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In 1847, three sisters live with their father on the island of Coldwater. The island is a prison, with their father in charge of some of the most hardened convicts of the colony. This book contains both the passionate imaginations of the sisters and the brutal realities of convict life.

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In a superb retelling of a collision of cultures doomed to end in tragedy, Joanna Orwin cleverly interweaves Maori and European perspectives, providing a vivid and compelling tale of loyalty, friendship, bloodshed and revenge from the age of encounter - when European and Polynesian first measured each other face to face.

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From the highly acclaimed author of Infidelity comes a haunting novel based on the real-life romance between American author Stephen Crane and Cora Stewart, an exceptional woman of her time who made a profession out of love and deception.

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The incomparable Gore Vidal interprets and animates history--this time in a panoramic tour of the 5th century B.C.--and embellishes it with his own ironic humor, brilliant insights and piercing observations. Includes a new Preface by the author.

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The price for a country. The price for a King. The price for a marriage. The dramatic story of Tom Neave continues

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1072 - England is firmly under the heel of its new Norman rulers. The few survivors of the English resistance look to Edgar the Atheling, the rightful heir to the English throne, to overthrow William the Conqueror. Years of intrigue and vicious civil war follow: brother against brother, family against family, friend against friend.

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In eighteenth-century Italy the Castrati recreated heaven on earth. As together they reach the very pinnacle of success, Tonio is pushed to the extremes of endurance as he tries to resolve his lust for glory, and for vengeance...

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With Spain now united, Ferdinand looked to his daughters to further his ambitions. All too often, Isabella found herself torn between his brilliant plans and her love for her children. During the last years of Isabella's reign it seemed there was a curse on the royal house which struck at the children of the sovereigns.

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The last time the invaders came to Orak, they spared no one and the tiny candle of trade and agriculture that had begun there, the first in all of human history, was extinguished.

But Eskkar and Trella, the beautiful slave girl he has been given by the grateful townsfolk, and the raggle-taggle army he has inherited are not going to flee.

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The journalist's real name is Charles Dickens.

The Pickwick Papers soon becomes a phenomenal, unprecedented sensation, read and discussed by the entire British Isles. It is a story of colossal triumph and of the depths of tragedy, based on real events - and an expose of how an ambitious young writer stole another man's ideas.

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Murder and blackmail, family drama and love, all set within the shady underbelly of 1930s Kings Cross and its glamorous fringe.

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These are dark days for England; the Tudor succession hangs precariously in the balance, along with the lives of its people. With the shadow of the dreaded Inquisition looming across the continent from Spain, one family, lead by two brave men - daring Felipe and his cousin, reserved and thoughtful Richard - struggles to survive against the odds.

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This bittersweet story chronicles the aspirations and struggles Lilly Ann Coleburn faces as she fights to keep her family and farm intact in Central Ohio during the Great Depression. This family saga makes for a riveting read.

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The retrieval of Doctor Glas in English is a bracing gift to hungry readers' Susan Sontag

Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas has long felt an instinctive hostility toward the odious local minister.

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April, 1942. The allies are losing the war. Renowned aviator Jimmy Doolittle's assignment is to give America hope that all is not lost. His audacious mission will become one of WWII's most iconic war stories.

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In Dream Garden, eighteenth and nineteenth century Chinese culture and civilization are glimpsed through the interwoven stories of two princesses -- in love with peace, both loved unconditionally by their fathers and one by a missionary, the other by an emperor's son -- that unfold in a garden of unparalleled scale and beauty, a garden borne of peaceful intent, a veritable Dream Garden.