Historical fiction

  • Looking for Jane

    Creator

    Marshall, Heather

    Abstract

    For readers of Joanna Goodman and Genevieve Graham comes a masterful debut novel about three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother's love, and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose--inspired by true stories. Tell them you're looking for Jane. 2017 When Angela Creighton discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession in a stack of forgotten mail, she is determined to find the intended recipient.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Simon & Schuster

    Not specified
  • Loki : where mischief lies

    Creator

    Lee, Mackenzi

    Abstract

    This is the first of three young adult novels from New York Times best-selling author Mackenzi Lee that explores the untapped potential and duality of heroism of popular characters in the Marvel Universe. Before the days of going toe-to-toe with the Avengers, a younger Loki is desperate to prove himself heroic and capable, while it seems everyone around him suspects him of inevitable villainy and depravity ... except for Amora. Asgard's resident sorceress-in-training feels like a kindred spirit-someone who values magic and knowledge, who might even see the best in him.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Listening Library (Audio)

    Not specified
  • Little souls

    Creator

    Dallas, Sandra

    Abstract

    Sandra Dallas's Little Souls is a gripping tale of sisterhood, loyalty, and secrets set in Denver mid America's last deadly flu pandemic.Colorado, 1918. World War I is raging overseas, but it's the home front battling for survival. With the Spanish Flu rampant, Denver's schools are converted into hospitals, churches and funeral homes are closed, and nightly horse-drawn wagons collect corpses left in the street. Sisters Helen and Lutie have moved to Denver from Ohio after their parents' death.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Little house in the big woods

    Creator

    Wilder, Laura Ingalls

    Abstract

    The book that started it all! Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, which is based on her life growing up as an American pioneer. Told from four-year-old Laura's point-of-view, this story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, since they must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperAudio

    Not specified
  • Little foxes took up matches

    Creator

    Kazbek, Katya

    Abstract

    An arresting coming of age, an exploration of gender, a modern folktale, a powerful portrait of a family--Katya Kazbek breaks out as a new voice to watch. When Mitya was two years old, he swallowed his grandmother's sewing needle. For his family, it marks the beginning of the end, the promise of certain death. For Mitya, it is a small, metal treasure that guides him from within. As he grows, his life mirrors the uncertain future of his country, which is attempting to rebuild itself after the collapse of the Soviet Union, torn between its past and the promise of modern freedom.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Recorded Books

    Not specified
  • Lilac girls : Lilac girls, book 1

    Creator

    Kelly, Martha Hall

    Abstract

    Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this runaway international bestseller reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love, freedom and second chances. New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline's world is forever changed when Hitler's army invades Poland in September 1939 - and then sets its sights on France.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

    Not specified
  • Lessons in chemistry

    Creator

    Garmus, Bonnie

    Abstract

    Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results. But like science, life is unpredictable.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.I.]

    Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

    Not specified
  • Les cavaliers

    Creator

    Kessel, Joseph

    Abstract

    Kessel a situé en Afghanistan une des aventures les plus belles et les plus féroces qu'il nous ait contées. Les personnages atteignent une dimension épique : Ouroz et sa longue marche au bout de l'enfer... Le grand Toursène fidèle à sa légende de tchopendoz toujours victorieux... Mokkhi, le bon sais, au destin inversé par la haine et la découverte de la femme... Zéré qui dans l'humiliation efface les souillures d'une misère qui date de l'origine des temps...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Paris]

    Gallimard

    Not specified
  • Legends of the North Cascades

    Creator

    Evison, Jonathan

    Abstract

    After three tours in Iraq, the fabric of Dave Cartwright's life has begun to unravel. Gripped by PTSD, he is losing his home, his wife, his direction. Most days, his love for his seven-year-old daughter, Bella, is the only thing keeping him going. When tragedy strikes, Dave makes a dramatic decision: he will take Bella to live off the grid, in a cave in the wilderness of the North Cascades. Once there, Bella retreats into a different world, that of a mother and son who had lived in that same space, but thousands of years before, at the end of last Ice Age.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

    Not specified
  • Leaving everything most loved : Maisie Dobbs, book 10

    Creator

    Winspear, Jacqueline

    Abstract

    The year is 1933. Maisie Dobbs is contacted by an Indian gentleman who has come to England in the hopes of finding out who killed his sister two months ago. Scotland Yard failed to make any arrest in the case, and there is reason to believe they failed to conduct a thorough investigation. The case becomes even more challenging when another Indian woman is murdered just hours before a scheduled interview. Meanwhile, unfinished business from a previous case becomes a distraction, as does a new development in Maisie's personal life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York,NY]

    HarperAudio

    Not specified