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Author: Hawking, S. W.Summary:Genre: Math and science -
Author: Orwell, GeorgeSummary:Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this dramatically popular book. George Orwell depicts a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, including the...
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Author: Robinson, PeterSummary:In Eastvale, a young Middle Eastern boy is found dead, his body stuffed in a wheelbarrow on the East Side Estate. Detective Superintendent Banks and his team know they must tread carefully to...
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Author: Kuhn, WilliamSummary:An absolute delight of a debut novel by William Kuhn - author of Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books - Mrs Queen Takes the Train wittily imagines the kerfuffle that transpires when a bored...
Genre: Road fiction, Humorous fiction -
Author: Lansing, AlfredSummary:This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the...
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Author: Horowitz, AnthonySummary:
Recently recruited and trained as a special agent by MI6, the British secret service, 14-year-old West Londoner Alex Rider is sent to infiltrate an ultra-private school where the rich and powerful...
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Author: Davis, LindseySummary:
Ancient Rome's favorite son and sometimes palace spy, Marcus Didius Falco, is called upon by the Emperor Vespasian to investigate an act of treason. Disguised as an idle vacationer, Falco travels...
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Author: Davis, LindseySummary:
Rome, AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco is hired by a group of nouveau riche ex-slaves to outwit a fortune-hunting redhead, whose husbands have a habit of dying accidentally, leaving him up against a...
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Author: Davis, LindseySummary:
When Germanic troops in the service of the empire begin to rebel, and a Roman general disappears, Emperor Vespasian turns to the one man he can trust: Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer. But...
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Author: Isherwood, ChristopherSummary:
When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after...
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: Powers, TimSummary:
In his eleventh novel, Tim Powers takes his unique brand of speculative fiction into uncharted territory, instilling the old-fashioned espionage novel with a healthy dose of the supernatural. As a...
Genre: Historical fiction, Spy fiction -
Author: Andersen, Christopher P.Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of William and Kate and The Day Diana Died takes a compulsively readable look into the relationships and rivalries of Queen...
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Author: Clarke, SusannaSummary:
At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Historical fiction -
Author: Lovesey, PeterSummary:
Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective: a genuine gumshoe, committed to door-stopping and deduction rather than fancy computer gadgetry. So when the naked body of a woman is...
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Author: Robinson, PeterSummary:When DCI Alan Banks is dragged away from his vacation in London to supervise DI Annie Cabbot's sensitive murder case, he finds himself embroiled in the clandestine world of the secret intelligence...