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61) Out of Africa
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1937
Physical Desc
389 p. 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The two-time Booker Prize-winning author now gives us a wildly exuberant, wily new novel that circumnavigates 1954 Australia, revealing as much about the country-continent as it does about three audacious individuals who take part in the infamous 10,000 mile race, the Redex Trial. Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in south eastern Australia. Together they enter the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the ancient continent,...
Author
Series
Neapolitan novels volume 4
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
473 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A world at war. A beautiful young star. A mission no one expected. Paris, 1944. Celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse's position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de Rocheford, is captured by Nazis, Genevieve knows it won't be long before the Gestapo succeeds in torturing information out of Lillian...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Inheriting not only an earldom, but also an estate riddled with debt and the late earl's three sisters and Kathleen, Lady Trenear, a beautiful young widow, Devon Ravenel engages in a sensual battle of wills with this woman whose sharp wit and determination are a match for his own.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Physical Desc
213 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to reclaim a van that was featured in a possible prophetic dream, Precious and Grace find themselves helping an apprentice of Phuti Radiphuti, investigating a cattle poisoning, and considering Grace's possible marriage to Phuti.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Is love worth the loss of one's freedom and independence? This is what Mrs. Tavernor must decide in the new novel in the Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. When Harry Westcott lost the title Earl of Riverdale after the discovery of his father's bigamy, he shipped off to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, where he was near-fatally wounded. After a harrowing recovery, the once cheery, light-hearted boy has become a reclusive,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
xxx, 1013 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's powerful meditation on faith, meaning and morality, The Brothers Karamazov is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff in Penguin Classics. When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown;...
74) Cowgirls
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
ix, 134 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to illustrate the social mores of the Elizabethan Era.
76) Great Britain
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages ; 28 cm. color illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Jake, a young boy from Great Britain, introduces readers to his country's landscape, weather, foods, and festivals. Jake also tells readers about his school, family life, and things to see in Great Britain. Includes a page of facts about Great Britain's population, geography, and culture"--Provided by publisher.
77) Africa
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
63 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
78) Night Shadow
Author
Series
Night trilogy) volume 2
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 sound discs (10 hours, 27 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The classic New York Times bestselling tale of romance and intrigue in Regency England
Dear Reader:
You met Knight Winthrop, Viscount Castlerosse, in Night Fire. He's the quintessential Regency bachelor, very happy with his life just the way it is. Then Lily shows up on his doorstep claiming she was betrothed to his murdered cousin. With her are his cousin's three children. She has no money, nowhere to go. What's even worse-Ugly Arnold is hard on...
79) The hidden child
Author
Series
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st Pegasus Books ed.
Physical Desc
528 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Crime writer Erica Falck is shocked to discover a Nazi medal among her late mother's possessions. Haunted by a childhood of neglect, she resolves to dig deep into her family's past and finally uncover the reasons why. Her enquiries lead her to the home of a retired history teacher. He was among her mother's circle of friends during the Second World War but her questions are met with bizarre and evasive answers. Two days later he meets a violent death....
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
303 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brings together a collection of kosher recipes and culinary history in a volume that captures the broad diversity of modern-day Israeli cuisine, with dishes ranging from new interpretations of traditional classics to innovative exotic specialities.