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28081) Exiles of Tabat
Return to a beautifully wrought and immersive world where intelligent magical creatures fight for their right to be free.
Revolution.
Riot.
Enslaved magical creatures and an exiled, reluctant hero.
Bella Kanto finds herself aboard a hostile ship bound for a frontier town. When she encounters an old lover along the way, she has a chance to escape—but does she really want to take it?
Meanwhile apprentice
...American author Cyrus Townsend Brady made a name for himself with gripping accounts of historical battles, ranging from the Revolutionary War to skirmishes with Native American tribes. In this thrilling novel, Brady turns his attention to the 1815 conflict that pitted French forces against a combined regiment of English and Prussian soldiers.
28085) Hope from Acorn Hill
Two of the most beloved books in this bestselling series in one volume! In Hidden History, Alice stumbles upon Daniel Howard's boyhood journal from the early 1900s, and the Howard sisters uncover the hidden history of their beloved father. Through his profound and thoughtful words, they come to see how the power of belief can change the course of a life. In Winter Wonders, Louise's daughter Cynthia brings home a famed home-and-garden expert to
...28086) La Cagoule
Si on lui laissait le choix, Maxime préférerait retourner vivre en centre d'accueil plutôt que chez sa mère. Lorsqu'on lui offre de participer à un programme expérimental de réhabilitation dans un centre mystérieux, perdu au fond des bois, il saute donc sur l'occasion. Ce qu'il ignore, c'est que le centre en question use de méthodes plutôt inquiétantes...
Des personnages aussi étranges qu'attachants, un savant mélange d'humour et
...28088) The Country Doctor
Part of the massive series that some regard as one of the masterworks of nineteenth-century realism, Honore de Balzac's The Human Comedy, the novel The Country Doctor focuses on Dr. Benassis, a physician by trade, who has deep-seated beliefs about social equality. While treating a prominent patient, Benassis expounds at length on his value system and discusses some of the reforms that he has helped to implement in the town.
28089) Shadows in the Moonlight
28090) The Thirteen
This series of three novellas is unified by an overarching motif: in all three tales, a mysterious secret society known as The Thirteen is at work behind the scenes. The men in the group have pledged eternal loyalty to each other, and if any member ever finds himself in peril, it is the sworn duty of the others to come to his aid. Honore de Balzac uses this premise as a device to explore a wide range of topics, including clashes between
...28091) The Broom-Squire
Set in the Surrey area of southeast England and rich in local color, Sabine Baring-Gould's novel The Broom-Squire gives an account of a vicious murder that leaves an infant orphaned. She is rescued by a man of humble means and raised in his quaint and quirky community.
28092) Rachel Ray
Fans of short fiction will love this collection from Anton Chekhov, the Russian author and physician whom many critics regard as one of the masters of the short story. The pieces brought together in this volume span a wide range of themes and highlight the subtle genius that sets Chekhov's work apart from his peers.
After years traveling in Europe with her musician husband, all that widow Mara Keller wants is security for her son. A half-share in her father's Maine farmhouse is the only refuge she has left, even if her resentful stepmother treats Mara as little more than a servant. But there is one bright spot: the unexpected kindness of neighbor Gideon Jakeman.
A widowed farmer with a teenage daughter, Gideon hardly pictures himself as anyone's...
28095) From a Swedish Homestead
The first woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Swedish author Selma Lagerloef rejected the gritty realism that was emerging as a literary trend in the early twentieth century and instead infused her stories with the wonder and enchantment of traditional fairy tales and folklore. This quaint and charming collection of short stories represents a wide-ranging cross-section of her work.
28096) The Heart of the Hills
Throughout his entire career, American novelist John Fox Jr. was dedicated to documenting the complexities of the culture in his native South. However, in his later works, Fox Jr. began to take a broader view, including some of the external influences that helped to shape Southern life, as elements of his fiction. In The Heart of the Hills, the final volume of Fox Jr.'s acclaimed Mountain Trilogy (following The Little Shepherd of Kingdom
...28097) Pierre Grassou
This short story is part of the Scenes of Paris Life section of Honore de Balzac's epic masterpiece The Human Comedy. Pierre Grassou is an artist who has many of the attributes necessary for success—but lacks that spark of creativity. Rather than painting original works, he begins painting copies of the great masterworks. Sure, it's financially lucrative, but will it be enough to allow Grassou to find happiness?
Count Bunker is the sequel to J. Storer Clouston's wildly popular comedic romp, The Lunatic at Large. In this equally amusing follow-up, old pals Baron Rudolph von Blitzenberg and Francis Mandell-Essington reunite for more madcap antics. Fans of P. G. Wodehouse's humor writing will love this book.
28099) Crownbreaker
Once an outlaw spellslinger, Kellen Argos has made a life for himself as the Daroman Queen's protector. A little magic and a handful of tricks are all it takes to deal with the constant threats to her reign. But when rumors of an empire-shattering war begin to stir, Kellen is asked to commit an unimaginable...
28100) Vathek; An Arabian Tale
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