Fiction, Historical, 20th Century
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A Hyphenated Life
by Sylvia Barnard
Caught between the pressure to be a good Canadian girl, her duty to her immigrant parents, and her own personal desires, Angelika Langer must learn to translate not just the three languages she speaks, but also her own inner voice. Her parents...
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Letters from Gerald
by R. W. Butler
Soon after the war ended, a young Eleanor Hutchinson dreams of a job as an ornithologist. Without the training, experience and social standing the chances are slim. Undaunted she writes to the British Museum for advice and promptly receives a...
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Jackie Jazz
by John Ennis
“It’s not what you’re going to do with your life, but what you’re going to do in your life that matters.” From its complex harmony and syncopated beats to its rhythm, heart and soul, for Jackie Cavanagh, jazz has become a part of his very core....
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Toya
La Veuve Balkar by Vasco M'benga N’kutula
Le long voyage, dans la société Balkar, d’une mère et veuve attentionnée. Toya, une jeune perle balkar de treize ans, est arrachée trop tôt de l’école pour être offerte en mariage à Nathan, un veuf âgé de trente et un ans. Ici le coup de foudre...
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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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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...
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