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Whispers Along the Rails (Postcards From Pullman Book #2)

Author : Judith Miller

Publisher : Bethany House

Page : 381 pages

File Size : 18,33 MB

Release : 2007-09-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1441202447

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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 care. Now Charlotte's money has run out. A kindly woman offers her a place to live and secures her a position at Marshall Field's store, but Charlotte's heart can't forget the past. Dare she return to Pullman to find out what happened to her baby?



An Uncertain Dream (Postcards From Pullman Book #3)

Author : Judith Miller

Publisher : Bethany House

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 18,66 MB

Release : 2008-06-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1441202935

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When Pullman Car Works employees walk out in protest of their wages and high rent, Olivia Mott is torn between her loyalty to the company and her love for Fred DeVault. Amidst the turmoil in Pullman, Fred is asked to act as a local delegate to the national convention of the American Railway Union, but when the delegates vote in favor of a nationwide boycott of the famous Pullman sleeping cars, Olivia wonders if Fred will ever be able to return to the company town. What will become of their growing affection for each other? Who will prevail in the company strike?



Daylight Comes (Freedom’s Path Book #3)

Author : Judith Miller

Publisher : Baker Books

Page : 238 pages

File Size : 39,17 MB

Release : 2006-11-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1585587486

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Truth Wyman has watched Nicodemus, Kansas, grow into a busy little prairie town. And she has grown up, too. Her family was among the first settlers to homestead this area, and there is nowhere she'd rather live. She's always thought her husband felt the same way. . . . Then Moses comes home with news that he has been nominated for state office. If he wins, they'll need to move to the state capital. Pregnant with her first child, Truth does not plan to move to Topeka. How can she raise her baby in an unfamiliar city? How can she leave her family and her home? Yet what will happen if she refuses? Nicodemus's sister community, Hill City, is thriving, too. Macia Boyle returns to her family after a European holiday. The storekeeper's nephew, Garrett Johnson, captures her attention, but she can't seem to forget Jeb Malone, the young blacksmith who showed interest in her before her trip. Soon, Macia must make a choice: Should she return to Jeb's arms or seek a new life with Garrett?



In the Company of Secrets

Author : Judith Miller

Publisher : Bethany House Publishers

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 44,78 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780764203527

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Two women from different classes flee England to Chicago to begin new lives, lives founded on lies.



One of Ours

Author : Willa Cather

Publisher : e-artnow

Page : 385 pages

File Size : 30,91 MB

Release : 2022-01-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Claude Wheeler is a young man who was born after the American frontier has vanished. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, Wheeler is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise.Thus, devoid of parental and spousal love, Wheeler finds a new purpose to his life in France, a faraway country that only existed for him in maps before the First World War. Will Wheeler ever succeed in his new goal? The novel is inspired from real-life events and also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.



The Fall of Valor

Author : Charles R. Jackson

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 229 pages

File Size : 50,37 MB

Release : 2022-08-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Fall of Valor" by Charles R. Jackson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.



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In the Company of Secrets (Postcards From Pullman Book #1)

Author : Judith Miller

Publisher : Bethany House

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 18,76 MB

Release : 2007-04-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1441202781

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The truth could cost her everything.... Olivia Mott didn't intend to lie. Somehow, it just happened. And wasn't it all Lady Charlotte's fault anyway? Now Olivia's position as assistant chef at Pullman's elegant Hotel Florence is dependant upon her keeping her secrets. And sometimes lies have a way of leading to other lies. Should Olivia admit her real past and accept the consequences or keep quiet in order to preserve her comfortable new circumstances? Deception seems to be part of everyday life in the company town of Pullman, Illinois, where the grand Pullman Palace Car is manufactured. Samuel Howard, Olivia's friend and the town manager, seems to think everything is fine, but Olivia observes something quite different. Could it be that Olivia is not the only one harboring secrets?



A Fragile Design (Bells of Lowell Book #2)

Author : Tracie Peterson

Publisher : Bethany House

Page : 383 pages

File Size : 44,72 MB

Release : 2003-07-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1441203206

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Book 2 of The Bells of Lowell. The mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts, beckons Arabella Newberry when she decides to flee the life of the Shakers. There she finds the independence she seeks and a greater purpose as she works for educational reform. But Lowell, plagued by ethnic strife, seems no longer a safe haven but rather a danger when several girls go missing. As rumors and conflict invade the industry of the mill, Arabella struggles with her own heart as two men vie for her love.



A Simple Change (Home to Amana Book #2)

Author : Judith Miller

Publisher : Baker Books

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 12,72 MB

Release : 2013-08-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1441261435

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Judith Miller's Novels Offer a Fascinating Look inside the Amana Colonies Joining the communal society of the Amana Colonies isn't what Jancey Rhoder planned for her future, but when unforeseen circumstances force her family to make some difficult decisions, she chooses to give up her teaching position in a Kansas City orphanage and move with her parents to Iowa. Her besotted suitor, Nathan Woodward, isn't at all happy about the move and 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 Amana Colonies means she'll be assigned a job and may have to give up teaching for good. Will Nathan woo her back to the city, or will she be forever changed by the mysterious events and new relationships that await her in the quiet villages of the Amana Colonies--and decide to make this unique place her forever home?