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Memoirs of a Highland Lady
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“On looking back I find little essential to regret and much, Oh so much, to be thankful for”. This is the last line ...Read Review
The Book of Samson
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An angel announces to Samson’s barren mother that she will give birth to a son who will be remembered for his mighty ...Read Review
The Pure Land
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Closely based on historical fact, this is the story of Thomas Glover, the young Aberdeen merchant who became known as the Scottish samurai, ...Read Review
The Apple: New Crimson Petal Stories
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The Crimson Petal and the White, Faber’s monumental novel of a Victorian prostitute’s progress, won him fans all over the globe. ...Read Review
The Secret River
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The Secret River follows the life of William Thornhill, born into the working class of London in the late 1700s. Luckier than most, ...Read Review
The Book of Secrets
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The “Book of Secrets” represents the stolen diary of a British colonial administrator, Sir Alfred Corbin, who arrived in Mombasa in 1913. Many ...Read Review
The People’s Act of Love
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The People’s Act of Love is set in the isolated village of Yazyk, Siberia, in 1919, where a company of Czech soldiers, stranded ...Read Review
Adiós Hemingway
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Biographical FictionMystery/Crime
Writer Ernest Hemingway was a “man’s man,” known for his zeal for violence in many forms, from bullfights and safaris to his ...Read Review
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
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“He stopped for a moment, partly because of the pain and partly because of the horror that the story produced in him, but ...Read Review
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
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Vic (Vikram) and his sister Deepa are eight years old when the story begins. They are displaced Indians living in Kenya at the ...Read Review