The Egoist By George Meredith

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Title	:	The Egoist
Author	:	George Meredith
ISBN	:	0140430342
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	608

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Virginia Woolf said of The Egoist Meredith pays us a supreme compliment to which as novel readers we are little accustomed He imagines us capable of disinterested curiosity in the behaviour of our kind In this, the most dazzlingly intellectual of all his novels, Meredith tries to illuminate the pretensions of the most powerful class within the very citadel of secur Virginia Woolf said of The Egoist Meredith pays us a supreme compliment to which as novel readers we are little accustomed He im...

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Wickett's Remedy By Myla Goldberg

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Title	:	Wickett's Remedy
Author	:	Myla Goldberg
ISBN	:	1400078121
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	370

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The triumphant follow up to the bestselling Bee Season, Wickett s Remedy is an epic but intimate novel about a young Irish American woman facing down tragedy during the Great Flu epidemic of 1918....

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Peril at Somner House By Joanna Challis

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Title	:	Peril at Somner House
Author	:	Joanna Challis
ISBN	:	0312367163
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	304

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After her adventures in Murder on the Cliffs, young Daphne du Maurier travels to a remote island off the coast of Cornwall to visit the estate of Lord and Lady Trevalyan Somner House, enchanting amidst lush exotic wilderness and only a moment s walk to the sea, beguiles Daphne, but just as looming winter storms begin to envelop the island, the Lord is found murdered whil After her adventures in Murder on the Cliffs, young Daphne du Maurier travels to a remote island off the coast of Cornwall...

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The Wise Woman By Philippa Gregory

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Title	:	The Wise Woman
Author	:	Philippa Gregory
ISBN	:	1416590889
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	520

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1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory weaves an unforgettable tale of a young woman s sorcery and desire in Henry VIII s England, where magic, lust, and power are forever intertwined.Growing up as an abandoned outcast on the moors, young Alys only company is her cruel foster mother, Morach, the local wise woman who is whispered to practice the dark arts A 1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory weaves an unforgettable tale of a young woman s sorcery and ...

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Eleanor the Queen By Norah Lofts

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Title	:	Eleanor the Queen
Author	:	Norah Lofts
ISBN	:	0752439448
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	240

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Eleanor is young, high spirited, supremely intelligent, heiress to the vast Duchy of Aquitaine at a time when a woman s value was measured in terms of wealth Her vivid leadership inspired and dazzled those about her And yet, born to rule, she was continually repressed and threatened by the men who overshadowed her life This is the story of a brilliant, medieval figure Eleanor is young, high spirited, supremely intelligent, heiress to the vast Duchy of Aquitaine at a time when a woman s value was measured ...

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The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher By Doug MacLeod

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Title	:	The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher
Author	:	Doug MacLeod
ISBN	:	0143203916
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	304

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You must think it strange that I m digging up my grandfather Not at all I m sure many young men dig up their grandfathers Thomas Timewell is sixteen and a gentleman When he meets a body snatcher called Plenitude, his whole life changes He is pursued by cutthroats, a tattooed gypsy with a meat cleaver, and even the Grim Reaper More disturbing still, Thomas has to sp You must think it strange that I m digging up my grandfather Not at all I m sure many young men dig up their grandfathe...

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The Time in Between By María Dueñas

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Title	:	The Time in Between
Author	:	María Dueñas
ISBN	:	1451616880
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	615

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The Time In Between is a word of mouth phenomenon that catapulted Mar a Due as, a debut author, to the top of Spain s bestseller lists.This sweeping novel, which combines the storytelling power of The Shadow of the Wind with the irresistible romance of Casablanca, moves at an unstoppable pace Suddenly left abandoned and penniless in Morocco by her lover, Sira Quiroga forg The Time In Between is a word of mouth phenomenon that catapulted Mar a Due as, a debut author, ...

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The Prisoner (Orphan, #1) By Karyn Monk

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Title	:	The Prisoner (Orphan, #1)
Author	:	Karyn Monk
ISBN	:	055357762X
Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Number of Pages	:	363

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Filled with charm and humor, The Prisoner is Karyn Monk s passionate new romance of a proud Scottish nobleman, an unconventional beauty, and a love that defies all odds.He was a fugitive from justiceOnce a powerful laird, now a convicted murderer, Haydon Kent, Marquess of Redmond, had no hope of eluding the hangman s noose until a mysterious beauty appeared in the dar Filled with charm and humor, The Prisoner is Karyn Monk s passionate new romance of a proud Scottish nobleman, an unconventional beauty, an...

