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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: A Novel

by Hazel Gaynor

Published: 2018-10-09

Kindle Edition: 416 pages

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From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years.“They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary ...

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The Castle

by Jason Pinter

Published: 2017-06-26

Hardcover: 354 pages

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"Gripping, wholly credible, and frankly terrifying." --Ian RankinFor fans of Vince Flynn and Harlan Coben comes an unputdownable new thriller from internationally bestselling author Jason Pinter that will have you reading long into the night. Remy Stanton is a young, ambitious corporate ...

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Black Tudors: The Untold Story

Published: 2017-11-07

Hardcover: 384 pages

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Seeking to overturn the common assumption that there were no black communities in Britain before Caribbean immigration after the Second World War." ?The New Yorker "Highly readable yet intensively researched... lively prose and fascinating microhistories, [BLACK TUDORS] should draw some we...

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Motorbikes and Camels

by Nejoud Al-Yagout

Published: 2018-09-08

Paperback: 280 pages

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A novel consisting of diverse characters and diverse tales, sometimes intertwining. There is Salma, facing a spiritual crisis in a country steeped in dogma; Hussam - a billionaire’s son who tries but fails to conceal his gay relationship; Mohammed, a bigamist, grasping tightly to antiquated patriarchal...

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The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother's Suicide

by Gayle Brandeis

Published: 2018-10-16

Paperback: 264 pages

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Gayle Brandeis’ mother disappeared just after Gayle gave birth to her youngest child. Several days later, her body was found: she had taken her own life in a random parking garage. In this searing, formally inventive memoir, Gayle describes the dissonance between being a new mother, a...

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The Travelling Cat Chronicles

by Hiro Arikawa

Published: 2017-11-02

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RECOMMENDED BY THOUSANDS OF INTERNATIONAL READERS - the tender feelgood story of a man's journey around Japan with a streetcat. Translated by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami. INCLUDES SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED LINE-DRAWINGS

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My Name Is Venus Black: A Novel

by Heather Lloyd

Published: 2018-02-27

Kindle Edition: 340 pages

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In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption she desperately seeks.“It’s impossible not to root for this strong, willful girl as she finds her place in the world and for her brother as he tries to make sense of it.�...

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The Shape of the Ruins: A Novel

by Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Published: 2018-09-25

Hardcover: 528 pages

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A sweeping tale of conspiracy theories, assassinations, and twisted obsessions -- the much anticipated masterpiece from Juan Gabriel Vásquez.The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. When a man is arrested at a museum for at...

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Saving Washington: The Forgotten Story of the Maryland 400 and The Battle of Brooklyn

by Chris Formant

Published: 2019-02-19

Hardcover: 320 pages

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The lost story of “America’s 400 Spartans”—an army of unexpected heroes who changed the course of history.On a marshy Brooklyn battlefield on August 27, 1776, four hundred men from Baltimore, Maryland assembled to do battle against a vastly superior British army. Seemingly overnigh...

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How to Bake a New Beginning: A feel-good heart-warming romance about family, love and food!

by Lucy Knott

Published: 2018-09-09

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Three sisters. One trip to Italy. The chance to change their lives.Amanda has always taken the role of big sister seriously. She has her life in order; a fantastic job in a great restaurant, a wonderful house and a best friend who’s a Rockstar. But, Amanda’s beginning to realise that h...