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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
A Shine of Rainbows	Lillian Beckwith	*Mairi and Sandy live on a lonely Hebridean island, content with each other, despite their lack of children.* When Mairi brings home Thomas, a child from the orphanage, Sandy is jealous of Mai…	OL10591088W
White Banners	Lloyd C. Douglas	A heartening story of a domestic servant who molded wisely the lives of her employers and their children, knowing that service, whether as servant or king, is a noble destiny. **Lloyd Cassel D…	OL12589W
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories [8 stories]	Agatha Christie	*A collection of Miss Marple mysteries, plus some bonus short stories...*First, the mystery man in the church with a bullet-wound...then, the riddle of a dead man's buried treasure...the curious …	OL260390W
The Book of Ruth	Jane Hamilton,Jane Hamilton	"I learned slowly, that if you don't look at the world with perfect vision, you're bound to get yourself cooked." Having come within an inch of her life, Ruth Dahl is determined to take a good look a…	OL2705556W
Landfall, a channel story	Rob Spence,Nevil Shute	*Against the grim background of England at war, the romance of Jery Chambers and Mona Stevens stands out like an unexpected spring day in the midst of a brutal winter.* Jerry is a flying officer …	OL2779743W
The Body in the Library	Agatha Christie	The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cold …	OL471610W
Never Love a Stranger	Harold Robbins	Harold Robbins' very first novel is also one of his most powerful. Never Love a Stranger tells the gritty and passionate tale of Francis "Frankie" Kane, from his meager beginnings as an orphan in…	OL8045876W