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Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDeath and the Dervish is an acclaimed novel by Bosnian writer Mesa Selimovic. It recounts the story of Sheikh Nuruddin, a dervish residing in an Islamic monastery in Sarajevo in the eighteenth century during the Ottoman Turk hegemony over the Balkans. When his brother is arrested, he must descend into the Kafkaesque world of the Ottoman authorities in his search to discover what happened to him... -
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPatrick O'Brian's masterpiece, the Aubrey-Maturin series, follows the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Dr. Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against a thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. The series consists of 20 complete and one unfinished novel, the first published in 1970 and the last finished novel in 1999... -
Time of White Horses by Ibrahim Nasrallah
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSpanning the collapse of Ottoman rule and the British Mandate in Palestine, this is the story of three generations of a defiant family from the Palestinian village of Hadiya before 1948. Through the lives of Mahmud, chief elder of Hadiya, his son Khaled, and Khaled’s grandson Naji, we enter the life of a tribe whose fate is decided by one colonizer after another...Categorized as:
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They Burn Thistles by Yaşar Kemal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is the story of a bitter war between the poor Turkish peasants of the Taurus Mountains and the Aghas who covet their land. Ali Safa is determined to take possession of the village of Vayvay but its inhabitants will not sell. Then one villager weakens, prepared to part with his land in return for the Agha's best stallion...Categorized as:
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Memories Of My Future by Ammar Habib, Anil Sinha
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWinner of the 2017 Independent Press Award!Look into the past and you can change the future. In Memories Of My Future, Dr. Avinash Singh is the type of surgeon that other physicians envy, and has the world in his hands. That is until tragedy strikes—and it’s a tragedy that puts him on the ropes, forcing him to revisit his greatest nightmares...Categorized as:
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Granny, Iliko, Illarion, and I by Nodar Dumbadze, نودار دومبادزه
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Granny, Iliko, Illarion and I" was the first book written by Nodar Dumbadze (1928-1984), a major Georgian writer. The book, which has a strong autobiographical element, tells about the wartime childhood of an orphaned Georgian boy, and about his youth and studies at Tbilisi University...Categorized as:
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The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBetrayal, temptation and an impossible love.The final book in the Unmarriageable series...Some suspect that Lily Villin is the true heart of the Hart Inn, a lucky house where love always seems to blossom, whatever the obstacles. But Lily has another secret. She is in love with an enigmatic nobleman, and no luck in the world can make such a marriage possible...Categorized as:
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Alamut by Vladimir Bartol
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers...Categorized as:
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Data Tutashkhia by Chabua Amirejibi
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe novel tells the story of a Georgian outlaw at the time of the tsars (1854 onwards). It combines thriller elements with Dostoyevskian themes of personal fate and national identity. Above all, though, it defends the right to personal freedom and critical expression in the face of a repressive political system...Categorized as:
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The Earl's Iron Warrant by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Icy Lady and an Implacable Lord... Charles Battersea, Earl of Dalton and heir to the Duke of Glastonburg, is the last holdout among the six young heirs who have been pressured to marry by way of the Dukes’ Pact. This surprises precisely nobody, especially not himself. He has unaccountably lost his friend, Grayson, to Miss Dell, but if he is forced to tow the bachelorhood line alone, so be it...Categorized as:
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The Husband Tree by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHit the trail into the Old West, where a tough lady rancher and a seemingly aimless wrangler attempt to avoid the matrimonial noose. When Belle Tanner hires Silas Harden to help her get her cattle to market, the last thing she’s looking for is romance...Categorized as:
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Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set Books 16 - 18: Historical Cowboy Western Mail Order Bride Collection by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow available as a Bundle Box Set, books 16, 17 , and 18 in the Montana Mail Order Bride series written by bestselling author Linda Bridey.(Historical cowboy romance)This sweet clean romance box set includes:Book 16 – Westward Joy.Rachel returns to Dawson after running away amid scandal and shame. Will Foster is the main reason she comes home... -
Westward Joy by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA clean historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. Montana Mail Order Brides - Westward Series Book 16 Rachel Crispin left Dawson in shame and heartbreak, headed for Canada to live with her Aunt Amelia. Five years later, her aunt has passed away and she’s lonely and humiliated by a man who betrayed her...Categorized as:
