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Els assassins de l'emperador by Santiago Posteguillo
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRare...Categorized as:
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![The Ties That Bind by Irina Shapiro]()
The Ties That Bind by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeveral years have passed, and the Whitfields, Sheridans, and their extended family must face new challenges and make life-altering decisions. As the hands of time continue to turn, the events that unfold will either tear the family further apart or bring them closer together, closing the gap in time and space once and for all... -
![Silva Rerum II by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė]()
Silva Rerum II by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRomāna darbība notiek no 1707. līdz 1710.gadam. Karš, mēris, bads, nesamērīga greznība un nāvīgs izsalkums, zviedru un krievu karavīri, jūdu ārsti, holandiešu kāršu spēlmaņi, turku konkubīnes, franču dāmas, spītīgi žemaiši un ironiski viļņieši, bezvārda mūks, kurš apglabājis vairāk nekā divdesmit tūkstošus mēra upuru, un, protams, vēl viena bajāru Norvaišu dzimtas paaudze... -
![The Reindeer Hunters by Lars Mytting]()
The Reindeer Hunters by Lars Mytting
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Reindeer Hunters is the second in a thrilling historical trilogy that began with The Bell in the Lake.The year is 1903, and twenty-two years have passed since Astrid Hekne died in childbirth. Her son Jehans lives on a modest smallholding up in the hills near Butangen, having withdrawn from his community...Categorized as:
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![Sarah and Solomon: Only A Stone Should Be Alone by Roberta Kagan]()
Sarah and Solomon: Only A Stone Should Be Alone by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“…Fathers and Give me your children!” – Chaim RumkowskiIt is September 1942, and the already battered occupants of the Lodz Ghetto have just been dealt another horrendous blow from Hitler’s iron fist. They must surrender their sick, elderly, and children for ‘deportation... -
![Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel]()
Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this haunting, groundbreaking, historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of her ancestors in the Algonquin territories of the 1600s, a story inspired by her family link to a girl murdered near Trois-Rivières in the early days of French settlement.Marie, an Algonquin woman of the Weskarini Deer Clan, lost her first husband and her children to an Iroquois raid...Categorized as:
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![Ghosts: The Button House Archives by Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby]()
Ghosts: The Button House Archives by Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe comic companion to the BBC sitcom GHOSTS.Everybody leaves a trace. The ghosts of Button House may have been dead a long time - some of them a very long time - but they have all left their mark on the world (even if, in Robin's case, that mark is just a handprint on the wall of a cave)... -
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The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA small town, enduring love, a web of secrets.The Tell Tale has been watching and waiting, because there’s something queer about the village of Foel.Beth Griffiths has returned home to raise her daughter in the Welsh hills. They arrive to the open arms of the community, but not all is what it seems and Beth isn’t home for the reason she pretends either... -
![The Thief by L.L. Muir]()
The Thief by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForbes has been carrying a secret—on his person—for 270 years. But a wee earthquake is about to give him away. If he doesn't move quickly to derail a female French archeologist, his heroic history will be rewritten, and he'll be ostracized by his clan... -
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St. Leger by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe next book in The Ghosts of Culloden Moor series in which Highland warriors from that famous 18th century battle are brought back to life in the 21st century and given the chance to find true love...and some long-awaited closure... -
![The Wedding by L.L. Muir]()
The Wedding by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo matter how long they've waited and how carefully they've planned, Soni and Simon's wedding was never going to be typical, especially with so many witches, former ghosts, and who-knows-what on the guest-list. And that doesn't include Soni's recently returned uncle Wickham who might literally be immortal.It's a reunion to die for--and an event which will require more than a little blood... -
![The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson]()
The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJesse McGinnis has it all—the woman she loves—two beautiful children—a successful career... -
![Erin's Child by Sheelagh Kelly]()
