When too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England seems the perfect solution. But complexities like recalcitrant...
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Author: Willis, ConnieSummary: -
Author: Erickson, CarollySummary:
Acclaimed biographer Carolly Erickson brings history vibrantly to life with her powerful flesh-and-blood portrait of Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender to the British throne. Courageously...
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Author: Hibbert, ChristopherSummary:
Presents a vivid, detailed narrative history of the English Civil War, 1642-1649.
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Author: Ivory, JudithSummary:
Accepting the challenge to convert brash, handsome, incorrigible Mick Tremore into a gentleman in only six weeks, Lady Edwina Bollash is concerned less with her abilities than with resisting the...
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Author: Clark, ClareSummary:
When a putrid odor fills the city during a heat wave, massive repairs to London's sewer system are called for. While most find the subterranean world a dark carnival of horrors, William May, a...
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Author: Connolly, JohnSummary:Mourning the loss of his mother, David finds comfort in the books she left behind. But soon the make-believe world of the books melds with David's reality, and the figments of his imagination...
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Author: Kishtainy, NiallSummary:This clearly written and lively account covers the progress of economics from the invention of money through the economic giants to the economic forces that shape our world today.
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Author: McEwan, IanSummary:
After a chance meeting, Jed Perry begins to stalk author Joe Rose. Driven by religious zeal and misdirected love, the strange young man will slowly unravel each strand of Joe's life.
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Author: Starr, MelSummary:A local lord asks Hugh of Singleton to track the killer of a young woman whose bones have been found in the castle cesspit, identified as the impetuous missing daughter of a local blacksmith.
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Author: Starr, MelSummary:When some valuable books are stolen from Master John Wyclif, the well-known scholar and Bible translator, he calls upon his friend and former pupil, Hugh de Singleton, to investigate.
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Author: Kingsland, JamesSummary:Framed by the teachings of the Buddha, this book shows how ancient meditative practices anticipated the findings of modern neuroscience. This is a cutting-edge, big-picture assessment of...
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Author: Needham, LindaSummary:
Arriving at the deserted castle and village of Nicholas Bayard, the warlord husband she has never met, Lady Eleanor is confronted by Bayard, who hides his identity from her, believing he has no...
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Author: Yolen, JaneSummary:Even though he has been king of Britain for four years, Arthur's position is far from secure. Rulers of the island's many small fiefdoms are still reluctant to admit his sovereignty. And the...
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Author: Losure, MarySummary:
Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and...
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Author: Winchester, SimonSummary:
Award-winning journalist and author Simon Winchester takes readers on a personal tour of the Balkans. Combining history and interviews with the people who live there, Winchester offers a...