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Till We Have Faces
by C. S. Lewis
This timeless tale of two princesses, one beautiful and one unattractive, and of the struggle between sacred and profane love is C.S. Lewis's reworking of the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche and one of his most enduring pieces of fiction.
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Lie by Moonlight
by Amanda Quick
Hired to tutor four orphaned girls at remote, ramshackle Aldwick Castle, Miss Concordia Glade is pleased to find her pupils both eager and bright. Indeed, they are bright enough to have noticed some oddities about their situation. Provided for by an unseen benefactor, they are surrounded at... Read More
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The Confession (The Heritage of Lancaster...
by Beverly Lewis
The Confession is the second book in a trilogy set in a quiet Amish community. Shunned from her home and alone in a world of strangers, Katherine Mayfield longs only for the gentle, loving embrace of the woman she hopes to call Mother.
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The Rich Are Different
by Susan Howatch
The Rich Are Different is the story of Dinah Slade, a young English woman of immense vitality and sensual power, whose life becomes intertwined with the fate of a great American banking family. When the handsome and powerful American banker Paul Van Zale meets Dinah in London, he commits... Read More
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The Diamond
by Julie Baumgold
A tale based on the history of the Regent diamond is told from the fictional perspectives of an exiled Napoleon and his biographer and traces the gem's discovery, journey through the decadent courts of Europe, theft during the French Revolution, and ownership by Napoleon before his fall.... Read More
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Fan-Tan
by Marlon Brando
This swashbuckling adventure was the brainchild of the late Marlon Brando, who came up with the storyline in 1979. A collaboration with director Donald Cammell, who wrote a screenplay and later a novel based on the material, FAN-TAN is the story of a brave and dashing sea captain who is... Read More
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The Thirteen Gun Salute: The Aubrey...
by Patrick O'Brian
Will Napoleon Bonaparte form an alliance with the Malay princes of the South China Sea? Not if Jack Aubrey can help it. Conveying a diplomatic mission to the Sultan's court, Aubrey and company must also contend with orangutans, typhoons, and a squadron of wily French envoys.
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Last King of Scotland
by Giles Foden
A novel about Idi Amin's Uganda in the early 1970s, told from the point of view of a young Scottish doctor who is the dictator's personal physician. A 'New York Times' Notable Book for 1998.
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The Dragon and the Raven
by G. A. Henty
In a time of chaos and Viking onslaught, Alfred the untested Saxon king, must fight to save his ravished land. The tale unfurls through the eyes of a young thane, Edmond, who becomes Alfred's friend and mightiest warrior. When Danes over run the land and the Saxons capitulate, this young... Read More
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Blue at the Mizzen
by Patrick O'Brian
Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, but the ensuing peace becomes ugly for Captain Jack Aubrey, with violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar and the desertion of nearly half his crew. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision... Read More
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