London 1661, the new king is on the throne, but old religious beliefs and Medieval superstition still prevail. Catholics are not tolerated in this new era. Edgar and Emmatha Torbet are papists and fraternal twins, which means their...
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Author:Horowitz, AnthonySummary:007 floats in the waters of Marseilles, killed by an unknown hand. It's time for a new agent to step up. This is the story of James Bond, the birth of a legend, in the underworld of the French Riviera.
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The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 altered the course of the history of this century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. The decisive importance of these five...
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The five children have grown up and World War I has begun in earnest. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories... until, for the first time in 10 years, he suddenly reappears. Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed...
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Author:Durand, Carolyn, Scobie, OmidSummary:This book goes beyond the headlines to reveal unknown details of Harry and Meghan's life together, dispelling the many rumors and misconceptions that plague the couple on both sides of the pond. As members of the select group of...
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Author:Bousfield, Arthur, Toffoli, GarrySummary:The half-century since Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1952 has witnessed many changes, some for good and some for ill. Among these, she has been one of the few constants.Fifty Years the Queen recounts her amazing life as Canada and the...
- Author:Hornby, NickSummary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. As a young boy, growing up in the Home Counties and watching his parents' marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby had...
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Lily Valance has had enough of war; her father has been killed in France and several of her friends are dead or maimed beyond recognition. Even the dashing hero Steven Winters, whom she marries, is badly scarred by his experiences.
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Preston chronicles Maxwell's all encompassing rivalry with Rupert Murdoch, a battle that ruined Maxwell financially, threatened his sanity and lead, indirectly, to his death. Did Maxwell have a heart attack or was it suicide? Or...
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Following her discovery selling oranges outside of Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Ellen "Nell" Gwyn leaves behind a life of poverty to become a theatre star. Soon she is mistress to the libertine King Charles II. And though their love is...
- Author:Goodman, JoSummary:
The dashing young South, Earl of Southerton, is up against surprising forces as he takes on a new task. South has been assigned to a murder case, and he suspects that the stunning actress India Parr may be connected. But is India a...
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Author:Carriger, GailSummary:Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is the bane of her mother's existence. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate that her daughter, who is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette, become a proper lady. She enrolls...
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Author:ATTENBOROUGH, RichardSummary:Richard Attenborough and Diana Hawkins have been friends and colleagues for nearly 50 years.They have now teamed up to write this frank and funny account of their unlikely partnership and his extraordinary life. Attenborough is the...
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Author:Anthony, JessicaSummary:Early one morning on a hot day in August, millennial Congress-bro Alexander Paine Wilson is planning his reelection campaign when a mysterious FedEx delivery arrives at his townhouse. Inside is a gigantic taxidermied aardvark. Wilson...
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"A young girl who is empowered, capable, and smart...the Enola Holmes book series convey an impactful message that you can do anything if you set your mind to it, and it does so in an exciting and adventurous way."-Millie...
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A fictional account of the desperate efforts to break the Nazis' Enigma code takes place in a British railway town, where the task is complicated by the disappearance of a pivotal cryptographer.
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Author:Porter, RoySummary:In this portrait of eighteenth-century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, covering diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.
- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
A biography of the first Tudor queen, who was the only living descendant of Yorkist King Edward IV and the mother of the infamous Henry VIII.
- Author:Morton, AndrewSummary:
They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth II and Margaret was dramatically altered.
- Author:Carlyle, ChristySummary:
Christy Carlyle dazzles with the first romance in her enchanting Love on Holiday series. Will Hart, the Duke of Ashmore, is everything his father was not: scrupulously honest, forbidding, and apparently joyless. As a duke, he's a...
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