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Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
Day in, day out, servant Rosalie is forced to aid in the harrowing medical selections at Auschwitz, marking prisoners as 'fit' or 'unfit' with trembling hands. She once thought 'unfit' meant they'd get the help they needed. Now she knows the devastating truth: 'Fit' means they live another day, 'unfit' means they don't... Every day, her heart breaks further as she hopelessly scans the crowds for the face of the man she loves, torn from her a year...
Author
Publisher
Cicada Books
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
This book uncovers the rich history behind theme parks - from the Charter fairs of medieval England to the grand spectacles of Victorian steam-powered rides, through to the wild days of Coney Island and the opening of Disneyland. Meet the inventors and dreamers who applied the forces of physics to create heart-stopping thrills.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Publication Date
[2027]
Language
English
Description
"This title takes a chronological look at the history of immigration and relocation in America, particularly where immigrants came from and when and why they came. Sidebars and other special features expand on the text"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author David Treuer comes The Savage Mind, a groundbreaking and intimate reckoning with Turtle Island's history, the violence of the frontier, and finding hope in the dark. Growing up on the Leech Lake reservation in Minnesota, the son of a Holocaust survivor and the first American Indigenous woman judge in the country, Treuer inherited two often opposing views of America. His mother grew up in extreme poverty, suffering...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
1940, England: Clementine Churchill is standing alone on a rooftop in London as bombs rain down on the city when a nearby explosion almost knocks her off her feet. Shaking, she rushes homewards to 10 Downing Street and breathes a sigh of relief when she sees the famous building is still there. It means the Prime Minister--her husband--is still alive. Stepping into Winston's reassuring arms, she hears his steady heartbeat. She knew from the day they...
Author
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wide Neighborhoods is the autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, the remarkable founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. It is equally the story of the unique organization she founded in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky in 1925—the Frontier Nursing Service.
Riding out on horseback, the FNS nurse-midwives, the first of their profession in this country, proved that high mortality rates and malnutrition need not be the norm in remote
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