The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern literature. A lyrical novel that recalls his fully lived life, Old Filth has been acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, a book where life and...
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Author:Gardam, JaneSummary: -
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 place in his world for a wife.
- Author:Jackson, ShirleySummary:
Experience The Magic of Shirley Jackson with this generous selection of the author’s greatest work. This collection consists of three complete books: The Bird’s Nest, Life Among the Savages, Raising Demons, and eleven short stories—...
- Author:Green, NileSummary:
In July 1815, six Iranian students arrived in London under the escort of their chaperone, Captain Joseph D'Arcy. Their mission was to master the modern sciences behind the rapid rise of Europe. Over the next four years, they lived both...
- Author:Munro, AliceSummary:
In eight stories, Munro writes of what people will do for love, and the unexpected routes their passion will force them to take. Some strong language and some sexual content. Canada Reads 2004. Winner of the 1998 Giller Prize. 1998.
- Author:Khan, SabinaSummary:
With a welcome mix of humor, heart, and high-stakes drama, Sabina Khan provides a timely and honest portrait of what it's like to grow up feeling unwelcome in your own culture. Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali tries her hardest to...
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Author:Matthews, MimiSummary:A PROUD BEAUTY... Society beauty Sylvia Stafford is far too pragmatic to pine. When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, she finds work as a governess in a merchant’s household in Cheapside. Isolated...
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Author:Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:Joyce Carol Oates chronicles her hardscrabble childhood in rural western New York State.
- Author:Mogi, Ken.Summary:
Welcome to ikigai, a Japanese mind-set that will change your life. Ken Mogi, a Japanese expert and best-selling writer, reveals all about this mysterious and fascinating miracle that is at the heart of Japan's record-breaking long life...
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Author:Sparks, NicholasSummary:Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her...
- Author:Blalock, GeorgieSummary:
Fans of The Kennedy Debutante and Last Year in Havana will love Georgie Blalock's new novel of a world on the cusp of change...set on the eve of World War II in the glittering world of English society and one of the last debutante...
- Author:St. George, HarperSummary:
Tall, dark, and brooding-to say that American Maxwell Crenshaw stood out in the glittering ballrooms of London is an understatement. He vowed never to set foot in England again, but when a summons from his father along with an ultimatum...
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Author:Sudbury, RowenaSummary:Sequel to The King's Tale In thirteenth century Cornwall, a fierce king must have a strong partner, and that is what King Christopher of Lysnowydh has in his handfasted mate. Or had, before rival King Warin kidnapped and tortured Dafydd...
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels. Mansfield Park: On a...
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Author:Joyce, JamesSummary:Features selected readings from the works of James Joyce, whose works came to define the modernist movement in literature.
- Author:Taylor, SandySummary:
Dublin, 1952. When Mary Kate Ryan receives a surprise inheritance from the woman who abandoned her as a tiny baby, she's stunned. All her life, she has longed to know why her mother disappeared, and now she's devastated to...
- Author:Brightwell, EmilySummary:
Emily Brightwell presents the first novel in a delightful mystery series set in Victorian England, featuring the most charming characters ever to crack a case.
- Author:Cheung, KarenSummary:
In a place where time is running out, sometimes the most radical act is remembrance. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian,...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
The residents of 44 Scotland Street grapple with problems both trivial and severe, but none so great as when six-year-old Bertie Pollock--who longs to be seven--mislays his mum and learns a valuable lesson about wish fulfillment.
- Author:Wilde, OscarSummary:
This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think...
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