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Dina's Book

A Novel

by Herbjorg Wassmo ...

Translated by Nadia M. Christensen ...

Set in Norway in the mid-nineteenth century, Dina’s Book presents a beautiful, eccentric, and tempestuous heroine who carries a terrible burden: at the age of five she accidentally caused her mother’s death. Blamed by her father and banished to a farm, she grows up untamed and untaught. No one leads the child through her grief, and the accident remains a gruesome riddle of death, with Dina left ... Read more

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Set in Norway in the mid-nineteenth century, Dina’s Book presents a beautiful, eccentric, and tempestuous heroine who carries a terrible burden: at the age of five she accidentally caused her mother’s death. Blamed by her father and banished to a farm, she grows up untamed and untaught. No one leads the child through her grief, and the accident remains a gruesome riddle of death, with Dina left
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The Light That Bends Round Corners

by Alexandra Carey ...

‘An unusual, beautifully rendered and atmospheric novel. The suspenseful storytelling and compelling characters will keep you turning the pages.’ RACHEL HORE, Sunday Times bestseller.Laura, a successful fashion journalist based in London, finds herself uprooted from the world she knows and loves after she moves with her husband and two small children to a dilapidated bungalow in Kuala Lumpur, ... Read more

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‘An unusual, beautifully rendered and atmospheric novel. The suspenseful storytelling and compelling characters will keep you turning the pages.’ RACHEL HORE, Sunday Times bestseller.Laura, a successful fashion journalist based in London, finds herself uprooted from the world she knows and loves after she moves with her husband and two small children to a dilapidated bungalow in Kuala Lumpur,
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If the Tide Turns

A Thrilling Historical Novel of Piracy and Life After the Salem Witch Trials

by Rachel Rueckert ...

**Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to ... Read more

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**Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to
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Cut From The Earth

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Series Book 1 - The Tile Maker Series
In 1755, the famous Portuguese tile maker Pêro Manuel Pires is empathetic to a fault. He is dedicated to freeing slaves with the proceeds of his art and hiring the freed to work in his tile factory, triggering rage and repercussions from a competitor.Pêro harbors a female artist whose risqué creations keep the shop’s works in demand by Lisbon’s elite. The success of her designs does not sit well ... Read more

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In 1755, the famous Portuguese tile maker Pêro Manuel Pires is empathetic to a fault. He is dedicated to freeing slaves with the proceeds of his art and hiring the freed to work in his tile factory, triggering rage and repercussions from a competitor.Pêro harbors a female artist whose risqué creations keep the shop’s works in demand by Lisbon’s elite. The success of her designs does not sit well
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The Trout

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by Peter Cunningham ...

At the heart of every life there lies a secret.Alex Smyth, of Irish birth but living for many years with his wife in rural Canada, receives a trout fly in the mail, with no message and no return address. It stirs a fear that he is being stalked after the publication of his most recent book, and it awakens in him deeply buried, inchoate memories from his childhood in Ireland, before he was old ... Read more

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At the heart of every life there lies a secret.Alex Smyth, of Irish birth but living for many years with his wife in rural Canada, receives a trout fly in the mail, with no message and no return address. It stirs a fear that he is being stalked after the publication of his most recent book, and it awakens in him deeply buried, inchoate memories from his childhood in Ireland, before he was old
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Four Friends

Promising Lives Cut Short

by William D. Cohan ...

A powerful portrait of four boarding school graduates who died too young—JFK, Jr. among them—by their fellow classmate, a New York Times–bestselling author."A wrenching, beautifully woven story about fate, friendship and the shattered dreams of once-golden privileged men. I couldn't put it down." —Jonathan Alter, New York Times–bestselling author of The Center HoldsIn his masterful pieces for ... Read more

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A powerful portrait of four boarding school graduates who died too young—JFK, Jr. among them—by their fellow classmate, a New York Times–bestselling author."A wrenching, beautifully woven story about fate, friendship and the shattered dreams of once-golden privileged men. I couldn't put it down." —Jonathan Alter, New York Times–bestselling author of The Center HoldsIn his masterful pieces for
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Abigale Hall

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by Lauren A. Forry ...

