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  Aristopia: A Romance-History of...

  Castello Newton Holford

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  Aristopia (published 1895)  is truly an alternative history. It is an imagination of how the continent of North America might have developed if one man with the vision, altruism and determination to build a state for the benefit of all its people had been in the happy position of having wealth enough to make his dream a reality.It is an interesting book which deserves its place in literary history largely for being the first novel-length example of its genre. It is written, not as a novel, but as unvarnished history. Only a few passages seem really to catch alight with the idealistic passion of the country's founder, Ralph Morton. Those that do, however, are powerful.Borrowing heavily from actual documents of the period such as Captain John Smith's Journal, and also from More's Utopia, Newton appears to use his book to show how the vast natural resources of the new continent could, with the vision and wealth of a man like Morton, have improved the lives of huge numbers of the poor, disenfranchised and disaffected of Europe, instead of making relatively few men very rich indeed. In keeping with the thinking of his own time, he seems not to have considered to any great extent how this would still have displaced the native inhabitants of Morton's new 'Commonwealth'. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

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  Of Greenstone and Violins - BOOK...

  Donna Goodacre

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  In the shadows of London's Highgate Cemetery, Ngaroma stands before her great-great-grandfather's crypt, unknowingly about to unravel a tale that spans two centuries and two hemispheres. Victorian New Zealand sets the stage for an extraordinary story of two brothers bound by blood but divided by empire. Hōhepa, born to a British captain and a Māori mother, navigates a precarious path between two worlds during a time of mounting colonial tensions. Meanwhile, in England, his half-brother Colin, a gifted landscape painter, confronts the suffocating constraints of Victorian society as he struggles to live authentically in a world that denies his true nature and desires. Their unlikely bond challenges the rigid social boundaries of their era, proving that the heart knows no borders. Now, in 2010, Ngaroma's discovery in that London cemetery will bridge the generations, revealing how love, sacrifice, and forgiveness shaped her family's legacy across oceans and decades. Based on the author's own family history, this richly woven narrative continues the story begun in 'Finding Miriama', exploring how the choices of our ancestors echo through time.

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  A Familiar Family Connection

  Eskay Kabba

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  Ryan D. Ryder and Mr. Deep Strokez are official but not Facebook official! 
  Rion Matthews "AKA Ryan D. Ryder" flew across the country to be with the man he fell in love in London last summer. And Nicholas Highton "AKA #MrDeepStrokez" is ecstatic to have Rion in his city, his life, and his bed every night. The two lovers try to keep it just between them since Nick's sex tape went viral. With over twenty million social media followers and paparazzi dogging his every move, Rion wants to be sure that their steamy connection had the foundation to go the distance before they became a hashtag. 
  After Rion is accidentally introduced to Nick's siblings, he is pulled into the world of the One Percent, where money, sex, and power is at their fingertips. Meanwhile, traumatic events force Rion back to California, leading Nick into the dark and dangerous world that Rion was raised in. 
  Will their connection grow stronger as they walk through each other's worlds, or will the journey create doubts about their relationship's longevity?

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  Robinson Crusoe

  Daniel Defoe

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  Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner (1719) is considered by many the first English novel. Based on the real-life experiences of the castaway Alexander Selkirk, the book has had a perrenial appeal among readers of all ages-–especially the young adult reading public–-who continue to find inspiration in the inventive resourcefulness of its hero, sole survivor of a shipwreck who is marooned on an uninhabited island.    Especially poignant, after more than two decades of unbroken solitude, is the affection that Robinson develops for Friday, another survivor fleeing certain death at the hands of enemy tribesmen from the South American continent. (Summary by Denny Sayers)

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  False Layers

  Morgan Beringer

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  She returns to a place that insists nothing has changed, where every corner hums with denial and familiarity feels staged. What was meant to be a quiet reckoning becomes a plunge into layers of deception, where memories conflict, and silence is a practiced art. 
  He lives among half-truths and fading myths, once the architect of compelling lies. But when their paths cross, invention and experience collide. The stories he once controlled now seem to predict her steps, and his own unraveling. 
  Together, they uncover a design more intricate than coincidence, threaded through forgotten manuscripts, manipulated pasts, and lives rewritten in plain sight. As alliances shift and identities fracture, they’re forced to ask: who’s writing whom? And what remains when the narrative collapses? 
  Some truths are buried. Others are built.

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  C Plot

  Mary Anne Lale

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  my Project description is my audiobook C Plot as intrigue! Conspiracy! Piracy from the Baddies as the BBBB New World Order origins and how being fought against today! 5 true life stories entwined over 400 years from Pirate Mary of Presently 2021 of Covid Blighty and NZ getting in way of individual freedoms. This is a book of power! From 1583 Blighty Britain Enslaved! Rebellion! Liberation and the English Leveller Revolution! 1634-1721....2021! Written from being Pirate Mary this a one off non put down able in any way missive! Mates! I dare U! Many have already NOT dared. Too much? Too True? Where r u at? What can one individual do?! Arragh....U Will Hear!....Pirate Mary Out!

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