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  The River Is Home - A Novel

  Patrick D. Smith

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  Award-winning Florida novelist Patrick Smith's first novel, The River Is Home, revolves around a Mississippi family's struggle to cope with changes in their rural environment. Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live—with its food supply, steamboats, and floods—figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, and compassion.

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  Madame Barbara

  Helen Forrester

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  Timeless romance from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s heart-warming and gripping fiction, set in post-war Liverpool and France, continues to move readers. 
  Set in the aftermath of war, this is a tale of courage and endurance of ordinary people. 
  A young Liverpool woman is widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family. 
  On a trip to Normandy, to see the site of the D-Day landings where her husband was killed, she meets an impoverished French poultry farmer. Reduced by the war to driving a beaten-up taxi and caring for his mother and dying brother, his happiness feels out of reach. 
  Can two people shake off the shadows of the past and build a new life together? 
  Helen Forrester's historical sagas are renowned for their rural settings and military themes. In Madame Barbara, she takes us to the small towns of post-war Liverpool and France, showcasing her top-notch storytelling skills. 
  For fans of Katie Flynn (The Winter Runaway), Maureen Lee (The Kelly Sisters), Pam Howes (Secrets on Mersey Square), Anna Jacobs (The Secrets of Eastby End), and Rosie Goodwin (Yesterday's Shadows). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Dynasty - Conspiracies Murders...

  Claudio Bocchia

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  Embark on a Timeless Journey with "Dynasty" 
  Dive into the heart of ancient Egypt, a land shrouded in mystery and majesty, where pharaohs ruled as gods among men, and rituals held the essence of life and death. "Dynasty" offers a compelling narrative that weaves through the corridors of time, revealing the untold stories of Egypt's most legendary pharaohs. 
  Unveil the Secrets of the Pharaohs 
  Discover the epic sagas of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten, whose reigns marked a transformative era in Egyptian history. 
  Explore a World of Gods and Rituals 
  Journey alongside the ancient Egyptians to explore the profound relationship between the pharaohs, their deities, and the people they led. Delve into the heart of religious practices, including the enigmatic monotheism introduced by Akhenaten. 
  Discover a Revolutionary Theory 
  At the core of "Dynasty" lies a gripping intrigue—a secret theory that could redefine our understanding of ancient Egyptian history. This revelation challenges everything we thought we knew, offering a fresh perspective on a world lost to time. 
  Features :Epic Narratives: Experience the grandeur of Egypt's pharaohs and their divine connection to the gods.Mystical Rituals: Gain insights into the sacred acts that defined an era, from mummification to worship.Secret Theories: Explore groundbreaking ideas that challenge historical conventions.Rediscover Ancient Egypt: See this ancient civilization in a new light, through stories of power, devotion, and intrigue. 
  "Dynasty" is more than an book—it's a gateway to a world that has captivated imaginations for millennia. Let the past come alive as you unravel the mysteries that have fascinated scholars and dreamers alike.

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  A Slash of Emerald - A Dr Julia...

  Patrice McDonough

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  London, 1867: Among the genteel young ladies of London society, painting is a perfectly acceptable pastime—but a woman who dares to pursue art as a profession is another prospect, indeed. Dr. Julia Lewis, familiar with the disrespect afforded women in untraditional careers, is hardly surprised when Scotland Yard shows little interest in complaints made by her friend, Mary Allingham, about a break-in at her art studio. Mary is just one of many "lady painters" being targeted by vandals. 
   
   
   
  Painters' sitters are vanishing, too—women viewed by some as dispensable outcasts. Inspector Richard Tennant, however, takes the attacks seriously, suspecting they're linked to the poison-pen letters received by other members of the Allingham family. For Julia, the issue is complicated by Tennant's previous relationship with Mary's sister-in-law, Louisa, and by her own surprising reaction to that entanglement. 
   
   
   
  But when someone close to them commits suicide and a woman turns up dead, the case can no longer be so easily ignored by "respectable" society. Layer after layer, Julia and Tennant scrape away the facts of the case like paint from a canvas. What emerges is a somber picture of vice, depravity, and deception stretching from London's East End to the Far East—with a killer at its center, determined to get away with one last, grisly murder . . .

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  After Sappho

  Selby Wynn Schwartz

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  LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE 
   
   
   
  An exhilarating debut from a radiant new voice, After Sappho reimagines the intertwined lives of feminists at the turn of the twentieth century. 
   
   
   
  "The first thing we did was change our names. We were going to be Sappho," so begins this intrepid debut novel, centuries after the Greek poet penned her lyric verse. Ignited by the same muse, a myriad of women break from their small, predetermined lives for seemingly disparate paths: in 1892, Rina Faccio trades her needlepoint for a pen; in 1902, Romaine Brooks sails for Capri with nothing but her clotted paintbrushes; and in 1923, Virginia Woolf writes: "I want to make life fuller and fuller." Writing in cascading vignettes, Selby Wynn Schwartz spins an invigorating tale of women whose narratives converge and splinter as they forge queer identities and claim the right to their own lives. A luminous meditation on creativity, education, and identity, After Sappho announces a writer as ingenious as the trailblazers of our past.

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  The Porcelain Menagerie

  Jillian Forsberg

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  In 18th-century Dresden, art, ambition, and power are as fragile—and as dangerous—as porcelain. 
  Young sculptor Johann Kändler is summoned to the royal court, where King Augustus the Strong demands a lifelike porcelain menagerie. One mistake could ruin him—or cost his life. Decades earlier, Fatima, a Turkish handmaiden turned royal mistress, must navigate court intrigues, reclaim her identity, and survive a world where beauty and obedience are prized above all else. 
  Two lives. One king. A deadly obsession. 
  Narrated by Caroline Hewitt, this immersive audiobook brings the glittering yet perilous world of Dresden to life, capturing every whisper, rivalry, and delicate porcelain masterpiece. 
  Perfect for fans of Sarah Penner and Emelia Hart, The Porcelain Menagerie is historical fiction at its most vivid, intricate, and unforgettable.

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