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The Hills of Singapore - Dawn Farnham
In Vol. 3 of "The Straits Quartet", the sexy Regency-style romance series set in the exotic East, young, beautiful and wealthy widow Charlotte Macleod leaves Batavia in the 1850s a... -
The Great Pursuit - Tom Sharpe
SUMMARY: A Totally Filthy Novel To Put The Literary World In Spasms - But Sure To Make A Shameful Pile Of Money In America. Frensic, A Literary Agent With A 'Nose For A Bestseller'... -
The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English gentleman, ... -
The Good Rain_ Across Time & Te - Timothy Egan
Amazon.com ReviewEgan succeeds in capturing the richness and beauty of the Pacific Northwest (and it's possibly imminent destruction) with rich description, appropriately chosen an... -
The Game of Kings - Dorothy Dunnett
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The Disorderly Knights - Dorothy Dunnett
The third volume in The Lymond Chronicles, the highly renowned series of historical novels by Dorothy Dunnett, Disorderly Knights takes place in 1551, when Francis Crawford of Lymo... -
The Debacle - Emile Zola
Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mer... -
The Dain Curse - Dashiell Hammett; James Ellroy
The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious ... -
The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy
"Volume Two of the Border Trilogy" '"The Crossing," together with its predecessor "All the Pretty Horses," towers over most contemporary fiction. An American epic infused w... -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to W - Timothy C. Hall
Product DescriptionDon't know much about history? Which societies are the most important? Which periods of time saw the most change? How have cultures...