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Преспанските камбани by Димитър Талев
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Из македонската земя се срещат малки, схлупени черквици, заровени дълбоко в земята. По външен вид те не се отличават от заобикалящите ги къщи. Но когато надникнем вътре, пред нас заблестяват с цялата си красота майсторските иконостаси, вдъхновени дърворезби, сътворени от прочутите майстори-поети на Дебърската школа.Такива са и героините на Талев... -
![Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall]()
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA debut about three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose—inspired by true stories.2017: When Angela Creighton discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession, she is determined to find the intended recipient... -
![Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall]()
Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like real glass on this lavish book’s cover, and explore the dollhouse-like world of a beloved farmhouse where twelve children were born and raised.Over a hill, at the end of a road, by a glittering stream that twists and turns stands a farmhouse...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Song of Paris by Sarah Steele]()
The Lost Song of Paris by Sarah Steele
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'For a moment she closed her eyes and imagined she was perched on the diving board at the Piscine Molitor, the sun beating down on her bare shoulders and the sound of Parisians at play beneath her. All she had to do was jump.'1941. Darkness descends over London as the sirens begin to howl and the bombs rain down. Devastation seeps from every crack of the city... -
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![The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco]()
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis 25th anniversary edition of a beloved and bestselling classic about family and tradition includes fifteen pages of bonus material.“We will make a quilt to help us always remember home,” Anna’s mother said. “It will be like having the family in backhome Russia dance around us at night.” And so it was... -
![Lancashire Legacy by Anna Jacobs]()
Lancashire Legacy by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt eighteen Cathie longs for more than life as a settler in the Australian bush. She accepts her uncle's offer to send her to England and runs away from her family, not realising he is using her to get revenge on his sister Liza. Attacked at the docks in Liverpool, Cathie takes refuge with the man who saved her, a man who has his own troubles... -
![Beyond the Crushing Waves: A gripping, emotional page-turner by Lilly Mirren]()
Beyond the Crushing Waves: A gripping, emotional page-turner by Lilly Mirren
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwo generations face heartbreak and injustice in this poignant and emotional novel inspired by true events.Mary Roberts is a poor gutter child living in a council flat in 1950’s London. When she and her sister are left at an orphanage by their mother, they don't think their lives can get any worse... -
![Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Arthur Pober]()
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Arthur Pober
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFollowing Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price... -
![Break of Dawn by Rita Bradshaw]()
Break of Dawn by Rita Bradshaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEach day brings a new beginning... Her mother's death in childbirth leaves Sophy Hutton at the mercy of her cruel aunt and uncle, and her childhood is brutal. At sixteen, Sophy learns the shocking truth behind her birth and escapes to London to pursue a career as an actress, determined to put the past behind her... -
![Belle of the Back Streets by Glenda Young]()
Belle of the Back Streets by Glenda Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dramatically powerful and romantic saga of tragedy and triumph, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin... -
![The Letter by Michelle Vernal]()
The Letter by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWORDS HAVE THE POWER TO HEAL, REUNITE AND TO HURT... Isabel opened her bag and pulled the letter out, glancing at the address one last time before she slid it through the slot, hearing it land with a plunk. It was gone. She’d done it, and now she’d have to wait to see what happened next... -
![The Tuppenny Child by Glenda Young]()
The Tuppenny Child by Glenda Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's HourIf you love Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll LOVE Glenda Young's 'amazing novels!' (ITV's This Morning presenter Sharon Marshall)'In the world of historical saga writers, there's a brand new voice' My WeeklyWhat readers are saying about Glenda's dramatically powerful saga of secrets, friendship, motherhood, love and... -
![Secrets of the Homefront Girls by Kate Thompson]()
Secrets of the Homefront Girls by Kate Thompson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new series from bestselling author Kate Thompson.During World War Two, Churchill declared that 'beauty was duty'. But for the women working at the Yardley cosmetics factory in London's East End, it's friendship and family... -
![Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman]()
