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The Fortress by Meša Selimović
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA novel on 18th century Sarajevo under Ottoman rule, featuring a soldier returned from the wars. A Muslim, he marries a Christian girl who supports him while he dabbles in politics, eventually leading a raid to rescue a friend from jail... -
![Ponniyin Selvan - The Cyclone by Kalki]()
Ponniyin Selvan - The Cyclone by Kalki
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe second part in the series of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, describes the conspiracy afoot to deny the rightful heirs to the throne, the kingdom – and the plot to crown Prince Maduranthakar – uncle to the heirs... -
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Ponniyin Selvan - Part 3 by Kalki
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis ebook is a product of Kizhakku pathippagam, which is a imprint of New Horizon Media Private Limited (NHM)... -
![Ponniyin Selvan - The Crown by Kalki]()
Ponniyin Selvan - The Crown by Kalki
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fourth part in the series Ponniyin Selvan, recounts the incidents when crown prince Aditha Karikalan leaves Kanchi inspite of Malayamans efforts to prevent him from doing so. For Aditha Karikalan now, there is no turning back.. -
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![Преспанските камбани by Димитър Талев]()
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... -
![Those Days: A Novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay]()
Those Days: A Novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWinner of the Sahitya Akademi Award An award-winning novel that uses both vast panoramic views and lovingly reconstructed detail to provide an unforgettable picture of nineteenth-century Bengal. The Bengal Renaissance and the 1857 uprising form the backdrop to Those Days, a saga of human frailties and strength... -
![Austen: Persuasion by Judy Simons]()
Austen: Persuasion by Judy Simons
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA study guide for the novel Persuasion... -
![Moonlight and Ashes by Rosie Goodwin]()
Moonlight and Ashes by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDespite being trapped in an abusive marriage, Maggie still feels blessed with her eight-year-old twins, Danny and Lizzie, and baby girl, Lucy. But when the Second World War begins it seems that her blessings may have run out.Although the war lets her escape her husband when he's sent to the front, she must also lose the twins, as they're evacuated to North Wales... -
![Time of Parting by Anton Donchev]()
Time of Parting by Anton Donchev
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was taken from the village as a boy is sent to force the reluctant inhabitants to convert. The local Turkish governor seeks a peaceful solution, but ultimately torture, violence, and rebellion break out... -
![Musashi, Volume II by Eiji Yoshikawa]()
Musashi, Volume II by Eiji Yoshikawa
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMusashi, o grande romance épico japonês do século XX, com mais de 120 milhões de exemplares vendidos em suas diversas edições, além de inúmeras versões para cinema e televisão é a história de Miyamoto Musashi, na vida real o grande samurai do Japão da época dos xoguns... -
![Los pilares de la Tierra by Ken Follett]()
Los pilares de la Tierra by Ken Follett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEl gran maestro de las novelas de acción y de suspense lleva al lector a la Edad Media para sumirlo en un fascinante mundo con reyes, damas, caballeros, pugnas feudales, castillos y ciudades amuralladas. El amor y la muerte se entrecruzan constantemente en este magistral tapiz que tiene como centro la construcción de una catedral gótica... -
![Les Miserables: Sheet Music by Claude-Michael Schonberg, Alain Boublil]()
Les Miserables: Sheet Music by Claude-Michael Schonberg, Alain Boublil
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPiano duet arrangements of eight beautiful favorites from Les Mis: Bring Him Home * Castle on a Cloud * Do You Hear the People Sing? * A Heart Full of Love * I Dreamed a Dream * In My Life * On My Own * Stars... -
![Осъдени души by Dimitar Dimov, Димитър Димов]()
Осъдени души by Dimitar Dimov, Димитър Димов
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsМоже ли любовта да издържи на предизвикателствата на войната?Може ли човек да открие щастие, надежда, спасение в един свят, раздиран от жестокост, фанатизъм, глад, страх и болести, в който човешкият живот сякаш е загубил стойност, а непримиримите идеологии увличат милиони във всепомитаща буря?Испания е в гражданска война... -
![The Mothers of Lovely Lane by Nadine Dorries]()
The Mothers of Lovely Lane by Nadine Dorries
