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The white princess / by Gregory, Philippa.;
Includes bibliographical references.Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling gaze of his mother, Margaret Beaufort.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503; Queens;
© 2013., Simon & Schuster,
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All these flowers [videorecording] / by Bryce, Kevin,film director.; Wild Eye Releasing,film distributor.;
A personal and emotional documentary that follows the lives of four people with bipolar disorder, a mental illness often stigmatized, ill-defined, and maltreated by medical professionals and the mainstream media.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Manic-depressive persons; Manic-depressive illness.;
For private home use only.
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There was a party for Langston / by Reynolds, Jason.; Pumphrey, Jerome.; Pumphrey, Jarrett.;
A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.Ages 4-8.
Subjects: Picture books.; Biographical fiction.; Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Poets; African Americans; African American authors; Parties; Libraries;
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The Swiss nurse : a novel / by Escobar, Mario,1971-author.; Abernathy, Gretchen,translator.; translation of:Escobar, Mario,1971-Maternidad de Elna.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."The true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their children during the Spanish Civil War and WWII"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Eidenbenz, Elisabeth, 1913-2011; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; World War, 1939-1945;
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Queen of exiles : a novel / by Riley, Vanessa,author.;
"Acclaimed historical novelist Vanessa Riley is back with another novel based on the life of an extraordinary Black woman from history: Haiti's Queen Marie-Louise Coidavid, who escaped a coup in Haiti to set up her own royal court in Italy during the Regency era, where she became a popular member of royal European society"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Marie Louise, Queen, consort of Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, 1778-1851; Exiles; Queens; Women, Black;
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A right worthy woman : a novel / by Watson, Ruth P.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In the vein of The Engineer's Wife and Carolina Built, an inspiring novel based on the remarkable true story of Virginia's Black Wall Street and the indomitable Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a formerly enslaved woman who became the first Black woman to establish and preside over a bank in the United States"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Walker, Maggie Lena, 1864-1934; African American women; Banks and banking; Businesswomen; Racism; Women bankers;
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The cardinal : a novel of love and power / by Weir, Alison,1951-author.;
"In this thrilling novel of friendship and betrayal at the royal court, the New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the rise of Thomas Wolsey, who was Henry VIII's chief advisor -- until the king accused him of treason"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547; Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530;
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My mother's secret : based on a true Holocaust story / by Witterick, J. L.;
In 1939, the Nazis come to Poland and start to persecute the Jews. Providing shelter to a Jew has become a death sentence, but despite this, Franciszka and her daughter hide Jewish families and a German soldier in their small home. For all of them to survive, she will have to outsmart the German commander and her neighbors.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Jewish fiction.; Hiding places; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
© 2013., Penguin Group,
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The teacher of Warsaw : a novel / by Escobar, Mario,1971-author.; Abernathy, Gretchen,translator.; translation of:Escobar, Mario,1971-Maestro.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."International bestselling author Mario Escobar captures the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of kindness in this moving novel based on the true story of a brave Polish teacher who cared for hundreds of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Korczak, Janusz, 1878-1942; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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The age of light [sound recording] : a novel / by Scharer, Whitney,author.; Plummer, Thérèse,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Therese Plummer.A novel inspired by the life of the Vogue model-turned-renowned photographer finds Lee Miller relocating to 1929 Paris, where she becomes the muse and colleague of the mercurial surrealist, Man Ray.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Miller, Lee, 1907-1977; Man Ray, 1890-1976; Models (Persons); War photographers; World War, 1939-1945;
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