Waking up in early 19th-century Britain is not a common occurrence for a 21st-century gal from L.A. Yet Courtney Stone, just having dumped her womanizing fiance, does wake up during the Regency...
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Author: Rigler, Laurie VieraSummary:Genre: Fantasy fiction -
Author: Stacey O'BrienSummary:On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl -- a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one...
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Author: Schubert, Leslie A.Summary:Leila is the daughter of an early pioneer family in Western Australia where the onset of the war cruelly interrupts her passionate romance. After 40 years the romance is rekindled.
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Author: Narayan, R. K.Summary:
Railway Raju is a disarmingly corrupt tourist guide who, after a series of comic adventures involving a beautiful dancer, inadvertently becomes one of India's great holy men.
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Author: Tsukiyama, GailSummary:On the eve of the Second World War, a young Chinese man is sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. Stephen's adventure begins when he meets four local residents - a...
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Author: McKinley, TamaraSummary:
Claire can't wait to escape the harshness of ranching life for college and a career in the big city. And Sydney in the 1960's seems much more exciting than Warratah Cattle Station.
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Author: Roberts, NoraSummary:When Nell Channing arrives on Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband, and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago....
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Author: Wodehouse, P. GSummary:
Bingo Little is now married to Rosie. But despite the watchful eye of his wife, Bingo still finds time for a flutter on the horses and unprofitable visits to the casino.
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Author: Steel, DanielleSummary:A young man killed in a car accident returns to Earth to visit his mother and to help those he cared for in life. A story written for all those who have ever wanted to make contact with the...
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Author: Thomas, RosieSummary:
Sadie's life is calm and complete. She is a mother, a good friend, and the robust survivor of a marriage she left behind. But now her father is dying and realises she can never make her...
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Author: Tsukiyama, GailSummary:Story goes back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate and clamour in a vast silk factory from dawn til dusk. Leading the...
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Author: Tsukiyama, GailSummary:Bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama is known for her poignant, subtle insights into the most complicated of relationships. Dreaming Water is an exploration of two of the richest and most layered...
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Author: Walters, MinetteSummary:
November 1978. Britain is on strike. The dead lie unburied, rubbish piles in the streets and somewhere in West London a black woman dies in a rain-soaked gutter. A young woman who finds her...
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Author: Walters, MinetteSummary:Based on the true story of the 'Chicken Farm Murder' that took place in East Sussex in 1924, the author brings a thrilling interpretation to this real-life mystery.
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Author: Smith, TerrySummary:
The author was lucky enough to spend time working on Rottnest Island, where he got to know Bertram and the other quokkas (well, most of them - there are over 10,000 quokkas on the island!).