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201) The exile
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Rendered mute after a traumatic attack, a beautiful young woman and her LAPD rookie brother find themselves enmeshed in a government conspiracy that forces them to outmaneuver an international hit man and a power-hungry baroness.
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Bravery and fortitude on the English homefront endure in this lighthearted, enemies-to-lovers WWII romance, perfect for fans of The Wartime Matchmakers and Dear Mrs. Bird. Expecting a relaxing getaway at her family's summer estate, pampered socialite Elsie Foster-Quinn signs up for the Women's Land Army. When she ends up at a Somerset dairy farm instead, Elsie immediately butts heads with the grumpy farmer she now works for. Being a land girl in a...
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As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area-in this case Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Constituted as the lst Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 the unit was activated at Brampton Grange, Huntingdon on 13 September 1943. It was assigned to the Eighth Air Force and redesignated lst Air Division in December 1944. The division served in combat in the European theater...
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This magisterial analysis of human history - from 'Lucy', the first hominid, to the current Great Recession - combines the insights of earlier generations of Marxist historians with radical new ideas about the historical process.
Reading history against the grain, Neil Faulkner reveals that what happened in the past was not predetermined. Choices were frequent and numerous. Different outcomes - liberation or barbarism - were often possible. Rejecting...
205) The Gold Mountain
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Distraught after the immense loss she has just suffered, Zia decides to continue her long initiatory journey despite pain and obstacles. She becomes aware of the fabulous heritage left by Lidova and realizes the immense expectations of the people who welcome her. Nevertheless, she must go through with her promise made to the old healer of the Haganitas: to deposit the amulet-totem in the sacred cave. Alone, she faces perilous mountains crossings and...
206) Lost Kin
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Brothers divided by WWII reunite on a mission of justice in the chaos of early Cold War Europe in this historical espionage thriller.
Occupied Munich, 1946: Irina, a Cossack refugee, confesses to murdering a GI, but American captain Harry Kaspar doesn't buy it. As Harry scours the devastated city for the truth, it leads him to his long-lost German brother, Max, who returned to Hitler's Germany before the war.
Max has a questionable past,...
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Colonies in Ruins is a collection of intriguing short-stories about foreign colonies of the Asia-Pacific region-British Malaya, French Indochina, the Dutch East Indies, and the US Philippine Islands. For a very long time, these colonies had generated fabulous wealth from mining and agriculture for their colonial masters, but colonial life came to an end on December 8, 1941 as they were each attacked by Japanese forces soon after the US Naval Base...
208) Cursed Through Time
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Ren and Jack have known each other for over 2000 years. Every forty to fifty years or so, they are reborn, but if they become involved together they die.In present day Everett Washington they meet again and, for the first time, they both remember the past lives. Ren is a bartender at a pool hall and lounge. Jack is from England and after searching for sixteen years, through a genealogy website finds a relation to Ren's family and is told they moved...
209) La Grotte des Signes
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La Grotte des SignesLa quête des signes 5 Enfin réunis après tant d'épreuves, Zia et Kadmeron se préparent à affronter la colère du Dieu Poisson. Devant la menace d'une attaque imminente à la saison de la Renaissance, le Marteron organise la défense du village des Enfants du Soleil. L'issue de la bataille place les vainqueurs dans un cruel dilemme : faut-il – oui ou non – assouvir une juste vengeance et châtier les prisonniers ? Sera-t-il...
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The author fought with the 6th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders during the campaigns of 1st Army in Tunisia and in Italy thereafter. As a young platoon commander he and his men were in the thick of the fighting. Wounded during the desperate action at Anzio, he wrote notes of all that had happened in exact detail and the result is a memoir both fresh and authentic. This is one of the most gripping memoirs we have published, on a par with Geoffrey...
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Avec son dernier roman, l'écrivain espagnol Francisco Angulo signe une œuvre magistrale mêlant thriller psychologique et fantastique dans la pure tradition du gothique. Porté par une galerie de personnages hauts en couleur évoluant dans le microcosme d'un cirque itinérant, "Freak - Le Cirque des Horreurs" est un livre difficile à lâcher qui saura ravir tous les amateurs d'histoires mystérieuses.Dès les premières pages, Angulo plonge le...
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India Independence Through Non Violence goes into the transformative story of India's struggle for freedom, emphasizing the profound impact of non-violence as espoused by Mahatma Gandhi. From the colonial rule and exploitation by the British Empire to the birth of a powerful movement rooted in non-violent resistance, this book encapsulates the essence of India's fight for independence. It goes into Gandhi's philosophical underpinnings, exploring the...
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Roman Legions and relationships don't mix… …but beyond the border, rules don't matter. When Lucius is ordered across the border with Marpesia, will he remain loyal to Rome or succumb to the charms of the Sarmatian warrior? Constantine the Great has ignored Lucius and his legion for nearly thirty years, but now the emperor needs Lucius to team up with their new Sarmatian allies and Marpesia, their beautiful chieftain. Their Mission-hunt down the...
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"A finely crafted romantic novel" Yorkshire Evening Post
Jessica Hawthorne grows up a strange, isolated child in the sumptuous beauty of her family home, Melburn New Hall, in the 19th-century Suffolk. She is surrounded by all the grandeur and respectability money can buy – but without the furnishings of affection.
Robert Fitzbolton, a young aristocrat, is the companion of her lonely childhood, her comfort through family tragedy and the heartache...
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In 1915 James Roger McConnell enlisted as a US volunteer in the French Flying Corps. He was part of a remarkable band of American volunteers which were formed into the famous American 'Lafayette' Escadrille. 'Flying for France' was his personal account of the war in the air as seen through the eyes a front-line pilot of the American Escadrille, which was then based at Verdun. His memoirs produce an amazing insight into the early aerial battles and...
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PARTISANS AND PATRIOTSThey refuse to bow to tyranny when their homelands fall to Adolf Hitler's Fascism. They fight back with no thought for themselves, with no weapons stronger than their daring and their courage. Werner Brandt, a rebel against Nazism, is sent to a reformatory for insubordination, then conscripted into the German army. He deserts in Poland and joins the Polish Resistance. He leads a group of partisans and fights alongside the legendary...
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August 1914 brought an end to the 'Golden Age' of English cricket. At least 210 professional cricketers (out of a total of 278 registered) signed up to fight, of whom thirty-four were killed. However, that period and those men were far more than merely statistics: here we follow in intimate detail not only the cricketers of that fateful last summer before the war, but also the simple pleasures and daily struggles of their family lives and the whole...
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The Germans pause their bombing raids on London but life on the homefront is certainly far from ordinary. The Seamstress on Cider Lane is a lighthearted and hopeful romance, perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Last Bookshop in London.Gifted seamstress Nora Archer opens a sewing shop just as clothing becomes rationed and scarce in Britain. London's fashionable elites soon discover her remarkable talent for...
219) Liberated
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An American captain in post-WWII Germany must stop a criminal conspiracy by his fellow officers in this historical thriller by the author of The Losing Role.
Germany, May, 1945. With the war just over, Capt. Harry Kaspar is about to take a new posting in the US occupation-running a Bavarian town named Heimgau. When Harry loses the command to a rival, he'll do almost anything to win the job back.
Then Harry discovers a horrific scene: three...
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Scuba diver and author of Atlantic's Last Stop uses records and personal experience to examine the vessels in Halifax Harbour on the day of the 1917 Explosion to uncover what happened that day-and why. On the morning of December 6, 1917, ships and boats were in constant movement in Halifax Harbour. The First World War was in its fourth year and Halifax, the closest mainland North American naval port to Europe, was feeling its effect.
At 8:45 A.M.,...
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