Buster, an English springer spaniel who has served his comrades and his country with unstinting devotion, has saved thousands of lives. This is the story of his partnership with RAF Police Sergeant Will Barrow, told by Will himself,...
Great Britain
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Author:George, Isabel, Barrow, WillSummary: -
Author:Hall, SarahSummary:In an unnamed British city, the virus is spreading, and like everyone else, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness retreats inside. She isolates herself in her immense studio, Burntcoat, with Halit, the lover she barely knows. As life...
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Author:Finnis, JaneSummary:The spring of 98 A.D. is a time of optimism in the turbulent frontier province of Britannia. The season looks set fair for peace and prosperity and business is brisk at Aurelia Marcella’s inn on the road to York. Then a wagon arrives...
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Author:Simmonds, Alan G. V.Summary: -
Author:Mantel, HilarySummary:Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the...
- Author:Beauvais, ClémentineSummary:
"Désespérée par le Brexit, Justine Dodgson décide de lancer une start-up secrète. Son objectif?: organiser des mariages blancs entre Français et Anglais afin que ces derniers obtiennent un passeport européen. Quand elle...
- Author:Granfield, LindaSummary:
This book tells the story of Canada's war brides. 48,000 young women met and married Canadian servicemen in Europe during World War II. Nothing could have prepared them for their experience in this new land. Some regretted their hasty...
- Author:Robinson, JaneSummary:
"In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither...
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Frieda Klein is a brilliant psychotherapist who finds herself hunting down a kidnapper. When five-year-old Matthew Farraday goes missing, all of London is in an uproar--including Frieda, who recalls a patient haunted by dreams of...
- Author:Caine, MichaelSummary:
Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight, and skills that life has taught him in his remarkable career, and now his eighty-fifth year.
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Sixteenth-century Europe was a hostile world dominated by court politics and patriarchal structures, and yet against all odds, two women rose to power: Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici. One a young Virgin Queen who ruled her kingdom...
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Author:Salmond, AnneSummary:"In Bligh, the story of the most notorious of all Pacific explorers is told through a new lens as a key episode in the history of the world, rather than simply of the West. Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts with a fresh...
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Author:Crossley-Holland, KevinSummary:Ancient, rich, and strange, this collection of eerie tales from across Britain and Ireland have influenced our culture and the folklore that followed.
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The eminent Sir Lockwood Hamilton, a Member of Parlaiment, is murdered and his body is found on Westminster Bridge. Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte are just beginning to investigate when yet another member of Parlaiment is...
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Author:Ridley, JaneSummary:Edward VII, who gave his name to the Edwardian Age but was always known as Bertie, was fifty-nine when he finally came to power in 1901. He was only king for the last nine years of his life. The eldest son of Victoria and Albert, Bertie...
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Author:Nachel, Marty, Ettlinger, Steve, Koch, JimSummary:The fun and friendly guide to all things beer Beer has always been one of the world's most popular beverages; but recently, people have embraced the rich complexities of beer's many varieties. Now, with Beer For Dummies you can quickly...
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Author:Popoff, MartinSummary:“Motörhead, remember me now, Motörhead, alright!”
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is the first book to celebrate the classic-era Motörhead lineup of Lemmy Kilmister, “Fast” Eddie Clarke, and Phil...
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Author:Fogle, BruceSummary:Every year, from the end of June to the end of August, Bruce and his family go to their cedar-clad cottage on the blue, wide lake. At first, this summer of 1954 seems like any other: floating in the row boat with Grace from next door,...
- Author:Kuang, R. F.Summary:
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War "Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an...
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Author:CORNWELL, BernardSummary:An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, on St Crispin's Day, is one of the best known battles, in part through the...
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