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After an even bloodier battle than usual, the Union army is out of men. But so are the Rebels, and General Alexander decides to retreat and come back with reinforcements quickly before the enemy can do the same.

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Bonded, one man's desire to own the last Plate 77 Penny Red stamp to complete his collection. Dan Calder gets embroilled in an audatious plan to steal the stamp while it is at Auckland Airport, on its way to an international convention. Preventing the robbery and solving the other related crimes takes Dan all the way to St Louis.

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A modern classic in Japan, Botchan is as widely read today as when it was first published, occupying a place in the canon similar to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or The Catcher in the Rye

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Adam is stranded in Smoa, with no flights or way to contact his family. Frustrated, he meets Eve, who feels strangely familiar.

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Years ago a mysterious and tragic hunting accident deep in the Adirondack Mountains left a boy buried in a storied piece of land known as Coombs Gulch and four friends with a terrible secret. Now, Jonathan Hollis and brothers Michael and Conner Braddick must return to the place that changed their lives forever in order to keep their secret buried.

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A novel of love, lost memories and rediscovering dreams.

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Jena's life changed almost twenty years ago. The night her family burned. The night the birds came. Now, her grandmother, Rose, is dying, and Jena returns home to get to the bottom of the mystery that shrouded that night. As Jena searches for the truth, she unearths family secrets, and learns about the ways they can come back to haunt you.

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Set on Somes Island in Wellington Harbour and in the South Island and its West Coast, this is the gripping story of lives changed forever by the First World War, the hurts suffered, the losses borne, and the secrets kept, yet it is also the story of the capacity of the human spirit to endure, to hope and to love.

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A sensitive and evocative account of the life of a New Zealand World War Two artillery soldier that gives insight into New Zealands rural culture from the pre-depression years, the impact of war on a family through generations, and the magic of companionship in the New Zealand backcountry.

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Joining the lively collections of folktales from East, West and Southern Africa are selected tales here from Central Africa. Modern national boundaries complicate the origins of the stories still told in the DRC, the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and more but many can be traced back to the Sao civilization of the 6th Century BCE.

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Checkerboard HilI is a story of belonging, dislocation, misunderstandings, identity and fractured relationships.

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Once upon a time in the future, things are looking grim. Plague stalks the land, people live behind city walls, or underground. No more animals, no more birdlife, no more freedom... never has the divide between rich and poor been so evident, never has the Earth been so despoiled, and never has the need for a hero been stronger.

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A new introduction highlights the exquisite stories within this collection of classic Chinese folk and fairy tales, including 'The King of the Ants', 'The Ghost Who Was Foiled', 'A Night on the Battlefield', 'The Lady of the Moon' and 'The Flower Elves'. Stories of gods, heroes and creatures vie with the curious, poetic delights of ancient China.

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A wonderful collection of Chinese ghost stories such as The Painted Skin, The Laughing Ghost, The God of the City, The Magic Sword, The Dangerous Reward and more.

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Tales of Chinese mythology reflect the vast landscapes of Asia, where distant mountains, and long, winding rivers dominated the sight-lines of ancient peoples. History, religion, philosophy and mythology were intertwined in the observations of immortal tricksters and spirits who dwell in clouds dealing out magical acts of kindness and chaos.

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It is 1974 and seven-year-old Jack leads a carefree life, playing in his Auckland street. But when a new priest selects him to train as an altar boy, Jacks world is imperilled and he shrinks away from his community, his friends and his mother.

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It's 1924. Sam Lacy, tough as nails robbery/homicide detective follows his own unique code of conduct within the racist and corrupt Los Angeles Police Department. Together with a group of allies, he must solve the murder of his old flame and deal with a ruthless and powerful predator who victimizes vulnerable young Chinese immigrants.

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"Crime and Punishment", based on Dostoevsky's own experience of the justice and penal system of Tsarist Russia, is a dark tale set in the dingy streets of St Petersburg, concerning the actions of a murderer who decides to commit homicide as a matter of principle.

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Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire in the 500s BCE. He conquered all major civilizations in his region and his influence reached from the Balkans in the West to the Indus river in the East. Latest title in the new series created for the modern reader to introduce the heroes, cultures, myths and religions of former times.

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With a fresh introduction this new collection will acquaint you with classic tales such as 'The Three Roses' and 'The Witch and the Horseshoes'. The lively stories of the Czech people are parables and moral fables rich with satire they cling to the hope that all will come well in the end, that justice will be well served by truth.