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The Bed That I Lie On
In early 19th century Durham, Clara finds herself on unfamiliar grounds in her own city. She is engaged to be married to a man she barely knows and is overcome by ominous feelings and bad dreams.Her new life as Nathaniel Chark's wife should be a comfortable one - Nathaniel is a kindly, well-off gentleman who owns several local mines and is besotted with her - but somehow, Clara just cannot shake the bad feelings she is having.But unease becomes disquiet when the miners start to voice their fury over their work conditions. When a female miner is tragically killed by an unexpected explosion in one of the mines, Nathaniel and his household become the targets of several of the townspeople, and Nathaniel seems unwilling to change the way he runs his mines. Clara struggles to find normality in these hostile circumstances, which are quickly becoming more and more intrusive...
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Spitfire Spies
Summer 1940 - Great Britain is in grave peril. With the ‘phoney' war turning into a very real war on the ground and in the air, Hitler's troops storm across an unprepared Europe towards the English Channel. Invasion looms. But the British have a weapon in their arsenal that may be a game changer and bring victory against all odds: the mighty Spitfire.So severe is the threat posed by this remarkable fighter plane that Germany sends two operatives - one a reluctant Englishman, the other a loyal Nazi - on an audacious mission to infiltrate and destroy. Will they achieve their goal or can MI5, with the aid of double agents and a brilliant female pilot, turn the tide of espionage to their advantage? With a literary adroitness reminiscent of an aviator in battle, author John Hughes weaves a tale of intrigue, love and betrayal in a fast-paced thriller of a debut novel which wends its way from the Fatherland via the beaches of Dunkirk to the skies over Southern England.
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Saving Sydney
High stakes, indeed! Dr Peter St Claire, academic and expert in time-slip phenomenon, had no idea of the dire consequences when he allowed his idealistic postgraduate student, Harriet Barsden, to convince him to explore the secrets of the contents of a mysterious container of Aboriginal nineteenth-century artifacts and a diary from a Barsden ancestor in the Barsden homestead archives. Attempting to save the HMAS Sydney becomes less important now for Harriet and Peter as this time-slip adventure assumes a dreadful reality, as they are pulled into the web of Nazi penetration into wartime Sydney. Where would these inexplicable secrets from Australia’s ancient First Peoples take them?
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Saveock Water - A Swan's Empty Nest
In the small village of Saveock Water in Cornwall live the Burnett siblings. Parentless, they keep to themselves and make their own way. For some reason, though, the older girls keep the younger two under close watch, locking their door at night. The youngest, Lillian, thinks they're plotting against her. Lillian's mind is already unstable when she meets Davy Polglaze. Committed to St Lawrence's Mental Asylum, she plans her escape, but with rapid cultural change and industrialisation, Cornwall may not be a place where she can survive.As Lillian struggles, May is also drawn into her own turmoil. Their elder sisters, regarded by the villagers as spiritual healers, are far from being benevolent; their use of folk medicine sets a disturbing tone.Loneliness and isolation threaten to engulf them as they try to survive. When the opportunity arises for them both to leave Saveock Water, it seems that their troubles, imagined or otherwise, might have travelled with them.With Lillian seemingly losing her grip on reality and May subject to her own horrors, it would appear that a return to Saveock Water for both of them is inevitable. But what awaits the sisters there?In Victorian Cornwall, superstition and madness are close acquaintances.
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Operation Orangutan
November, 1962. Lieutenant Commander Ed Douglas has only six months of his seven years' national service left to serve when suddenly he is whisked from his position manning the Royal Navy Marines Careers office and into an exciting new operation: Operation Orangutan. Together with a group of Army Royal Marines and Royal Navy, and an eccentric civilian interpreter and guide, Poopalu Negri, Ed must enter the depths of the Malaysian jungle and try to capture a console panel from the Russians and face his most dangerous mission yet.
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Only in India - Stories Untold
India. An exotic land of characteristics and historical tales like no other. From an exposition on chili peppers to an introduction to comedic bridesmaids rituals, from tragic examples of socio-economic prejudices to ironic demonstrations of bureaucratic powers, and from personal reflections on kite flying to factual and clinical addresses on opium, Dr. Jas Singh shows India only as a son of the country can.Only in India—Stories Untold begins with the journey of a young Indian boy learning the differences between men and women, and harboring hopes of seeing movies and experiencing grand adventures in a historical fort. As we follow Singh from his childhood to his teenage years, then his college career, bits of political and war-time lessons, explanations of cultural expectations, and glimpses of life after the independence of British rule are interwoven in this all-encompassing exposure to a country that has been tested, redefined, left behind, missed, but never forgotten.
