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• The Atomic City Girls

  Beard, Janet,

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  Working in support of the war effort, June Walker begins an affair with a young Jewish physicist in hopes of uncovering what the government's end goal is, until the bombing of Hiroshima reveals the truth about what they are doing.

• The Great Alone

  Hannah, Kristin,

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  When her volatile, former POW father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Dear Hamilton

  a Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

  Dray, Stephanie,

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  The best-selling authors of America's First Daughter draws on thousands of letters and original sources in an epic retelling of the life of Eliza Hamilton that describes her passionate dedication to a fledgling America's independence, her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fateful Lightning

  a Novel of the Civil War

  Shaara, Jeff, 1952-

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  A conclusion to the New York Times best-selling series that began with A Blaze of Glory recounts how Tennessee Federal forces commander William T. Sherman conquers Confederate forces under General John Bell Hood during his legendary March…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Circe

  a Novel

  Miller, Madeline,

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  Follows Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love and Ruin

  a Novel

  McLain, Paula,

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  The best-selling author of The Paris Wife returns to her fan-favorite subject, Ernest Hemingway, in a tale set on the eve of World War II that is inspired by his passionate, stormy marriage to a fiercely independent, ambitious young Martha…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Buried Giant

  Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

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  As the wars that have ravaged Britain fade into the past, Axl and Beatrice, a couple of elderly Britons, set out on a journey to find the son they have not seen in years, and are joined in their travels by a Saxon warrior, his orphaned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hellfire Club

  Tapper, Jake,

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  A debut political thriller by the CNN anchor and author of the best-selling The Outpost finds an unlikely Congressman navigating the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of a predecessor's mysterious death, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Bridge Across the Ocean

  Meissner, Susan, 1961-

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  Brette Caslake visits the haunted Queen Mary and makes a discovery that will help her solve a 70-year old tragedy involving two European war brides who sailed on the same vessel to New York Harbor in 1946.

• The Room on Rue Amelie

  Harmel, Kristin,

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  A powerful novel of fate, resistance, and family--by the international bestselling author of The Sweetness of Forgetting and When We Meet Again--tells the tale of an American woman, a British RAF pilot, and a young Jewish teenager whose…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Summer Wives

  Williams, Beatriz,

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  When 18-year-old Miranda Schuyler summers on Winthrop Island in 1951, she meets and falls for Joseph Vargas, the son of a local lobster fisherman. Her affluent family disapproves, of course -- especially once Joseph confesses to a murder.

• Chariot on the Mountain

  Ford, Jack, 1950-

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  A story based on true events recreates a female slave's struggle for freedom in the decades before the Civil War as she is freed by her owner, kidnapped by slave catchers and returned to Virginia, and brings criminal charges against her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dangerous Place

  Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-

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  Arriving in turbulent 1937 Gibraltar in the aftermath of a tragedy, Maisie Dobbs raises the British Secret Service's suspicions through her involvement in the murder of a Sephardic Jewish photographer.

• The Sea Before Us

  Sundin, Sarah,

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  American naval officer Wyatt Paxton works closely with Dorothy Fairfax of the Women's Royal Navy Service to prepare for the Allied invasion of France, but they are reluctant to yield to the love building between them.

• The Madonna of the Mountains

  a Novel

  Valmorbida, Elise,

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  This epic novel follows the life of a woman in the hardscrabble Italian countryside, from her girlhood through marriage and motherhood through two World Wars and during the Fascist party rule. A sweeping saga about womanhood, religion,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gods and Generals

  Shaara, Jeff, 1952-

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  The extraordinary lives, passions, and careers of four great military leaders--Stonewall Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee--come to a climax as Union and Confederate forces clash on the battlefields of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Times Gone by

  Peterson, Tracie,

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  Rebuilding her life after being left at the altar, Kenzie Gifford loses everything to the Great 1906 Earthquake before finding herself struggling to choose between the repentant man who broke her heart and a doctor who resolves to win her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dutch Wife

  Keith, Ellen, 1989-

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  A World War II concentration-camp prostitute, an SS officer who loathes his work and an Argentine Dirty War political prisoner are connected by a dark secret that complicates their survival.

• The Kennedy Debutante

  Maher, Kerri

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  The author of This Is Not a Writing Manual reimagines the life of rebellious Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy against a backdrop of 1930s London society, where she pursues a forbidden love with the strictly Protestant heir to the Devonshire dukedom.

• War of the Wolf

  a Novel

  Cornwell, Bernard,

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  Traces the warrior Uhtred of Bebbanburg's struggles with duty, devotion and treachery as he returns to the frontlines to battle for the destiny of England.