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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Servants Servants Lucy Lethbridge From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to the poor child doing chores in a slightly less poor household, serv… OL17188371W
Anastasia at Your Service Anastasia at Your Service Lois Lowry Twelve-year-old Anastasia has a series of disastrous experiences when, expecting to get a job as a lady's companion, she is hired instead to be a maid. OL1846046W
Meet Samantha Meet Samantha Susan S. Adler In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress w… OL1869630W
The gallery The gallery Laura Marx Fitzgerald In 1929 New York City, twelve-year-old housemaid Martha O'Doyle suspects that a wealthy recluse may be trying to communicate with the outside world through the paintings on her gallery walls. OL20030429W
La maison sans-pareil La maison sans-pareil Elliot Skell Démesurée est la Maison Sans-pareil. Elle ressemble à une petite ville gothique tenue par une armée de domestiques. Se suffisant à elle-même depuis toujours, l'immense famille Capelan vit en vase clo… OL24276931W
Le serviteur du tsar Le serviteur du tsar Alexander, Robert Le récit de sa jeunesse pendant la révolution de 1917 et une mission : voici ce que Misha laisse à sa petite-fille Kate avant de mettre fin à ses jours. Jeune garçon, il a servi la famille du tsar en… OL24280686W
After Julia After Julia Linda Edwards "The Durants’ Victorian household operated efficiently until a spring day in 1911 when the nanny left her cherished charge, four-yearold Julia, alone at play. Life for occupants of the Druid H… OL28178088W
Goodbye Piccadilly Goodbye Piccadilly Cynthia Harrod-Eagles In 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war. For Edward and Beatrice Hunter, their children, servants and neighbours, life will never be the same again. For David, the eldest, war means a chance to do s… OL28946220W
The president's butler The president's butler Laurence Leamer Just in time for the election, The President's Butler will make you laugh out loud about politics. You'll join Vincent V. Victor on the most wildly improbable journey of our time. The flamboyant New … OL29257925W
The Book of Salt The Book of Salt Monique T. D. Truong In deciding if he should accompany his employers to America, stay in France, or go back to his native Vietnam, Binh recalls his life in Vietnam, the jobs he's held since leaving there, and the people… OL5969488W