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Gladiators Playing to the Six O'clock News is a fictional account loosely based on a year in the life of a young officer in Viet Nam. It has gritty language and adult situations graphically depicted in the lives of GIs at war. It follows what Lt. Marc Bowman has to go through from the time he lands in Viet Nam till he boards the Freedom Bird bringing him back to the states (The World). Although the events, situations and people in the book are mostly...
22) Wairata
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April 1890.Shipwrecked and orphaned on New Zealand's wild west coast, eleven year old David Campbell is taken under the wing of a kindly widow on her rugged, remote sheep station, where he grows into a strong, quiet young man. He flourishes in the idyllic community of Wairata, where he finds friendship, love, and belonging. But war has raised its ugly head in the British Empire and David finds himself dragged unwittingly into the South African conflict,...
23) Napoleon's Gold
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Here is a story true based on the real-life, extraordinary exploits of Captain Luke Ryan. It is an epic, little known story of adventure, war, heroism, love, intrigue and betrayal. Ryan, a common smuggler, turned to privateering and ultimately inflicted more damage on the British Navy during America's War of Independence than his more famous counterpart, John Paul Jones. This brilliant, fearless and flamboyant soldier's story is told in three books:...
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Common Thread - Uncommon Women begins in 1863 at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. This historic saga covers four generations of women, beginning with the author's great-grandmother, Minerva, who was a Cherokee Native American.
Minerva warned her daughter, "Jennie, they put my people on a reservation, took away their pride, and left them with no way to defend themselves. Don't you ever let anyone hurt you or your children."
Jennie,...
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The Dublin Marilyn transports readers back to 1960-80s Dublin through one girl's coming-of-age amongst struggling inner city families. Capturing the era of booming post-war 'Baby Boomers,' this nostalgic tale highlights the tight-knit community binding battling neighbourhoods together.
Despite poverty and hardship, an unbreakable solidarity reigned - with helping hands extended whenever crises hit, and no pretensions of anyone being better than the...
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"Norbury's Confession" is a historical fiction novel spanning the twentieth century as it tells the story of America through the lives of a colorful cast of characters. The story examines the morality of the business community in America. Starting in 1903 with a young Bobby Norbury, it examines how the little boy comes to view his role in society and shows how the lives of the wealthy, patrician Norbury family of New York cross paths with the Lambies,...
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Journey into the underworld of the Blood Countess. "Dandelions In The Garden," is a historical fiction novel based on one of the most infamous female mass murderers in history, the 16th century Hungarian countess, Elizabeth Bathory. The Blood Countess was a descendant of Vlad Tepes and is undeniably connected with the vampire legends of Transylvania.
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1874: Das katholische, vom Kulturkampf zerrissene Münster wird Schauplatz bestialischer Morde. Die preußische Geheimpolizei wittert ihre Chance, den seit Langem verhassten Bischof Brinkmann loszuwerden, da die Verbrechen einen religiösen Hintergrund haben. Der in Münster geborene Geheimpolizist Heinrich Maler wird in seine Heimatstadt zurückgeschickt, um Beweise für eine Beteiligung Brinkmanns „zu finden". Die Spuren führen zu einer spiritistischen...
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Landshut im Advent 1541. Anna Lucretia, die uneheliche Tochter Herzog Ludwigs X., fiebert ihrer Heirat entgegen. Doch Unheimliches geschieht auf Burg Trausnitz: Ihr Verlobter entgeht knapp dem Tod, ein Bote stirbt auf mysteriöse Weise. Ihr Vater erkrankt an Diabetes, dem „süßen Fluss", was einen Krieg der deutschen und italienischen Köche um die bessere Heilkost auslöst. Doch der Herzog weist bald Vergiftungserscheinungen auf. Wer steckt hinter...
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Hi-Dong Chai and Jana McBurney-Lin, the award-winning author of My Half of the Sky, turn their hands to a remarkable story of a family and country torn apart by outside forces.The time is 1942, the place, Japanese-occupied Seoul, Korea. Fifteen-year-old He-Seung is full of fire, ready to take on these Japanese…if only he could convince his father, a Christian minister more concerned about saving his flock in a time when Emperor-worship has become...
