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The executioner's song
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Norman Mailer |
Arguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 a… |
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What Is the What
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Dave Eggers |
What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children--the so-called Lost Boys--was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age … |
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My Brilliant Career
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Miles Franklin |
The fierce, irreverent novel of aspiration and rebellion that is both a cornerstone of Australian literature and a feminist classic
Miles Franklin began the candid, passionate, and contrary My Bri… |
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Martin Eden
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Jack London |
Jack London's Martin Eden was first published in 1909 and is the story of a young writer's quest for celebrity and love. Much loved by writers who identify with Martin's belief that when he posted a … |
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Mistress Shakespeare
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Karen Harper |
A delicious and intriguing historical novel about the woman who was William Shakespeare's secret wife— by New York Times–bestselling author, Karen Harper.In Mistress Shakespeare, Elizabethan beauty A… |
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John the baptizer
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Brooks Hansen |
A vivid, moving, and unprecedented biographical saga of John the Baptist.
Traditionally, John the Baptist is seen as little more than an opening act—"the voice crying in the wilderness"—… |
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Remarkable Creatures
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Tracy Chevalier |
In the year of the 150th anniversary of Origin of the Species, set in a town where Jane Austen was a frequent visitor, Tracy Chevalier once again shows her uncanny sense for the topical.In the early … |
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Remarkable creatures
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Tracy Chevalier |
On the windswept fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast Mary Anning learns that she has "the eye" - she finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton she sets … |
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The darling strumpet
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Gillian Bagwell |
"She sold her innocence and captured the heart of a king... Growing up in the bawdy atmosphere of 17th Century Covent Garden, Nell Gwynn is little more than a girl when she enters the world of the co… |
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The Red Queen
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Philippa Gregory |
Determined to see her son Henry on the throne of England, pious Margaret Beaufort arranges politically advantageous marriages, sends her son out of the country for his safety, and lays secret plans f… |
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Brief gaudy hour
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Margaret Campbell Barnes |
The enigmatic Anne Boleyn comes to life in this charming, brilliant portrayal by acclaimed British novelist Margaret Campbell Barnes.
The infamous love of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Eli… |
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Winston's war
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Michael Dobbs |
"It is the dawn of World War II, and Neville Chamberlain believes he has bought "peace for our time" from Adolph Hitler, who has just seized Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The English are alarmed by t… |
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The Lady of the Rivers
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Philippa Gregory |
Henry VI is a child king, only 9 years old, crowned before his first birthday after the death of his father Henry V on campaign. England is in the midst of the Hundred Years' War in France however li… |
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The shiniest jewel
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Marian Henley |
A graphic tale inspired by the author's poignant journey of adopting a baby while coping with her father's illness and her reluctance to marry a long-time boyfriend describes her struggles through th… |
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Fever
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Mary Beth Keane |
A bold, mesmerizingly told story about the woman known as 'Typhoid Mary' and once described as 'the most dangerous woman in America'. |
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A country road, a tree
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Jo Baker |
"From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a stunning new novel that follows an unnamed writer--Samuel Beckett--whose life and extraordinary literary gift are permanently shaped in the forge of war.… |
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Left in the wind
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Ed Gray |
"Faced with dwindling resources and warring tribes, the settlement on Roanoke Island begins to crumble while one young housekeeper commits herself to recording her every memory of the Lost Colony."--… |
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hippie
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Paulo Coelho |
"Inspirado en la experiencia de su propia vida, Paulo Coelho nos lleva al pasado para revivir los sueños de una generación que anhelaba la paz y que se atrevió a desafiar el orden social establecido.… |
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Lady Macbeth
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King Susan Fraser,Susan Fraser King |
I am granddaughter to a king and daughter to a prince, a wife twice over, a queen as well. I have fought with sword and bow, and struggled fierce to bear my babes into this world. I have loved deeply… |
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Nothing happened and then it did
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Jake Silverstein |
Fact and fiction vie to tell the story of a young journalist bedeviled by the devil and seeking greater truth. The timing couldn't be better--as scandals erupt over journalists and memoirists who've … |
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