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Angels of Lovely Lane, The Four Streets and Ruby Flynn. Noleen Delaney is one of an army of night cleaners at St Angelus hospital in Liverpool. Since her husband was injured in the war, she has supported her five children. With help from her eldest, Bryan – a porter's lad – the family just about gets by... -
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![Żelazny kaganek by Димитър Талев]()
Żelazny kaganek by Димитър Талев
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsPowieść przedstawia losy macedońskiego rodu Głauszewów. Akcja powieści rozpoczyna się w połowie lat 30. XIX w. Stojan Głauszew, zabiwszy psa, który należał do lokalnego wielmoży tureckiego, w obawie przed jego gniewem decyduje się na ucieczkę ze wsi. Osiada w pobliskim mieście Prespa, gdzie poznaje Sułtanę, kobietę zaradną, silną i energiczną... -
![Znachor by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz]()
Znachor by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Znachor" is a one of the best novels written by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. It has been published in 1937... -
![ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashour, رضوى عاشور]()
ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashour, رضوى عاشور
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsثلاثية غرناطة هي ثلاثية روائية تتكون من ثلاث روايات للكاتبة المصرية رضوى عاشور و هم على التوالي: غرناطة - مريمة - الرحيل... -
![A Valley Wedding by Anna Jacobs]()
A Valley Wedding by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third novel in the brand new Backshaw Moss series by beloved million-copy bestselling author Anna JacobsLancashire, 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married, and her youngest following his dreams of becoming a doctor, Gwynneth Harte finds herself with an empty nest - until a fire forces her to move in with Gabriel and his wife Maisie at their home on Daisy Street... -
![Gaban by Munshi Premchand]()
Gaban by Munshi Premchand
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGaban, first published in 1931, five years before Premchard's death, is the story of Ramanath, a morally weak but physically charming youth brought to near-disaster by his beautiful wife Jalpa's inordinate craving for jewelry. This is a felicitous translation by Christopher R King and will enable many readers to appreciate Premchand's important novel, available for the first time in English... -
![Four Classic Novels by Jane Austen]()
Four Classic Novels by Jane Austen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe complete novels of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma and Persuasion in one large, brand new and giftable hardcover with perfect dj... -
![Jessie's Promise by Rosie Clarke]()
Jessie's Promise by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of LIZZIE'S SECRET and LIZZIE'S WAR, a story about resilient, strong women surviving adversity post World War 1. DEVON 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job at the end of the First World War, she leaves London to become the nursemaid to the Kendle family in Devon. On arrival she finds the family in disarray... -
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![Жестокий Век by Исай Калашников]()
Жестокий Век by Исай Калашников
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsВойско Чингисхана подобно вулканической лаве сметало на своем пути все живое: истребляло народы, превращало в пепел цветущие цивилизации. Вершитель этого жесточайшего абсурда — Чингисхан — и чудовище и гениальный полководец. "Жестокий век" — это молниеносные степные переходы, дымы кочевий, необузданная, вольная жизнь, где неразлучны опасность и удача... -
![The Fourth Peshwa by Ranjit Desai, रणजित देसाई]()
The Fourth Peshwa by Ranjit Desai, रणजित देसाई
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Maratha empire that Chhatrapati Shivaji established in 1680 passed into the hands of the Peshwas in the 18th century. The empire, which spanned across large parts of Western, Central and Northern India, suffered a severe setback when the Marathas lost the third battle of Panipat to Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1761... -
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![Four Novels: Great Expectations / Hard Times / A Christmas Carol / A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens]()
Four Novels: Great Expectations / Hard Times / A Christmas Carol / A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSuperb collection of Dickens' best, includes five of his major novels. The Pickwick Papers, The Adventures of Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, and Tale of Two Cities. 1114 pages... -
![Hide Her Name: The Four Streets Trilogy by Nadine Dorries]()
Hide Her Name: The Four Streets Trilogy by Nadine Dorries
