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Shadow Valley

By Steven Barnes - Published 2009

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Set 30,000 years ago in Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro region, this follow-up to Great Sky Woman has T’Cori, the heroine from the previous ...Read Review

Michal

By Jill Eileen Smith - Published 2009

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Biographical FictionInspirational

Adhering closely to the traditional Bible story found in the books of Samuel, Smith places Michal, daughter of semi-mad King Saul of ancient ...Read Review

Mistress Shakespeare

By Karen Harper - Published 2009

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Biographical FictionRomance

Basing her premise on a marriage bond found in Worcester, England, author Harper has fashioned an intriguing and plausible story about William Shakespeare ...Read Review

Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

By Buddy Levy - Published 2008

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Nonfiction

In 1519, when the ambitious Hernán Cortés landed on Mexican soil in the name of the Spanish monarch, he had three goals: ...Read Review

Antony and Cleopatra

By Colleen McCullough - Published 2007

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Biographical FictionEpic

In this sprawling seventh novel, the latest in her Masters of Rome series, author McCullough recounts the gigantic power struggle for dominance in ...Read Review

Wife to Charles ll

By Hilda Lewis - Published 1965Published 2007

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Biographical Fiction

In this reissue of a novel first published in 1965, author Lewis gamely attempts to relate the story of Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza, ...Read Review

The Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of the First English Colony in the New World

By Kieran Doherty - Published 2007

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Nonfiction

Released to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Jamestown’s founding, The Sea Venture provides an informative and dramatic account of the 1609 shipwreck ...Read Review

Red Moon at Sharpsburg

By Rosemary Wells - Published 2007

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Children/Young Adult

Noted children’s author Wells takes on the Civil War in this coming-of-age novel set in the small town of Berryville, in the ...Read Review

Death of a Musketeer

By Sarah D’Almeida - Published 2006

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Mystery/Crime

With an “All for one, murder for all,” Alexandre Dumas’ famous literary characters turn sleuth in this debut of a new series. No ...Read Review

The Great Match Race

By John Eisenberg - Published 2006

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Nonfiction

On May 27, 1823, 60,000 people crammed into the Union Course on Long Island, New York, eager to see a thrilling horse race settle the burning ...Read Review