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Barchester Towers By Anthony Trollope

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Title	:	Barchester Towers
Author	:	Anthony Trollope
ISBN	:	0192834320
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	388

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Barchester Towers 1857 is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten years apprenticeship, Trollope finally found his distinctive voice In this his most popular novel, the chronicler continues the story of Mr Harding and his daughter Eleanor, begun in The Warden, adding to his cast of characters that oily symbol of progress Mr S Barchester Towers 1857 is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten years apprenticeship, Trol...

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Romancing the Rumrunner By Michelle McLean

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Title	:	Romancing the Rumrunner
Author	:	Michelle McLean
ISBN	:	1622667328
Format	:	ebook
Number of Pages	:	253

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Prohibition Era Chicago She s worked too hard to be run out of town Jessica Harlan spends her nights as The Phoenix, the owner of the most popular speakeasy in town Her days are spent running her respectable butcher shop and dodging prohibition agents and rival club owners who all want to put her out of business He s worked too hard to let his heart get in the way Prohibition Era Chicago She s worked too hard to be run out of town Jessica Harlan spends her nights as The Phoenix, the ...

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The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America By Richard J. Dewhurst

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Title	:	The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America
Author	:	Richard J. Dewhurst
ISBN	:	1591431719
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	368

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A study of the substantial evidence for a former race of giants in North America and its 150 year suppression by the Smithsonian Institution Shows how thousands of giant skeletons have been found, particularly in the Mississippi Valley, as well as the ruins of the giants cities Explores 400 years of giant finds, including newspaper articles, first person accounts, sta A study of the substantial evidence for a former race of giants in North America and its 150 year suppression by the Smithsonian Institutio...

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Within the Hollow Crown By Margaret Campbell Barnes

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Title	:	Within the Hollow Crown
Author	:	Margaret Campbell Barnes
ISBN	:	1402239211
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	333

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Perhaps one of the most controversial of England s monarchs, Richard II 1367 1400 is treated sympathetically in this fictionalised account of his reign the great love affair between the king and Anne of Bohemia....

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Flashman in the Great Game (The Flashman Papers, #5) By George MacDonald Fraser

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Title	:	Flashman in the Great Game (The Flashman Papers, #5)
Author	:	George MacDonald Fraser
ISBN	:	0452263034
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	336

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One of literature s most delightful rakes is back in another tale of rollicking adventure and tantalizing seduction The plucky Flashman s latest escapades are sure to entertain devotees as well as attract new aficionados....

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The Greenlanders By Jane Smiley

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Title	:	The Greenlanders
Author	:	Jane Smiley
ISBN	:	1400095468
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	608

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Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Jane Smiley s The Greenlanders is an enthralling novel in the epic tradition of the old Norse sagas.Set in the fourteenth century in Europe s most farflung outpost, a land of glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains, The Greenlanders is the story of one family proud landowner Asgeir Gunnars Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Jane Smiley s The Greenlanders is an enthralling novel ...

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The Book of Negroes By Lawrence Hill

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Title	:	The Book of Negroes
Author	:	Lawrence Hill
ISBN	:	1409080609
Format	:	ebook
Number of Pages	:	512

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Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom and of finding her way home again After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of free...

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Secrets of a Charmed Life By Susan Meissner

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Title	:	Secrets of a Charmed Life
Author	:	Susan Meissner
ISBN	:	0451419928
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	386

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She stood at a crossroads, half aware that her choice would send her down a path from which there could be no turning back But instead of two choices, she saw only one because it was all she really wanted to see Current day, Oxford, England Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, interviews Isabel McFarland just when the She stood at a crossroads, half aware that her choice would send her down a path from which there could be no turning...

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Lone Star Rising (Texas Rangers, #1-3) By Elmer Kelton

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Title	:	Lone Star Rising (Texas Rangers, #1-3)
Author	:	Elmer Kelton
ISBN	:	0765312301
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	704

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In Lone Star Rising, Elmer Kelton A Texas Legend, according to Texas Governor Rick Perry , brings together the first three books of his acclaimed Texas Ranger saga The Buckskin Line introduces Rusty Shannon, the red haired Comanche captive rescued and adopted by Mike Shannon, who is a member of a Texas ranging company that protects settlers from Indian raids In the t In Lone Star Rising, Elmer Kelton A Texas Legend, according to Texas Governor Rick Perry , brings together ...

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