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Forever Amber Forever Amber Kathleen Winsor Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve … OL100278W
White-Jacket White-Jacket Herman Melville In the year 1843 I shipped as Ordinary seaman on board of a United States frigate, then lying in a harbour of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was disc… OL102744W
Office of innocence Office of innocence Thomas Keneally Thomas Keneally is a writer of extraordinary range: from Schindler's List to The Great Shame his storytelling has engaged millions of readers. Now, after a brief departure into non-fiction, he is ba… OL103674W
The glass-blowers The glass-blowers Daphne du Maurier 'Perhaps we shall not see each other again. I will write to you, though, and tell you, as best I can, the story of your family. A glass-blower, remember, breathes life into a vessel, giving it shape … OL10421726W
Les Misérables Les Misérables Victor Hugo In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective… OL1063588W
Anna of the Five Towns Anna of the Five Towns Arnold Bennett,Frank Swinnerton Set in the Potteries, the region in which Bennett spent much of his youth, this is the story of a miser's daughter who inherits a fortune. She stands out as a spirited, complex modern woman in a stif… OL109233W
The valley of shadows The valley of shadows Francis Grierson Written more than a century ago, *The Valley of Shadows* is a passionate recounting of Grierson’s experiences as a boy growing up on the prairies of central Illinois in the few short years leading up… OL1096566W
Life class Life class Pat Barker In the Spring of 1914 a group of students at the Slade School of Art have gathered for a life-drawing class. Paul Tarrant is easily distracted by an intriguing fellow student, Elinor Brooke, but when… OL11221638W
The triumph of Katie Byrne The triumph of Katie Byrne Barbara Taylor Bradford,Barbara Taylor Bradford Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy. Her friend Carly remains in a coma, and Katie desperately wants to achieve success and stardom not only for… OL11375124W
Death of a pilgrim Death of a pilgrim David Dickinson In 1907, a pilgrim is killed in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, and Lord Francis Powerscourt is summoned to investigate. More deaths plague pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Powerscourt's… OL11375531W
The Good Earth The Good Earth Ruth Goode,Donald F. Roden,Stephen Colbourn,Nick Bertozzi,Pearl S. Buck,Ernst Simon This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby,… OL1140109W
Die Geschwister Oppermann Die Geschwister Oppermann Lion Feuchtwanger the devil in France **Die Geschwister Oppermann** ist ein Zeitroman von Lion Feuchtwanger aus dem Jahr 1933, der zusammen mit den Romanen Erfolg und Exil zu Feuchtwangers „Wartesaal-Trilogie“ gehört. Die ersten beide… OL1185297W
The long fall The long fall Penelope Wilcock Peregrine, the strong and dearly loved leader of the community of St Alcuin's monastery, suffers a stroke. Badly incapacitated, he begins an arduous recovery with the help of his brothers in the infi… OL119086W
The ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart The ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart M. Glenn Taylor Meet Trenchmouth Taggart, a man born and orphaned in 1903, a man nicknamed for his lifelong oral affliction. His boyhood is shaped by the Widow Dorsett, a strong mountain woman who teaches him to hun… OL12022550W
Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh Franz Werfel **The Forty Days of Musa Dagh** (German: *Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh*) is a 1933 novel by Austrian-Bohemian writer Franz Werfel based on events that took place in 1915, during the second year of … OL1219873W
Affaire courilof / Le bal / David Golder / Le bal / Mouches d'automne Affaire courilof / Le bal / David Golder / Le bal / Mouches d'automne Irène Némirovsky A collection of novels by the Russian-born author of Suite Française," who died in Auschwitz in 1942, features David Golder," a parable about greed and loneliness, as well as three novels available … OL1308095W
The book of night women The book of night women Marlon James From a young writer who radiates charisma and talent comes a sweeping, stylish historical novel of Jamaican slavery that can be compared only to Toni Morrison's Beloved.The Book of Night Women is a s… OL13648915W
Hammer Hammer Sara Stockbridge "Grace Hammer lives a life with her four children in London's dank and dirty East End, dipping the pockets of wealthy strangers foolish enough to venture there. She keeps a clean house and a tight ho… OL13732978W
A world lost A world lost Wendell Berry Set against the turmoil of the World War II, A World Lost is just one of the classic chapters in Berry's Port William series. The summer of 1944 finds nine-year-old Andy Catlett in that very town in … OL14862057W
No less than victory No less than victory Jeff Shaara No Less Than Victory is the crowning achievement in master storyteller Jeff Shaara's soaring World War II trilogy, revealing the European war's unforgettable and harrowing final act.After the success… OL14963382W
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