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Olive
Olive is a story of human endurance spanning over four generations; from the end of the 19th century through to WW-II, during the almost-total destruction of Southampton, a port city in southern England.Olive is the spine of this historical novel. Ostracised at birth by her family, Olive's life is that of an opportunist and black marketeer. She uses her sex, guile and music skills to move up, but there is a price to be paid and the children bear the cost.Olive demonstrates the impact one woman had on those whose lives she touched.
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Napoleon: Uprising
Amidst the turmoil of chaos and revolution, a young Napoleon Bonaparte leaves the safety of his Corsican homeland to be thrust into the corruption of the French aristocracy as he pursues a career in the artillery. Facing riot and rebellion throughout France, Napoleon must fight to protect a society that sees him as an outsider. As the world threatens to crumble around him, Napoleon must prove himself in order to protect his family from those who would destroy all he loves. This outsider, shunned and despised, may well prove to be France’s only hope.
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Keeping It In The Family
The 1930s"”the Great Depression"”Australia: Thomas Berg, the son of German immigrants, working as an odd-job man and struggling to support his family, starts a business with a second-hand truck and his own labour. Tough, single-minded and tyrannical, he drives its growth into a manufacturing conglomerate"”Berg Industries"”that cynics see as a capitalist heaven on earth.His target was for Berg Industries to remain family-owned for at least five generations"”a goal that family companies rarely attain.Setting about making that goal achievable, he appoints his sons as his subordinates, funds a world trip for his daughter, Eva, and his granddaughter to prepare them for future directorships, and makes it impossible for non-family investors to buy in.When Thomas dies, his only remaining son, Eric, becomes the chairman, and he invites Eva to be the director. Together, they pursue Thomas's vision. Later, their successors have to tackle very significant challenges.The first four Berg generations control the business during the twentieth century and expand it to include activities in Australia, England, and The United States. Some family members have involvements in Germany and India too. There are fifth-generation members who have yet to impress.This novel goes beyond successes and failures in business deals. It shows members of the expanding Berg dynasty at work and in private life, handling tensions that ebb and flow"”and finding that getting relatives onside can be like herding cats!
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Journey to Warudhar
Set in post-World War-I Australia, Journey to Warudhar is the story of Jessica Brooking, whose idyllic childhood is turned upside-down when her mother undergoes a sudden religious conversion. Love and joy disappears from her household overnight, and when Jessica can bear the toxic atmosphere no longer, she leaves home and her beloved father, Ted.Free from her mother's impossible restrictions, Jessica renews a previously forbidden relationship with a returned soldier, Harry Watkins. They fall deeply in love, marry, and move to Harry's far-flung, outback property, Warudhar, where they work tirelessly to build a life together.All goes well, until world depression and the appearance of Harry's bitter wartime enemies lead to tragic consequences. Jessica is forced to call upon all her reserves of faith and friendship to survive.
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Into the Skies: A World War I Aviator Story
This story portrays an American who gets caught up in World War One as an ‘aviator' from the beginning to the end, an unusual achievement, which makes for an absorbing tale. The author has taken elements from the memoirs of aviation pioneers, most of which began in the last years of the war, modified them to reflect changes that occurred from 1914 to 1918, and added other adventures. The back story includes some instances from the infancy of flight and the inspiration it provided a boy as he grew up in Dayton, Ohio. As a ‘memoir' of the Great War the book is an exciting and enjoyable read, whilst also providing a chronology of the War from the point of view of a German-American pilot who joined the French Aéronautique Militaire and flew on the side of the French for the duration of the conflict.
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Father, Unknown
Father, Unknown is a beautifully crafted novel of a family struggling to survive before, during, and after the French revolution. It is a story of courage, devotion, mystery, and betrayal, set against the dramatic backdrop of the harrowing and violent days that accompanied the creation of the Republic under Maximillien Robespierre. Through Francois Mai's powerful gift of description, one almost feels the bite of the guillotine, along with the tragic consequences of the revolution on the French people. At the heart of the story is Marie-Anne, a strong but vulnerable and courageous young woman who bears a child, Marcel, out of wedlock, and then steadfastly continues to live in her small village in the face of intolerance and recrimination. Marcel must make his own way in life with the same indomitable spirit of his mother while he tries to solve the mystery of who his father was. The book reads like a saga from Charles Dickens, with unforgettable characters coming to life on the pages as they deal with the epic changes taking place beyond their control. Mai dramatically brings alive the mood, the sights, and sounds of this turbulent time in history, deftly weaving real-life characters like Robespierre into the compelling narrative.It is a deeply moving and magnificent novel. Robert J. Mrazek, is a former U.S. Congressman and the author of nine books, including Stonewall's Gold, which won the Michael Shaara award as best Civil War novel of 1999.
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