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The Pure Land
Closely based on historical fact, this is the story of Thomas Glover, the young Aberdeen merchant who became known as…
Memoirs of a Highland Lady
“On looking back I find little essential to regret and much, Oh so much, to be thankful for”. This is…
The Apple: New Crimson Petal Stories
The Crimson Petal and the White, Faber’s monumental novel of a Victorian prostitute’s progress, won him fans all over the…
The Secret River
The Secret River follows the life of William Thornhill, born into the working class of London in the late 1700s.…
The Book of Secrets
The “Book of Secrets” represents the stolen diary of a British colonial administrator, Sir Alfred Corbin, who arrived in…
The People’s Act of Love
The People’s Act of Love is set in the isolated village of Yazyk, Siberia, in 1919, where a company of…
Adiós Hemingway
Writer Ernest Hemingway was a “man’s man,” known for his zeal for violence in many forms, from bullfights and safaris…
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
“He stopped for a moment, partly because of the pain and partly because of the horror that the story produced…
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
Vic (Vikram) and his sister Deepa are eight years old when the story begins. They are displaced Indians living in…
Farewell, My Only One
Nominated for the Goncourt prize in France, Farewell, My Only One is the fictional retelling of the tragic love affair…
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