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The Wind Is Not a River

Brian Payton

The Wind Is Not a River is Brian Payton\'s gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife—separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil—fight to reunite...

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Published: Sep 2014

The Last Bookaneer

Matthew Pearl

From the New York Times–bestselling author of the Dante Club, the story of an epic literary heist by a forgotten class of consummate criminals book′a-neer′ (bŏŏk′kȧ-nēr′), n. a literary pirate; an individual capable of ...

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Published: Apr 2016

The Air You Breathe: A Novel

Frances De Pontes Peebles

"What a wonderful book. The Air You Breathe was my oxygen supply." --Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango StreetThe story of an intense female friendship fueled by affection, envy and pride--and each woman's fear th...

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Published: Jul 2019

What We Become

Arturo Perez-Reverte

"Perez-Reverte summons the romantic spirit of an old black-and-white movie: impossibly glamorous, undeniably wistful." – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"An intoxicating entertainment, pulsing with life."— Bookl...

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Published: Apr 2017

Death with a Double Edge: A Daniel Pi...

Anne Perry

Daniel Pitt’s investigation into his colleague’s murder leads him through London’s teeming underbelly to the suspicious dealings of one of England’s most influential shipbuilding magnates in a thrilling novel f...

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Published: Apr 2022

Hell or Richmond

Ralph Peters

Between May 5 and June 3, 1864, the Union and Confederate armies suffered 88,000 casualties.  Twenty-nine thousand were killed, wounded or captured in the first two days of combat. The savagery shocked a young, divided nation.  A...

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Published: Apr 2014

Fiddler's Green: Fin's Revolution: Bo...

A. S. Peterson

From the backwaters of Georgia to the taverns of Philadelphia, Fin Button is the talk of the colonies. The British say she's a pirate. The Americans call her a mutineer. The crew of the Rattlesnake call her the most unlikely thing of ...

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Published: Dec 2010

Light on Lucrezia of the Borgias

Jean Plaidy

Some said she was an elegant seductress. Others swore she was an incestuous murderess. It didn't matter what they called her. She was the most dangerous and sought-after woman in all of Rome. She was Lucrezia Borgia. Born into Rome's...

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Published: Jan 2011

Governor Ramage R. N. (The Lord Ramag...

Dudley Pope

Lieutenant Lord Ramage, in command of the Triton brig, is escorting a convoy from Barbados to Jamaica, normally a routine and tedious chore. But this time Ramage has to be especially vigilant to guard the convoy's precious cargo—a f...

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Published: Oct 2000

Ramage's Prize (The Lord Ramage Novel...

Dudley Pope

The West Indian bases are desperate: post vessels—a vital communications link between England and the West Indies in the war against France—are mysteriously disappearing and no packets have arrived with orders in months. Were the ...

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Published: Oct 2000

Ramage: The Lord Ramage Novels Vol.1 ...

Dudley Pope

The young lieutenant takes up special orders direct from Nelson himself which bring news of a mission close to his own heart. In a daring foray, under the very nose of the French Mediterranean fleet, Ramage is to sail his tiny cutter ...

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Published: Apr 2000

The Beggar King: A Hangman's Daughter...

Oliver Potzsch

The year is 1662. Alpine village hangman Jakob Kuisl receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit. Arrested and framed for the murder, Ku...

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Published: Jan 2013

That Anvil of Our Souls of the Monito...

David Poyer

In the third volume of David Poyer's monumental Civil War at Sea cycle, North meets South in the momentous first battle between ironclads. In Fire on the Waters America split in two and the characters in David Poyer's Civil War at Sea...

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Published: Jul 2006

The Dig

John Preston

A succinct and witty literary venture that tells the strange story of a priceless treasure discovered in East Anglia on the eve of World War II  In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm i...

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Published: Apr 2016

Before the Darkness Falls

Eugenia Price

Georgia, 1842. In this grand and passionate era of American history, forged by the dreams of extraordinary men and women, the McKay, Browning, and Stiles families find themselves experiencing love, hardship, and pain in the great Sout...

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Published: Sep 2013

Tongues of Angels

Reynolds Price

Bridge Boatner, a painter and the hero of Reynolds Price's novel, is haunted by a death he feels responsible for when a young boy in his care at a summer camp, and with whom he had an intense relationship, died after being bitten by a...

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Published: Oct 2000

The London House

Katherine Reay

Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain’s World War II spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris to save her family’s reputation. Caroline Payne thinks it’s just another day of wor...

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Published: Nov 2021

The Persian Boy

Mary Renault

"It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior."–The Atlantic MonthlyThe Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes ...

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Published: Feb 1988

The Fields (Rediscovered Classics)

Conrad Richter

The Awakening Land trilogy traces the transformation of a middle-American landscape from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned author Conrad Rich...

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Published: Nov 2017

The Sun Sister: A Novel (6) (The Seve...

Lucinda Riley

An epic and transporting novel, the latest installment of the “heart-wrenching, uplifting, and utterly enthralling” (Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List)Seven Sisters series, unravelling between the dazzling streets of mo...

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Published: Mar 2021

Fiercombe Manor

Kate Riordan

In this haunting and richly imagined dual-narrative tale that echoes the eerie mystery of Rebecca and The Little Stranger, two women of very different eras are united by the secrets hidden within the walls of an English manor house.In...

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Published: Mar 2016

A Gift of Sanctuary: The Owen Archer ...

Candace Robb

"Robb deftly interweaves a complex story of love, passion and murder into the troubled and tangled fabric of Welsh history, fashioning a rich and satisfying novel." ―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Under the pretense of escorting his f...

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Published: Jul 2015

A Spy for the Redeemer: The Owen Arch...

Candace Robb

"Fascinating…crisp, evocative writing…. The tapestry here is rich and varied."―CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER Late spring in the year of our Lord 1370, and Owen Archer is anxious to leave Wales for home. His mission for the D...

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Published: Jul 2015

The Lost Empress

Steve Robinson

From acclaimed author Steve Robinson comes a bold new Jefferson Tayte mystery.On a foggy night in 1914, the ocean liner Empress of Ireland sank en route between Canada and England. The disaster saw a loss of life comparable to the Tit...

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Published: Oct 2014

The Berlin Girl: A Novel of World War...

Mandy Robotham

***A USA Today Bestseller.***The heart-wrenching and unforgettable tale of a world on the brink of war from the internationally bestselling author of The German Midwife. Berlin, 1938: It’s the height of summer, and Germany ...

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Published: Jan 2021

Call Me Zelda

Erika Robuck

 Everything in the ward seemed different now, and I no longer felt its calming presence. The Fitzgeralds stirred something in me that had been dormant for a long time, and I was not prepared to face it.... From New York to Paris, Sc...

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Published: Jul 2013

The Invisible Woman

Erika Robuck

“An extraordinary profile of immense courage and daring.”—Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Left Cuba   “If you only read one WWII book this year, make it th...

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Published: Feb 2021

Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl

Ren�e Rosen

It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder, and she’s about to take the world by storm, in this dazzling...

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Published: Apr 2023

The Social Graces

Ren�e Rosen

Named one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Historical Novels by SheReads ∙ Frolic ∙ BookReporter ∙ and more! The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of th...

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Published: Apr 2021

What the Lady Wants: A Novel of the G...

Renee Rosen

In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous motto: "Give the lady what she wants." His legendary charm also won the heart of socialite De...

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Published: Nov 2014
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