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  What was Beautiful and Good

  Jill Blocker

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  In the midst of chaos and destruction, a young singer fights to find her voice. "What was Beautiful and Good" is an enthralling novel based on a true story, weaving together history, art, and a tale of resilience. 
  Emmy Hennings, a free-spirited artist, revels in the beauty and excitement of Europe's most captivating cities. But when the First World War shatters her world, Emmy's life takes an unexpected tum. Unable to perform and separated from her friends who are drafted into the military, she finds herself imprisoned for trivial offenses and branded unpatriotic. 
  As despair threatens to consume her, Emmy's fate takes a hopeful twist when a young man named Hugo Ball proposes an escape to Switzerland. In this sanctuary of peace, they discover a vibrant community, but surviving as a refugee comes with its own challenges. 
  Driven to find purpose amidst the chaos, this remarkable novel transports readers to a turbulent era where art becomes a beacon of hope, defying the darkness of war and igniting a global artistic revolution named "Dada" that will remind generations to come of the true meaning behind what is beautiful and good.

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  While Bugles Blow!

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  He's a handsome American Lieutenant in the French Foreign Legion. She's a beautiful woman who's as fiery as the North African sun. And she's all his — bought and paid for in the village square. Put them together and you've got fireworks. Two violent native tribes are determined to get their hands on the woman... even if it means unleashing an all-out war. Can the Lieutenant hold the fort against the onslaught? And does he have any idea of the secret in the woman's past that could change everything? The wrangling in the marketplace... the whisper of conspiracies... and the war-cries of the Berber all come to life as the audio version of While Bugles Blow! takes you to the wild heart of North Africa.

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  3 Stories - Set in Switzerland -...

  Arthur Conan Doyle, E F Benson,...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  Death Waits at Sundown - A Wild...

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Lynn Taylor and his kid brother Frank have landed on the wrong side of a corrupt lawman. Frank's been framed for murder, and it's up to Lynn to make sure his brother doesn't end up guest of dishonor at a hanging party. Lynn's got a plan, but it means going outlaw himself, and if he's caught, it'll be his neck on the line. Catch the snap of a whip and the crack of a Colt .45 as the audio version of Death Waits at Sundown delivers non-stop Wild West action.

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  The Disappearance of Josef...

  Olivier Guez

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  An extraordinary novel about one of history's most reviled figures, written as an action-packed historical biography 
   
   
   
  For three decades, until the day he collapsed in the Brazilian surf in 1979, Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death who performed horrific experiments on the prisoners of Auschwitz, floated through South America in linen suits, keeping two steps ahead of Mossad agents, international police, and the world's journalists. 
   
   
    
  In this rigorously researched factual novel—drawn almost entirely from historical documents—Olivier Guez traces Mengele's footsteps through these years of flight. 
   
   
    
  This chilling novel situates the listener in a literary manhunt on the trail of one of the most elusive and evil figures of the twentieth century.

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  Sky Walker - Tehawennihárhos

  Susan Minsos

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  In 1845 Upper Canada the spark ignites between Tehawennihárhos of the Mohawk Turtle clan and the young Scotchwoman Jennet Ferguson, kindling a fire that drives this truly Canadian novel on an epic adventure of adversity and romance.
  		 
  Set against a backdrop of the European land grab of Six Nations territory, this story casts a broad shadow over the landscape of cultures and identity that was coming to define the emerging nation of Canada.

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