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Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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"This first-hand account of a woman pioneer trying to make a life for herself in the untamed American South of the late 19th century describes how she cared for her children while surviving floods, tornadoes, fires and wild animals."
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English
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"Bess leads a quiet life, intent on easing the burdens of her widowed father. She acts as maid, cook, and assistant in his medical practice--but she is wearied by the thankless work and her father's lack of kindness. And then a miracle happens. Lady Agatha Buxton of Astoria Abbey is seeking a physician for her ailing son, Hugh, and, sensing that Bess is trapped in her situation, offers the young woman a position as nurse. Despite Bess's father's objections,...
623) The Earth is all that lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the last stand of the Great Sioux Nation
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Language
English
Description
A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and consequential American Indian leaders, who triumphed at the Battle of Little Bighorn and led Sioux resistance in the fierce final chapter of the ""Indian Wars.""
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull: Their names are iconic, their significance in American history undeniable. Together, these two Lakota chiefs, one a fabled warrior and the other
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Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Hazel Mae Hollingsworth is devastated following the unexpected death of her father, and she can't shake a sense of foreboding when the family solicitor arrives at the estate. Her intuition turns out to be well founded, for her father's will reveals a long-held family secret--Hazel's entire life has been a lie. Within hours of receiving the news, she is turned out by the man she once called her brother, dispossessed with little more than her mother's...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Examines the final years of Mark Twain's life, covering his persistent humor and wit in old age despite deaths in his family and complicated relations with his daughter, Clara, focusing on his appearance, in 1906, at a meeting at the Library of Congress in a completely white suit, his feuds with other noted individuals, and interactions with the likes of Bram Stoker, Helen Keller, and others.
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Language
English
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Fleeing from the unwanted advances of a cruel master, chambermaid Annie Morgan--without family and tainted by scandal--finds safety in a marriage of convenience with widowed Welsh miner Evan Powell who dreams of immigrating to America. In the midst of Mormon missionaries preaching a strange new religion, disaster strikes her adopted Welsh town and Annie's troubled history can no longer be hidden.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor tells the riveting story of a war that redefined North America. In a world of double identities, slippery allegiances, and porous borders, the leaders of the American Republic and the British Empire struggled to control their own diverse peoples. Taylor's vivid narrative of an often brutal, sometimes farcical, war reveals much about the tangled origins of the United States and Canada.
Author
Series
Ladies of liberty volume 3
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In this rich in-depth study, author Matthew B. Brown helps the reader realize the First Vision more fully by placing events in historical context, answering criticisms, and comparing and contrasting the various recitals of the First Vision. Brown also shows the remarkable harmony that exists between the accounts as well as the minor differences in the retellings.
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As her first London Season looms before her, the thought of the impending social whirl fills Daphne Lancaster's timid heart with dread. She hasn't her sisters beauty nor their talent for conversing easily. Even her family's enviable connections may not be enough to prevent disaster. But Daphne's misery turns to surprised delight when the first event of her Season brings an unexpected visitor to her door--James Tilburn, whose tender kindness stole...
631) Autumn lover
Author
Series
Only series volume 5
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
"Returning to her Wyoming ranch at the Civil War's end, Elyssa Sutton finds it picked bare by scavengers and coveted by determined men. Yet the proud young woman vows never again to abandon her Ruby Mountain home, though it means enlisting the aid of a dark and dangerous stranger who lives for revenge alone. Hunter Maxwell has suffered from the savagery of outlaws and the faithlessness of a woman. And he will trust no female-- nor will he rest until...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"From the moment they met, Marjie's heart has belonged to handsome Captain Stanley Jonquil, younger brother of the Earl of Lampton. But six long months ago, when Stanley's sense of honor required that he do as he had sworn and return to the Continent to fight in defense of King and country, neither Stanley nor Marjie could have dreamed what the cost of his service would be. It has been ages since Stanley last wrote, and Marjie and the Jonquil family...
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Series
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
One of the nation's most respected historians and a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, H.W. Brands has the rare gift of investing historical narrative with unmatched verve and insight. The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr sheds light on the life of the third vice president of the United States, a man who is perhaps best known for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Christmas at Falstone Castle: "The Dowager Duchess of Kielder eagerly anticipates spending Christmas with her son and his family. Though their relationship has been strained, the duchess is determined to heal the chasm. Even with the help of the widowed local vicar, her plan will take a Christmas miracle. But during this magical season, anything is possible . . . even two second chances for love."--
The heart of Christmas: "When a chance meeting...
Author
Series
Banner is unfurled volume 5
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
p2012
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
November, 1838. The scattered members of the Johnson family struggle to survive the upheaval that comes in the wake of Governor Boggs's extermination order; faithful Saints mourn the plight of the imprisoned Prophet; and, in Kirkland, family patriarch Ezekiel battles alcoholism and his conflicting emotions of bitterness toward Mormonism and love for his family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
When Harriet Beecher marries Calvin Stowe on January 6, 1836, she is sure her future will be filled romance, a family, and continued opportunities to develop as a writer. Her husband Calvin is completely supportive and said she must be a literary woman. Harriet's sister, Catharine, worries she will lose her identity in marriage, but she is determined to preserve her independent spirit. Deeply religious, she strongly believes God has called her to...
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