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Love To Water My Soul
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Love To Water My Soul is a captivating story of a young white girl who is raised by the Paiute Indians. She learns to work hard and struggles to find a place where she belongs. When she returns to the white man's world, she must again learn to adapt to her environment…
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Mead's Trek
 | Fans of Major Amos Mead, USMC will cheer his return in "Meads Trek". While on a mission to Burma, through the Office of Strategic Servies, his plane is shot down behind enemy lines and the pilot is killed. Mead and his comrades begin the... |
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Miscarriage of Justice
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Miscarriage of Justice is a fictional tale based on a true story. It is the early days of the women's suffrage movement. Walter Dotson was a counselor at a Christian Camp when he met Anna Dennis, his future wife. He was attracted to her from the moment…
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Nero's Concert
 | The setting is Rome, during Nero’s reign. The narrator is Rusticus. He was once a great gladiator that saved Nero’s life during a chariot race. He worked his way up to one of the top ministers in the imperial court. He was in love with... |
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Painter From Shanghai, The
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The Painter From Shanghai is a fictional account of the life of Pan Yuliang. She was born Xiuqing in 1895, orphaned at five, and raised by an opium-addicted uncle. At fourteen, he sold her to a brothel, The Hall of Eternal Splendor, where her name was changed to Yuliang…
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Pauper Prince, The
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Royal intrigue abounds in Pauper Prince. Prince Allan is banished to Wexford for one year. He is allowed only to take one trunk of clothing with him. Princess Elara is expecting a baby. The hot-headed princess and her husband Dalton are being…
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Pioneers, The
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The Pioneers is filled with stories that will warm your heart. In each story, you will find a bit of a miracle. In “Bread Alone”, we read of an extra loaf of bread, a cloth, and a prayer. “Tied to A Horse” shares the tale of a young boy traveling home, tied…
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Pursuit of Mary McBride
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The story begins in London, 1832. Rebecca was an orphan, taken in by a madam where she learns to be a prostitute. She was sent to Australia as a punishment of a crime she did not commit. She was forced to marry a cruel man. He beat and raped…
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Red River
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Lalita Tademy left the corporate world to research her family history. In her latest book, Red River, the accomplished author shares the true story of the “Colfax Riot.” She successfully intertwines history and fiction to educate and entertain the reader…
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Rhiannon
 | This was a fairly light read even though there were some rough characters in the storyline. Rhiannon Hughes is a young woman in the early 1900's who finds herself and her younger stepsister alone. They are taken in by her aunt and introduced to the... |
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