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Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from
Many of the academic refugees Esther Simpson helped rescue are well remembered. But who was she and why has history forgotten her? This is the story of Esther Simpson, a...
The Rumor Game: The superb World War II-set US thriller from the
'Terrific entertainment' -- STEPHEN KING on Thomas Mullen's Darktown A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in this gripping historical thriller set in World...
The House at Watch Hill
YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHOR'S FAVOURITE AUTHOR: KAREN MARIE MONING IS BACK WITH A SEDUCTIVE NEW SERIES... 'Moning's world building is extensive and inspired' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW **** THE HOUSE...
The Jungle
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The extraordinary new adventure from the #1 "New York Times"- bestselling author. Jungles come in many forms. There are the steamy rain forests of the Burmese highlands. There are the...
The Silent Sea
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The thrilling new adeventure from the #1 "New York Times"- bestselling author. Clive Cussler's tales of the Oregon and its crew-"the clever, indefatigable Juan Cabrillo and his merry band of...
Valhalla Rising
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Lean, speedy and packing a wallop of a plot twist was Publishers Weekly's verdict of Steve Martini's The Jury, Now Martini crafts yet another legal nail-biter featuring perennial favorite attorney...
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776
In this unique history of 1776, Claudio Saunt looks beyond the familiar story of the thirteen colonies to explore the many other revolutions roiling the turbulent American continent. In that...
Set In Stone
When Samuel Godwin, a young and naive art tutor, accepts a job with the Farrow family at their majestic home, little does he expect to come across such a web...
Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution
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Ozment gives grass-roots insights into the least appreciated of modern revolutions. Told from the point of view of the first Protestants, in the form of letters, diaries, and other people's...
The Dragon in the Sock Drawer
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After Jesse's newly found thunder egg hatches and a baby dragon pops out, Jesse and his cousin Daisy learn they've been designated as Dragon Keepers. They must keep the hatchling...
American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the
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American Patriots is one of the great untold stories in American history. There have been books on individual black soldiers, but this is the first to tell the full story...
A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game
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The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness...
Roth Unbound: A Writer and His Books
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A critical evaluation of Philip Roth--the first of its kind--that takes on the man, the myth, and the work Philip Roth is one of the most renowned writers of our...
Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World after September 11
America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th--before, during and after As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times , Thomas...
Jump" and Other Stories
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Fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging stories from the Nobel Prize Winner, with settings ranging from suburban London to Mozambique.
I've Got a Home in Glory Land: The True Story of Two Runaway Slaves
It was the day before Independence Day, 1833. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be sold down the river, Thornton Blackburn planned a daring and successful daylight escape from...
A Tide of Black Steel: the bloody first novel in a blockbuster epic
'Sprawling in scope, forged with depth of lore and living history, full of betrayals and deaths and twists and epic battles' Grimdark Magazine A NEW AGE HAS DAWNED. AN AGE...
City of Laughter
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice | An Electric Literature Best Novel of the Year | A Most Anticipated Book from Nylon , San Francisco Chronicle , Them...
East End Orphan: An enthralling historical saga, inspired by true
The second in a brand-new trilogy from bestselling author Kay Brelland, inspired by true events, following A Daughter's Heartbreak . Abandoned twice, can he find a way to trust again?...
John Grant: The Illustrated Lyrics
A full colour illustrated book of lyrics by singer-songwriter John Grant, published to coincide with his solo tour of the UK and Ireland in October, and his forthcoming new album...
Familiaris: An Oprah's Book Club Pick
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION 'An epic novel... David takes us on an extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure, and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship...
Myths of Geography: Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong
Outstanding. Completely reframes how you see the world in the very first chapter, and then does it again seven more times. You'll never look at a map the same way...
I Did Something Bad: An action packed, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy
A journalist and a movie star find themselves as unlikely allies to cover up a murder... What could possibly go wrong? Tropes Include ?? MURDER as a meet cute ??...
Medici Heist: 'A cinematic thrill ride of a story' The Duffer Brothers
'A stunning debut. Weaving together a cast of loveable rogues, a richly detailed historical setting, and a cinematic thrill ride of a story, Medici Heist knocked us flat!' The Duffer...
Heat Wave
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Unerringly perceptive, superbly written, every page packed with the warmth and compassionate wisdom that have become Nancy Thayer's trademark, "Heat Wave" tells the moving story of a woman who, after...
The Lovers
When Charlie Parker was still a boy, his father, a NYPD cop, killed a young couple, a boy and a girl barely older than his son, then took his own...
The Sucker's Kiss
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Set against the first three decades of twentieth century American history, The Sucker s Kiss begins during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Seven-year-old Thomas Moran finds himself accidentally embarking...
Bad Men
Three hundred years ago, the settlers on the small Maine island of Sanctuary were betrayed by one of their own, and slaughtered. Now a band of killers has returned to...
The Mathematical Brain
The concept of numbers and the ability to recognize and process them is innate, part of everyone's intellectual apparatus whether they've had formal education or not. This "number instinct" is...
Cairo: The City Victorious
Every great city deserves a book like this one: a sweeping chronicle by an author whose motives mix passion and bewilderment. Over the course of four and a half millennia,...
Swallow the Ghost: A Novel
Swallow the Ghost traces the impact of a violent event on three different lives, each interconnected story further complicating the truth. Things are going well for Jane Murphy, or so...
Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An
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How did people make sense of the end of one era and the start of another? The Year 1000 plunges readers into the past in colorful detail and provides them...
Death of a Hero
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Detective Inspector Ben Jurnet is dating again after the tragic death of his fiancee, but in the midst of investigating the murder of an idealistic political activist, Ben struggles to...
Unholy Ground: A Matt Minogue Mystery
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Unholy Ground begins with the murder of 73-year-old Arthur Combs, a "terribly ordinary man, " in his cottage outside Dublin. The police think he must have surprised a burglar. But...
Some Luck
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Longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize a powerful, engrossing new novel--the life and times of a remarkable family over three transformative decades...
The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
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From one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today, an investigation into the bias toward optimism that exists on a neural level in our brains and plays a major...
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the
From the prizewinning author of the bestselling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx comes this masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country.