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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Redemption Redemption Leon Uris Master storyteller Leon Uris, internationally acclaimed author of such bestsellers as Exodus, Topaz, QB VII,Trinity, the Haj and Mitla Pass, continues the epic story of the Irish struggle for freedom… OL15150557W
The wish child The wish child Simon Vance,Catherine Chidgey Germany, 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who excis… OL19763825W
Dare, Truth or Promise Dare, Truth or Promise Paula Boock When Louie and Willa first meet, they don't know their lives will soon be changed forever. Self-assured Louie is gearing up for another successful year in high school, starring in a production of Twe… OL2004587W
How to stop a heart from beating How to stop a heart from beating Jackie Ballantyne The year 1961 is a pivotal one for nine-year-old Solly McKeen. She is a loner in a family of doubles: a 'single' with no twin of her own, and seen as a bit of an oddity by everyone in her dairy-farmi… OL20867196W
Final Proposal Final Proposal Robyn Donald An unlikely match... He's a farmer, she's an image consultant. He despises city women and she hates the country. But when a series of bizarre coincidences make Kear Lannion and Jan Carruthers neig… OL21378841W
Throwing stones Throwing stones Gwenyth Perry A New Zealand woman, entrenched in small town domesticity, is invited to spend the summer in France. Can she arrange her responsibilities and guilts to release her for the summer? Will the contrast b… OL24875738W
A Summer Storm A Summer Storm Robyn Donald His intentions couldn't be honorable "I find you profoundly, shatteringly attractive," Blaize Stephenson told Oriel. But what on earth could a man with his success and money see in a gawky primar… OL3476063W
The Bone People The Bone People Keri Hulme At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People is a powerful and unsettling tale satur… OL3991459W