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My One Square Inch of Alaska
Life in 1950s small-town Groverton, Ohio, doesn’t hold much interest for ambitious high-school senior Donna Lane, who has visions of…
Rav Hisda’s Daughter
Rav Hisda’s Daughter provides a wealth of historical detail about Jewish life in Babylon and Israel in the 3rd century…
Becoming Clementine
Editors' choice
For those who loved Niven’s previous books, Velva Jean Learns to Drive and Velva Jean Learns to Fly, and wonder…
The House at Tyneford
Editors' choice
“On the page we live again, young and unknowing, everything yet to happen.” So begins the captivating story of Elise…
Velva Jean Learns to Fly
Velva Jean Hart, heroine of Niven’s debut novel, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, makes a welcome return in this sequel.…
Ice Land
Iceland, at the dawn of a new millennium. King Olaf’s Christian missionaries are attempting to convert the fiercely independent landholders…
Velva Jean Learns to Drive
Editors' choice
In 1933, when she is ten years old, Velva Jean Hart is saved for the first time. And she is…
Rashi’s Daughters, Book lll: Rachel
Rachel is the third daughter of the 11th century French Talmud scholar Salomon ben Isaac, better known today as Rashi.…
The Triumph of Deborah
It’s the early Iron Age, and the Hebrews, surrounded by enemies, struggle to survive in the Promised Land. Judge and…
Rashi’s Daughters, Book II: Miriam
Rashi, living in Troyes, France, in the latter half of the 11th century, was one of Judaism’s greatest scholars.Troyes at…
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