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English and Their History, The - Robert Tombs
Robert Tombs's momentous <i>The English and Their History </i>is both a startlingly fresh and a uniquely inclusive account of the people who have a claim to be the oldest nation in... -
Waterloo - Andrew Roberts
June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Wa... -
Toussaint Louverture - Madison Smartt Bell
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The last secret_ a novel - Mary McGarry Morris
From Publishers WeeklyKeeping secrets leads to calamitous consequences in Morris's disturbing domestic thriller. At age 17, Nora Trimble has a dangerous eight-day summer escapade w... -
The Third Secret_ A Novel - Steve Berry
Amazon.com ReviewFor Steve Berry, it's a fortuitous coincidence that his third novel, a Vatican-centered conspiracy thriller titled The Third Secret, was published in the immediat.... -
Stone That the Builder Refused - Madison Smartt Bell
Following the widely acclaimed All Souls' Rising and Master of the Crossroads, Madison Smartt Bell gives us the climactic final chapter in the life of Toussaint Louverture, the leg... -
Riotous Assembly - Tom Sharpe
SUMMARY: When Miss Hazelstone Of Jacaranda Park Kills Her Zulu Cook In A Sensational Crime Passionel, The Gallant Members Of The South African Police Force Are Soon On The Scene: K... -
Planet X - Michael Jan Friedman
Product DescriptionOn the planet Xhaldia, ordinary men and women are mutating into bizarre creatures with extraordinary powers. But is this a momentous evolutionary leap or an unpa... -
Indecent Exposure - Tom Sharpe
Tom Sharpe's second South African novel and a brilliant follow- up to Riotous Assembly Once again the setting is Piemburgem, the deceptively peaceful- looking capital of Zululand, ... -
Fool - Christopher Moore
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity,...