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  Blood of the Warlord

  Griff Hosker

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  The warlord, his son and even his grandchildren are all dead. Sacrificed by kings who used them. Now King Henry asks the great-grandsons of the Warlord to help his son, The Lord Edward, learn how to rule. Sent with too few men and too many enemies, Sir Henry Samuel, Sir Alfred and the newly knighted Sir Thomas must learn how to use their skills, not in the familiar borderlands but in Gascony where insurrection and treason have reared their heads.

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  The Colonists

  Vivian Stuart

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  The eleventh book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country made of blood, passion, and dreams.
   
  Against overwhelming odds they fought to tame a savage land, now they must fight to keep it.
   
  For three tumultuous generations they had struggled to harness an alien wilderness, to lay the bold foundation for their dreams. But now, just as a radiant future beckons, they are menaced by distant powers hungry to seize what they have so bitterly won.
  As the new generation comes into its own, some, like Lucy Van Buren, live drugged by lavish splendor. Others, like Michael Dean, carry on the invincible pioneer spirit. And still the newcomers arrive, burning with unbridled passions and dark desires. Men like Robert Willoughby, fleeing disgrace, headed for disaster … women like Alice Fairweather, willing to risk everything for a cause. Together, as lovers and enemies, they must battle to forge the glorious destiny that is rightfully theirs. Once outcasts, they are now The Colonists.

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  Let Us Begin - A tale of family...

  Julia Amante

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  Salvador arrives in the United States from Argentina with one big, unfocused goal: to become successful at something. He knows that America is the land of opportunity, and if he works hard, he will triumph. 
  Together with his childhood sweetheart, he settles in the Big Apple, where dreams come true. 
  But this ambitious young immigrant soon learns that it takes more than hard work and charisma to succeed and is changed by the harsh realities of living in New York. 
  Everyone has advice for Salvador as he moves from one dead-end job to another, attempting to reinvent himself. But the best advice comes from the loving letters he gets from his father. They keep him grounded and remind him of the man he wants to be until he loses this moral compass the day his father succumbs to diabetes. 
  As the 1960s roll into the 1970s and America and Salvador become less innocent, he finds himself in California, where he starts his own business, and it finally looks like the American Dream is within his grasp. 
  But things get complicated when Argentina is involved in a war in the early 1980s, and Salvador must decide where his allegiances lie. One wrong decision and bold act can bring his dreams crumbling down, and Salvador soon realizes that there are consequences for being impulsive and disloyal. 
  In the end, Salvador learns that there are boundaries men should not cross and that the love of family is the only worthwhile dream Americans should pursue. 
  Spanning decades, Let Us Begin is a moving story filled with joy and despair about a family searching for a home and a place to belong.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe, Juhani...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this volume the once forgotten literary backwaters of Scandinavia, and its hinterland, reveal the storied works of their own literature.  Some names are familiar, some decidedly not.  But each has literary talents and compelling narratives. 
   
   
  1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - Nordic - An Introduction 
  2 - The Amputated Arms by Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe 
  3 - Pioneers by Juhani Aho 
  4 - The Nursemaid by Minna Canth 
  5 - Glahn's Death by Knut Hamsun 
  6 - Photographer and Philosopher by August Strindberg 
  7 - A Dry Spell by Eimar H Kvaran 
  8 - Norvick's Old Man by Anna Wahlenburg 
  9 - The Story of a Mother by Hans Christian Anderson 
  10 - Mistress Bine by Cornelia Levetzow 
  11 - The Father by Bjornstjerne Bjornson

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  The Berlin Traitor

  A W Hammond

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  n this fast-paced thriller Auguste Duchene finds himself in post-war Berlin, involved in the hunt for a Nazi war criminal and relying on his wits to survive the beginnings of the Cold War. 
   
  July, 1945. The war in Europe is finallyover. But Auguste Duchene, who survived occupied Paris at great personal cost,cannot escape his past. He finds himself helping the Allies to pursue a Gestapowar criminal through the ravaged and dangerous streets of Berlin. Duchene soonlearns, however, that, although one global conflict may have ended, another isbeginning, and he is in a deadly race against the Russians as they hunt thesame man. And, once again, at the heart of all he does, are his extraordinarywife Sabine and his beloved daughter Marienne. 
   
    
   
   
  With its vivid evocation of the post-war hardship and desperation of Germany's capital, The Berlin Traitor pits a man of principle, who hates war and all it stands for, against relentless nationalism and self-interest. Tense, terrifying and compelling, full of twists and turns, this riveting page-turner is a worthy successor to The Paris Collaborator.

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  Solicitor the

  Shauna Ritz

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  The Solicitor is the story of Marcello Luna, a brilliant psychopath who is an intellectual, wealthy,  
  Fulbright Scholar, and linguist. As events unfold, the narrative shifts its focus to Beatriz Luna,  
  and the hardships she endures as her husband’s reckless decisions and bigger than life personality 
  plunge them into a series of chaotic events, impacting them and those they leave behind.   
  Spanning beyond a decade commencing in 1977 between Monte Video, Uruguay and Los Angeles, California,  
  accurate geographical details, noteworthy contemporary public figure, in addition to volatile civil and social  
  issues during the time of the AIDS epidemic, authenticate this compelling story’s relevance and cautionary tale. 

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