Erin's Child by Sheelagh Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFamily ties have united the Feeneys through famine and poverty, but can they withstand success? It is 1875 and the Feeneys have left the squalor of York’s slums behind them. Yet all is not well. Patrick remains a man of simple tastes, increasingly out of touch with Thomasin’s ambition to expand her business empire still further across Yorkshire... -
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The Winter Posy: The intriguing, new women's fiction series by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 2 in the bestselling, must read historical, timeslip series to transport you from the days of big hair in the eighties to even bigger hair and the Beatles in the sixties, by award winning author, Michelle VernalTucked away on Liverpool’s Bold Street is a bridal shop where there’s a lot more going on than meets the eye…For nearly twenty years Sabrina’s wondered why she was abandoned as a...Categorized as:
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![The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker]()
The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree powerful novels by Alice Walker, beginning with her masterpiece The Color Purple, and following characters as they are drawn into critical confrontations with history The Color Purple is Walker’s stunning, Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of courage in the face of oppression. Celie grows up in rural Georgia, navigating a childhood of ceaseless abuse...Categorized as:
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![Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky]()
Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings* illustrated with many images related to Dostoyevsky's work, life and places* includes rare translations of short stories available nowhere else* the unfinished novel NETOCHKA NEZVANOVA* the rare novels UNCLE'S DREAM and THE VILLAGE OF STEPANCHIKOVO* informative and brief introductions to ALL of the novels* ALL of the short stories, which have been carefully collected and formatted for your... -
![The Island We Left Behind by Kate Hewitt]()
The Island We Left Behind by Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“I love you. Of course I do. But we haven’t any choice in the matter, do we? If our little boy’s health, even his survival, is at stake, we have to do whatever it takes.”1928, New York City: Ellen and Lucas Lyman have made a heart-wrenching decision to leave their beloved Amherst Island behind in search of a new life... -
![Shadows in the Moonlight by Santa Montefiore]()
Shadows in the Moonlight by Santa Montefiore
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon't miss the first book in the sensational new series from the number one bestselling author Santa Montefiore - coming soon!'Remarkable and compelling' JULIAN FELLOWES'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore' JOJO MOYES'Fantastic, moving and beautifully written' TRACY REES'Enjoyable and engaging, I loved it!' BARBARA ERSKINE'A love story to break your heart!' LIZ FENWICK'Beautifully...Categorized as:
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![Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger]()
Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a house save the lives of the people who live in it? Can an inscription written in a book over sixty years ago change the fates of people not even born when it was written? Beryl Gray is solid and dependable – her partner, Claire, thinks so, her family thinks so, her colleagues think so. She has a long-term relationship and a job she likes as a university librarian... -
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This Time Love by Mary Ellen Boyd
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was just an antique mirror.Or was it? Grace Harding is an independent modern woman. She loves her work, loves making old things new.Then she purchases a very unique mirror. And suddenly finds herself in a country party in 1810 England.Thrust into this new world with nothing but the mirror and her wits, Grace has to learn to fit in and quickly...Categorized as:
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![The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor]()
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEvocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and non-binary characters in unprecedented ways...Categorized as:
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![The Garden of the Departed Cats by Bilge Karasu]()
The Garden of the Departed Cats by Bilge Karasu
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn an ancient Mediterranean city, a tradition is maintained: every ten years an archaic game of human chess is staged, the players (visitors versus locals) bearing weapons. This archaic game, the central event of The Garden of the Departed Cats, may prove as fatal as the deadly attraction our narrator feels for the local man who is the Vizier, or Captain, of the home team...Categorized as:
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![Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran]()
Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"The story unfolds like a flower; the impact of it on each person is profound. It’s a spectacular offering of love gained, lost, and struggled with over a lifetime—a poignant tale with a marvelous reveal at the end."—Anna Furtado, Lambda Literary ReviewThree women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived... -