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAn international bestseller: Grace learns that she can be anything she wants...Categorized as:
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![Orphan Train Trials by Rachel Wesson]()
Orphan Train Trials by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBella Jones and Kathleen Collins are as close as sisters and that’s how they want things to stay. But fate intervenes. Kathleen’s brothers have disappeared, they traveled from New York on the Orphan Train and nobody has heard from them since. She can’t shed her gut feeling something awful has happened to them... -
![When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode]()
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor twenty years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite. Growing up in the mountains is depicted with a spare, lyrical text and beautiful, tender illustrations by Diane Goode. The book was awarded a Caldecott Honor Medal... -
![Liverpool Daughter by Katie Flynn]()
Liverpool Daughter by Katie Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA brand new novel from the bestselling author Katie Flynn. This is book one in her brilliant series about a young girl trying to make her way in war-torn Liverpool. Liverpool, August 1940 As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool, Shane Quinn decides to move his family back to the safety of Ireland. But his only child, the beautiful Dana, refuses point blank... -
![Bright Day Dawning: Music Hall Series, Book 3 by Anna Jacobs]()
Bright Day Dawning: Music Hall Series, Book 3 by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGwynna had fallen from grace once, bearing a stillborn child out of wedlock. Determined to have a respectable future, she finds a position for herself as a nursemaid at Hungerton House. But just as she begins to find her feet, the secrets of her past are revealed. She is swiftly dismissed but not before she becomes the target of a lascivious groom... -
![The Best-Loved Doll by Rebecca Caudill]()
The Best-Loved Doll by Rebecca Caudill
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor a doll contest at a party, a little girl chooses to enter a doll that seems least likely to win a prize...Categorized as:
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![The Secrets She Carried by Barbara Davis]()
The Secrets She Carried by Barbara Davis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a young woman returns to North Carolina after a thirty-year absence, she finds that the once grand tobacco plantation she called home holds more secrets than she ever imagined... -
![The Workhouse Waif by Lynette Rees]()
The Workhouse Waif by Lynette Rees
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeartwarming Historical Fiction by Lynette Rees: perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Nadine Dorries. Eleven-year-old, Megan Hopkins, is an inmate at Merthyr Tydfil Union Workhouse. Megan's family has fallen on hard times... -
![The Complete Works of O. Henry by O. Henry, Harry Hansen]()
The Complete Works of O. Henry by O. Henry, Harry Hansen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsO. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings... -
![Peek-A-Boo!: 9 by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg]()
Peek-A-Boo!: 9 by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe classic children's game book, now in a delightful miniature edition. Busy scenes of family activity alternate with pages featuring a die-cut hole and a cheerful baby overlooking the familiar chaos. Full-color illustrations throughout...Categorized as:
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![Like No Other by Anna Jacobs]()
Like No Other by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRachel Smedling is not like the other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much, he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her. When her mother dies, Rachel is at the mercy of her increasingly violent father... -
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![Secrets and Promises by Kate Jackson, Rosie Hendry]()
Secrets and Promises by Kate Jackson, Rosie Hendry
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPreviously published as Secrets and Promises by Kate Jackson A poignant and unputdownable story of a woman who must finally acknowledge the secret she has hidden for a lifetime. But will it cost her all she holds dear?England, 1944: With deadly doodlebugs terrorising London, Bessie Rushbrook agrees to give shelter to eight-year-old evacuee, Marigold, in her Norfolk home... -
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Speedwell by Alex Martin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpeedwell Living in the fast lane tests everyone's limits Katy and Jem enter the 1920's with their future in the balance. How can they possibly make their new enterprise work? They must risk everything, including disaster, and trust their gamble will pay off... -
![The Last Card by Ruth Saberton]()
The Last Card by Ruth Saberton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEscape to Cornwall this Christmas ... From the bestselling author of The Letter, Ruth Saberton’s beautiful new novella is the perfect seasonal blend of nostalgia, secrets and long-lost love, set against a backdrop of the stunning Cornish landscape. A lifetime apart. A love never forgotten... -
