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  Arthur Mervyn

  Charles Brockden Brown

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  Arthur Mervyn is the story of a young man from the country who arrives in a city stricken with Yellow Fever. He soon comes down with the illness and is rescued by a kindly doctor. Arthur tells the doctor and his wife the story of his life, thereby gaining the doctor’s confidence and good will. However, others familiar with Arthur tell another tale, and the doctor’s as well as the reader’s confidence in Arthur is shaken. Brown, who himself contracted Yellow Fever during an outbreak in New York City, vividly describes the horrors of the disease and its effects on an early American city. (Summary by Margaret)

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  Silk & Service: A Polite...

  David Kudler

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  Not all assassins wear black,
  
  Some come wearing silk...
  
  A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems. And teaches him what a warrior truly can be.
  
  This is the second of six Kunoichi Companion Tales, prequel stories to David Kudler's historical novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale.
  
  White Robes - Mired in her own grief, Lady Mochizuki Chiyome encounters two young women who give her a whole new, much more interesting opportunity.
  Silk & Service - A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems.
  Ghost - When Lady Chiyome receives a note from the shōgun, she finds that the messenger is much more intriguing than the message.
  Shining Boy - Plucked off of the streets of the capital, an orphan girl tries to figure out what story she's wandered into.
  Blade - Toumi doesn't want anyone messing with her business.
  Little Brother - Returning to the monastery turns out to be as hard as leaving it was.
  An Author's Republic audio production.

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  Black Arrow The - A Tale of the...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws inTunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspectthat his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father's murder. Dick's suspicionsare enough to turn Sir Daniel against him, so he has no recourse but to escape from Sir Daniel and join the outlawsof the Black Arrow against him. This struggle sweeps him up into the greater conflict surrounding them all.The story of the Wars of the Roses is told in miniature by The Black Arrow. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of...

  George Washington Cable

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  This is a gentle, delightful story of life and love on the bayoux of Acadian Louisiana during the latter half of the 19th century. Bonaventure is a Creole raised among the Acadians. He loves learning, and through his calling as a teacher, and his own unique force of character, comes to have a lasting effect on the people around him. A word of warning: This story has occasional references to Jews and African Americans that the modern mind finds offensive. They are retained here in the interest of preserving the original text. (Summary by Christine Dufour)

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  Citizens

  Sam Tranum

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  Dublin 2011: Ireland has failed, and if you're in your twenties, you're getting out. Neil, twenty-six, unemployed and disillusioned with the country, is leaving. But having deferred his flight to attend his grandfather's funeral, he's now stuck behind, aiding his grieving grandmother. His girlfriend left for Canada a month ago. Once he gets what has been bequeathed to him, he'll join her. Dublin 1916: Harry Casey is a Pathé newsreel cameraman with a cine-machine and four reels ready to capture the events of Easter Week. However, war destroys even the best-laid plans, and what starts out as an artistic endeavour becomes a subversive challenge to the new republic's hierarchy. Before Neil can leave for Canada, his grandmother asks him to read his great-grandfather Harry Casey's recently discovered memoirs. Eager to find out if the reminiscences are valuable, Neil delays his departure again. With his girlfriend in Canada growing increasingly impatient, and his grandmother's pleas for him to stay in Ireland more desperate, Neil faces a choice between the past and the future that will have far-reaching consequences for the rest of his life. Citizens creates a conversation across a century, between two disparate characters, in one unique interwoven story that combines the historical epic with razor-sharp contemporary cultural commentary.

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  The Rocky Mountain Moving...

  Loren D. Estleman

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  Loren D. Estleman has garnered heaps of praise for his stylish novels, which are charged with razor-sharp wit and sparkling dialogue. The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association, reminiscent of the author's Mister St. John and The Stranglers, is an engrossing story of California's colorful past.  
  In 1913, Dmitri Pulski wants to be the next Jack London. He spends countless hours at his father's ice company in a shed, writing short stories. When sent to Los Angeles to investigate an unusual order, Dmitri changes his name to Tom Boston and immediately begins scripting movie scenarios for a rogue film company. In the days to follow, the company will find itself fighting Thomas Edison and his cronies for control of the burgeoning film industry.  
  This is an extraordinarily clever tale set against the boom of America's movie capital -- Hollywood. Estleman's magical lyricism and masterful storytelling are at their usual high standards, matched here by the incomparable skills of veteran narrator George Guidall.

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