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• History of the World, Part 1

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  Take a sweeping (and silly) journey through the ages of humankind as interpreted by the great Mel Brooks.

• The Clan of the Cave Bear

  Auel, Jean M.

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  (The Stone Age) A natural disaster orphans Ayla. Unfortunately, her adoptive family thinks she’s pretty strange looking.

• The Dog Master

  Cameron, W. Bruce

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  (The Stone Age) One ancient man’s friendship turns into 30,000 years of humans scooping pet poop.

• The Pharaoh's Daughter

  Andrews, Mesu, 1963-

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  (The Old Testament) Anippe finds a baby floating in the river Nile, which leads to deception and danger.

• Wisdom's Daughter

  a Novel of Solomon and Sheba

  Edghill, India

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  (The Old Testament) It takes a lot to steal the heart of a man with forty beautiful wives, but the Queen of Sheba is quite a lady.

• Conspirata

  a Novel of Ancient Rome

  Harris, Robert, 1957-

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  (The Roman Empire) Bad omens abound as Cicero comes to power. Will he- and the Roman Republic- survive?

• Lavinia

  Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018

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  (The Roman Empire) Mythical Lavinia and her husband Aeneas found the Roman Empire together, but he has always taken the spotlight. Not anymore.

• By Fire, by Water

  a Novel

  Kaplan, Mitchell James

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  (The Spanish Inquisition) Grand Inquisitor Torquemada’s growing power means danger for Luis de Santangel’s family. Can he escape to a better life?

• The Mapmaker's Daughter

  a Novel

  Corona, Laurel, 1949-

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  (The Spanish Inquisition) Being true to yourself comes with great rewards- and great costs. Does Amalia have the strength she needs?

• City of Darkness, City of Light

  a Novel

  Piercy, Marge

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  (The French Revolution) The men’s names are known, but the women of the French Revolution were vital to the cause. Meet three brave female revolutionaries.

• The Red Necklace

  Gardner, Sally

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  (The French Revolution) An aristocrat and a penniless orphan depend on their wits (and a little magic) to face a common threat.

• Winnie and Wolf

  Wilson, A. N., 1950-

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  (Hitler on Ice) Winifred really loves Germany, but her new friend Adolf Hitler is a fanatic for it- and her husband’s music.

• The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

  Boyne, John

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  (Hitler on Ice) An orphan goes to live with his aunt, who just happens to be a servant for Adolf Hitler.

• War of the Wolf

  Cornwell, Bernard

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  (Viking Funeral) Uhtred’s half Viking, half Saxon blood means his ancestral home and family will never be safe in 10th century Northumbria.

• The Last Light of the Sun

  Kay, Guy Gavriel

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  (Viking Funeral) Though Bern Thorkellson is a Viking, his destiny may lie in the lands of his people’s enemies, the Angles and the Gaels.

• The Chosen

  Potok, Chaim

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  (Jews in Space) Two fathers and their two sons navigate daily life, baseball, and faith in 1940s Brooklyn.

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union

  a Novel

  Chabon, Michael

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  (Jews in Space) The collapse of Israel in 1948 scattered Jewish refugees to the four winds, including Sitka, Alaska. Sixty years later, a police officer there struggles solve a murder and rebuild his life.