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Stephen Moran comes of age with the young country that he crosses on the Union Pacific, just as the railroad unites the continent. Propelled westward, he encounters many famous and colorful figures on his journey.

Left penniless after the death of her father, Amaryllis Duvane is forced to work as a servant in the home of her wealthy relations. When her ex-fiancé courts one of her relatives, she can't bear the thought of him seeing what's become of her--or how much she still wants him.

A bold English adventurer; an invincible Japanese warlord; a beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love--all brought together in an extraordinary saga of a time and a place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust, and the struggle for power.

In 1915, Jean Dartemont heads off to the Great War, an eager conscript. Soon, however, the vaunted "war to end all wars" is just an unimaginable, unceasing slaughter. Wounded, Jean returns from the front to discover a world where no one wants to know of the horrors--but he will tell them.

This epic historical novel tells the story of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of Russia. Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Catherine the Great, and Lenin all play their roles in creating and destroying the land and its people.

Roots begins with a birth in an African village in 1750 and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based on the people from Alex Haley's own family tree.

In 1940 a Jewish boy in Poland escapes the Nazi soldiers who killed his family and is rescued by a Greek geologist. This story follows the boy across two continents as we witness his transformation from a half-wild casualty of the Holocaust to an artist who extracts meaning from its abyss.

Educated, engaged, and the youngest in a prominent family, Whitney has everything she and her father have ever wanted. But the arrival of Benjamin Blaine awakens a sense of independence within Whitney, changing her entire world.

A haunting historical novella, Lowcountry Spirit tells the story of three slave girls with mystical powers living on an eerie island off the coast of Georgia. Their lives intertwine when Liza, in possession of a book of conjures for protection, hatches an escape plan.

In spring of 1858 Thompson Grey, a young farmer, travels to his father's estate seeking funds to expand his holdings. Far overstaying his visit, he returns home to find that his absence has contributed to a devastating family tragedy. Haunted by remorse, Thompson abandons his farm and begins a westward exile in the attempt to outpace his grief.