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Stephen P. Kiernan

From the critically acclaimed author of The Hummingbird and The Curiosity comes a dazzling novel of World War II—a shimmering tale of courage, determination, optimism and the resilience of the human spirit, set in a small village in Normandy on the eve of D-DayOn June 5, 1944, as dawn rises over a small town on France’s Normandy coast, Emmanuelle is baking the bread that has sustained her fellow villagers in the dark days since the Germans invaded...

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Edwina Kiernan

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Henrietta Meire

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Victorian Virtues

Will God hear their cries and grant them a future together, or will deadly occurrences tear them apart forever?England, 1849. Beatrice Beckwith is an orphaned young lady living with her aunt. On the brink of her deepest wish coming true, her plans unexpectedly collapse. Then, a startling discovery and an outbreak of cholera set in motion a series of catastrophic events, plunging her into even bleaker darkness.Isaac Taylor is forced to leave Miss Beckwith ju...

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Thomas Kiernan

At long last, a comprehensive tool in English for a better understanding of the most basic terms in Aristotle's philosophy. Interested readers, students, and scholars of philosophy and of the general intellectual background of Western culture need no longer be handicapped by a lack of knowledge of Greek and Latin. A careful comparison of the original Greek, Medieval, and Renaissance Latin translations and a reappraisal of English usage make Aristotle Dictionary a definitive source...

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Stephen P. Kiernan

A powerful debut novel in which a man frozen in Arctic ice for more than a century awakens in the present day and finds that the greatest discovery is love . . .When Dr. Kate Philo and her exploration team discover what appears to be a seal frozen in an Arctic iceberg, they believe they have made a momentous breakthrough in their research. Kate is part of the groundbreaking Lazarus Project, run by the egocentric and paranoid genius Erastus Carthage. To date, they h...

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Denise Kiernan

A New York Times bestseller with an “engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold true story of the Biltmore Estate—the largest private home in America—and the remarkable woman who helped ensure its survival.The story of Biltmore spans World Wars, the Jazz Age, the Depression, and generations of the famous Vanderbilt family, and features a captivat...

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Denise Kiernan

The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb.“The best kind of nonfiction: marvelously reported, fluidly written, and a remarkable story...As meticulous and brilliant as it is compulsively readable.” —Karen Abbott, author of Sin in the Second CityAt the height of Worl...

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Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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The Maggie Newberry Mysteries

Maggie Newberry is a whip-smart advertising agency copywriter who’s fast on her feet, at least verbally, and a little stunned that over thirty and still hasn’t yet found “the one.” She needs to put all that aside very fast when the murder of her long-missing sister lands in her lap in her comfortable Atlanta condo and Maggie finds herself flying to Paris and Cannes to find the little niece none of them even knew existed–and trying to stop her sister’s murderer before it’s too late for any ...

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Denise Kiernan

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the** ***New York ***Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes a sweeping chronicle challenging the traditional mythology of the nation's beginnings and championing the unsung women behind the American Revolution.History has always celebrated the Founding Fathers—the sly but victorious tactics of Washington, the daring exploits of Lafayette, the grand ideas of Jeffer...

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Charice Kiernan

New 2nd Edition! Now Includes Bonus: The 5 Most Common Yoga Mistakes: How Can You Avoid Them?Learn why successful people like Hillary Clinton, Ryan Gosling and Arianna Huffington all practice yoga!Get access to 30 yoga poses with step-by-step instructions to develop your own yoga practiceBONUS: Guided Relaxation Inside!Do you often feel stressed, tense, or even anxious? Do yo...

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Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Is there a connection between the cat found napping in the flour barrel of the newest bistro and the dead American chef in the meat freezer?When it comes to Maggie Newberry and the cranky villagers of St-Buvard, how could there not be?Once more back in Provence, Maggie finds her hands full with village politics ratcheting up to nuclear level, her BFF back on her living room couch—this time with a snotty teenager in tow—and a full blown riot developing over the brand new Ame...

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Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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The Maggie Newberry Mysteries

From bouillabaisse to betrayal……and the beautiful city that is home to bothWhen the dead body of one of Marseille’s most corrupt politicians is found stuffed in Maggie’s car trunk it creates a bubbling stew of deception, betrayal and revenge. Is there a connection between the victim and Maggie? Her family? Or is this a message for Laurent as a result of his nefarious history of crime and misdeeds? Even worse, a devastating family secret that Laurent and Maggie have spent th...

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Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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The Claire Baskerville Mysteries

A charming Parisian brasserie, a buried secret and a winding labyrinth of clues come together to form a terrifying triumvirate of mystery and shocking desire in the seventh An American in Paris Mystery. The American owner of a popular Left Bank eatery is arrested for his wife’s murder. Claire Baskerville, an American expat in Paris, must work quickly to find the real killer in order to return her grieving client to his two small children as soon as possible. The twist? The more she investi...