Barbara Michaels
21) The crying child
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Joanne McMullen's fears for her sister's sanity have brought her to remote King's Island, Maine. Mary's grief over the loss of her child is threatening to send her over the edge and her insistence that she has heard an eerie, childlike wailing in the woods fuels Joanne's anxiety. And now Mary's taken to disappearing at midnight in search of the source of the heartrending moans. But it is not just her sister's encroaching madness that is chilling Joanne's...
22) Sons of the wolf
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"Ada and Harriet don't know what to expect when they meet their new guardian, Mr. Wolfson. Here is a strangely magnetic, darkly amusing man confined to a wheelchair and flanked by a pair of fierce, dangerous dogs -- an enigmatic benefactor, at once welcoming and intimidating. Even more unsettling to the girls are Wolfson's two sons, Julian and Francis. One of them is warm and good-natured, the other is pure malevolence. But young Harriet is about...
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Since Sandy Frederick first set foot on the volcanic Greek isle of Thera, this breathtaking place of ancient myth and mystery has haunted her dreams. Joining her estranged, obsessed father on a dive to find astonishing secrets from the ocean's floor, she cannot shake the feeling that she was meant to be here; that some ancient, inscrutable power is calling to her. But there are others who have been eagerly waiting for her arrival to drag her into...
24) Patriot's Dream
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Captivated by historic Williamsburg while spending the summer with her elderly aunt and uncle, young Janice Wilde is frightened to discover that she is falling in love with the eighteenth-century American patriot who appears to her in dreams.
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The death of her English father left Francesca alone and unprotected, with nowhere to turn but to the noble Italian family of her late mother. Adrift in a strange land, surrounded by cold and suspicious relatives who had disowned her mother on her wedding day, Francesca is determined to make the best of a bad situation. But nothing could have prepared her for the nest of dark secrets and oppressive cruelty she has been cast into. And her fate now...
28) Taneczny krąg
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On a tour of English gardens Heather Tradescant, an amateur horticulturist from the U.S., pays a visit to the 17th century Troytan House. Owner Frank Karim invites her to stay so she can help beautify his grounds. For Heather it is the start of a romantic adventure with a good dose of witchcraft.
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This is the first book about the pioneering photographer Gertrude Kasebier (1852-1934). In middle age, with three grown children, she began to study painting and photography, set up a portrait studio on New York's Fifth Avenue, and became one of the finest and best-known portraitists and photographic artists of her day. 116 illustrations.
30) The runaway
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The runaway: Angie and Mary left with no idea where the road might take them. All they knew was that their stepfather was not going to separate them. He planned to send Angie, the pretty but slow one, off to a special school. As close as the girls were, the could not allow this to happen. So they ran. Along the road they meet a mysterious young man with a common past.
Afraid all the time: Jane Baum left the big city for the country with romantic...