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The House at Riverton: A Novel

by Kate Morton

Published: 2009-03-03

Paperback: 473 pages

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From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Forgotten Garden comes a gorgeous novel set in England between World War I and World war II. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey, it is the story of an aristocratic family, a house, a mysterious death and a way of life that vanished forev...

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The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway Mysteries)

by Elly Griffiths

Published: 2012-01-10

Hardcover: 384 pages

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There is already a neat trench in the narrow gap between the tall cliffs. Nelson looks at it with pleasure . . . Then he looks closer. The trench appears to be full of bones.Elly Griffiths's Ruth Galloway novels have been praised as ?highly atmospheric? (New York Times Book Review) and ?re...

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The House at Sugar Beach

by Helene Cooper

Published: 2008-09-02

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Helene Cooper is ?Congo,? a descendant of two Liberian dynasties?traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew up at Sugar Beach, a twenty-two-room mansion by the sea. Her childhood was filled with servants, flashy cars, a villa...

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The House at Sugar Beach: A Memoir

by Helene Cooper

Published: 2008-09-02

Hardcover: 368 pages

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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood.

by Helene Cooper

Published: 2008

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In search of a lost African childhood

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The House at Tyneford: A Novel

by Natasha Solomons

Published: 2011-12-27

Paperback: 384 pages

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Fans of Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden and TV's Downton Abbey will love this sweeping New York Times bestselling historical novel of love and loss.    The start of an affair, the end of an era.   It's the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-ol...

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The House by the Fjord

by Rosalind Laker

Published: 2011-12-01

Paperback: 224 pages

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A touching and atmospheric love story - When Anna Harvik travels to Norway in 1946 in order to visit the family of her late husband, the country is only just recovering from five cruel years of Nazi occupation. So it is with surprise that she finds in this cold and bitter country the capac...

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A House Divided (Good Earth Trilogy, Vol 3)

by Pearl S. Buck

Published: 2006-01-01

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A House Divided, the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons, is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising....

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A House for Mr.Biswas

by V.S. Naipaul

Published: 2003-01-03

Paperback: 200 pages

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The early masterpiece of V. S. Naipaul’s brilliant career, A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul's father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels.In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against desti...

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The House Girl

by Tara Conklin

Published: 2013-02-12

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The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and 1852 Virginia.Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the pre–Civil War South and a determined junior lawyer, The H...