Central Kansas Library System

"Jewels Among The Ruins", 2nd Edition, is a romantic family saga that begins with the heroine remembering being flown out of Warsaw, Poland, as a child in 1988 – to escape the turmoil of the Soviet-style government collapsing.In the present, she is an interior architect in a Chicago firm owned by an American relative.While interviewing to remodel offices of a successful attorney, she meets a business owner and American war veteran, who is deeply...

"Josef Haupt, once a staunch opponent of Hitler, now finds himself as a local Reich official, enabling the horror he once fought against. As the Jewish community is sent to their deaths and his sons are drafted to fight in the war, the evil of his choices ricochets against his family. His eldest daughter, Margarete, watches as her once-peaceful town becomes an authoritarian outpost. She comes of age amidst the chaos of war while also fighting to keep...

1933. Hitler's rise to power in Germany marks the beginning of the end for the Jews of Europe. For little newborn Yaakov, this is only the beginning. " "Hungary, 1944. 11-year-old Yaakov and his parents and younger sister are forced out of their home into the unknown. They find themselves in the ghetto, living under impossible conditions, until they are banished by the Nazis to Bergen Belsen concentration camp through Austria, what might be their...

"Poland, 1939. Kadish is barely more than a boy when war breaks out. Forced to grow up fast, he takes it upon himself to provide for his family in the ghetto--stealing through the sewers under the cover of darkness to smuggle food and supplies back to his helpless parents and younger cousin Robbie, who's always looked up to him. Until one night, Kadish disappears. Years later, Robbie, who remembers his brave cousin Kadish as his savior, is now an...

"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world"--

What If...Dark clouds are forming. The Sarnonn rebels, seduced by Hakani's stories of the comparative ease of life at High Rocks, eye Kthama with jealousy.Akar's abduction of Tehya continues to haunt her, affecting her health and Khon'Tor vows to end the problem of his estranged son once and for all.Meanwhile, crimes from the past, long concealed, are now revealed before the High Council with devastating consequences.Wisdom says there is a time to...

What If…The mysteries of the ages are finally laid open to the People of High Rocks. Engaging the power of the Aezaitera, the life force of the Great Spirit, Haan and his forty Sarnonn followers open Kthama Minor.As they disturb the dust of thousands of years, the leaders of High Rocks move reverently through the underground chambers until they come upon the legendary Wall of Records—the complete accounting of the sins of the Ancients, the Fathers-of-Us-All....

Travelling to visit her great-aunt Susan in Yorkshire, Eleanor Sutcliffe has sensibly reserved accommodation at posting-inns along the way. However, every day of the journey, her coach is overtaken on the road by a distinctive four-horse post-chaise with yellow wheels. A post-chaise carrying a handsome and very annoying gentleman - who arrives at the inns first, and then steals her reserved rooms! When the two finally meet face to face in Doncaster,...

"From the author of Raft of Stars comes an epic novel of adventure and river rafting, following a couple whose future depends on finding a way to navigate the changing currents of family, community, and the river itself"-- As the summer of 1993 begins, Sam and Swami Brecht roll into town with a twenty-six-foot Winnebago camper van, their three young kids, and the deed to Woodchuck Rafting Company. Sam and Swami met as young, adventurous river guides...