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Claire of the Sea Light (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Edwidge Danticat

Published: 2014-07-01

Paperback: 256 pages

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A New York Times Book Review and Washington Post Notable Book of the Year, an NPR "Great Read," a Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Book, and a Library Journal Top BookJust as her father makes the wrenching decision to send her away for a chance at a better life, Claire Limyè Lanmè...

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I Take This Woman: LIMITED OFFER - PRICE PROMOTION (Trafficked Book 1)

by Susanna Quinn

Published: 2013-02-28

Kindle Edition: 278 pages

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LIMITED AUGUST PRICE OFFER! An addictive new thriller from bestselling author, S Quinn - perfect for summer. ***** I LOVED this book! ***** Fantastic gritty read! ***** Captivating BOOK DESCRIPTION Three brides killed on their first wedding anniversary. A fourth missing b...

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The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

by Flannery O'Connor

Published: 1988-08-01

Paperback: 640 pages

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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award"I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix risen from her own words: calm, slow, funny, courteou...

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The Shattering

by Karen Healey

Published: 2013-02-12

Paperback: 336 pages

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Seventeen-year-old Keri likes to plan for every possibility. She knows what to do if you break an arm, or get caught in an earthquake or fire. But she wasn't prepared for her brother's suicide, and his death has left her shattered with grief. When her childhood friend Janna tells her it wa...

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The Oracles of Troy (Adventures of Odysseus)

by Glyn Iliffe

Published: 2014-08-28

Paperback: 400 pages

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Achilles and Ajax are dead and the hope of the Greeks has died with them, leaving the army restless for their homes and threatening rebellion. Then a series of oracles appears, utterances from the gods that must be fulfilled if Troy is to be defeated and the war brought to an end. Agamemnon, leader of...

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The White Queen of Middleham: an Historical Novel About Richard III's Wife Anne Neville (The Sprigs of Bloom)

by Lesley J. Nickell

Published: 2014-08-28

Paperback: 300 pages

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For Anne Neville, a timid and delicate child, ignored by her mother, patronised by her elder sister and bullied by her formidable father Warwick the Kingmaker, her childhood friend Richard Plantagenet becomes a source of strength throughout her life.As she moves abruptly from castle to castle, from England...

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The Five Hundred Year War: Agincourt to World War I

by Edward Tovey

Published: 2014-08-12

Paperback: 380 pages

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In the land where his ancestors fought before him, an English officer faces an agonising conflict between patriotism and love. In 1415, two noble Kentish families, the Wallers and the Hollands, were united by the courage of their sons in triumphant battle against the French at Agincourt. Five hundred...

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It Starts with a Kiss: Yesterday she was a suicidal middle-aged housewife. Today she's 21, with the looks of a goddess.

by SN Weddle

Published: 2014-06-14

Paperback: 332 pages

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Middle-aged Jennifer Green is living a life of quiet despair following her husband’s confession of an affair – until she encounters a half-crazed hobo who appears to know more about her than she does herself. Thanks to the tramp’s strange powers, Jennifer suddenly finds herself 25 years younger,...

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Prisoner of Japan

by Harold Atcherley

Published: 2012-11-12

Kindle Edition: 310 pages

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In the course of the Second World War, more than a quarter of a million European and American soldiers were taken prisoner by the Japanese in Malaysia, the Dutch East Indies and the Pacific. They went on to suffer years of deprivation and brutality, most of them failing to survive at all. ...

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Carry On Ambulance: True stories of ambulance service antics from the 1960s to the present day

by Mr Allan Dawson, Mr Chris Newton

Published: 2012-04-20

Paperback: 224 pages

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In the early 1960s, the main qualifications for acceptance into the ambulance service were the possession of a clean driving licence and a strong back. Tradesmen, mechanics, carpenters, car workers and ex-service personnel, after a minimal amount of training, could all assume the role of ambulance driver/attendant....