Fiction, Historical
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The Ghosts of Lille
by Kimberly Kocken
On the eve of her family’s move to a remote village in Alberta, Emma has a terrifying recurring nightmare. Though she is shaken, she chalks the dream up to nerves. After all, who wouldn’t have reservations about living under the shadow of Turtle ...
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Only the Unexpected
by Jill Shakley
In England in the 1930s, Kenneth Verney is expelled from his public school for a prank-gone-wrong. When he’s forced to take a job with his uncle instead of joining the army, as he wishes, he expects boredom. Instead, he finds true delight in his ...
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Just Breathe
by Ilona Salley
The early 1900s were a time of great turmoil in both North America and Europe—two great wars devastated the lives of all. As if that were not enough, the Great Depression threw the world into chaos, the Spanish Flu decimated populations, and the ...
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The Mathematician
by Jacob E. Goodman
Professor Claus Eisenstadt, a refugee from Nazi Germany, and a brilliant mathematician, disappears from Columbia University one day. After the police have given up the search, mathematics graduate student Judy Carter, compelled to solve puzzling ...
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Nazi Gold - Latitude 55
by A. Jay Collins
In the waning days of World War II, a crafty Sicilian prospector and his mafia associates concoct a scheme to hide tons of Nazi gold, pilfered from their victims, in an aspiring gold mine in the mountains of British Columbia until it is called for. ...
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Harold's Field
Barnstormers on the Frontiers of Flight by Myrna Brown
To fly a biplane you need a rock, a string, and a clock. Will is fifteen when he leaves his father’s house forever, ready to take to the sky. It is the earliest days of barnstorming, and Will starts out with nothing but a dream: he’s determined to ...
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Beneath the Basque Beret
by Nicolas Ardanaz
Beneath the Basque Beret chronicles the life of Santiago Echeverría, a Basque Resistance fighter who dreams of democratic independence for his homeland. When his father is executed by a fascist colonel, Santiago and his brother, Miguel, avenge his ...
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Montaperti
A Question of Loyalty by Jody Pike
It is the night of September 3, 1260, and the Sienese army is preparing for war. Vastly outnumbered by the superior forces of Florence, Siena faces certain defeat in the battle, an outcome that would destroy her prosperity and influence. Farinata ...
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The Roll of Honour
by A. B. Reid
Inspired by the author’s ancestry, this epic novel explores love, tragedy, and resilience in the lives of a large family before, during, and after World War Two in Scotland. When a Royal Scots soldier is sent to Hong Kong to help bolster the British ...
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Forgotten Followers
from Broken to Bold by Elaine Ricker Kelly
After years of submission, Mara is afraid and unsure about everything—especially her nephew, Jesus. When her neighbours chase him off a cliff, they force Mara into the unknown. Joanna grapples with hiding her biracial heritage or risking the loss of ...
