Twelve-year-old Steven is determined to put an end to his family's misery and find the remains of his uncle, who was believed to be murdered as a child by a local pedophile. Steven spends his days...
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Author: Bauer, BelindaSummary:Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Morris, RogerSummary:
This enveloping crime novel ventures into the dark heart of 19thcentury Russia as detective Porfiry Petrovich investigates the poisoning of a doctor's wife and their autistic son.
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Author: Sykes, BryanSummary:
Sykes examines the unique fabric of the U.S. population--one of the world's most genetically variegated countries. His discoveries offer new insights into the biological profile of the great...
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Author: Duncan, FrancisSummary:
Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine must solve a small-town mystery before the next victim takes their final bow When Mordecai Tremaine emerges from the train station, murder is the last thing on his...
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Author: Saylor, StevenSummary:
It's Rome, 44 BC, and the Ides of March are approaching. Julius Caesar has been appointed dictator for life by the Roman Senate. Having pardoned his remaining enemies and rewarded his friends,...
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Author: Brown, PierceSummary:
Honor and betrayal fuel a caste-shattering revolution in the action-packed new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Rising Trilogy. Ten years after the events of Morning...
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Author: Iggulden, ConnSummary:
A master of historical fiction, New York Times bestselling author Conn Iggulden 'makes real those grand characters who live in the collective memory' (Kirkus Reviews). In this follow-up to...
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Author: Iggulden, ConnSummary:
The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Bloodline, the gripping third novel in the new series from historical fiction master Conn Iggulden. Winter 1461: Richard, duke of...
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Author: Whybrow, Peter C.Summary:
The bestselling author of American Mania, eminent neuroscientist Peter C. Whybrow here addresses overconsumption in modern society. Using personal stories and the latest research, Whybrow...
Genre: Business and economics, Psychology -
Author: Zaleski, Philip; Zaleski, CarolSummary:
A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis C.S. Lewis is the twentieth century's most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R....
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Author: Rushdie, SalmanSummary:
"I did not go to Nicaragua intending to write a book, or, indeed, to write at all: but my encounter with the place affected me so deeply that in the end I had no choice." So notes Salman Rushdie...
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Author: Herman, ArthurSummary:
To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII...
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Author: Gribbin, JohnSummary:
What if Newton had never lived' A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant's shoes-and deserve credit for the birth of modern science...
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Author: Rex, RichardSummary:
A major new account of the most intensely creative years of Luther's career The Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the intellectual emergence of one of the most original and...
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Author: Iggulden, ConnSummary:
In 1437, the Lancaster king Henry VI ascends the throne of England after years of semi-peaceful regency. Named 'The Lamb,' Henry is famed more for his gentle and pious nature than his father's...
Genre: Historical fiction