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Thursday, 22 December 2016

The Perfume Garden By Kate Lord Brown


The Perfume Garden
Title : The Perfume Garden
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ISBN :
Format : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 512




The Perfume Garden combines the gripping storytelling of Kate Morton with the evocative settings of Victoria Hislop to tell this sumptuous, escapist story of lost love and family secrets set between modern day Valencia and the Spanish Civil War

High in the hills of Valencia, a forgotten house guards its secrets Untouched since Franco s forces tore through Spain in 1936

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The Faerie Queen (The Faerie Ring, #4) By Kiki Hamilton


The Faerie Queen (The Faerie Ring, #4)
Title : The Faerie Queen (The Faerie Ring, #4)
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ISBN :
Format : Paperback
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Saturday, 17 December 2016

The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) By Jean M. Auel


The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
Title : The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
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ISBN : 0553381679
Format : Mass Market Paperback
Number of Pages : 512




This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love Through Jean M Auel s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear A natur This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, an More...

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Mary Jones and Her Bible By Mary Emily Ropes


Mary Jones and Her Bible
Title : Mary Jones and Her Bible
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ISBN : 1857925688
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 160




Heartwarming, real life story of Mary Jones, a young girl living in rural Wales in the late 1700s Mary was a popular girl who loved her parents, worked hard and was keen to learn but most of all she longed to have a bible of her own But Mary knew that bibles were hard to come by and if she was fortunate enough to find one, it would be expensive so her dearest wish looked Heartwarming, real life story of Mary Jones, a young girl living in rural Wales in the More...

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Friday, 16 December 2016

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place By Julie Berry


The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
Title : The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
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ISBN : 1596439564
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 351




There s a murderer on the loose but that doesn t stop the girls of St Etheldreda s from attempting to hide the death of their headmistress in this rollicking farce The students of St Etheldreda s School for Girls face a bothersome dilemma Their irascible headmistress, Mrs Plackett, and her surly brother, Mr Godding, have been most inconveniently poisoned at Sunday di There s a murderer on the loose but that doesn t stop the girls of St Etheldreda s from at More...

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Lamb By Christopher Moore


Lamb
Title : Lamb
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ISBN : 0380813815
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 444




The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years except Biff, the Messiah s best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas A The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birth More...

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Children of Liberty (The Bronze Horseman, #0.5) By Paullina Simons


Children of Liberty (The Bronze Horseman, #0.5)
Title : Children of Liberty (The Bronze Horseman, #0.5)
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ISBN : 0007241577
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 432




At the turn of the century and the dawning of the modern world, Gina from Belpasso comes to Boston s Freedom Docks to find a new and better life, and meets Harry Barrington, who is searching for his.The fates of the Barringtons and Attavianos become entwined, on a collision course between the old and new, between what is expected and what is desired, what is chosen and wha At the turn of the century and the dawning of the modern world, Gina from Belpasso c More...

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In the Company of the Courtesan By Sarah Dunant


In the Company of the Courtesan
Title : In the Company of the Courtesan
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ISBN : 0812974042
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 368




Set in Renaissance Italy, this follow up to Dunant s The Birth of Venus recounts the fantastic escapades of Bucino Teodoldo, a wily dwarf, and his mistress, celebrated courtesan Fiammetta Bianchini, who escape to Venice where intrigue awaits. More...

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The Birth of Venus By Sarah Dunant


The Birth of Venus
Title : The Birth of Venus
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ISBN : 0812968972
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 427




Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family s Florentine palazzo A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mind and a talent for drawing, Alessandra is intoxicated by the painter s abilities.But their burgeoning relationship is interrupt Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, More...

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Flame Over Tara By Madeleine A. Polland


Flame Over Tara
Title : Flame Over Tara
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ISBN : 1887840559
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 192




Excellent reprint of the 1964 classic by Madeleine Polland with outstanding illustrations by Omar Davis Set in Ireland in the year A.D 432 when Patrick, first Bishop of Rome to Ireland arrives in this pagan land. More...