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The Lieutenant and the Lady by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow can he choose between duty and the woman he’d give his life for? When Blaire Culpepper returns to England, she hopes to finally declare her love to dashing Lieutenant Julian Drake. Except, in her absence, he’s inherited his brother’s estate, sold his commission, and has been courting another woman. According to the rumor mills, a marriage announcement is expected any day... -
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Works Of Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, and selected short stories by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWorks Of Jules Verne. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork... -
Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - and suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes reality... -
Oregon Disaster by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPregnant and alone, Sarah Hughes finds herself in a village at the mercy of strangers. Along comes Bear who is determined to bring her home. She doesn’t want to leave but having killed a man she is left with little choice. On the run with an Indian who calls her a spoiled brat isn’t the best of starts to romance. Over time, she comes to see the person behind the stony face...Categorized as:
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Scorned & Craved - The Frenchman's Lionhearted Wife by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this Regency romance by USA TODAY bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author Bree Wolf, a delicate English lady risks it all in order to capture the heart of a French privateer. Years ago, a coincidence brought them together.Now, Fate will reunite them upon the high seas...Categorized as:
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The Lord's Desperate Pledge by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Steely Lady and a High Stakes Lord Book 3 in The Dukes' Pact Series—six dukes take dire steps to force their heirs to marry, while those heirs fight just as hard to remain bachelors. A sweet regency romance.Lily Farnsworth is a resourceful lady. As well she should be, her father has spent years dragging the family’s estate from the edge of ruin and she’s always had to make do with little...Categorized as:
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An Officer, Not a Gentleman by Elizabeth Johns
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDespite Tobin O'Neill's humble origins, he finds himself a lieutenant in His Majesty's army, serving on Wellington's staff. When the roguish Irishman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a General's daughter, they somehow become enmeshed in navigating the perils of the greatest battle of their age.Bridget Murphy had grown up following the drum...Categorized as:
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Wrong Earl, Right Dare by Alyssa Clarke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLucinda Darby never dreamed that she would accidentally climb into the wrong bed during her seduction when she accepted a wicked dare! After one night of passion with Alexander, the Earl of Chisholm, Lucinda finds herself more than attracted to Alexander. Still, she is wary of involving herself too deeply as the earl is a right rogue who does not believe in attachments...Categorized as:
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Oregon Dreams by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohanna Thompson and her family are traveling on the infamous Oregon Trail with high hopes of a better life waiting for them on the other side of the mountains. Johanna wants to become a school teacher but her Pa has a different idea of an appropriate future for his daughter. Rick Hughes has inherited two small children, a wagon and a dream to go to Oregon. Problem is, it wasn’t his dream... -
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis stirring, poignant novel, based on real historical events that made of actual people true heroes, unfolds the tragedy that befell the Armenian people in the dark year of 1915. The Great War is raging through Europe, and in the ancient, mountainous lands southwest of the Caspian Sea the Turks have begun systematically to exterminate their Christian subjects... -
Caught by Surprise by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiss Temperance Flowerdew is on her way to work when a stranger suddenly grabs her off the street and sends her on a Chicago-bound train before she can figure out what happened. When Mr. Gilbert Cavendish is called upon to rescue a missing woman, he follows the trail to Chicago only to discover that the woman is his good friend Temperance...Categorized as:
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Samarkand by Amin Maalouf
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAccused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising genuis, the judge decides to spare him and gives him instead a small, blank book, encouraging him to confine his thoughts to it alone. Thus begins the seamless blend of fact and fiction that is Samarkand...Categorized as:
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Extinction by Thomas Bernhard
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe last work of fiction by one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Extinction is widely considered Thomas Bernhard’s magnum opus. Franz-Josef Murau—the intellectual black sheep of a powerful Austrian land-owning family—lives in Rome in self-imposed exile, surrounded by a coterie of artistic and intellectual friends...Categorized as:
