Pledging her loyalty to the North at the risk of her life when her native Virginia secedes, Quaker-educated aristocrat Elizabeth Van Lew uses her innate skills for gathering military intelligence t
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Author:Chiaverini, Jennifer
Summary:Genre: Historical fiction, Spy fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Díaz, Junot
Summary:Presents a collection of stories that explores the heartbreak and radiance of love as it is shaped by passion, betrayal, and the echoes of intimacy.
Genre: Short storiesAvailable Formats:
Author:Eichenwald, Kurt
Summary:Presents an account of the first five hundred days after September 11 that reveals previously undisclosed information about the terror wars, warrantless wiretapping, and the anthrax attacks.
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Author:McMurtry, Larry
Summary:The Berrybender's party is moving forward across the Great Plains of the West towards Santa Fe.
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Author:DeLillo, Don
Summary:Lauren Hardke, body artist, is having breakfast with her thrice-married husband, Rey.
Genre: Psychological fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Farley, Walter
Summary:Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important part in his life. Following their rescue their adventure continues in America.
Genre: Classic fiction, Juvenile fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Branch, Taylor
Summary:Branch condenses his three-volume chronicle on race and democracy to its pivotal scenes, taking listeners on a journey into a political revolution that would change the face of America.
Genre: Social science, History and geographyAvailable Formats:
Author:Kay, Francesca
Summary:Mary-Margaret O'Reilly is cleaning the statue of Jesus at Sacred Heart church when she blacks out and wakes with a bloody gash on her head.
Genre: Religious fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Tóibín, Colm
Summary:The sea is slowly eating into the land and the hill with the old watchtower has completely disappeared. The nearest house has crumbled and fallen into the sea.
Genre: Domestic fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Westfall, Carroll William
Summary:Professor Carroll William Westfall delves into the classical principles of Western architecture, exploring features such as ornamentation, decoration, and innovation.
Genre: Art and architectureAvailable Formats:
Author:Carre, John Le
Summary:In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, the head of Berlin Station, the Cold War is over.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction), Spy fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Hawking, Lucy
Summary:George tries to escape a host of problems by going to Switzerland to help his friend Annie's father, Eric, run an experiment exploring the origins of the universe, but faces saboteurs and a mysteri
Genre: Juvenile fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Kricher, John C.
Summary:Professor John Kricher leads a discussion of the approximately 10,000 species of birds that share our world, expanding on such topics as bird anatomy, the mechanics of flight, migration, reproducti
Genre: Pets and animalsAvailable Formats:
Author:Picoult, Jodi
Summary:District Attorney Nina Frost and her husband, Caleb, face a nightmare when they discover that their young son Nathaniel has been molested, a trauma that has left him mute, terrified, and unable to
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Author:Gregory, Philippa
Summary:Luca and Isolde continue their journey searching for evil in medieval Christenndom.
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