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Kukum by Michel Jean
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratings«C'est un de ces soirs où je trayais les vaches dans la lumière du soleil couchant que je l'ai vu pour la première fois. Un canot est apparu, descendant en silence la rivière. Un homme torse nu, à la peau cuivrée, ramait sans se presser, se laissant pousser par le courant. Il paraissait à peine plus âgé que moi. Nos regards se sont croisés. Il n'a pas souri. Et je n'ai pas eu peur... -
![A Dangerous Tryst by Danielle Bourdon]()
A Dangerous Tryst by Danielle Bourdon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadalina Maitland is on the run again—and this time, it’s personal.Abducted by men who believe she knows more than she’s telling about the two remaining stone dragon figurines, Madalina is taken to an exotic yet isolated locale…where she discovers she’s not the only hostage. The stakes are higher than ever as Madalina’s daring escape plan turns into a rescue mission... -
![In the Valley: Stories and a Novella Based on Serena by Ron Rash]()
In the Valley: Stories and a Novella Based on Serena by Ron Rash
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn these ten stories, Ron Rash spins a haunting allegory of the times we live in--rampant capitalism, the severing of ties to the natural world in the relentless hunt for profit, the destruction of body and soul with pills meant to mute our pain--and yet within this world he illuminates acts of extraordinary decency and heroism... -
![The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin]()
The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Preserving in English the immortal spirit and rhyme of the great Russian genius."Biographical notes on Esenin and Isadora Duncan precede each vol. and some chapters.Includes several color reproductions of landscape paintings by Isaac Levitan mounted on pages with captions, and other photos, including a portrait photo of Esenin and his wife Isadora Duncan, American dancer (v. 2, p. [7])... -
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![Surgeons’ Hall by E.S. Thomson]()
Surgeons’ Hall by E.S. Thomson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat secret grips Corvus Hall?Visiting the Great Exhibition to view the wax anatomical models of the famous but reclusive Dr Silas Strangeway, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find a severed hand, perfectly dissected and laid out amongst the exhibits... -
![Bride Of Pendorric / The Shadow Of Lynx / King Of The Castle / Mistress Of Mellyn by Victoria Holt]()
Bride Of Pendorric / The Shadow Of Lynx / King Of The Castle / Mistress Of Mellyn by Victoria Holt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBride of Pendorric-Swept into marriage by the dashing young heir of Pendorric, Favel was dazed with happiness - until she realized someone wanted her to join the other legendary "Brides of Pendorric," who had all died so mysteriously, and so tragically. The Shadow of the Lynx-To be hated by Lynx would be terrifying and to be loved by him perhaps even more so... -
![The Invitation by Catherine Cookson]()
The Invitation by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaggie Gallacher had all but read the print off the elegant, gold-trimmed card. An invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to an evening at Lea Hall? She could still scarcely believe her eyes, even if it was a long-overdue honour - after all her husband Rod had done for the town. There were a lot of Gallachers around Fellburn, and all were equally incredulous... -
![Bats Out of Hell by Barry Hannah]()
Bats Out of Hell by Barry Hannah
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove and torment, lunacy and desire, tenderness and war — the stories in Bats Out of Hell provide a brilliant, dazzling odyssey into American life. Barry Hannah's reputation as a master of the short story, first established in 1978 with the publication of Airships, is magnified in this volatile, long-awaited collection of new stories...Categorized as:
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![The Manor House by Jane Holland]()
The Manor House by Jane Holland
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1963. When Eleanor meets famous young poet, Lyndon Chance, he offers a way to flee her abusive father. In return, she must pretend to be Lyndon's wife. He takes her home to a Tudor manor on the Camel Estuary in Cornwall, where she finds herself in the middle of a feud between Lyndon and his twin brother, Oliver. It's soon clear that the old house hides many dark secrets... -
![Fenwick Houses by Catherine Cookson]()
Fenwick Houses by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHigh above the river stood the small terrace of miners’ cottages known as Fenwick Houses. And here, during the hazardous years of the depression, lived Christine Winter, a girl blessed – or cursed – with the indefinable appeal that drove men to the brink of obsession... -
![The Menagerie by Catherine Cookson]()
The Menagerie by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Broadhursts were a mining family and, to outsiders, they appeared to be happy, loyal and united. But it was Jinny - wife, mother, sister - who held them together. Her pride and her strength prevented their fears and hates from overwhelming them.There was Jack, her younger son, trapped into marrying a shrew; and Lottie, her sister, who was not quite...normal... -
![Echoes at Somerset Manor by Hope Denney]()
Echoes at Somerset Manor by Hope Denney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sequel to Surrender at Orchard Rest. After finding herself amidst scandal in Century Grove, Alabama, Somerset Forrest moves into her mother's former home, Somerset Manor. The Civil War has been over for three years, but Somerset finds the war within her family is ongoing... -
![Hannah Massey by Catherine Cookson]()
Hannah Massey by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProud and canny, ignorant and intensely ambitious, Hannah Massey is a born ruler. Her kingdom may be only a working-class household in County Durham, but within its walls her iron will governs a predominantly male family and her word is unchallengeable law. Now, in late middle age, her ambition is yet to be satisfied... -
![Love Came Laughing By by Emilie Loring]()
Love Came Laughing By by Emilie Loring
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWendy Adair, gallant as she is beautiful, escaped with secret documents from a South American revolution. En route to Washington she eludes a sinister pursuer by darting into a Pullman compartment, and there finds herself confronted with Van Tyler, a young Congressman and a 'rock-ribbed, girl-resistant bachelor... -
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![Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner]()
Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” —William Faulkner, on receiving the Nobel Prize Go Down, Moses is composed of seven interrelated stories, all of them set in Faulkner’s mythic Yoknapatawpha County... -
![A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock]()
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty horror debut. A captivating tale of two Victorian gentlemen hiding their relationship away in a botanical garden who embark on a Frankenstein-style experiment with unexpected consequences. It is an unusual thing, to live in a botanical garden. But Simon and Gregor are an unusual pair of gentlemen... -
![The Gentleman Caller by Megan Chance]()
The Gentleman Caller by Megan Chance
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is summer in New Orleans, and Jackson Waters has just stepped from the gates of Parish Prison after five years. No one waits to greet him. He's been disowned by his family and imprisoned for a crime he may -- or may not -- have committed. To the rescue comes Garland Lafon, a wealthy Creole banker, who takes Jack into his home and his business... -
![Servants of the Map: Stories by Andrea Barrett]()
Servants of the Map: Stories by Andrea Barrett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRanging across two centuries, and from the western Himalaya to an Adirondack village, these wonderfully imagined stories and novellas travel the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery. A mapper of the highest mountain peaks realizes his true obsession. A young woman afire with scientific curiosity must come to terms with a romantic fantasy...Categorized as:
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![The Moonflower by Phyllis A. Whitney]()
The Moonflower by Phyllis A. Whitney
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Jerome Talbot's brilliant scientific career led him to Japan, his wife, Marcia, knew it meant a long separation for them. But she confidently awaited word to join him and when, instead, she received his letter asking for a divorce, the news came as an overwhelming blow... -
![The Legend of the Seventh Virgin by Victoria Holt]()
The Legend of the Seventh Virgin by Victoria Holt
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAccording to the legend, six novices living in a Cornish convent strayed from their vows and were turned to stone. The seventh faced quite a different fate. Years later when the convent became the family mansion of the St. Larnston family, fate beckoned to another young virgin... -
![Mutant Message from Forever: A Novel of Aboriginal Wisdom by Marlo Morgan]()
Mutant Message from Forever: A Novel of Aboriginal Wisdom by Marlo Morgan
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollowing her modern classic and worldwide bestseller A Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan's long-awaited second novel is a tale of self-enlightenment about aboriginal twins separated at birth and the searchfor roots that reunites them from opposite sides of the globe...Categorized as:
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![Typhoon by Joseph Conrad, Dmitrii Rybalko]()
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad, Dmitrii Rybalko
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Typhoon" is a novel that belongs to Joseph Conrad's early works. Like most of his books it talks about the sea, the water element and the man's struggle with it.McVeer, the protagonist, is a captain of a steamer 'Nyan-Shan'. A truly phlegmatic and a prosaic person, he lacks virtually any abstract thinking and imagination. But this is true only at a first glance... -
![The Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson]()
The Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 2.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPurchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - IT WAS a beautiful morning in the late July when I set forth on foot for the last time for Aros...Categorized as:
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![The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Stephen Brusatte]()
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Stephen Brusatte
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA sweeping and revelatory new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us Though humans claim to rule the Earth, we are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals...Categorized as:
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![The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure by Katherine Rundell]()
The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure by Katherine Rundell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings.In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why... -
![The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee]()
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the author of The Emperor of All Maladies, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Gene, a #1 New York Times bestseller, comes his most spectacular book yet, about the transformation of medicine through our radical new ability to manipulate cells... -
![The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1 by Jim Hamm]()
The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1 by Jim Hamm
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Traditional Bowyer's Bible series includes three essential volumes filled with history, humor, and practical advice. Invaluable information for anyone interested in the age-old lure of archery... -
![Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by David Burnie]()
Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by David Burnie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith an extensive catalog at its heart, Prehistoric Life profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail. The story starts in earnest 3.8 billion years ago, with the earliest-known form of life on Earth, a bacteria that still exists today, and journeys through action-packed millennia, charting the appearance of new life forms as well as devastating extinction events...Categorized as:
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![Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean]()
Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell.In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth and our existence on it... -
![Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry]()
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn account of the 1927 Mississippi River flood explores one of the greatest national disasters the United States has ever experienced and its consequences in a comprehensive volume that clearly shows how the flood changed the course of history. 60,000 first printing. Tour...
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