![The Traveller's Daughter by Michelle Vernal]()
The Traveller's Daughter by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsROSA’S PAST IS HER PANDORA’S BOX, AND THE LID IS ABOUT TO BE LIFTED … ‘If you lie down with dogs you’ll rise with fleas’ – Irish Proverb Rosa Sorenson’s conversation was often peppered with sayings from her homeland. It was these conversational clangers that gave her daughter Kitty the only clue as to a childhood her mother refused to speak of... -
![Peace Lily by Alex Martin]()
Peace Lily by Alex Martin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPeace Lily is the sequel to DAFFODILS and book two of the 'Katherine Wheel' series. After the appalling losses suffered during World War One, three of its survivors long for peace, unaware that its aftermath will bring different, but still daunting, challenges. Katy trained as a mechanic during the war and cannot bear to return to the life of drudgery she left behind... -
![Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome]()
Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA window into a child's experience of the Great Migration from the award-winning creators of Before She Was Harriet and Finding Langston . Climbing aboard the New York bound Silver Meteor train, Ruth Ellen embarks upon a journey toward a new life up North-- one she can't begin to imagine...Categorized as:
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![Suparnica Marije Terezije 1 by Marija Jurić Zagorka]()
Suparnica Marije Terezije 1 by Marija Jurić Zagorka
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNera sama otvori pismo, pročita ga i klikne:- Neće na s rastaviti, Siniša! Sretni smo! ČitajStadoše se smijati, grliti i cjelivati poput djece kad im poklanjaju davno žćeljene darove. Pismo je sadržavalo Sinišino imenovanje kapetanom dvorske garde.- Sad mi je sve jasno - reče on mirno.- Kraljica nas je oboje spasila, dala nam sreću i život i traži od nas zahvalnost... -
![Cinderella Sister by Dilly Court]()
Cinderella Sister by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLily Larkin is the youngest of six and the least important member of her talented, argumentative, temperamental family. With their father dead and their mother a stranger to them, she must stay at home and keep house whilst her elder siblings go out to work. As she goes about her daily chores, and minds her ailing grandfather, her head is full of dreams... -
![Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Renée Graef]()
Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Renée Graef
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLong ago, a little girl named Laura Ingalls lived in a little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters, Mary and Carrie, and their good old bulldog, Jack. Winter was just around the corner, and Laura worked hard to help make the little house ready for the cold days ahead...Categorized as:
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![Coming Apart by Karen Heenan]()
Coming Apart by Karen Heenan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo one knows you like a sister.Ava has always been poor, so she doesn't think the Great Depression will change anything. But when her mother dies and her coal miner husband loses his job, Ava's certainty falters. The last thing she needs is a letter from her estranged sister, asking for the impossible.Claire has everything she could ever want, except the child she promised her husband... -
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![A Little House of Their Own by Celia Wilkins]()
A Little House of Their Own by Celia Wilkins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJust after Caroline Quiner starts teaching at the Concord School, she runs into her fiddle-playing neighbor Charles Ingalls, who's full of plans to head out west. As their friendship turns to courtship, Caroline realizes that she has a difficult decision ahead of her -- and a choice that may mean leaving behind her family and everything she's ever known...Categorized as:
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![The Secret Years: An emotional drama of love and survival by Judith Lennox]()
The Secret Years: An emotional drama of love and survival by Judith Lennox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA moving story about life in the East Anglian Fens after the First World War, evoking the emotions of the men who came through their ordeals and the women who survived the trauma of separation.During the golden summer of 1914, four young people played in the gardens of Drakesden Abbey... -
![Saddle The Wind by Jess Foley]()
Saddle The Wind by Jess Foley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLet much loved author Jess Foley sweep you away with this beautifully breathtaking saga of one woman's search for love and fulfilment. Fans of Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn will absolutely love this... -
![The Loon Feather by Iola Fuller]()
The Loon Feather by Iola Fuller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe story of an Indian girl destined to grow up with the incompatible traditions of her own people and of the white traders on Mackinac Island. One of the most popular books ever written about the conflict of alien peoples... -
![The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. Lindquist]()
The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. Lindquist