![The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck]()
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA stunning collection of interconnected stories set in New England, exploring how the past is often misunderstood and how history, family, heartache, and desire can echo over centuriesIn twelve luminous stories set across three centuries, The History of Sound examines the unexpected ways the past returns to us and how love and loss are entwined and transformed over generations...Categorized as:
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![Secrets of Worry Dolls by Amy Impellizzeri]()
Secrets of Worry Dolls by Amy Impellizzeri
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAccording to Mayan tradition, if you whisper your troubles to the Worry Dolls, they will do the worrying instead of you--therefore, it follows that Worry Dolls are the keepers of a great many secrets . . .On the eve of the end of the world--according to the Mayan calendar--Mari Guarez Roselli's secrets are being unraveled by her daughter, Lu...Categorized as:
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![Dread of the Earl by Deborah Wilson]()
Dread of the Earl by Deborah Wilson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when an earl weds a lady so that he can seek his revenge though marriage? Lady Lucy Newpark has been living the life of a servant in order to save her nephew. She’ll do anything to protect the innocent boy… Even engage in an ugly plot to cage and keep wealthy lords... -
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![Шибил by Yordan Yovkov]()
Шибил by Yordan Yovkov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Love and Fury by Samantha Silva]()
Love and Fury by Samantha Silva
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom Samantha Silva, the author of Mr...Categorized as:
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![An Apartment Called Freedom by Ghazi A. Algosaibi]()
An Apartment Called Freedom by Ghazi A. Algosaibi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company... -
![The Crown of Valencia by Catherine Friend]()
The Crown of Valencia by Catherine Friend
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEx-lovers can really mess up your life. Kate Vincent's ex, Anna, certainly does. Not only does Anna interfere in Kate's love life, but she totally screws up the world by traveling back in time to 11th century Spain and changing one crucial event. As any sane person knows, you cannot alter an event in history without altering everything that follows—but Anna has an agenda, and a score to settle... -
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Flanders by Patricia Anthony
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A harrowing and beautiful novel, demonstrating — again — that Patricia Anthony is one of our great writers." — Publishers WeeklyIn this gritty look at World War I's trench warfare, a young American sharpshooter ventures into no man's land each night to be ready by daybreak for the grim business of slaying record numbers of enemies...Categorized as:
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![Smoke City by Keith Rosson]()
Smoke City by Keith Rosson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarvin Deitz has some serious problems. His mob-connected landlord is strong-arming him out of his storefront. His therapist has concerns about his stability. He’s compelled to volunteer at the local Children’s Hospital even though it breaks his heart every week.Oh, and he’s also the guilt-ridden reincarnation of Geoffroy Thérage, the French executioner who lit Joan of Arc’s pyre in 1431...Categorized as:
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![Your Face In The Stars: A Wartime Love Story by John Ellsworth]()
Your Face In The Stars: A Wartime Love Story by John Ellsworth
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![A Duke to Save her: A Steamy Historical Regency Romance Novel by Scarlett Osborne]()
A Duke to Save her: A Steamy Historical Regency Romance Novel by Scarlett Osborne
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![Royaume de vent et de colères by Jean-Laurent Del Socorro]()
Royaume de vent et de colères by Jean-Laurent Del Socorro
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1596. Deux ans avant l'édit de Nantes qui met fin aux guerres de Religion, Marseille la catholique s'oppose à Henri IV, l'ancien protestant. Une rébellion, une indépendance que ne peut tolérer le roi... -
![Night Fires in the Distance by Sarah Goodwin]()
Night Fires in the Distance by Sarah Goodwin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaura and her husband William Deene have come a long way, from England to Ohio to Indian Territory. With their farm failing and Laura expecting her fourth child, their relationship begins to disintegrate and with another cruel winter coming on, Will’s mistrustful and violent nature becomes more apparent... -
![Goldene Zwanziger, dreckige Wahrheiten by Anna Basener]()
Goldene Zwanziger, dreckige Wahrheiten by Anna Basener
