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  American Dream? - Learn English...

  Jeoung Lee

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  "American Dream?" is written in Korean and English. It allows you to witness the struggles and hopes of immigrants of non-European descent in the U.S.A. The book also shows the other side of the nursing field. 

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  Gertrude donovan

  NATHAN ASCH

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  GERTRUDE DONOVAN by Nathan Asch, is a painfully honest portrait of a young working-class woman standing at the crossroads between desire and reality. 
  Set in 1920s New York, the story follows Gerty Donovan, a stenographer whose company suddenly collapses, throwing her into financial uncertainty. But losing her job isn’t what truly shakes her. What unsettled her is the quiet realization that she may be settling for a life — and a man — she doesn’t truly want. 
  Gerty is caught between two worlds: 
  1. Jim Denby, the dependable, hardworking bookkeeper who offers safety, marriage, and a predictable future. 
  2. Harry Widener, the polished, distant junior partner who represents refinement, ambition, and the intoxicating possibility of something more. 
  The story unfolds almost entirely inside Gerty’s mind — in her fantasies, insecurities, daydreams, and silent rebellions. We watch her measure herself against other women. We see her struggle with beauty, money, class, and what it means to be “taken care of.” We feel her longing to be chosen — not out of convenience, but out of passion. 
  What makes Gertrude Donovan so relatable is how human Gerty is. She isn’t heroic. She isn’t cruel. She isn’t foolish. She is simply a young woman trying to understand her worth in a world that constantly tells her what she should want. 
  The story explores: The fear of unemployment and instability, Class differences and social aspiration, Romantic illusion versus emotional reality, The pressure on women to marry for security, and, The quiet tragedy of self-deception. 
  By the final scene, when Gerty whispers, “What did I do? What did I do?” the question feels larger than her. It becomes the question of anyone who has ever chosen security over longing — or mistaken one for the other. 
  This is not just a story about love, it is a story about identity, ambition, vulnerability, and the fragile line between fantasy and surrender.

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  Rising Lion Ascending Moon

  Neal Armstrong

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  Kentucky, 1827.  
  17-year-old Ezra Benteen, haunted by the murder of his Lenape Indian mother, is on a journey with his hell-bent father Abe through the unforgiving frontier, attached to fur trappers headed for the great Mandan trading village on the Missouri River. But when the elder Benteen perishes in the wilderness, young Ezra’s last trace of boyhood is shattered. Forced to complete his father’s mission, he’s stunned to find the Mandan tribe waiting on him, believing Ezra to be the incarnation of their village shaman’s dream . . . the Powerful One. 
  Adopted by the Mandan, Ezra learns the tribe’s lifeways, falling in love with their people and the wide-open spaces of the American West. When an impending massacre threatens the Mandan’s peaceful existence, Ezra must decide who he really is and where his destiny lies—and find the courage to follow it. 
  A feast for those who love sweeping historical epics, Rising Lion—Ascending Moon is a masterful tale of adventure, wonder and romance, packed with fierce compelling characters. You’ll find it impossible to lay aside.

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  Red Rose White Rose

  Joanna Hickson

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  The powerful story of Cecily Neville, torn between both sides in the War of the Roses, from the best-selling author of The Agincourt Bride. 
  In fifteenth century England the Neville family rules the north with an iron fist. Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, a giant of a man and a staunch Lancastrian, cunningly consolidates power by negotiating brilliant marriages for his children. The last betrothal he arranges before he dies is between his youngest daughter, nine-year-old Cicely, and his ward Richard, the thirteen-year-old Duke of York, England’s richest heir. 
  Told through the eyes of Cicely and her half-brother Cuthbert, Red Rose, White Rose is the story of one of the most powerful women in England during one of its most turbulent periods. Born of Lancaster and married to York, the willowy and wayward Cicely treads a hazardous path through love, loss and imprisonment and between the violent factions of Lancaster and York, as the Wars of the Roses tear England’s ruling families apart. 
  The military strategies, political sagas, and personal trials of Cecily Neville's life are masterfully woven into this top historical fiction. Her story, set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, is a testament to the strength and resilience of women. 
  For fans of Elizabeth Chadwick (The Coming of the Wolf), Alison Weir (The Cardinal), Carol Mcgrath (The Lost Queen), Annie Garthwaite (Cecily), and Anne R. Bailey (The Lady Ursula).

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  The Whispering Tongues - Sussex...

  Beth Andrews

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  Another exquisite regency murder mystery from your new favourite author, Beth Andrews. 
   
  Anthea Halliwell’s once-bright future is cruelly taken from her the moment she is accused of stealing a necklace dripping with rubies and diamonds and attempting to sell it. 
   
  Her beloved Captain Crispin breaks off their engagement at the first hint of scandal and marries her friend instead. Then to make matters worse, her father gambles away their fortune. 
   
  Heartbroken and penniless, Anthea is forced to beg handsome Gideon Rodrigo for help. But she never expects him to propose. 
   
  It may be a marriage of convenience for Anthea, but Gideon will do anything to clear his wife’s name. 
   
  Gideon enlists the help of John and Lydia Savidge, who have their own reputation for solving crimes. 
   
  While tongues wag and suspicions mount, John and Lydia suspect more than theft and slander are at play. 
   
  And someone is killing to keep their secrets hidden . . .

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  Satan's Circus - An evil couple...

  Lady Eleanor Smith

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  Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside in England on the 7th August 1902 into a privileged family steeped in titles and politics. 
   
  Part of her education was at Miss Douglas's school at Queen's Gate.  Here she met and befriended several other young women that the British tabloid press would later call the ‘Bright Young Things’, a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. 
   
  Smith's paternal great-grandmother, was said to have been a Gypsy, and this sparked an early and life-long interest with the Romani people, she even went so far as to learn to read and speak the language, which she called ‘musical and broken.’ 
   
  Her life was full of adventure and mishaps.  A mistaken encounter with a man she thought could help her into the film business turned out to threats of marriage and death from a man wanted for the murder of his father.  She was even arrested twice.  Once for listing her career as a journalist and another, in Rome, for walking around in a sleeveless dress. 
   
  Smith began her career writing society gossip columns for various newspapers but later received an offer to write for the newly-formed Great Carmo Circus, with which she travelled for several years and was the source material for many of her books. 
   
  Her first novel, ‘Red Wagon’, was published when she was 28 and it was an immediate bestseller.  A prolific writer several of her works were also adapted for films. 
   
  Smith also wrote ghost stories and others flavoured with evil.  Her support for the Conservative party may be forgiven but her attributed quote to be a ‘warm adherent of General Franco’ less so. 
   
  Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith died on the 20th October 1945 in Westminster after a long illness. She was 43.

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