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1) Homeland
Author
Series
Crown family saga volume 1
Publisher
DOUBLEDAY
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
A monumental American novel about one man's rise from life as a penniless immigrant to the head of a family empire In the tradition of great writers like Charles Dickens and John Steinbeck, John Jakes crafts a sweeping family drama. In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, the tragedies and triumphs of the Crowns illustrate the power of the American Dream. As immigrants to America, their turbulent story spans a decade marked by the vicious Pullman Strike,...
2) Breakdown
Author
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose shape-shifting exploits thrill tween girls all over the world. When Chicago's Carmilla Club holds an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, murdered vampire-style. The girls include daughters of some of Chicago's most powerful families. And for V. I. Warshawski, the questions multiply faster than the answers.
Author
Series
V. I. Warshawski mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Author
Series
V. I. Warshawski mysteries volume 12
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English