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis gripping follow on from The Four Streets finds the community alive with rumours and gossip after the murder which rocked it to the core... -
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![The Fire Blossom by Sarah Lark]()
The Fire Blossom by Sarah Lark
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe bestselling author of the Sea of Freedom Trilogy returns with a sweeping family saga of two women in nineteenth-century New Zealand and their epic journey to survive in a world of their own making. It’s 1837, and immigrating to a small New Zealand fishing village is an opportunity for Ida Lange’s family to build a better future... -
![Return to Sarah's Valley: Sequel to Sarah's Valley by Sharon Mierke]()
Return to Sarah's Valley: Sequel to Sarah's Valley by Sharon Mierke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to Sarah's Valley is a follow-up story to Sarah's Valley, which was published in 2012 by the same author, Sharon Mierke. In Sarah's Valley, Patrick Smithson meets Frank Lawdry. Frank, who prefers his Abenaki name, Winnipesaukee, spends the night recalling his life story. He and his sister, Sarah, were left orphans when everyone on a wagon train died in a horrific tragedy... -
![Yew Tree Gardens: The touching conclusion to the Wiltshire Girls series by Anna Jacobs]()
Yew Tree Gardens: The touching conclusion to the Wiltshire Girls series by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSisters Mattie, Nell and Renie have all managed to escape from their oppressive and bullying father, but are now separated. They must draw upon their strength and courage to build new lives for themselves. Renie, the youngest sister, is living with the newly married Nell. Renie is happy in her waitressing job at the local Rathleigh hotel... -
![Emma's War by Rosie Clarke]()
Emma's War by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll she wanted was her husband to come home… Newly married to the caring RAF pilot Jonathan Reece, Emma thinks that life couldn’t be better. But her happiness is short-lived: within months, Jon’s plane is shot down over France and he is declared missing, presumed dead. Alone and with two children to care for, Emma’s first thought is how to support her family... -
![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... -
![Αιολική γη by Ilias Venezis]()
Αιολική γη by Ilias Venezis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Η Αιολική γη γράφεται μέσα στα δύσκολα χρόνια της Κατοχής, σε μια περίοδο δηλαδή ανάπηρης ελευθερίας, ανυπέρβλητων δυσκολιών και ευτελισμού της ανθρώπινης ζωής... -
![A Gracious Enemy by Michael G. Kramer]()
A Gracious Enemy by Michael G. Kramer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe full story of the three Indochina wars, told from both sides and including the plight of civilians caught up in the fighting. Of necessity, the politics of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, and the USA towards the push for independence and freedom by Vietnam and Laos are examined. The region known as Indochina is made up of the countries of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam... -
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![Flight of a Maori Goddess by Sarah Lark, D.W. Lovett]()
Flight of a Maori Goddess by Sarah Lark, D.W. Lovett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSarah Lark’s epic Sea of Freedom trilogy reaches its sweeping conclusion in a story of courage, strength, and sisterhood. The dawning twentieth century brings change to New Zealand—and new opportunities for any woman bold enough to grasp them. Atamarie Turei, whose mother fought for suffrage, has enrolled as the first female student at the Canterbury College of Engineering... -
![مرگ یزدگرد by Bahram Beyzaie]()
مرگ یزدگرد by Bahram Beyzaie
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsبهرام بیضایی (زاده ۵ دی ماه ۱۳۱۷ در تهران) کارگردان سینما، تئاتر، نمایشنامهنویس، فیلمنامهنویس و پژوهشگر ایرانی است. بیضایی علاوه بر کارگردانی و نمایشنامهنویسی در سینما عرصههای دیگری چون تدوین، ساخت عنوانبندی و تهیهکنندگی را هم تجربه کرده است. وی کارگردان برخی از بهترین و ماندگارترین آثار سینمای تاریخ ایران است... -
![A Castle of Doomsday by Michael G. Kramer]()
A Castle of Doomsday by Michael G. Kramer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Castle of Doomsday is historical fiction from the time of Edward the Confessor to Barons' revolt in 1322. It is also the story of the two castles built in York by William the Conqueror just before he began the 'Black Earth Policy' to harry the North of England. contains coloured illustrations... -
![Sivakamiyin Sabadham by Kalki, Nandini Vijayaraghavan]()
Sivakamiyin Sabadham by Kalki, Nandini Vijayaraghavan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Sivakami! If you agree, I will leave the kingdom to its fate and stay with you. You are more important to me than the kingdom…” Momentous words uttered by Narasimha Varmar, whose political stature has grown considerably after defeating Durvineethan, King of Ganga Nadu, at the historic Battle of Pullalur. But there are more obstacles to overcome... -
![Bomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez]()
Bomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs sumptuous, dazzling, corrupt and gorgeous as the 16th-century Italian Renaissance in which it is set, Bomarzo is the story of Pier Francesco Orsini, the hunchbacked, ruthless, but vulnerable Duke of Bomarzo, ancient fortress in the mountains outside Rome... -
![The Wretched Wreath Sellers Christmas Miracle by Nell Harte]()
The Wretched Wreath Sellers Christmas Miracle by Nell Harte
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristmas, London 1875: Surviving on the streets of London is brutal. Especially in Winter. Especially at Christmas.Edith Atkinson lives hand to mouth on the streets of London with her friends James and his sister Donna Walsh, selling songs, flowers and Christmas wreaths.But survival is never guaranteed for street rats, even at Christmas... -
![Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth by Thomas Wolfe]()
Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth by Thomas Wolfe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe sequel to Thomas Wolfe's remarkable first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River is one of the great classics of American literature. The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from small-town North Carolina to the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe... -
![Mayombe by Pepetela]()
Mayombe by Pepetela
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPepetela's novel is a fascinating study of the tensions produced by racism, tribalism, and sexual morals... -
![The Americans by John Jakes]()
The Americans by John Jakes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA NATION ADRIFT -- AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE IT HOPEIt was the whip-end of an era -- when innocence died and money lust was enthroned... -
![The Immigrants by Howard Fast]()
The Immigrants by Howard Fast
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn a passionate, multigenerational novel set against the backdrop of San Francisco, the son of an Italian fisherman struggles from the rubble of the great earthquake to build a shipping empire. Reprint... -
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![La madre de Frankenstein by Almudena Grandes]()
La madre de Frankenstein by Almudena Grandes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEn 1954, el joven psiquiatra Germán Velázquez vuelve a España para trabajar en el manicomio de mujeres de Ciempozuelos, al sur de Madrid. Tras salir al exilio en 1939, ha vivido quince años en Suiza, acogido por la familia del doctor Goldstein... -
![Her Benny by Silas Kitto Hocking]()
Her Benny by Silas Kitto Hocking
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book is a little gem. It was first published in 1880 by a Cornish Minister who upped sticks to bang his drum up in the 'grim North', ( including 3 years in Liverpool, which is where this story is primarily set )... -
![Lies a River Deep by Vera Jane Cook]()
Lies a River Deep by Vera Jane Cook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the summer of 1962, at a high school graduation party, Bessie Day Hardy is brutally raped. Fifty years later, the consequences of that horrific night will transition into unforeseen events that will shatter her serene and uncomplicated life... -
![So Long At The Fair by Jess Foley]()
So Long At The Fair by Jess Foley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrowing up in a small Wiltshire village, Abbie Morris knows what lies ahead of her - a life of drudgery as a menial servant, like that of her sisters. But everything changes when Abbie is twelve and their emotional, spirited mother casts them into a crisis for which no one is prepared... -
![The Beachcomber by Ines Thorn, Kate Northrop]()
The Beachcomber by Ines Thorn, Kate Northrop
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the second epic novel of The Island of Sylt trilogy by bestselling author Ines Thorn, a young woman must fight to clear her family’s name in order to claim her true love. Germany’s North Sea Coast: The Island of Sylt, 1711 It’s the age of whaling and beachcombing, and life is hard on Sylt—especially for women forced to get by on their own... -
![Pengarron Pride by Gloria Cook]()
Pengarron Pride by Gloria Cook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second of the Pengarron sagas set in the mid-eighteenth century against the dramatic scenery of Mount's Bay, Penzance Forced into a marriage against her will, Kerensa Trelynne has adapted well to her change in circumstances...
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