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDas neue Audible Original Hörspiel entführt in die Halbwelt der 1920er Jahre in Berlin: Die berühmte deutschstämmige Hollywoodschauspielerin Hedi (Jeanette Hain) sitzt in einem Frauengefängnis in Hollywood. Sie hat einen Mann erschossen... -
![The Incandescent Threads by Richard Zimler]()
The Incandescent Threads by Richard Zimler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams comes an unforgettable, deeply moving ode to solidarity, heroism and the kind of love capable of overcoming humanity’s greatest horror. The latest novel in the Sephardic Cycle, a group of independent works that explore the lives of different branches and generations of a Portuguese-Jewish family, the Zarcos... -
![Tales of Protection by Erik Fosnes Hansen]()
Tales of Protection by Erik Fosnes Hansen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn eccentric scientist lies dead in his coffin reflecting on the past and his last experiment--collecting random incidents from human history and finding the underlying pattern that connects them... -
![The Consorts by Melissa Addey]()
The Consorts by Melissa Addey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChina, 1700s. Lady Qing has spent the past seven years languishing inside the high red walls of the Forbidden City. Classed as an Honoured Lady, a lowly-ranked concubine, Qing is neglected by the Emperor, passed over for more ambitious women. But when a new concubine, Lady Ying, arrives, Qing’s world is turned upside down...Categorized as:
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![A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe]()
A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the height of the Cold War, Lucybelle Bledsoe is offered a job seemingly too good to pass up. However, there are risks. Her scientific knowledge and editorial skills are unparalleled, but her personal life might not withstand government scrutiny... -
![How Long Has This Been Going On? by Ethan Mordden]()
How Long Has This Been Going On? by Ethan Mordden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow Long Has This Been Going On? brings together a rich and varied cast of characters to tell the tale of modern gay America in this remarkable epic novel. Beginning in 1949 and moving to the present day, Mordden puts a unique and innovating spin on modern history. An adventurous, adroit, and fascinating novel by one of the finest gay writers of our time... -
![Paradiso by José Lezama Lima]()
Paradiso by José Lezama Lima
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the wake of his father's premature death, Jose Cemi comes of age in a turn of the century Cuba described in the Washington Post as "an island paradise where magic and philosophy twist the lives of the old Cuban bourgeoisie into extravagant wonderful shapes... -
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![Misteriosa Buenos Aires by Manuel Mujica Lainez]()
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![Four Meals by Meir Shalev]()
Four Meals by Meir Shalev
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the author of the critically acclaimed A Pigeon and a Boy, the extraordinary story of Zayde, his enigmatic mother Judith, and her three loversWhen Judith arrives in a small, rural village in Palestine in the early 1930s, three men compete for her attention: Globerman, the cunning, coarse cattle-dealer who loves women, money, and flesh; Jacob, owner of hundreds of canaries and host to the...Categorized as:
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Сад by Marina Stepnova, Марина Степнова
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Сад" — новый роман Марины Степновой, автора бестселлера "Женщины Лазаря" (премия "Большая книга"), романов "Хирург", "Безбожный переулок" и сборника "Где-то под Гроссето".Середина девятнадцатого века. У князя и княгини Борятинских рождается поздний и никем не жданный ребенок — девочка, которая буквально разваливает семью, прежде казавшуюся идеальной. Туся с самого начала не такая, как все...Categorized as:
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![Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst]()
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions modern England through the lens of one man’s acutely observed and often unnerving experience, as he struggles with class and race, art and sexuality, love and violence...Categorized as:
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![La península de las casas vacías by David Uclés]()
La península de las casas vacías by David Uclés
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsToda la Guerra Civil Española en clave de realismo mágico.He aquí la historia de la descomposición total de una familia, de la deshumanización de un pueblo, de la desintegración de un territorio y de una península de casas vacías... -
![Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel]()
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"Patel’s mesmerizing debut shines a brilliant light on the vilified queen from the Ramayana….This easily earns its place on shelves alongside Madeline Miller’s Circe." –Publishers Weekly (starred review)“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good it did me.”So begins Kaikeyi’s story...
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