by Ariel Lawhon (2023)
Maine, 1789. When the Kennebec River freezes over, a body is discovered entombed in the ice. Martha Ballard, an independent midwife and healer, is summoned to examine the corpse and record the evidence in her diary. A murder investigation unfolds in a tight-knit winter community where Martha must defy town magistrates to uncover the truth.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Born in 1800 into extraordinary wealth, Alma Whittaker inherits her father's passion for the natural sciences. An independent woman with a voracious mind, she becomes an extraordinary botanist specializing in mosses, tracing the mysteries of evolution and desire across nineteenth-century Philadelphia, London, and the South Pacific.
Tracy Chevalier
In the windswept coastal town of Lyme Regis, Mary Anning hunts for sea monsters in the jagged cliffs. When she uncovers the fossilized skeleton of an unknown creature, she rocks the scientific world. Alongside Elizabeth Philpot, an intelligent spinster with an eye for fossilized fish, Mary challenges the scientific establishment of 19th-century Britain.
Dennis Chalker with Kevin Dockery
A riveting look at the incredibly gruelling week that turns a Navy man into a highly trained SEAl.All the pain, punishment, endurance and commitment needed to survive the hell week of bootcamp training is chronicled in this riveting tale of determination and intrigue.Go deep into SEAL territory with this intense, thrilling and detailed book written by Command Master Chief Dennis Chalker and military historian Kevin Dockery. No pain, no gain...
Ken Follett
In twelfth-century England, amid devastating civil war and religious strife, master builder Tom Builder and Prior Philip dedicate their lives to constructing the greatest Gothic cathedral Europe has ever seen.