Accounts of real-life heroic people - both in nonfiction and historical fiction
Heroes
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Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II
by Lena S. Andrews
Hardcover: Aug 2023
Paperback: Aug 2024
A groundbreaking new history of the role of American servicewomen in WWII, illuminating their forgotten yet essential contributions to the Allies' victory.
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The General and Julia: A Novel
by Jon Clinch
Hardcover: Nov 2023
Paperback: Jul 2024
Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband, a father, a general, and a president while writing his memoirs and reckoning with his complicated legacy in this epic and intimate novel from the author of the "masterly" (The...
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The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
by Lev Grossman
Hardcover: Jul 2024
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium.
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Foul Days: The Witch's Compendium of Monsters #1
by Genoveva Dimova
Paperback: Jun 2024
The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured new voice in genre fiction.
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The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye: A Novel
by Briony Cameron
Hardcover: Jun 2024
This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color's rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.
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The House Is on Fire
by Rachel Beanland
Hardcover: Apr 2023
Paperback: Apr 2024
The author of Florence Adler Swims Forever returns with a masterful work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night—told from the perspectives of four people whose ...
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Strike the Zither: Kingdom of Three #1
by Joan He
Hardcover: Oct 2022
Paperback: Mar 2024
A dazzling new fantasy from New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, Strike the Zither is a powerful, inventive, and sweeping fantasy that reimagines the Chinese classic tale of the Three Kingdoms.
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The Women: A Novel
by Kristin Hannah
Hardcover: Feb 2024
From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s.
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Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people
by Tracy Kidder
Hardcover: Jan 2023
Paperback: Jan 2024
The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston's homeless community—by the Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains
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Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
by Matthew Delmont
Hardcover: Oct 2022
Paperback: Jan 2024
The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont.
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Hotel Magnifique
by Emily J. Taylor
Hardcover: Apr 2022
Paperback: Aug 2023
Decadent and darkly enchanting, this lavish YA fantasy debut follows seventeen-year-old Jani as she uncovers the deeply disturbing secrets of the legendary Hotel Magnifique.
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
by Judy Batalion
Hardcover: Apr 2021
Paperback: Aug 2022
One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance ...
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