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Beyond Ultra

by Pat McGrath Avery

Mix family ties with war and world politics and the stage is set for the story of a loving family torn apart by divided loyalties. In 1888, Pedro Ortega of Spain and Wilhelm Hoffman of Germany forge a friendship that evolves into a... Read More

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Lightning

by Diane Gardner

At precisely midnight, in the midst of a raging storm, with lightning flashing and thunder crashing, a child is born who grows to envision and invent new technologies that transform the world. Based on the life of engineer and inventor... Read More

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A Healing Place

by Catherine Thureson

During the Great Depression poverty was a nearly universal condition. Families broke apart as fathers and husbands left home to look for work, and women struggled to manage households with no income and no resources. The economy did not... Read More

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Shadow of the Rock

by Mary Popham

The Shadow of the Rock is a fictional story based on facts recorded in Florida history, and various other sources in Morocco, St. Thomas, and Gibraltar, on the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain. Eileen Haavik McIntire shares a... Read More

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In the Company of Heroes

by Mark G. McLaughlin

It is impossible to read "In the Company of Heroes" without Dr. Zhivago coming to mind. As with the Boris Pasternak novel or the classic movie from the 1960s, Ted Hunt’s book is also quite a grand and sweeping tale of war, revolution,... Read More

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Bending the Boyne

by Shoilee Khan

It is 2200 BCE in ancient Ireland—the Eire—and Starwatchers, a quiet, self-sufficient people, look to the stars for guidance. While the stars help them cultivate an understanding of their history, they spend peaceful lives as... Read More

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The House that War Minister Built

by Kai White

"The House that War Minister Built" is a novel that may shake the neat structure and quaint romance of typical historical fiction with its authentic raw voices and its breadth of historic sweep. It is 1929 in a sequestered palace in... Read More

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The Cost of Courage

by Lee Gooden

With U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the crises in the Middle East, Joseph Cordaro’s debut novel, "The Cost of Courage", is an apposite portrait of the ethical ambiguity war places on one’s humanity. The Courtland family... Read More

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