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The Last Blasket King: Padraig O Cathain, An Ri

by Gerald Hayes, Eliza Kane

Published: 2015-11-05

Paperback: 360 pages

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Few would look at the ruins on Ireland's Great Blasket Island and imagine a king had lived there. Yet the King was a very forceful presence on this island. The last was Pádraig O Catháin, `Peats Mhicí,' who served for about twenty-five years until his de

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Papyrus: A Thriller

by John Oehler

Published: 2013-08-11

Paperback: 347 pages

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AMAZON BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL SEMI-FINALIST. Cairo Museum, 1983. Rika Teferi is studying a royal papyrus written by Queen Tiye, the mother of Tutankhamun, when an accident exposes hidden writing. Aching to see more, Rika lets visiting scientist, David Chamberlain, smuggle out the papyrus to sc...

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Tepui: The Last Expedition

by John Oehler

Published: 2015-12-18

Paperback: 388 pages

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FIRST PLACE WINNER in the prestigious Pacific NW Writers Association competition. Tepui is an “intelligent, cutting edge” tale of adventure, terror, and forbidden love." In 1559, forty-nine Spaniards exploring a tributary of the Orinoco River reached a sheer-sided, cloud-capped mountai...

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Struggle to Survive:A Story About Operation Babylift

by William T. Yaley

Published: 2015

Paperback: 288 pages

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*AUTHOR WILL PERSONALLY SIGN EACH NEW BOOK SOLD* As the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese Army was imminent, a new chapter in American courage and care was written by the brave people who were part of President Gerald Ford's "Babylift" that evacuated some 2500 babies and orphans to safety. In...

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Operation Babylift: The incredible story of the inspiring Australian women who rescued hundreds of orphans at the end of the Vietnam War

by Ian W. Shaw

Published: 2020-05-19

Hardcover: 336 pages

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In late March 1975, as the Vietnam War raged, an Australian voluntary aid worker named Rosemary Taylor approached the Australian Embassy seeking assistance to fly 600 orphans out of Saigon to safety. Rosemary and Margaret Moses, two former nuns from Adelaide, had spent eight years in Vietn...

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Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts

by David E. McCraw

Published: 2019-03-12

Hardcover: 304 pages

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David E. McCraw recounts his experiences as the top newsroom lawyer for the New York Times during the most turbulent era for journalism in generations.In October 2016, when Donald Trump's lawyer demanded that The New York Times retract an article focused on two women that accused Trump of ...

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The Deserter: A Novel

by Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille

Published: 2019-10-22

Hardcover: 544 pages

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*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*An “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) blistering thriller featuring a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their hunt for the Army’s most notorious—and dangerous—deserter from #1 New York Times be...

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The Shape of Family: A Novel

by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Published: 2020-03-17

Hardcover: 384 pages

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From the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, unforgettable novel about a family's growing apart and coming back together in the wake of tragedy.The Olander family embodies the modern American Dream in a globalized world. Jaya, the cultur...

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The Christmas Tree Keeper: A Novel

by Tamara Passey

Published: 2014-11-20

Paperback: 168 pages

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Though Angela Donovan is out of work and needs money for rent, she yearns for her eight-year-old daughter to have a carefree holiday. The last thing she wants is the pressure of her daughter expecting a miracle. But when they pick out a Christmas tree at a cozy Massachusetts tree farm that’s exactly...

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Saint X

by Alexis Schaitkin

Published: 2020-02-18

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Named as one of Vogue's Best Books to Read This Winter!“Richly atmospheric and warmly romantic, Alexis Schaitkin’s brilliant debut novel is part ’true-crime’ thriller and part coming-of-age novel and irresistibly suspenseful." – Joyce Carol OatesHailed as a “marvel of a book”...