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Thursday, 15 December 2016

The Pretty Horse-Breakers By Barbara Cartland


The Pretty Horse-Breakers
Title : The Pretty Horse-Breakers
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ISBN : 0515063843
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 205




Beautiful Candida Walcott has to sell the one thing she loves most her black stallion, Pegasus But Major Hooper, the London stable owner who buys Pegasus is enchanted by Candida and offers her a job in his riding school.Blind to Major Hooper s hidden motives, Candida is lured into a world of high paid mistresses and procureres, unaware that she is considered one of them Beautiful Candida Walcott has to sell the one thing she loves most her black stallion, Pegasus But Major Hooper, the London sta More...

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A Spy in the House (The Agency, #1) By Y.S. Lee


A Spy in the House (The Agency, #1)
Title : A Spy in the House (The Agency, #1)
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ISBN : 0763640670
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 335




Introducing an exciting new series Steeped in Victorian atmosphere and intrigue, this diverting mystery trails a feisty heroine as she takes on a precarious secret assignment.Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners and an unusual vocation Miss Scrimshaw s Introducing an exciting new series Steeped in Victo More...

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Songs of the Shenandoah (Heirs of Ireland #3) By Michael K. Reynolds


Songs of the Shenandoah (Heirs of Ireland #3)
Title : Songs of the Shenandoah (Heirs of Ireland #3)
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ISBN : 1433678217
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 448




At the onset of the Civil War, Seamus heeds his wife s wishes to return to her beloved family farm in the South, where he takes a post as chaplain for General Stonewall Jackson s brigade As Seamus ministers to the troops, his sister Clare ministers in a different way by being a powerful voice in the Northern cause toward freeing the slaves All this while their youngest b At the onset of the Civil War, Seamus heeds hi More...

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All She Ever Wanted By Lynn Austin


All She Ever Wanted
Title : All She Ever Wanted
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ISBN : 0764228897
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 400




Thirty five years ago Kathleen fled her home, desperate to cast off weights of poverty and shame But an unexpected invitation from her sister unwittingly draws her back to that sleepy New York town, her own daughter in tow.A trip meant to salvage her relationship with her daughter changes course as Kathleen reexamines her own childhood But even enlightening are the Thirty five years ago Kathleen fled her home, desperate to cast off weights of poverty and More...

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Sunday, 27 November 2016

Great House By Nicole Krauss


Great House
Title : Great House
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ISBN : 0393079988
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 289




A powerful, soaring novel about a stolen desk that contains the secrets, and becomes the obsession, of the lives it passes through For twenty five years, a solitary American novelist has been writing at the desk she inherited from a young poet who disappeared at the hands of Pinochet s secret police one day a girl claiming to be his daughter arrives to take it away, send A powerful, soaring novel about a stolen desk More...

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Saturday, 26 November 2016

The Black Velvet Gown By Catherine Cookson


The Black Velvet Gown
Title : The Black Velvet Gown
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ISBN : 0552124737
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 475




There would be times when Riah Millican came to regret that her husband had learned to read and write, and then shared his knowledge with her and their children.For this was Durham in the 1830 s, when employers tended to regard the spread of education with suspicion.But now Seth Millican was dead and she was a widow with the need to find a home and a living for herself and There would be times when Riah Millican came to regret that her husband had learned to read and write, and then shared his k More...

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Sunday, 20 November 2016

Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself (Betsy-Tacy #5-6) By Maud Hart Lovelace


Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself (Betsy-Tacy #5-6)
Title : Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself (Betsy-Tacy #5-6)
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ISBN : 0061794694
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 704




Heaven to Betsy Betsy Ray is loving every minute of freshman year at Deep Valley High with new and old friends all around hernot to mention boys But most intriguing of all is the one she and her best friend, Tacy, dub the Tall Dark Stranger Betsy in Spite of Herself Betsy is at the center of every activity as a Deep Valley High sopho and suddenly, thanks to he Heaven to Betsy Betsy Ray is loving More...

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