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In 1956, southern Alabama, Frederick Harris and Sadie, 5 months pregnant, lived in his grandfather's large Victorian style home. His grandfather was a field slave before The Ratification of The 13th Amendment in 1865. Fred's grandmother was a doctor and born a free slave in the North Carolina in 1900. Fred, and his father, The Minister discussed the gruesome and horrifying acts placed upon the black people only, that the Klu Klux Klan felt they had...
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Aidan At Manassas follows the adventures of Aidan Whitehand and the Georgia Guards before, during and after the first battle of Manassas.Woven into the story are strong elements of family tragedy, betrayal and revenge. Aidan's relationship with General Jackson develops. He is given an independent command and orders to find and kill Union shirkers. The second part describes Aidan's and Graham's journey to Augusta, Georgia and his visit with his mother,...
33) To the Victor
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The United States Constitution takes great pains to explain how we are supposed to choose a President. It lays out a rather complex system in which each state designs its own voting protocol for electors who, in turn, are tasked with choosing among the candidates for President and Vice-President. When it works, it is a model of democracy in action. When it doesn't, it is a horror show. We have suffered the horror show twice in recent memory -- in...
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1685 is a turbulent year.England has another ruler on the throne, James 11, but not everyone is content with the new order and the threat of rebellion is in the air. Philip Devalle knows he will never prosper during James' reign and, when he finds himself caught up in the events unfolding around him, he begins to wonder if an old enemy might not, after all, prove to be a friend, whilst his brother-in-law, Giles, who is exiled from his native land,...
35) Lady of the Moon
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As the Romans threaten to overrun Britain and conquer her people, Sirona, a young Drui in training, seeks to use her visions to change the course of history. As she encounters great danger and has her deepest beliefs challenged, she is aided in her quest by fellow students, Bryn, who loves Sirona and wants to be a warrior rather than a Drui, and Cruthin, who is obsessed with seeking out the mysteries of the Otherworld.Lady of the Moon is the first...
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Here is a story true based on the real-life, extraordinary exploits of Captain Luke Ryan. It is an epic, little known story of adventure, war, heroism, love, intrigue and betrayal. Ryan, a common smuggler, turned to privateering and ultimately inflicted more damage on the British Navy during America's War of Independence than his more famous counterpart, John Paul Jones. This brilliant, fearless and flamboyant soldier's story is told in three books:...
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Immigrant Soldier, based on the experiences of a refugee from Nazi Germany, combines a coming-of-age story with an immigrant tale and a World War II adventure. On a November morning in 1938, Herman finally realizes that, as a Jew, he must flee Germany, a decision that catapults him from one adventure to another, his life changed forever. He experiences fear, romance, disappointment, friendship, horror and compassion as he evolves from a frustrated...
38) Horus
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In the land of Egypt myths are born of legends. Along the Nile legends are born of great deeds. The god Horus tells the story of his deeds on earth as a man. Great deeds made him Pharaoh, goodness saw him pass through heaven to join the gods. But can his momentous feats defeat evil? In the end Horus has a solution, and his triumph leaves a legacy future pharaohs will live and breathe with.
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There are three interlocked tales in this book: One about growing up in the Lost World of 70's West Virginia; one where a young man returns home to find that not only have things changed in his home town but that it was always so much more than he suspected. And one an unavoidable family secret that shields everyone from an ancient strife between humans and Them that Live Below.This isn't a book about how things really happened, it's definitely not...
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In the shadow of a looming world war, A Peal of Socialism unfolds in the bustling streets of 1930s London, a city at the heart of an empire on the brink of upheaval. This compelling historical fiction novel weaves the intricate lives of five young souls, each drawn to the capital by dreams of change and the rumblings of a new social order.
As the spectre of conflict draws closer, these individuals – bound by their convictions and entangled in a...
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