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The Scramble for Africa 1876-1912

by Thomas Pakenham

Published: 1993

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Japantown: A Thriller (A Jim Brodie Novel)

by Barry Lancet

Published: 2014-07-22

Paperback: 432 pages

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“Best of Debut of the Year” —Suspense MagazineShortlisted for the Barry Award for Best Debut NovelOptioned for TV by J.J. Abrams & Warner Bros.In this “sophisticated international thriller” (The New York Times Book Review), an American antiques-dealer-turned-reluctant-private-ey...

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Bittersweet: A Novel

by Colleen McCullough

Published: 2014-08-19

Hardcover: 384 pages

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In her first epic romantic novel since The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough weaves a sweeping story of two sets of twins—all trained as nurses, but each with her own ambitions—stepping into womanhood in 1920s and 30s Australia.Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters...

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Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!

by Katharine DeBrecht, Jim Hummel

Published: 2005-09-20

Hardcover: 54 pages

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This full-color illustrated book is a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism. Written in simple text, readers can follow along with Tommy and Lou as they open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swing set. But when liberals start demanding that Tommy and Lou...

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The Kreutzer Sonata Variations: Lev Tolstoy's Novella and Counterstories by Sofiya Tolstaya and Lev Lvovich Tolstoy

Published: 2014-08-26

Hardcover: 384 pages

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A work unprecedented in world literature, this unique volume contains a new translation of Lev Tolstoy’s controversial novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. In addition, available to English readers for the first time is a fascinating and previously ...

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Belle Cora: A Novel

by Phillip Margulies

Published: 2014-01-07

Hardcover: 608 pages

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      "I had crossed all the lines they you say you can never cross without being destroyed, and here I was, alive and strong."      In the grand tradition of Moll Flanders and Vanity Fair, this is the story of a good girl who became a bad woman. At the old homestead her name...

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Florida Cow Hunter: The Life and Times of Bone Mizell

by Jim Bob Tinsley

Published: 1991-01-20

Paperback: 131 pages

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"Recounts a time when range wars, cattle drives, rustling, street brawls, and rum running were commonplace in Florida. Though the focus is on Mizell, Tinsley also gives an engaging history of Florida and the cattle industry."--Tampa Tribune

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Tidal Pools

by Lawrence Thackston

Published: 2013-11-29

Paperback: 297 pages

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Making the most of incredible plot twists, dark settings, and the use of ancient religious rituals, this thriller will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the final pages. In the Galeegi Islands along the coast of South Carolina, the former prime suspect in a 40-year-old, controversial murder...

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The Storyteller of Marrakesh: A Novel

by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya

Published: 2012-02-13

Paperback: 368 pages

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"An enigmatic fable in the tradition of 'The Thousand and One Nights.' " —Anderson Tepper, New York Times Book Review Hassan, a storyteller, has gathered listeners in Marrakesh’s fabled Jemaa el Fna to perform his annual re-creation of the night on which two foreigners mysteriously dis...

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The Folded Earth: A Novel

by Anuradha Roy

Published: 2012-04-24

Paperback: 269 pages

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2011 MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU LITERARY PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION 2011 WITH HER DEBUT NOVEL, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, Anuradha Roy’s exquisite storytelling instantly won readers’ hearts around the world, and the novel was named one of the...