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Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeth and Alex survive a stage coach accident. Beth realizes the derelict in the stagecoach with her is a doctor and she forces him to help tend the injured. Alex finds he can care for the patients as long as Beth is right beside him... yelling at him. Alex saves Beth's sister’s life, but he only has the courage to treat patients as long as Beth is there...Categorized as:
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The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBeautifully written and taking us into an exotic land, Karen Connelly’s debut novel The Lizard Cage is a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit.Teza once electrified the people of Burma with his protest songs against the dictatorship. Arrested by the Burmese secret police in the days of mass protest, he is seven years into a twenty-year sentence in solitary confinement...Categorized as:
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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas And Other American Stories by Hunter S. Thompson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDr. Thompson made the list of inspirational scribes when I polled in a recent writing workshop, and why not? Back in a spiffy Modern Library edition, replete with additional essays, I find in this iconographic work that HST both invoked--and provoked--an era that was not so much the '60s proper, but rather the mean, shadow-filled death of that time, which is still playing out...Categorized as:
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Noli Me Tángere by José Rizal, Harold Augenbraum
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines...Categorized as:
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The Promise of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan The Book of Love bring together two hearts passing in the night? Juniper Farthingale is on her way to London for her debut season when she meets handsome Scottish general Augustus MacLauren by chance at an elegant coaching inn. The man is so obviously right for her...Categorized as:
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Lady Frederica and the Scot Who Would Not by Julie Johnstone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the guarded King of the Underworld collides with a maddeningly reckless lady, the road to ruination becomes impossible not to take. Lady Frederica Darlington isn’t prim, obedient, or appropriately dispassionate as a proper lady of the aristocracy should be. Nor is she interested in securing a husband, whether rake, rogue, duke, or lord...Categorized as:
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From Cairo, With Love (Timeless Romance Single) by Nancy Campbell Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Clean & Wholesome Romance, comes the Timeless Romance Singles line. FROM CAIRO, WITH LOVE: A brand new historical romance novella from bestselling author Nancy Campbell Allen...Categorized as:
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Kiss Me Duke by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMolly Clare is living her dream. Being a guest in a gorgeous villa while she explores Rome is everything she could’ve hoped for and more. The man who owns the villa is equally charming—and entirely too tempting. At least, that’s what he appears to be. The truth of who and what he really is…well, that’s infinitely more complicated.Lord Hugh Farley is living a nightmare...Categorized as:
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Saved by the Scoundrel by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlthough she never thought of herself as one of the lucky ones, Caroline Devonshire’s life could have been in a much dire state than it was at the age of 18. Orphaned when young, her older brother managed to secure her a home under the watchful eye of the widowed tavern owner, Mrs. Beeson, before setting off for war in France... -
Hellion at Heart by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSifting through the sands in the Middle East while learning of ancient cultures and buried civilizations is all Miss Hallie Evans dreams about. But when an impending scandal forces her back to England, her hopes and dreams are destroyed. Now, as a hired archaeologist for the rich, Hallie explores and studies the ancient ruins excavated on their properties...Categorized as:
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With the Wind by Elizabeth Johns
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive years have passed since Lady Anjou Winslow, one of the triplet daughters of the Marquess Ashbury, watched her love, Lieutenant Gardiner, leave for the war in America. They were secretly married just before his departure, and though the War Office has declared him dead, she refuses to believe it. No trace of him was ever found...Categorized as:
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The Duke's Virgin Sister by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey haven’t quite managed to tame her wild streak. It is to be The Match of the Season. At least, that’s what Lady Carlotta Merritt, sister to the cool and aloof Duke of Cashingham, has been told repeatedly by her mother. The Dowager is beyond thrilled about her daughter’s engagement to Society’s most eligible bachelor, Lord What’s-His-Face...Categorized as:
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Water Music by T. Coraghessan Boyle, James R. Kincaid
