Mrs. Jeffries and Inspector Witherspoon should be checking off their Christmas present list but instead they're listing murder suspects in this latest entry of the Victorian Mystery series. Harriet Andover had no intention of dying...
Great Britain
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Author:Brightwell, EmilySummary: - Author:Gallico, PaulSummary:
Responsible for cleaning the homes of the rich, Mrs Harris is a humble charlady with a knack for putting things in order wherever she goes. When, much to her surprise, she wins a trip for two beyond the Iron Curtain, she has no idea of...
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Author:Downie, JillSummary:This double edition of the Moretti and Falla Mystery series presents Jill Downie's Daggers and Men's Smiles and A Grave Waiting. Daggers and Men's Smiles: Lights! Camera! Action! On the English Channel island of Guernsey, Detective...
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Author:Carrier, RochSummary:"The story of Wolfe and Montcalm and the Plains of Abraham. In September 1759, a small band of British troops led by James Wolfe scaled the tall cliff overlooking a farmer's field owned by Abraham Martin and overpowered the French...
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Author:Slade, Arthur, Steininger, ChristopherSummary:Modo, who first made his appearance in The Hunchback Assignments, is a young, disfigured spy trained to be the ultimate secret agent. Not only is Modo brilliant and strong, but he also has a special ability: he can temporarily take on...
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Author:Weight, RichardSummary:Welcome to the world of the sharp-suited ‘faces’. The Italianistas. The scooter-riding, all-night-dancing instigators of what became, from its myriad sources, a very British phenomenon.
Mod began life as the quintessential...
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World War II has just ended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany. Bored with her job, Edith Graham applies with the Commission, but is instead recruited by the OSS as a spy.
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Beautiful, headstrong Imogen Waterstone has recruited the darkly infamous Earl of Colchester to help her seek revenge for the murder of her best friend. As they set a trap for the villain, Imogen and Colchester fearlessly encounter the...
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In a thorough and well-documented study of the American and British experience with minimum wage legislation, Prof. Jerold Waltman describes and analyzes the operation of current minimum wage policies and politics in both countries....
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Author:Eliot, GeorgeSummary:Through Dorothea and other townsfolk, Eliot shows how various human passions interrelate with Victorian society.
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A young Englishwoman entertains doubts regarding her husband's fidelity when he brings a former sweetheart into their home to act as governess.
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Could a horde of American miners have delivered British Columbia into the hands of the United States in 1859? In "McGowan's War," Donald J. Hauka argues that the new colony was a rifle shot away from war and annexation during the...
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Author:Edwards, Ruth DudleySummary:St. Martha’s College, Cambridge, had been staggering along on a shoestring for decades. Then alumna Alice Toon leaves her old school a huge fortune. The dons immediately fall to fighting over the spoils. The Virgins, led by Dame Maud...
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Author:Gordon, GrahamSummary:Biography of Jem Mace the father of modern boxing and the first worldwide sports star.
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Author:Thomas, Peter, Tracy, NicholasSummary:Shortlisted, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing. Despite the coming social reforms undertaken at home, the world of the Georgian British Empire was nothing if not class-conscious and leery of outsiders. But Anthony...
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A charming, poignant, and mesmerizing memoir in essays from actor and natural-born storyteller Minnie Driver, chronicling the way life works out even when it doesn't.
- Author:Maddox, BrendaSummary:
"Who is Margaret Thatcher? Her influence on politics is well documented - not least by Lady Thatcher herself. What kind of person was she that she could overcome her background, the snobbery of Oxford University and then of the...
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Author:Barr, DamianSummary:Long-listed for the Green Carnation Prize and The Sunday Times' selection for Memoir of the Year.
"This amazing book tells the story of an appalling childhood with truth and clarity unsmudged by self-pity. It grips from beginning... - Author:Barnett, MacSummary:
The precious Crown Jewels have been stolen, and there's only one person who can help the Queen: her newest secret agent, Mac B. To help her, he must travel around the globe in search of the stolen treasure...but will he find it in time?...
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Author:Shearing, GeorgeSummary:"Pianist George Shearing is that rare thing, a European jazz musician who became a household name in the US, as a result of the "Shearing sound"―the recordings of his historic late 1940s quintet. Together with his unique...
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