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"One of the most beautifully written books I've ever had the pleasure to read. A gorgeous, phenomenal novel I won't soon forget." —Ellen Marie Wiseman New York Times bestselling Author of The Orphan Collector
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Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature
A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining.
When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between...
The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Italian Renaissance novels—The Birth of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan, and Sacred Hearts—has an exceptional talent for breathing life into history. Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the world’s most intriguing and infamous families—the Borgias—in...
"Sumptuous . . . Nothing in this story disappoints." —Publishers Weekly
"A fresh, fast-paced take on a legendary woman." —Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke
As seen on Netflix, The Empress is a captivating, vivid, and remarkably modern tale about falling in love and finding one's voice.
The year is 1853, and Princess Elisabeth "Sisi" of Bavaria
12) The Queen's Vow
17) Betty Zane
18) Blonde: a novel
19) The last trail
20) Zora and Me
Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award! Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston. (Ages 10 and up)
Whether she's telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her latest creation is a shape-shifting gator man who lurks in the marshes, waiting to steal human