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22561) Halide's gift: a novel
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Set in the mysterious world of Constantinople in the dying days of the Ottoman empire, Halide's Gift is the story of a family with a secret. At the heart of Frances Kazan's spellbinding novel are two sisters, one flamboyant and mischievous, the other shy and full of dreams, bound by an extraordinary friendship and torn apart by their love of radically different men."--Jacket.
22562) The trouble with virtue
Author
Publisher
Harlequin HQN
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A comfortable wife: "Miss Antonia Mannering has made plans that include her long-ago friend Lord Philip Ruthven. She knows Philip is popular with the ladies, but he has never married. Might he now be ready for a wife? If she could only prove that she could run his home, not disgrace him in Society and be a comfortable wife, surely he would propose to her. But when love enters the equation, Antonia might be getting more than she bargained for..."--Page...
22563) American beauty
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Pub. Date
1931.
Language
English
Description
Pictures the life of wealthy aristocrats on a large Connecticut estate in 1700, the decline of the estate by 1890 and the possibility of its revival in 1930.
"Originally published in 1931, this bestselling American family saga from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber shares the story of the Oakes family, as their relationships and property encounter numerous struggles over the course of hundreds of years. In the early 18th century, the Oakes...
22564) Plan for the worst
Author
Series
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"You know what they say - hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Max is quite accustomed to everything going wrong. She's St Mary's, after all. Disaster is her default state. But with her family reunited and a jump to Bronze Age Crete in the works, life is getting back to normal. Well, normal for St Mary's. And then, following one fateful night at the Tower of London, everything Max thought she knew comes crashing down around her. Too late for...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It is the end of May 1940, the British government has put out a call for fishing boats to help rescue the British soldiers trapped at Dunkerque and Aiden is the son of a fisherman with access to his father's dory--his parents forbid him to go, but Aiden has already lost one brother to the war, and his other brother is somewhere over there with the British Expeditionary Force; so despite his fear of the ocean, he and his best friend Sally set out...
22566) Silent
Author
Publisher
Merit Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This novel tells the story a girl who must pretend to be a male soldier to save her younger brothers during World War I.
Rejected by both her British father's and Indian mother's cultures, Adi is no stranger to trouble. But when a mysterious agitator called Coal kidnaps Adi's twin brothers, she has only herself to rely on. Putting on a military uniform and cutting her hair, she slips unnoticed through the chaos of World War I. When Adi finds a pocket...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"With Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff among its characters, this sweeping and stylish love letter to the golden age of horror cinema tells the wonderful, tragic story of Maddy Ulm. It takes readers through her rise from the complicated shadows of Berlin's first experiments with expressionist cinema to the glamorous deserts of Hollywood. For Maddy has a secret. A secret that has given her incredible insight into the soul of horror. A secret that has a...
22569) The silken rose
Author
Series
Rose trilogy ; 1
Publisher
Accent Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"1236 Beautiful Ailenor of Provence, cultured and intelligent, is only thirteen when she marries Henry III. Aware of the desperate importance of providing heirs to secure the throne from those who would snatch it away, she is ruthless in her dealings with Henry's barons. As conflict escalates between them, Ailenor's shrewd and clever Savoyard uncles come to support her but her growing political power is threatened when Henry's half-siblings also arrive...
22570) Hardcastle's secret agent
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"August, 1939. As war looms, Detective Inspector Walter Hardcastle is following in the footsteps of his father, Ernest, and progressing through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police. Summoned to the office of Charles Marriot, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CID at New Scotland Yard, Walter learns that he has been promoted to a senior role at V Division, and is plunged into a top secret case when burglaries occur at the homes of those working on a...
22571) Watchers of the dead
Author
Series
Alec Lonsdale ; 2
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"December 1882. Attending the opening of the new Natural History Museum, Pall Mall Gazette reporter Alec Lonsdale and his colleague Hulda Friederichs are shocked to discover a body in the basement, hacked to death. Suspicion immediately falls on a trio of cannibals, brought over from the Congo as museum exhibits, who have disappeared without trace. Alec however has his doubts--especially when he discovers that three other influential London men have...
22572) The molten city
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Leeds, September 1908. There's going to be a riot. Detective Superintendent Tom Harper can feel it. Herbert Asquith, the prime minster, is due to speak in the city. The suffragettes and the unemployed men will be out in the streets in protest. It's Harper's responsibility to keep order. Can he do it? Harper has also received an anonymous letter claiming that a young boy called Andrew Sharp was stolen from his family fourteen years before. The file...
22573) Kalimantaan
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A 19th century British officer carves out for himself a kingdom in Borneo. He is Gideon Barr of the East India Company who is ordered to the Far East to combat pirates. After defeating them, he makes a fortune in trade and proceeds to create a colonial society with all the trappings of home. A first novel.
22574) Never forget
Author
Series
Beacons of hope ; 5
Publisher
Northern Lights Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Abbie Watson is content to spend her days clamming, crabbing, and tending Rose Island Lighthouse. Her grandpa is the head light keeper, but his senility may lead to their eviction. Since leaving the island would kill her beloved Gramps, Abbie will do anything to keep him in the one place he knows and loves. Wealthy Nathaniel Winthrop III's wild living has gained him a reputation as the 'bad boy' among the elite social circles of Newport. After a...
22575) Flashman's lady
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
"ADVENTURE: Harry must defend his cad's honor when his wife is abducted from Singapore." --
Author
Series
Flashman papers ; 2
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
English
Description
Flashman becomes embroiled in advanced diplomacy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Rekindled: Left for dead, Larson Jennings, returns home badly burned. His obviously pregnant wife Kathryn is losing their ranch. Disfigured beyond recognition to most--Larson is determined to save his family. Revealed: Pursued by a Texas bounty hunter, Matthew Taylor returns to Fountain Creek, Colorado, to apologize to his brother for insulting his wife Annabelle and to share his Idaho homestead. Learning that his brother has left already, he answers...
Author
Series
Shinobi mystery ; 4
Publisher
Seventh Street Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Autumn, 1565: When an actor's daughter is murdered on the banks of Kyoto's Kamo River, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo are the victim's only hope for justice. As political tensions rise in the wake of the shogun's recent death, and rival warlords threaten war, the Kyoto police forbid an investigation of the killing, to keep the peace--but Hiro has a personal connection to the girl, and must avenge her. The secret investigation...
Author
Series
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
In second-century Portugal, a Roman magistrate tries to maintain order as the empire crumbles, invaded by Moors, subverted by Christianity, while people amuse themselves with sadistic games. On top of which, he is in love with a Christian woman who is coming up for trial.
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