Amid the terror of the Second World War, seventeen-year-old Eliza and her troubled little sister Rebecca have had their share of tragedy, having lost their mother to the Blitz and their father to suicide. Forced to leave London to work for the mysterious Mr. Brownwell at Abigale Hall, they soon learn that the worst is yet to come. The vicious housekeeper, Mrs. Pollard, seems hell-bent on keeping ... Read more

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Amid the terror of the Second World War, seventeen-year-old Eliza and her troubled little sister Rebecca have had their share of tragedy, having lost their mother to the Blitz and their father to suicide. Forced to leave London to work for the mysterious Mr. Brownwell at Abigale Hall, they soon learn that the worst is yet to come. The vicious housekeeper, Mrs. Pollard, seems hell-bent on keeping
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Exes

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by Max Winter ...

[A] heartbreaking novel about the devastations of severed attachments.” —NPRFor Clay Blackall, a lifelong resident of Providence, Rhode Island, the place has become an obsession. Here live the only people who can explain what happened to his brother, Eli, whose suicide haunts this heartbreaking, hilarious novel–in–fragments.A failed actor impersonates a former movie star; an ex–con looks after a ... Read more

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[A] heartbreaking novel about the devastations of severed attachments.” —NPRFor Clay Blackall, a lifelong resident of Providence, Rhode Island, the place has become an obsession. Here live the only people who can explain what happened to his brother, Eli, whose suicide haunts this heartbreaking, hilarious novel–in–fragments.A failed actor impersonates a former movie star; an ex–con looks after a
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The Lightkeeper's Wife

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by Sarah Anne Johnson ...

"[A] riveting tale of piracy and shipwrecks with an insightful and attentive eye on the roles of women so often overlooked by history."—Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life and Crash DietImmersive historical fiction that brings two women out of the shadows of the men who surround them, and into the light of their own capabilities.Hannah shouldn't be in the water, saving shipwrecked sailors. ... Read more

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"[A] riveting tale of piracy and shipwrecks with an insightful and attentive eye on the roles of women so often overlooked by history."—Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life and Crash DietImmersive historical fiction that brings two women out of the shadows of the men who surround them, and into the light of their own capabilities.Hannah shouldn't be in the water, saving shipwrecked sailors.
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The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon

A Novel of Contemporary China

by Liu Zhenyun ...

Translated by Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Howard Goldblatt ...

The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon, by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching ... Read more

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The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon, by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching
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Tea Cups & Tiger Claws

by Timothy Patrick ...

Three identical sisters. One town. A lifetime of consequences.In 1916, a set of triplets is born into sudden fame—and quickly sold to the highest bidders.Two are raised in luxury on a hilltop estate.The third grows up in an abandoned work camp.But hardship and privilege leave their marks—and not always as you’d expect.As the years pass, the distance between them grows—in wealth, power, and ... Read more

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Three identical sisters. One town. A lifetime of consequences.In 1916, a set of triplets is born into sudden fame—and quickly sold to the highest bidders.Two are raised in luxury on a hilltop estate.The third grows up in an abandoned work camp.But hardship and privilege leave their marks—and not always as you’d expect.As the years pass, the distance between them grows—in wealth, power, and
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Selkirk's Island

The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe

by Diana Souhami ...

Winner of the Whitbread Biography Award: The true story of the shipwrecked Scottish buccaneer who inspired Daniel Defoe's novel.This action-filled biography follows Alexander Selkirk, an eighteenth-century Scottish buccaneer who sailed the South Seas plundering for gold. But an ill-fated expedition in 1703 led to shipwreck on remote Juan Fernández Island off the coast of Chile. Selkirk, the ship's ... Read more

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Winner of the Whitbread Biography Award: The true story of the shipwrecked Scottish buccaneer who inspired Daniel Defoe's novel.This action-filled biography follows Alexander Selkirk, an eighteenth-century Scottish buccaneer who sailed the South Seas plundering for gold. But an ill-fated expedition in 1703 led to shipwreck on remote Juan Fernández Island off the coast of Chile. Selkirk, the ship's
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