Doubleday
The Book Thief
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1939, Nazi Germany. Liesel Meminger, the daughter of a communist, is the eponymous Book Thief, and her story is told…
I Want to Live: The Diary of a Young Girl in Stalin’s Russia
What an extraordinary insight Nina gives us into the closed world of Stalinist Russia. Starting in 1932, when Nina was…
Katey: The Life and Loves of Dickens’ Artist Daughter
Lucinda Hawksley, a direct descendant of Charles Dickens, demonstrates that family history can be of great interest to outsiders. Katherine…
Crimson Portrait
In 1915, Catherine, an Englishwoman grieving for her husband who has died on a WWI battlefield, turns over their country…
The Afghan Campaign
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Pressfield has penned an astonishing story about a young soldier coming of age during a brutal war. In the process,…
Gathering The Water
Imagine how you would feel if your home was put under a compulsory purchase order and the area turned into…
When Madeline Was Young
In 1940s Chicago, ornithologist Aaron Maciver marries the beautiful, fashion-conscious Madeline. Shortly after their wedding, Madeline suffers a bicycle accident,…
The Rebels of Ireland
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Rutherfurd’s latest bestseller concludes his sweeping look at Irish history first begun in The Princes of Ireland (Dublin in…
The Lady Grace Mysteries : Feud
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This is another from the fictional diaries of Lady Grace Cavendish, Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth and secret…
The Heartsong of Charging Elk
The considerable power and impact generated in this novel come partly from the actuality behind Welch’s fiction. In 1889 a…
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