Margot Lee Shetterly

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South’s segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America’s aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam’s call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Even as Virginia’s Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley’s all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens. Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country’s future.

Hidden Figures

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Minnesota

Tanis Rideout

Arizona

Blending historical facts with imaginative fiction, interweaves the story of George Mallory's ill-fated 1924 attempt to be the first man to conquer Mount Everest and a single day in the life of his wife as she waits at home in England for news of his return.

Above All Things

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Geraldine Brooks

Florida

A Novel

People of the Book

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Tatiana de Rosnay

Oregon

From Tatiana de Rosnay, the New York Times bestselling author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept, comes The House I Loved, an absorbing new novel about one woman's resistance during an époque that shook Paris to its very core Paris, France: 1860s. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter the face of old Paris, molding it into a "modern city." The reforms will erase generations of history--and in the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand. Rose Bazelet is determined to fight against the destruction of her family home until the very end. As others flee, she stakes her claim in the basement of the old house on rue Childebert, ignoring the sounds of change that come closer and closer each day. Attempting to overcome the loneliness of her daily life, she begins to write letters to Armand, her beloved late husband. And as she delves into the ritual of remembering, Rose is forced to come to terms with a secret that has been buried deep in her heart for thirty years.

The House I Loved

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Linda Romanowski

Kentucky

Final Touchstones is an Italian heritage memoir in hybrid form. Each standalone piece tells one story of four brothers who leave Sicily for America in the early 1900s. The author's maternal grandfather is the seminal figure from age three to his emigration to a new life - a decision that changed his and his family's destiny forever

Final Touchstones

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California

Stendhal

Horace B. Samuel

Alabama

This landmark of psychological realism chronicles a young provincial's progress in Parisian society of the early 19th century, where he encounters passion, intrigue, and mortal peril.

The Red and the Black

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Rebecca Stott

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Idaho

Praise forGhostwalk “A beautifully written book, mixing a compelling contemporary love story and a fascinating historical investigation, with Isaac Newton and alchemy playing a crucial role. The mystery at the novel’s center is audacious, convincing, and will make readers think anew about what history is.”—Iain Pears, author ofAn Instance of the Fingerpost “Stott moves between past and present with the page-turning dexterity of a literary alchemist—a novel of intrigue as cleverly imagined as it is entertaining.”—Joseph Kanon, author ofThe Good German,The Prodigal Spy, andLos Alamos “A dangerous love story and mystery, where after a time neither the reader nor the heroine can tell what is true. You slip through the shimmering prose and fall into the alchemy of Newton and certain unsolved crimes of his time until you begin to wonder if what happened then can affect what might happen now. Blending contemporary quantum physics with the winding streets of ancient Cambridge,Ghostwalkis a highly intelligent and original novel.”—Stephanie Cowell, author ofNicholas CookeandThe Physician of London   “An amazing work—a highly intelligent thriller that combines the supernatural with modern quantum theory, the current war on terror with Isaac Newton's work on light and gravity, and his delving into alchemy in the seventeenth century. At once mind-boggling and mind-expanding.”—Nicholas Mosley, author ofHopeful MonstersandTime at War “This daring mystery tangles occult and scientific knowledge with obsessive love and hidden world events. It is wonderfully down to earth, and genuinely eerie. Once in, you are not likely to leave off reading until after the very last twist.”—Dame Gillian Beer

Ghostwalk

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George MacDonald

New York

This story manifests one of the strongest driving forces in his spiritualvision: the theme of godly service to the poor.

The Gentlewoman's Choice

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B. J. Hoff

Nora Kavanagh, left a widow by the Irish Potato Famine, turns for help to rebel Morgan Fitzgerald, who arranges for her and her son to make a dangerous voyage to New York.

Song of the Silent Harp

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North Carolina

Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

Two Victorian Romances Ignite New Holiday Traditions

I Saw Three Ships by PAMELA GRIFFIN Rachel is upset after her childhood love returns to manage the family shipbuilding business in Scotland. Malcolm has changed; he's so secretive. And why did he leave abruptly, years ago, without saying good-bye? Malcolm hoped by bringing Rachel to Farthay House as a companion to his mother they could renew their relationship and he could admit the truth. Will chaos follow his confession, or will love sail into two stubborn hearts this Christmastide? A Right, Proper Christmas by JILL STENGL Charlotte Colburn's rector father takes a half-frozen vagrant into their home for Christmas. While regaining his strength, Dan Jackson falls in love with Charlotte, but God has called him to preach Christ's salvation to the poor. He cannot offer marriage to a lady! Can Dan reconcile God's calling with his own pride? And will Charlotte ever see beyond Dan's rough exterior and learn to value his godly character?

English Carols and Scottish Bagpipes

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Lecia Cornwall

Virginia

A Novel (Historical Fiction)

When Eleanor Atherton graduates from medical school near the top of her class in 1917, she dreams of going overseas to help the wounded, but her ambition is thwarted at every turn. Nevertheless, when an unexpected twist of fate sends Eleanor to the battlefields of France as the private doctor of a British peer, she seizes the chance to prove herself. But a casualty clearing station close to the front lines is an unforgiving place. Facing sceptical commanders, scores of wounded men, underhanded efforts by her family to bring her home, and a blossoming romance, Eleanor must take fight for what she wants.

The Woman at the Front

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Ha Jin

Maryland

An ambitious and dedicated Chinese doctor, Lin Kong finds himself torn between two very different women--the educated and dynamic nurse with whom he has fallen in love and the traditional, meek, and humble woman to whom his family married him when they were both very young. National Book Award & Pen/Faulkner Award Winner. Reprint. 125,000 first printing.

Waiting

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Michigan

Jo Beverley

Margaret Moore

Deborah Simmons

Texas

The Wise Virgin; The Vagabond Knight; The Unexpected Guest

In the age of chivalry and the season of hope, three marriages are forged in this collection of stories involving knights, mercenaries and family patriarchs. The titles include The Wise Virgin by Beverley, The Vagabond Knight by Moore, and The Unexpected Guest by Simmons.

The Brides of Christmas

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Wisconsin

South Carolina

Poor seamstress Sira Quiroga forges a new identity during the Spanish Civil War and becomes the most sought-after couture designer in North Africa, where she is enlisted to pass coded information to the British Secret Service.

The Time in Between

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Shows and describes historic homes, churches, and public buildings in Charleston

The Majesty of Charleston

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Washington

W. E. B. Griffin

William E. Butterworth

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Georgia

A Presidential Agent Novel

When a mysterious package arrives containing photographic evidence of believed-destroyed biohazard materials in use in the Congo, Charlie Castillo is called in to investigate and discovers evidence of threats at the highest levels. By the authors of Black Ops.

The Outlaws

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Kathleen O'Neal Gear

W. Michael Gear

Witnessing the extinction of numerous species in the wake of melting glaciers, Sandy Point Village chief Rain Bear grants sanctuary to an enemy tribe's escaped slave and prepares for a war that could result in the demise of his people. 25,000 first printing.

People of the Raven

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