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Step right up for the most captivating read of the year . . .
Filled with the sights and sounds of Victorian England, Circus of
Wonders is the instant Sunday Times bestseller from Elizabeth
Macneal, author of The Doll Factory. 'Intensely satisfying' -
Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars England, 1866. When Jasper
Jupiter's Circus of Wonders arrives in a coastal village, Nell soon
catches the showman's eye. Shunned by her community because of the
birthmarks speckling her skin, to Jasper she is a prize - she could
be his very own leopard girl. But how to make her his? Soon Nell
finds herself the star of Jasper's show. Suddenly she is famous.
Crowds rush to watch her soar through the air. Figurines are cast
in her image. Even Queen Victoria wants to see her perform. But is
Nell free to live and love as she chooses? And when her fame begins
to eclipse Jasper's own, could she be in danger? After all, the
higher you fly, the steeper the fall . . . 'Filled with character
and life' - The Times 'Utterly beguiling' - Daily Mail 'Brilliantly
involving' - Daily Express 'Exhilarating' - Sunday Times, Books of
the Year 'An immersive gem' - Red 'Joyous, frightening,
heartbreaking' - Independent 'Deliciously vivid' - Woman & Home
Harry Pierpont and John Dillinger were die-hard and deadly
partners who made national headlines with their daring bank
hold-ups and gun battles -- and they had a lot of laughs while they
were at it. They were known as the Dillinger Gang but at its heart
was "Handsome Harry" Pierpont -- tough, fearless, intelligent, and
sworn to live by no law but his own. Presented as his intimate
"confessions," Harry's story takes us from his teenage days as a
small-time crook to his fateful meeting with the equally young
Dillinger to the pinnacle of his notoriety, and to his final hours
in the penitentiary death house.
Crafted in James Carlos Blake's signature style of fast-paced
violence, sizzling sex, and darkly raucous humor, Handsome Harry
re-creates a thrilling chapter from the chronicles of American
crime.
"A brave and moving novel [that] has a tender empathy with the
natural world." -Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books From
the two-time Booker Prize finalist author of Days Without End comes
a dazzling companion novel about memory and identity, set in
Tennessee in the aftermath of the Civil War Winona Cole, an
orphaned child of the Lakota Indians, finds herself growing up in
an unconventional household on a farm in west Tennessee. Raised by
her adoptive parents John Cole and Thomas McNulty, whose story
Barry told in his acclaimed previous novel Days Without End, she
forges a life for herself beyond the violence and dispossession of
her past. Tennessee is a state still riven by the bitter legacy of
the Civil War, and the fragile harmony of her family is soon
threatened by a further traumatic event, one which Winona struggles
to confront, let alone understand. Exquisitely written, A Thousand
Moons is a stirring, poignant story of love and redemption, of one
woman's journey and her determination to write her own future.
The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series
turns her prodigious talents to this World War I standalone novel,
a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged,
fractured world.
By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea
Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained--by Thea's
passionate embrace of women's suffrage, and by the imminent
marriage of Kezia to Thea's brother, Tom, who runs the family farm.
When Kezia and Tom wed just a month before war is declared between
Britain and Germany, Thea's gift to Kezia is a book on household
management--a veiled criticism of the bride's prosaic life to come.
Yet when Tom enlists to fight for his country and Thea is drawn
reluctantly onto the battlefield, the farm becomes Kezia's
responsibility. Each must find a way to endure the ensuing
cataclysm and turmoil.
As Tom marches to the front lines, and Kezia battles to keep her
ordered life from unraveling, they hide their despair in letters
and cards filled with stories woven to bring comfort. Even Tom's
fellow soldiers in the trenches enter and find solace in the dream
world of Kezia's mouth-watering, albeit imaginary meals. But will
well-intended lies and self-deception be of use when they come face
to face with the enemy?
Published to coincide with the centennial of the Great War, The
Care and Management of Lies paints a poignant picture of love and
friendship strained by the pain of separation and the brutal chaos
of battle. Ultimately, it raises profound questions about conflict,
belief, and love that echo in our own time.
Now in trade paperback for the first time--#1 New York Times
bestselling author Stephanie Laurens's unforgettable tale of love
and mystery that introduced her overwhelming popular Bastion Club
novels
Tristan Wemyss, Earl of Trentham, has a most unexpected
challenge: like all men of his class he must find a suitable wife,
but within a year, and if he fails, he must forfeit his
inheritance. Despite the many alluring young women paraded before
him, he picks his neighbor, Miss Leonora Carling. Spirited,
educated, and no man's fool, Leonora meets his requirements
perfectly. Unfortunately, she has no desire to marry anyone . .
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But then unanticipated danger finds her and Leonora must beg
Tristan for his aid. A mysterious stranger is attempting to force
her family from their home, so when Tristan extends his services as
protector she has little choice but to accept. Yet as they get
ever-closer to uncovering the source of the threat, Tristan
discovers his offer of convenience is becoming an offer of
love.
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Famous Modern Ghost Stories
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Dorothy 1878-1935 Scarborough; Algernon 1869-1951 Blackwood; Created by Mary Eleanor Wilkins 1852-1 Freeman
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R1,073
Discovery Miles 10 730
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The Red and the Black
(Hardcover)
Stendhal; Translated by Horace B. Samuel; Illustrated by Henri J Dubouchet
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R765
Discovery Miles 7 650
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