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  The Vines of Yarrabee

  Dorothy Eden

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  New York Times bestseller: A sweeping romantic saga about the colonization of Australia, from the author of An Important Family.  When Gilbert Massingham chooses Eugenia Lichfield for his bride, he knows the aristocratic beauty is the ideal mistress for his plantation in the Australian wilderness. But the virile, larger-than-life, vineyard-obsessed Gilbert isn’t the husband Eugenia imagined when she left England for this untamed land. Then exiled Irish portrait artist Colm O’Connor and prison refugee Molly Jarvis come into their lives, altering the family’s destiny. As Yarrabee grows into one of Australia’s premier vineyards, a subtle struggle for power begins that will have far-reaching consequences for Eugenia, Gilbert, and their children. Featuring a cast of unforgettable characters, The Vines of Yarrabee presents the vitality and violence of pioneer life and an unusual and moving love story.      

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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Franz Kafka, Guy de Maupassant,...

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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. 
   
  Those taken away by their own hand leave many questions and many sorrows.  In this volume ten of our vaunted authors share stories of tragedy and the early demise of characters who take a tortured path of no return. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - Suicide - An Introduction 
  02 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
  03 - Suicides by Guy de Maupassant 
  04 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore 
  05 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather 
  06 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo 
  07 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley 
  08 - A Slav Soul by Alexander Kuprin 
  09 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy 
  10 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 
  11 - The Quadroons by Lydia Maria Child

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  Joseph Conrad - A Short Story...

  Joseph Conrad

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  Joseph Conrad was born on 3rd December 1857 in Berdychiv in the Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire.  His birthplace had been part of Poland which its neighbours dismembered into their own Empires. 
   
  Conrad’s early years were spent in constant movement, his father was politically active and frequently in trouble trying to help re-ignite a Polish state which meant arrests and exile and the young Conrad himself suffered from ill-health, spending a year at a retreat in Kyiv recovering.   
   
  By 11 he was orphaned.  His education was mainly private and although he was a voracious reader, he was a poor academic student.  Now, being raised by an uncle who wanted Conrad to have a worthwhile job, it was hoped that a merchant-marine career might bring out the best of him. 
   
  At 16 he was sent to Marseille to embark on that adventure.  Conrad himself was determined to be both a sailor and a great writer. 
   
  Life on board a ship was full of adventures and experiences which included gun-running and close quarter encounters with political conspiracies. 
   
  By his mid 30’s Conrad had returned to shore permanently to add his prodigious literary talents to full time writing.  Although he wrote with a comprehensive command in English his spoken English was often cited as ‘horrible’.   He was now also a British Citizen.   
   
  Conrad brought to English Literature both narrative mastery, compelling prose and fully formed characters as well as a deeper examination of the human psyche in a wealth of work.  He wrote many novels, short stories, nonfiction, and memoirs which are rightly regarded today as some of the finest in English literature.      
   
  Jospeh Conrad died on the 3rd August 1924 at Bishopsbourne, Kent in England.  He was 66.

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  A Lamb to the Slaughter

  J. A. Johnstone, William W....

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  Johnstone Country. Where life is a gamble. 
   
   
   
  The national bestselling authors of violent, bullet-riddled Old West yarns return to the Texas frontier town where Sheriff Buck Jackson and Deputy Flint Moran are quickly learning that enforcing the law means being fastest on the draw—or being killed by someone quicker . . . 
   
   
   
  Welcome to Tinhorn, Texas. Now go home. 
   
   
   
  Two drifters, flush with cash and looking to buy cattle, arrive in town—one nursing a bullet wound he claims he received accidentally when his friend was cleaning his gun. Jackson and Moran are suspicious but have no reason to challenge their story—until four more drifters show up looking for the first two. Moran may not be lightning quick when it comes to numbers, but reports say the Wells Fargo office was held up by six men . . . 
   
   
   
  But Moran is going to need more bullets. He's been called upon to go after Abel Crowe and his three sons on a murder and kidnapping charge. And with Jesse Slocum breaking out of prison to wreak vengeance on Sheriff Jackson, who killed Slocum's brother, the young deputy is going to make his name one bullet at a time—or die trying . . .