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA name day all her own! Nine-year-old Nancy had never heard of this Swedish custom-much like a big birthday party-until she came to live with Grandma and Grandpa Benson on their farm. To her disappointment, Nancy learns that her name is not in the Swedish Almanac, so there is no day set aside especially for her...Categorized as:
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![A Distant Hope by Ellin Carsta, Gerald Chapple]()
A Distant Hope by Ellin Carsta, Gerald Chapple
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this breathtaking and emotional saga, a family must travel far from home to save what they hold dear. Hamburg 1888: After thirty prosperous years, coffee importer Peter Hansen & Sons faces hard times—and certain bankruptcy—unless three brothers can make savvy moves to save the faltering business after their father’s untimely death... -
![天使的禮物 by Astrid Lindgren]()
天使的禮物 by Astrid Lindgren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTraditional Chinese edition of a classic from Swedish legend Astrid Lindgren: Madicken och Junibackens Pims (Madicken: present from an angel). The book was adapted to a 1980 family film titled "Mag of June Hill." In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc... -
![Fields of Home by Marita Conlon-McKenna]()
Fields of Home by Marita Conlon-McKenna
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe final book in the Children of the Famine trilogy, set during the Irish famine. Michael is a stable-boy at the Big House, learning about horses, while Eily struggles to survive in her cottage on a scrap of land and Peggy still works in America...Categorized as:
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![The Brontë Sisters - The Complete Novels + Extras by Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë]()
The Brontë Sisters - The Complete Novels + Extras by Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExplore this wonderfully put together e-book designed specifically for Kindle format by our team. Includes the major works of the Brontë sisters as well as the lesser known ones. Also includes the beautiful poetry collection by the Brontë sisters as well as poems and two sermons by their father Patrick Brontë... -
![Caddie Woodlawn's Family by Carol Ryrie Brink, Marguerite Davis]()
Caddie Woodlawn's Family by Carol Ryrie Brink, Marguerite Davis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCaddie Woodlawn is back and there are more frontier adventures to go on in this sequel to the Newbery Medal–winning novel, Caddie Woodlawn! The high-spirited Caddie is back with her lively siblings for some amusing escapades. In these fourteen stories, learn about frontier life with the seven Woodlawn children...Categorized as:
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![Diamond by Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt]()
Diamond by Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fantastic new novel from bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, starring Diamond, the little circus acrobat who first appeared in the hugely popular Hetty Feather books: Hetty Feather, Sapphire Battersea and Emerald Star.Diamond wasn’t always a star. Born to penniless parents who longed for a strong, healthy son, she was a dainty, delicate daughter - and a bitter disappointment...Categorized as:
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![Hold the Dream by Barbara Taylor Bradford]()
Hold the Dream by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA young woman inherits a business empire in this sequel to A Woman of Substance, book two in the #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s Harte Family Saga. Nearing retirement, Emma Harte is preparing to leave her retail empire, Harte Enterprises, to her favorite grandchild, Paula McGill Fairley. She has only one request of Paula: “I charge you to hold my dream... -
![Le chant du Coq by Arlette Cousture]()
Le chant du Coq by Arlette Cousture
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVolume one of the series of books upon which the eponymous French CanadianTV series was based... -
![Katrina by Sally Salminen]()
Katrina by Sally Salminen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKatrina es una bella joven proveniente de una rica familia campesina que, desatendiendo a la razón, se casa con un hombre al que acaba de conocer y va tras él en busca de la tierra maravillosa que le ha prometido. Pronto, los sueños se convierten en desengaño y decepción, en miseria y en trabajo duro... -
![The Return of the Twelves by Pauline Clarke]()
The Return of the Twelves by Pauline Clarke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn his new home a young boy finds twelve old wooden soldiers with definite personalities and a fascinating history that once belonged to the famous Bronte children... -
![The Edge of Nowhere by C.H. Armstrong]()
The Edge of Nowhere by C.H. Armstrong
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe year is 1992 and Victoria Hastings Harrison Greene—reviled matriarch of a sprawling family—is dying. After surviving the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, Victoria refuses to leave this earth before revealing the secrets she’s carried for decades.Once the child of a loving family during peaceful times, a shocking death shattered her life...
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