Rachel Botchan
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 CDs (6 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota. This collection includes: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Happy Birthday, Kirsten!, Kirsten Saves the Day, and Changes for Kirsten."--Container.
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Language
English
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Description
No longer famous, journalist Cannie Shapiro writes science fiction under a pen name while raising her teenage daughter, and considers her husband Peter's request to have Cannie's flamboyant sister provide surrogate services so that they can have a second child.
23) Abigail's story
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Burton's first novel in this Biblical series tells the fictionalized tale of a young Jewish lady who makes and markets pottery to support her family. But when her brother's huge gambling debt threatens to enslave them, she convinces his creditor to marry her and forgive the debt. After her husband sends her to manage his herds in the hills far away, Abigail grows fond of its rustic inhabitants--and of an enigmatic shepherd-soldier who's on a collision...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 CDs (9 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In these six stories from the uplifting American Girl series, a young girl living in 1914 New York learns what it's like to grow up in the big city. Rebecca Rubin has big dreams of becoming an actress, but her parents don't think girls are cut out for performing. As Rebecca searches for alternatives, she finds new ways to fulfill dreams that she never thought possible.
Author
Series
An Iris Anderson novel volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Late 1942 in New York City finds fifteen-year-old Iris helping more with her father's detective business, as long as she follows his rules and learns his techniques, but her investigation into her mother's supposed suicide gets Iris in big trouble--and not just with her father.
26) Love's pursuit
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Series
Language
English
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Description
In 1640s Puritan Massachusetts, Susannah awaits an overdue marriage proposal, while a powerful villager takes a fancy to her. But after a dashing military captain comes to town, she's unprepared for the sinister turn her life soon takes.
27) An untamed heart
Author
Series
Red River of the North volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
"After the loss of her first love, is Ingeborg Strand willing to marry a stranger--however kind--for the promise of a new life in America?"--
Author
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded slums and the anti-immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S. Army. But as her city celebrates the end of war, an even more urgent threat arrives: the Spanish flu. Funeral crepe and quarantine signs appear on doors as victims drop dead in the streets and desperate survivors wear white masks to ward off illness....
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Series
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
After an arranged marriage and the heartbreaking end to her friendship with Lukio, Shoshana thought she'd never see him again. But when she is captured in a raid and enslaved, she is surprised to find that the brutal fighter is Lukio himself. With deadly secrets and unbreakable vows standing between them, finding a way to freedom may cost them everything.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to return the Ark of the Covenant to Shiloh, Levite musician Ronen never expected that Eliora, the Philistine girl he rescued years ago, would be part of the family he's tasked to deceive. As his attempts to charm her lead them in unexpected directions, they question their loyalties when their beliefs about the Ark and themselves are shaken.