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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Schindler's list	Thomas Keneally	Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profitee…	OL103688W
The shadow women	Angela Elwell Hunt	This epic novel tells the story of Moses from the viewpoints of the women who loved him-from his mother and sister, who saved him by giving him up to the Egyptian princess who adopted him, to the she…	OL14852434W
Gould's book of fish	Richard Flanagan	The most remarkable novel yet from the internationally acclaimed author of Death of a River Guide and The Sound of One Hand Clapping, this is a marvelous historical epic of 19th century Australia, a …	OL15843069W
Virgin Widow	Anne O'Brien	Why write about Anne Neville, a shadowy figure who barely touches the pages of medieval history books? Other than the date of her birth and death and a brief record of some events in her life of twen…	OL15958475W
The Constant Princess	Philippa Gregory	Splendid and sumptuous historical novel from this internationally bestselling author, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon. We think of her as the barren wife of a notorious king; but …	OL16032821W
In the name of Salomé	Julia Alvarez	Camila, whose mother, Salome, inspired a Dominican revolution with her poetry, spends most of her life trying to please her father and her brothers, all prominent men, before seeking a place for hers…	OL16066612W
Magdalen rising	Elizabeth Cunningham	In this Celtic wonder tale, young Maeve and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Born to eight warrior-witc…	OL16070403W
The Lady of the Rivers	Philippa Gregory	Henry VI is a child king, only 9 years old, crowned before his first birthday after the death of his father Henry V on campaign. England is in the midst of the Hundred Years' War in France however li…	OL16126276W
The Last Warner Woman	Kei Miller	Adamine Bustamante is born in one of Jamaica's last leper colonies. When Adamine grows up, she discovers she has the gift of "warning": the power to protect, inspire, and terrify. But when she is sen…	OL16662658W
The Family	Mario Puzo	What is a family? Mario Puzo first answered that question, unforgettably, in his landmark bestseller The Godfather; with the creation of the Corleones he forever redefined the concept of blood loyalt…	OL1673259W
The invention of wings	Sue Monk Kidd	Hetty "Handful" Grimké, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimké household. The Grimké's daughter…	OL19976144W
Mary Anning's curiosity	Monica Kulling	A fictionalized retelling of the childhood of Mary Anning, one of the world's greatest fossilists.	OL20055884W
Heresy	S. J. Parris	England, 1583. A country awash with paranoia and conspiracy - but a safe haven for a radical monk on the run. Giordano Bruno, with his theories of astronomy and extraterrestrial life, has fled the In…	OL20414239W
The Constant Princess	Philippa Gregory	Splendid and sumptuous historical novel from Philippa Gregory, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon. We think of her as the barren wife of a notorious king; but behind this legacy lies a …	OL24257146W
Play 'Red Wing'!	Stan Welli	A biographical novel that traces four generations of the author's family. It chronicles their lives and migrations from Prussia to Austria, to Ohio, to the Oklahoma Territory, back to Europe after Wo…	OL26435913W
Appa nŭn palmyŏngwang	Candace Fleming	Clink! Clankety-bang! Thump-whirr! That's the sound of Papa at work. Although he is an inventor, he has never made anything that works perfectly, and that's because he hasn't yet found a truly fantas…	OL26453779W
Marrying Mozart	Stephanie Cowell	Amadeus meets Little Women in this irresistibly delightful historical novel by award- winning author Stephanie Cowell. The year is 1777 and the four Weber sisters, daughters of a musical family, shar…	OL3296287W
The Confessions of Aubrey Beardsley	Donald Olson	In a stunning fictional tour de force, based on five years of research, Donald S. Olson portrays Aubrey Beardsley's life from infancy to his death at the early age of twenty-five, a victim of tuber…	OL3599661W
The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor	Sally Armstrong	goodread review: Charlotte Taylor lived in the front row of history. In 1775, at the young age of twenty, she fled her English country house and boarded a ship to Jamaica with her lover, the fami…	OL4002228W
Ella Fitzgerald	Andrea Davis Pinkney	A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician in the voice of "Scat Cat Monroe."	OL477242W