Benjamin, Melanie

"They came on boats, on trains, great unceasing waves of them-the poor, the disenfranchised, the seekers, the dreamers. Second and third generations of farmers eking out an existence on scraps of farms divided up among too many sons. Political agitators no longer welcome in their homelands"--Provided by publisher.

"In March 1940, the Nazis sweep Paris and immediately take up residence in one of the city's most iconic sites: The Hotel Ritz. There, under a roof legendary for its unprecedented luxury and for its fabled residents--including Coco Chanel, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Cole Porter, Hemingway, Balanchine, Doris Duke, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and now Hermann G?ering--the Nazis rule over a paralyzed city. But two residents of the Ritz refuse to be defeated: its director, Claude Auzello, and his beautiful American actress wife, Blanche. They not only oversee the smooth workings of the hotel, but both Blanche and Claude throw themselves fearlessly into the dangerous and clandestine workings of the French Resistance. This is a true-to-life novel of a courageous woman and her husband who put their marriage--and ultimately their lives--in jeopardy to fight for freedom . . ."--Publisher.

A fictional account of the relationship between famed pilot Charles Lindberg and his wife, Anne.

"A ... novel of the close friendship and fascinating creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends: screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford"--Dust jacket.

"[A] novel about New York's "Swans" of the 1950s--and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley"--Amazon.com.

Mid-nineteenth-century little person Mercy Levinia Warren Bump comes of age in the antebellum South before being invited to join the P.T. Barnum circus, through which she pursues limitless international opportunities.

A fictionalized account of the life of Marcy Lavinia "Vinnie" Warren Bump, who, at only two feet, eight inches tall, used her height to become a legend, joining P.T. Barnum's circus, marrying superstar General Tom Thumb, and living in the spotlight, while trying to protect her similarly sized sister, Minnie.

A story inspired by the marriage between Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh traces the romance between a handsome young aviator and a shy ambassador's daughter whose relationship is marked by wild international acclaim.

Alice Liddell Hargreaves nears her eighty-first birthday regrets that her life has been defined by the adventures she had seventy years ago after falling down the rabbit hole and wonders how she can leave a more profound legacy for her children and grandchildren.