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    Historical Fiction

    Cover of Windy City Blues
    Fic­tion
    Windy City Blues
    Renée Rosen
    Cover of An Epiphany in Lilacs
    Fic­tion
    An Epiphany in Lilacs
    Iris Dor­bian
    Cover of Lilli de Jong
    Fic­tion
    Lil­li de Jong
    Janet Ben­ton
    Cover of The Drowning King
    Fic­tion
    The Drown­ing King
    Emi­ly Holleman
    Cover of Kasper Mützenmacher's Cursed Hat (Life Indigo, Book 1)
    Fic­tion
    Kasper Mützen­macher’s Cursed Hat (Life Indi­go, Book 1)
    Kei­th R. Fentonmiller
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    Fic­tion
    David and the Philis­tine Woman
    Paul Boorstin
    Cover of In The Shadow of Alabama
    Fic­tion
    In The Shad­ow of Alabama
    Judy Reene Singer
    Cover of Barren Island: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    Bar­ren Island: A Novel
    Car­ol Zoref
    Cover of Two Trickster Tango
    Fic­tion
    Two Trick­ster Tango
    Mark Lon­don Williams
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    Fic­tion
    Bronx Heart, Jerusalem Soul
    Ray­na Sue Harris
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    Fic­tion
    Trail of Miracles
    Alo­ma Halter
    Smadar Herzfeld
    Cover of On the Sickle's Edge
    Fic­tion
    On the Sick­le’s Edge
    Neville D. Frankel
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    Fic­tion
    Zaylie
    W. H. Rosenthal
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Ship to Nowhere: On Board the Exodus
    Rona Ara­to
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    Fic­tion
    The Weight of Ink
    Rachel Kadish
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    Chil­dren’s
    Serendip­i­ty’s Footsteps
    Suzanne Nelson
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