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  Notes from Beale Street

  Phyllis R. Dixon

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  When their family matriarch dies in 1980s Memphis, two very different sisters battle over her legacy—only to discover her long-hidden history in 1940s Tupelo and an unexpected connection to Graceland. Readers of Tara M. Stringfellow, Brandy Colbert, Nancy Crochiere, ReShonda Tate, and Sadeqa Johnson will be captivated by this powerful story of mothers and daughters, family bonds and forgiveness, and generational sacrifice.For the Dawkins sisters, an ocean between them is still not enough. Free-spirited Suzanne has been at odds with her conservative, church-going sister, Paula, since childhood. Their mother, Lillie, blames her divorce during their teens and an unexplained tragedy, and has spent her life trying to bring them together. Still, Suzanne chases her dream of musical stardom and ends up in Paris as a cabaret singer. Paula stayed in Memphis, becoming a devoted family woman and pillar of the community—but never forgave her sister’s absence, believing it stifled her own dreams.When their mother dies, Suzanne and Paula discover a surprising inheritance: secret tapes of Lillie's time working for Elvis Presley at Graceland. A publisher hoping to dig up secrets about her famous employer wants to turn them into a book. But Lillie had secrets of her own, and the sisters disagree about exposing them. However, both desperately need money. Paula financed her childcare center with loans from the wrong people, and the debt has come due. Suzanne is reaching for what may be her last chance at a big-time singing career.Forced to delve into their family’s past is a higher-stakes undertaking than either sister imagined, including a startling revelation. Yet in discovering the truth together, perhaps they can fulfill Lillie's true legacy of healing and forgiveness . . .

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  A Matter of Persuasion

  Theresa Howes

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  'Achingly romantic with lashings of Gilded Age glamour.' Jessica Bull 
  'A Matter of Persuasion completely captured my heart! The way it immerses you in the lavish details of the era made me feel like I was living in that time. I couldn’t help but stay up late, lost in the world the author created.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Loved this beautiful Gilded age novel! The outfits the settings and gorgeous historical content had me reading late into the night!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  Lose yourself in this retelling of Persuasion, the ultimate tale of love, loss and sacrifice, re-imagined in the opulent but guarded Gilded Age society.  
  New York, 1882. Amy Eaton is a bestselling authoress, much to the embarrassment of her family. Proudly ‘old money’, they see her professionalism as an impropriety. Despite their undisguised disdain for her, Amy is bound by a promise she made to her dying mother to look after her two sisters and father. 
  Eight years have passed since Amy gave up the love of her life, after her mother’s best friend persuaded her not to marry him. But now Wareham is back: a rich, self-made man in search of a wife. 
  Doing her best to forget the life she might have had with Wareham, Amy must learn how to navigate her small social circle without letting her true feelings show. As new and unexpected situations arise, will Amy defy expectations and choose her own path?Praise for Theresa Howes: 
  ‘Truly gripping… I loved it.’ Jill Mansell, Sunday Times bestselling author of Promise Me 
  ‘I absolutely loved this… Vivid and heartbreaking.’ Lana Kortchik, USA Today bestselling author of Sisters of War 
  ‘War, passion and tragedy unite in this atmospheric and moving tale.’S D Sykes, author of the Oswald de Lacy Medieval Murders series 
  ‘A wonderfully immersive, emotional read.’ Annabelle Thorpe, author of The Enemy of Love 
  ‘I stayed up late into the night to finish… A thrilling, exciting story… You might want to have some tissues handy.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘This book will stay with me for a long time. A credit to Theresa Howes for exquisite writing and an evocative storyline.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘It was absolutely compulsive – my heart was in my throat for the brilliant heroine all the way through.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  For fans of Alexandra Weston (The Lavender Bride), Charlotte Bingham (The Daisy Club), Renée Rosen (Let's Call Her Barbie), Siobhan Curham (The Secret Keeper), and Luisa A Jones (Making The Best of It).

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