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition can be found here and here.T.C. Boyle's riotous first novel, now in a new edition for its 25th anniversary Twenty five years ago, T.C. Boyle published his first novel, Water Music, a funny, bawdy, extremely entertaining novel of imaginative and stylistic fancy that announced to the world Boyle's tremendous gifts as a storyteller...Categorized as:
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The Wonder of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was in danger. He meant to protect her. But could he protect his heart? More Regency fun as The Book of Love brings together two reluctant hearts.Willow Farthingale never meant to punch Taunton’s magistrate, Shayne Brayden, in the nose. And she certainly did not set the fire that destroyed the coaching inn’s carriage house the very morning she was to leave for London and her society debut...Categorized as:
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The Partridge: The First Day by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear Mrs. Walters, One of my fellow clergy told me of Denver’s Benevolent Society of Lost Lambs. I believe your organization is just what our town needs to become a community of virtuous men and women...Categorized as:
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Lady of Fortune by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith all that stands against them, are they willing to risk everything for their forbidden love? Lady Julia Stone has everything a woman could ask for — parents who love one another as much as they do her, the ability to live her dreams by managing her own racehorse, and now, a duke who is interested in capturing her affections...Categorized as:
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The Wayward Son by Gretta Curran Browne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the mid 19th century, on the beautiful Island of Mull, the largest of Scotland’s Western Isles, on the estate of Jarvisfield owned by Lachlan Macquarie Jnr – a young man deeply unhappy with his lot in life...Categorized as:
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The Toffee Heiress by Sydney Jane Baily
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStep into Rare Confectionery on New Bond Street, where three talented sisters create treats as delectable to the tongue as they are appealing to the eye. One taste is all it takes to be captivated…Greer Carson needs a wife, and not merely any wife, either. She must be a titled British lady so he can claim his inheritance—a country estate all but abandoned for a generation... -
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A Wish Upon a Marquess by Maggie Dallen, Katherine Ann Madison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does a socially inept bluestocking find love?One ruined chemistry setA marquess in need of a scientific mindThree meddling friends and, of courseOne wish upon a maypoleMiss Camilla Fairbanks' romance starts with a bang. Literally. The explosion is heard by everyone in the Marquess of Ashburn's country estate. But Camilla isn't searching for love when she arrives at Ashburn's manor...Categorized as:
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A Wish Upon an Earl by Katherine Ann Madison, Maggie Dallen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does a near spinster find love?A knight in shining armorA little wish about the MaypoleA masquerade ballAnd one injured foot…Lady Sarah Appleton stands accused of a terrible crime. She’s a known romantic. Or at least she was until one epically awful attempt to use her romanticism to catch the love of her life...Categorized as:
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A Wish Upon a Viscount by Maggie Dallen, Katherine Ann Madison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does a daydreaming debutante find love?One forgotten book of poetryA case of mistaken identityA love letter to the wrong beauAnd a wish made 'round the maypoleMiss Rose Waterstone might be a romantic, but she knows better than to believe romance can happen to her...Categorized as:
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The Art of Stealing a Duke's Heart by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was only supposed to be one night.Except that night of deceit leads to a mistaken identity and the duke finding his new governess. A governess who is out to steal his painting -- and perhaps his heart.Calliope Murphy was determined to prove to her family that she was as capable as the rest of them. That she could paint a copy of a priceless masterpiece and steal from a pompous, arrogant duke...Categorized as:
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Brazen Rogue by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the past and present are standing in the way of happiness, it’ll take brazen act to save the day…Miss Reign Hall has resigned herself to being a spinster. Her disastrous season in London left her with little opportunity (or desire) for anything else. But when she’s offered a governess position, she knows it’s her best chance for a fresh start away from small country village life...Categorized as:
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Wedding Her Christmas Duke: A Regency Romance by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSALE - 1.99 through 7/21/22!He’s not who he says he is…but then again, neither is she… Duke Baxter Bathhurst has little use for his title. He’d much rather manage his businesses than spend time with the marriage-minded misses of the ton. But then he meets her...Categorized as:
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