Colorful and entertaining history of Chicago's birth as a city in the nineteenth century, told via a huge cast of characters and snippets from "historical documents."
Colorful and entertaining history of Chicago's birth as a city in the nineteenth century, told via a huge cast of characters and snippets from "historical documents."
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Colorful and entertaining history of Chicago's birth as a city in the nineteenth century, told via a huge cast of characters and snippets from "historical documents."
Colorful and entertaining history of Chicago's birth as a city in the nineteenth century, told via a huge cast of characters and snippets from "historical documents."
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A brother and sister live the the divide between impoverished sweatshops and lavish excess in Gilded Age Chicago in this poetic and suspenseful tale.
A brother and sister live the the divide between impoverished sweatshops and lavish excess in Gilded Age Chicago in this poetic and suspenseful tale.
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A brother and sister live the the divide between impoverished sweatshops and lavish excess in Gilded Age Chicago in this poetic and suspenseful tale.
A brother and sister live the the divide between impoverished sweatshops and lavish excess in Gilded Age Chicago in this poetic and suspenseful tale.
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Inventive, playful, unconventional, satirical, delightful, humorous and norm-defying saga of one family, their bowling alley, love and the strangeness of life in 20th century New England.
Inventive, playful, unconventional, satirical, delightful, humorous and norm-defying saga of one family, their bowling alley, love and the strangeness of life in 20th century New England.
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Inventive, playful, unconventional, satirical, delightful, humorous and norm-defying saga of one family, their bowling alley, love and the strangeness of life in 20th century New England.
Inventive, playful, unconventional, satirical, delightful, humorous and norm-defying saga of one family, their bowling alley, love and the strangeness of life in 20th century New England.
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Fans of heartwarming stories of spirited and unconventional women might delight in this fictionalized biography of the woman behind the Wizard of Oz.
Fans of heartwarming stories of spirited and unconventional women might delight in this fictionalized biography of the woman behind the Wizard of Oz.
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Fans of heartwarming stories of spirited and unconventional women might delight in this fictionalized biography of the woman behind the Wizard of Oz.
Fans of heartwarming stories of spirited and unconventional women might delight in this fictionalized biography of the woman behind the Wizard of Oz.
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Fans of Geraldine Brooks' talent of humanizing history might want to check out this moving, graceful and meticulously researched tale of an unwed mother in 19th Century Philadelphia told through journal entries.
Fans of Geraldine Brooks' talent of humanizing history might want to check out this moving, graceful and meticulously researched tale of an unwed mother in 19th Century Philadelphia told through journal entries.
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Fans of Geraldine Brooks' talent of humanizing history might want to check out this moving, graceful and meticulously researched tale of an unwed mother in 19th Century Philadelphia told through journal entries.
Fans of Geraldine Brooks' talent of humanizing history might want to check out this moving, graceful and meticulously researched tale of an unwed mother in 19th Century Philadelphia told through journal entries.
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Guns, explosives, mobsters, assassination conspiracies, con-men and the 1939 jazz scene propel this brash, fast-moving, complicated, colorful and frequently funny melange of a caper about three Irish immigrant brothers in interwar New York City.
Guns, explosives, mobsters, assassination conspiracies, con-men and the 1939 jazz scene propel this brash, fast-moving, complicated, colorful and frequently funny melange of a caper about three Irish immigrant brothers in interwar New York City.
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Guns, explosives, mobsters, assassination conspiracies, con-men and the 1939 jazz scene propel this brash, fast-moving, complicated, colorful and frequently funny melange of a caper about three Irish immigrant brothers in interwar New York City.
Guns, explosives, mobsters, assassination conspiracies, con-men and the 1939 jazz scene propel this brash, fast-moving, complicated, colorful and frequently funny melange of a caper about three Irish immigrant brothers in interwar New York City.
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Left to care for her new husband's isolated farm (reliant on slave labor) and young stepson, teenage Placidia struggles to survive the dark and violent da...Show more
Left to care for her new husband's isolated farm (reliant on slave labor) and young stepson, teenage Placidia struggles to survive the dark and violent days of the Civil War. When her husband returns two years later, Placidia is accused of murdering the child she had in his absence. Based on a true story and suspensefully revealed through letters, court documents and a diary, this intense novel is spellbinding.
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Left to care for her new husband's isolated farm (reliant on slave labor) and young stepson, teenage Placidia struggles to survive the dark and violent da...Show more
Left to care for her new husband's isolated farm (reliant on slave labor) and young stepson, teenage Placidia struggles to survive the dark and violent days of the Civil War. When her husband returns two years later, Placidia is accused of murdering the child she had in his absence. Based on a true story and suspensefully revealed through letters, court documents and a diary, this intense novel is spellbinding.
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Captivating and erotic love triangle tale of intrigue and passion involving an Irish immigrant maid, her stablehand brother and the young high society woman they both serve in 19th century New York City.
Captivating and erotic love triangle tale of intrigue and passion involving an Irish immigrant maid, her stablehand brother and the young high society woman they both serve in 19th century New York City.
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Captivating and erotic love triangle tale of intrigue and passion involving an Irish immigrant maid, her stablehand brother and the young high society woman they both serve in 19th century New York City.
Captivating and erotic love triangle tale of intrigue and passion involving an Irish immigrant maid, her stablehand brother and the young high society woman they both serve in 19th century New York City.
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