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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating, epic exploration of who gets to record the world's history -- from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burns -- and how their biases influence our understanding about the past. There are many stories we can spin about previous ages, but which accounts get told? And by whom? Is there even such a thing as "objective" history? In this lively and thought-provoking book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other...
Author
Series
All souls trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
"After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches--with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when...
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 8
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The eighth book in the bestselling British madcap time-traveling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"--These historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate...
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 9
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The ninth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"--These historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate...
6) Heartwishes
Author
Series
Edilean series volume 5
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Historian Gemma Ranford and Colin Frazier must work together to find the Heartwishes stone that's been missing for over one hundred years -- and with an international thief also on the hunt, the clock is ticking. Because in the wrong hands, no one named Frazier will ever be safe.
Author
Series
Jane Austen takes the South volume Book 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"This hilarious Southern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice tells the story of two hard-headed Civil War historians who find that their first impressions can be deceiving"--
Author
Series
Lottie Albright mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When false accusations threaten senatorial candidate Hadley's career, secrets whispered to Lottie as editor of the county history books spur a personal search for his aunt's murderer. Will the cold case prove her merits as a deputy-- or endanger her life?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends and sports giants explore the grand American experiment in democracy, culture, innovation and ideas, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what America is and what it can be.
Rubenstein engages in lively conversations with some of our nations; greatest minds as they explore the inspiring story of America as a grand...
10) Angelopolis
Author
Series
Angelology novels volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Danielle Trussoni's bestselling first novel, Angelology, wove biblical lore, the Orpheus myth, and Milton's Rebel Angels into a present-day world tinged with the divine supernatural. The novel plunged two endearing loners--art historian V. A. Verlaine and Evangeline, a beautiful young nun--into an ancient battle between a secret society and mankind's most insidious enemies: angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. Now a decade has passed since...
Author
Series
Vicky Bliss mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"A missing masterwork in wood, the last creation of a master carver who died in the violent tumult of the sixteenth century, may be hidden in a medieval German castle in the town of Rothenburg. The prize has called to Vicky Bliss, drawing her and an arrogant male colleague into the forbidding citadel and its dark secrets. But the treasure hunt soon turns deadly. Here, where the blood of the long forgotten damned stains ancient stones, Vicky must face...
12) Artifact
Author
Series
Publisher
Henery Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A Scottish legend that hides a secret. A treasure from India that vanished long ago. A mysterious package from a dead man that sets in motion an unexpected adventure. When historian Jaya Jones receives a mysterious package containing a jewel-encrusted artifact sent by a murdered man, she discovers the secrets of a lost Indian treasure may be hidden in a Scottish legend. Can Jaya figure out which of the scholars vying for her affections might be the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom float through...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor (often a mischievous presence in the films of David Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson) -- and a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Deceptive practice traces Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4 with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon...
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 7
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"--These historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets. "I've done some stupid things in my time. I've been...
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 1
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Madeline "Max" Maxwell has stumbled on the dream of a lifetime: a career as a time-traveling historian with St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research. The researchers are under strict orders to observe only--no interaction with the locals is allowed. But from her first mission rescuing artifacts from the Great Library of Alexandria, Max realized that time travel is a dangerous activity and that history--and other historians--will go to elaborate...
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 2
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"--These historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets. The Chronicles of St. Mary's tells the chaotic adventures...
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 5
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"--These historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets. The Chronicles of St. Mary's tells the chaotic adventures...
19) Foundation
Author
Series
Foundation series volume 3
Publisher
Bantam Spectra Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A band of psychologists, under the leadership of psychohistorian Hari Seldon, plants a colony to encourage art, science, and technology in the declining Galactic Empire and to preserve the accumulated knowledge of humankind.
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 4
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The fourth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"--These historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate...
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