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Alias Papa: A Life of Fritz Schumacher (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

E.F. Schumacher was a key figure in the development of environmentalism in the 20th century, and has left an enduring legacy. A profound thinker who was admired by Keynes, Beveridge and Cripps, he was for many years economic adviser to the Coal Board, and later put his [...]

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The Divining (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

In 54 C.E., during the reign of the Emperor Nero, Ulrika travels through the ancient world while learning about and honing her special gift of divining--the ability to heal and protect others.

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The Dreaming (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

Set in the untamed landscape of mid-19th century Australia, "The Dreaming" is a rich and potent tale of hidden passion and broken taboo from acclaimed novelist Wood.

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Virgins of Paradise (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

Sensuous, spicy, and romantic, "Virgins of Paradise" is a spellbinding novel set in an exotic and erotic culture. Brilliantly portraying two sisters' search for identity amidst historic change, Wood also conveys a portrait of an ancient nation emerging into the modern era.

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Domina (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

Set in London, New York, and San Francisco from the late 19th-century through the first decades of the 20th, "Domina" is the inspiring saga of one woman's personal and professional ordeal to break into the male-dominated field of medicine.

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Vital Signs (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

Moving through the exotic settings of California, Hawaii, and Africa, Wood weaves a rich and compelling story of three women's lives and the challenges they face in their careers and in their relationships.

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Soul Flame (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

Wood combines her superb storytelling gifts with medical and historic fact to create an epic adventure. Selene, an unusual and gifted young woman, seeks her destiny in the ancient healing arts when a revolutionary vision brings her to the dawn of modern medicine.

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Childsong (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

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Curse This House (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

After her mother's death in 1857, Leyla travels from London to the brooding countryside mansion of Pemberton Hurst to seek out her past. Then terror strikes. A murderer roams the corridors of Pemberton Hurst, and Leyla is suddenly thrown into a maelstrom of deceit, madness, [...]

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Yesterday's Child (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

Beautiful young Andrea travels from Los Angeles to her ancestral home in England to meet her relatives and confront her mysterious heritage. But from the first moment she steps foot in her grandmother's cold Victorian house in Warrington, she senses an awesome, unsettling [...]

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The Watch Gods (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

Dr. Mark Davison is saved from unemployment by a stroke of extraordinary good fortune. A stranger arrives on his doorstep with an item any historian would envy--the journal of a Egyptologist who disappeared searching for the legendary tomb of King Akhnaton.

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Hounds and Jackals (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

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Green City in the Sun (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

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This Golden Land (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

Seeking to escape a possible murder conviction in England, Hannah's world is literally turned upside down as she boards a boat bound for Melbourne. Young and naive, she hopes Australia is a place of a new beginning and a fresh start for her midwife practice.

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Buildings (Book)

Barbara Wood (Author)

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