyssey from the point of view of Odysseus and Penelope's daughter.With her father Odysseus gone for twenty years, Xanthe barricades herself in her royal chambers to escape the rapacious suitors who would abduct her to gain the throne. Xanthe turns to her loom to weave the adventures of her life, from her upbringing among servants and slaves ... Read more

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The award-winning author of The Four Seasons retells The Odyssey from the point of view of Odysseus and Penelope's daughter.With her father Odysseus gone for twenty years, Xanthe barricades herself in her royal chambers to escape the rapacious suitors who would abduct her to gain the throne. Xanthe turns to her loom to weave the adventures of her life, from her upbringing among servants and slaves
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Still I Rise

The Persistence of Phenomenal Women

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Who are the great women leaders in history? Who are the women heroes who personify “girl power”?Intrepid women heroes: When Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in South Africa’s brutal Robben Prison, he tirelessly turned to the poem Invictus. The inspirational verse by the Victorian William Ernest Henley, penned on the occasion of the amputation of his leg. Still I Rise takes its title from a work by ... Read more

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Who are the great women leaders in history? Who are the women heroes who personify “girl power”?Intrepid women heroes: When Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in South Africa’s brutal Robben Prison, he tirelessly turned to the poem Invictus. The inspirational verse by the Victorian William Ernest Henley, penned on the occasion of the amputation of his leg. Still I Rise takes its title from a work by
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The Four Seasons

A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice

by Laurel Corona ...

In glittering 18th-century Venice, music and love are prized above all else--and for two sisters coming of age, the city's passions blend in intoxicating ways.Chiaretta and Maddalena are as different as night and day. The two sisters were abandoned as babies on the steps of the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice's world-famous foundling hospital and musical academy. High-spirited and rebellious, ... Read more

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In glittering 18th-century Venice, music and love are prized above all else--and for two sisters coming of age, the city's passions blend in intoxicating ways.Chiaretta and Maddalena are as different as night and day. The two sisters were abandoned as babies on the steps of the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice's world-famous foundling hospital and musical academy. High-spirited and rebellious,
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Strings

by Sheryl Criswell Sturdevant (SB) ...

Fifteen-year-old Hanna Berkenski journeys from her family's tiny apartment in the Warsaw Ghetto through an awful night spent in a cattle-car with her mother and sister to the welcoming orchestra at Auschwitz where she was to be a violinist for three years.As the train arrives at Auschwitz, flowers, sunshine and music feel like warm welcomes to her. She's been told she'll be spending the next few ... Read more

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Fifteen-year-old Hanna Berkenski journeys from her family's tiny apartment in the Warsaw Ghetto through an awful night spent in a cattle-car with her mother and sister to the welcoming orchestra at Auschwitz where she was to be a violinist for three years.As the train arrives at Auschwitz, flowers, sunshine and music feel like warm welcomes to her. She's been told she'll be spending the next few
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The Fall of Berlin

The final days of Hitler's evil regime

by Anthony Tucker-Jones ...

In April 1945, Soviet forces descended on Berlin in the final phase of the war in Europe. The fighting was fierce as soldiers fanatically loyal to the Nazi party - and those afraid of the vengeance their opponents might enact - sought to stave off the end of the regime as long as possible.Even as it became clear that defeat was inevitable, Hitler and his subordinates determined to fight to the ... Read more

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In April 1945, Soviet forces descended on Berlin in the final phase of the war in Europe. The fighting was fierce as soldiers fanatically loyal to the Nazi party - and those afraid of the vengeance their opponents might enact - sought to stave off the end of the regime as long as possible.Even as it became clear that defeat was inevitable, Hitler and his subordinates determined to fight to the
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Miracles on the Water

The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack

by Tom Nagorski ...

"A really wonderful book . . . the almost unbelievable account of what happened when the ship went down . . . an extraordinary story, well told." — Good Morning AmericaOn September seventeen, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were ninety ... Read more

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"A really wonderful book . . . the almost unbelievable account of what happened when the ship went down . . . an extraordinary story, well told." — Good Morning AmericaOn September seventeen, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were ninety
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The Conqueror's Wife

by Stephanie Thornton ...

A novel from the acclaimed author of The Tiger Queens, for readers looking for “strong and determined female protagonists” (Historical Novel Society) and “a sprawling historical saga” (Renee Rosen)...We are the women who loved Alexander the Great. We were lovers and murderers, innocents and soldiers.And without us, Alexander would have been only a man.Instead he was a god.330s, B.C.E., Greece: ... Read more

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A novel from the acclaimed author of The Tiger Queens, for readers looking for “strong and determined female protagonists” (Historical Novel Society) and “a sprawling historical saga” (Renee Rosen)...We are the women who loved Alexander the Great. We were lovers and murderers, innocents and soldiers.And without us, Alexander would have been only a man.Instead he was a god.330s, B.C.E., Greece:
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Remembering Judith

by Ruth Joseph ...

A true story of shattered childhoods...Following her escape from Nazi Germany and the loss of her family Judith searches for unconditional love and acceptance. In a bleak boarding house she meets her future husband – another Jewish refugee who cares for her when she is ill.Tragically she associates illness with love and a pattern is set. Judith’s behaviour eventually spiral into anorexia – a ... Read more

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A true story of shattered childhoods...Following her escape from Nazi Germany and the loss of her family Judith searches for unconditional love and acceptance. In a bleak boarding house she meets her future husband – another Jewish refugee who cares for her when she is ill.Tragically she associates illness with love and a pattern is set. Judith’s behaviour eventually spiral into anorexia – a
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