Judith Miller
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Six million Jews died in Europe, and the Holocaust lives on in the minds of those individuals who survived the worst genocide the world has ever known. One, by One, by One is a masterwork-a stark and haunting exploration of how people rationalize history, how rationalization gives birth to lies, how the victims are blamed, and history's horrors are forgotten.
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Judy lost her son to a tragic accident in the Bahamas. Her only son, Jason, perished with two others while diving in one of the blue holes in the Abacos.
Months after the accident, Judy tried getting her life back, but the pain of losing a great part of her still lingered. It began to put a strain on her relationship with her husband and affect her job.
While she mourned, Judy begins having visions about her son and hearing sounds that initially confused...
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When Rose McKay convinces her brother, Ewan, to invest in a pottery business, she's determined to assist him in making the venture a success. Having just graduated from the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, she believes she can design pieces that will sell well. In her efforts to help the pottery flourish, Rose reconnects with Joshua Harkness, who oversees his own family's pottery works in a nearby town. Rylan Campbell has never liked change,...
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Missouri, 1881. Joining the communal society of the Amana Colonies isn't what Jancey Rhoder planned, but when unforeseen circumstances force her family to make difficult decisions, she gives up her teaching position in a Kansas City orphanage and moves with her parents to Iowa. Her besotted suitor, Nathan Woodward, is determined to get Jancey to change her mind. And Jancey herself isn't sure what she's gotten herself into when the simple life of the...
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Refined by love volume 1
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"In post-Civil War West Virginia, Ewan needs to overcome a bad business deal to save his West Virginia brickmaking operation-- and win the heart of the former owner's daughter"--
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Although she's always longed to see the outside world, Johanna Ilg believes her future is rooted in the Amana community inhabited by devout Christians. But when she learns a troubling secret, the world she thought she knew is shattered and she is forced to make difficult choices about a new life and the man she left behind. Berta Schumacher has lived a privileged life in Chicago, and when her parents decide they want a simpler life in Amana, Iowa,...
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Much to the dismay of her Greek family, Zanna Krykos makes a living as a lawyer in Tarpon Springs, Florida. When her friend Lucy needs legal advice about the business she inherited upon her father's passing, she ends up asking Zanna to run the business instead so she can focus on her medical career. Nico Kalos is a Greek diver who has worked on sponging boats in the Aegean Sea since the age of 14, giving him a vast knowledge of the trade. When he...
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In 1850, Mellicent "Mellie" Blanchard takes a job at a mill in Manchester, New Hampshire, to help support her family. In search of additional earning opportunities, she approaches a daguerreotype shop owner with the proposal that he hire her to make paper cuttings or silhouette portraits for those who can't afford an expensive daguerreotype. When a particularly charming customer -- whose broad smile and twinkling eyes catch her off guard -- asks to...
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When Karlina Richter finds out that a new shepherd will be sent to East Amana, she fears she'll no longer be able to help her father with the sheep. Her fears increase when Anton Becker arrives and shows little interest in the flock- or in divulging why he's been sent. Dovie Cates decides to visit the Amana Colonies, where her mother spent her formative years. But when Dovie begins to ask questions about her mother's past, no one seems willing to...
10) More than words
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Gretchen Kohler, an Amana storekeeper's daughter, keeps her passion for writing a secret, but she shares her stories with a young reporter, putting her job, her reputation, and the love of her childhood beau in jeopardy.
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For many years, Ilsa Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel in South Amana. But as the United States enters the Great War, anti-German sentiment sweeps the country, and Amanans now face persecution from former friends. Jutta Schmitt is shocked when government agents demand that she return to Amana and report on un-American activities. Then Ilsa's childhood sweetheart is accused of something far worse than Jutta could imagine.
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"With her penchant for seeing the best in everyone, Hope Irvine sees a world full of good people in hard places. When her father accepts a position traveling in a chapel car as an on-the-rail missionary, she is determined to join him in his efforts and put her musical skills to good use by serving the mining families of West Virginia, saving their souls, and bettering their lives. Luke Hughes shares Hope's love of music and her love of God, but as...
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Postcards from Pullman volume 1
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Deception seems to be part of everyday life in the company town of Pullman, Illinois. But the truth could cost Olivia everything...
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Postcards from Pullman volume 2
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Olivia Mott finds herself juggling two jobs: her assistant chef position at Hotel Florence and her undercover work for the Pullman Rail Car Company. Olivia thinks the suggestions she relays to Pullman's town manager are being used to improve conditions for workers and save the company money, but is something much more sinister happening behind the scenes? Several months have passed since Lady Charlotte fled to Chicago, leaving her infant son in Olivia's...
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When Pullman Car Works employees walk out in protest over their wages and high rent, Olivia Mott is torn between her loyalty to the company and her love for Fred DeVault, in this action-packed finale to the bestselling historical series.
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Without the means to support herself after her father dies, Carrington Brouwer is given the opportunity to use her artistic talent at her friend's father's carousel factory. But the men at the factory are not happy that a woman has been given the desirable job of painting the elaborately carved horses. When mishaps occur at the factory, and jewelry disappears from the owner's home, accusations swirl. Is the handsome young factory manager truly Carrie's...
18) A shining light
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West Amana, Iowa, 1890. After Andrea Wilson receives the devastating news that her husband has been lost at sea, she returns home to Iowa with her young son, Lukas. But what she finds there causes more heartache: The family farm has burned and her father has died, leaving Andrea with nothing. Andrea must rely on the kindness of the people from the nearby Amana village who invite her to stay with them for a time. She discovers much generosity and contentment...
19) A single spark
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"Wanting to do her part in the war effort, Clara McBride goes to work in the cartridge room at the Washington Arsenal, the city's main site for production and storing of munitions. She's given the opportunity to train new employees and forms a friendship with two of them. All seems to be going well, especially when one of the supervisors shows interest in her. Lieutenant Joseph Brady is an injured army officer who, no longer able to lead troops into...
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Ainslee McKay's world is upended when her twin sister secretly elopes and leaves Ainslee alone to move to Weston, West Virginia, to fulfill their obligation at the McKay family's new tile works. While her brother, Ewan, agrees to travel with her and help her learn the ropes, she still intends to sell this business she no longer wants if a buyer can be found. When the talented Levi Judson arrives to show Ainslee his designs for new tiles, she's impressed...