Herman Wouk's "The Winds of War" tells the story of World War II through the experiences of the Henry family, showing the war's drama, romance, and tragedy with historical detail.
A young governess, Agnes Grey, navigates the daily abuses of her station in a patriarchal society, fighting for dignity and self-worth against the cruelties of her wealthy employers.
In 1940s Louisiana, a black teacher, jaded by racial injustice, must help a young man wrongly sentenced to death find his dignity before his execution, ultimately finding his own purpose.
Alice Blackwell goes from a quiet librarian in Wisconsin to First Lady to a charismatic, conservative president, navigating the contradictions of love and complicity as she faces the gap between her private conscience and public role.
From South Africa's diamond fields to global power, Kate Blackwell's ninety years are marked by vengeance, ambition, and a dynasty built on blackmail and murder.
On the lush, restrictive island of St. Thomas, a fiercely independent Jewish woman defies her community and fate, sparking a scandalous, passionate love affair that will ultimately birth the father of Impressionism.
In the final days of French rule in Vietnam, a British journalist, an American aid worker, and a Vietnamese woman find themselves in a dangerous love triangle that reflects the political and moral problems of 1950s Saigon.
When modern diesel shovels threaten to send Mike Mulligan's beloved steam shovel, Mary Anne, to the scrap heap, their last chance to prove their worth lies in digging the cellar for Popperville's new town hall faster than a hundred men.
In the late 19th-century Appalachian mountains, a young bride fights natural disasters, treachery, and a new marriage, hoping love can keep her from falling into madness.
A lanky schoolmaster with a love for the supernatural finds his own terrifying tale when a pumpkin-headed horseman gives chase through the haunted glens of Sleepy Hollow, leaving only questions and the whispers of a legend.
During Nazi-occupied Italy, a devout priest risks everything to shelter the Jewish woman he loves in a convent, forcing them to confront their forbidden passion and the agonizing choices of war.
Nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston ventures into the isolated, impoverished world of Cutter Gap, where her faith, heart, and modern ideas clash with ancient traditions and the fierce love of two very different men.
A retired Justice Department operative returns to a global chase to uncover the Knights Templar's true, world-altering secret, hidden beneath centuries of myth and murder.
After a surprising inheritance, a woman goes back to postwar Malaya, hoping to find the Australian prisoner of war who showed her kindness during captivity.
A 21st-century historian, inoculated and with an alibi, finds herself stranded in the Black Death, becoming an unexpected source of hope amid medieval plague.
Anne Shirley Blythe, now a wife and mother of five with a new baby on the way, struggles with the fear that her husband, Gilbert, no longer loves the spirited redhead he once adored, all while dealing with an overbearing aunt.
Trapped in a remote tower for seven years, a resourceful maid pretends to be her mistress to survive dangerous suitors and the steppe, finding her own worth and an unexpected future.
During WWII, a Hungarian Jewish architecture student's Parisian romance becomes the 'invisible bridge' that connects his family across a war-torn continent.
A Louisiana teenager in London discovers she's the only one who can see the ghostly new Jack the Ripper, making her both the sole witness and his next spectral target.
A talented dressmaker in historical Paris dreams of recognition. Her loyalty to a secret prince, who finds freedom as the city's most daring fashion icon, Lady Crystallia, complicates her ambitions.
A young solicitor, sent to a remote English manor to settle a widow's affairs, uncovers a chilling story of grief and vengeance from a malevolent ghost known as the Woman in Black.
In an America where Charles Lindbergh becomes president and aligns with Nazi Germany, a young Philip Roth navigates the terrifying descent of his Jewish family and nation into an abyss of fascism and antisemitism.
In 1860s Wisconsin, a tomboy named Caddie Woodlawn, based on a true story, has childhood adventures, dares her brothers, and befriends local Native Americans, all while defying the rigid expectations for girls of her time.
