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  Talmadge Farm

  Leo Daughtry

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  "An earnest historical novel...a thoughtful meditation on the inexorability of change, and what happens when justice results in a redistribution of success." — Kirkus Reviews 
  “...a classic. This is a story of triumph and tragedy, of good and evil, and finally reconciliation. A true morality play.” — Gene Hoots, former tobacco executive and author of Going Down Tobacco Road 
  A LOVE LETTER TO THE AMERICAN SOUTH 
  A STORY OF RESILIENCE, HOPE, AND FAMILY—BOTH LOST AND FOUND 
  It's 1957, and tobacco is king. Wealthy landowner Gordon Talmadge enjoys the lavish lifestyle he inherited but doesn't like getting his hands dirty; he leaves that to the two sharecroppers - one white, one Black - who farm his tobacco but have bigger dreams for their own children. While Gordon takes no interest in the lives of his tenant farmers, a brutal attack between his son and the sharecropper children sets off a chain of events that leaves no one unscathed. Over the span of a decade, Gordon struggles to hold on to his family's legacy as the old order makes way for a New South. 
  A sweeping drama that follows three unforgettable families navigating the changing culture of North Carolina at a pivotal moment in history, readers have been raving that Talmadge Farm is one they cannot put down. Perfect for fans of Wiley Cash and Amor Towles.

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  Salvaged

  TJ Hawk

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  Burma oozes greed, corruption, and hope. When an Air Force 
   X-37B mini-space shuttle mysteriously crash lands along the  
  China-Burma border, the Department of Homeland Security tags  
  contractor Gar Randolph to get it back. India and China deploy  
  special-forces to do the same. All will co-exist for the next several  
  weeks. 
  Gar assembles a most unusual team to find the wreckage and carry 
   its Top Secret components back to Siam. Included is the last  
  person on earth the US Government would want on the mission,  
  a drug lord named Ar Phat. On a converging vector is a missionary  
  nutritionist with six Rohingya orphans.  
  Seemingly unrelated initiatives coalesce during a complex scenario  
  that include deception, pursuit, and classic slight-of-hand  
  misdirection. Characters are colorful, impassioned, and bold. The  
  storyline moves quickly as tensions build. Adventure flares at every  
  turn of the page.

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  A Zephyr Rising

  Annabelle McCormack

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  A British heiress in WWI England must confront her family's plans for her future as she searches to find her place in a changing world. 
    
  England, 1914: A few days after England declares war on Germany, British heiress Ginger Whitman already senses changes sweeping her town. But nothing shocks her more than the arrest and attacks on German nationals throughout the country, including the local butcher she's known all her life. After witnessing his English wife and children left destitute, Ginger is determined to help. 
  Ginger's appeals to those in a position of power are met with indifference. In a country seized by spy fever, chaos and destruction threaten to boil over—and Ginger must act quickly before a serious miscarriage in justice destroys an innocent family. 
    
  A Zephyr Rising is the prequel novella to the Windswept WW1 Saga, a historical fiction series featuring a strong female protagonist navigating family drama, spies, steamy romance, and epic adventure in the British Middle Eastern front of the First World War. This novella contains depictions of violence.

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  A Journery to the Center of the...

  Jules Verne

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  Published in 1864, "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" is a science fiction novel by French author Jules Verne. The story follows Professor Otto Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans as they undertake an expedition to reach the Earth's core. Starting from a volcanic crater in Iceland, the trio experiences a series of incredible adventures and encounters as they descend into the Earth, discovering prehistoric animals and vast underground oceans. The novel is known for its imaginative setting and adventurous spirit, serving as a classic example of early science fiction literature.

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  Secrets of Malta - An escapist...

  Cecily Blench

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  Malta, 1943. The war in the air above Malta is over, but the battle for Europe is about to begin. Margarita, a young singer in a Valletta nightclub, has seen her former lover Henry Dunn only once since breaking off their affair. His wife Vera, an enigmatic archaeologist, arrives at the club to tell her that Henry has disappeared, presumed dead. While investigating, Margarita stumbles upon the hunt for a notorious and dangerous spy: Nero. As an unlikely bond develops between the two women, and strange secrets emerge, an urgent quest to unmask Nero starts - before he can enact a deadly plan that may threaten the course of the war.

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  The Top 10 Short Stories – The...

  James Joyce, D H Lawrence,...

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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 tumultuous century world wars will shatter all of Europe and Britain will finally be forcible divorced from Catholic Ireland.  Revolution and economic disaster are followed by a society that appears more equal, growing in confidence and its authors use every morsel of debate to create excellent literary works.  
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The British & Irish Men - The 20th Century - An Introduction 
  2 - The Dead - Part 1 by James Joyce 
  3 - The Dead - Part 2 by James Joyce 
  4 - The Rocking Horse Winner by D H Lawrence 
  5 - The Interlopers by Saki the pseudonym for H H Munro 
  6 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad 
  7 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James 
  8 - The Salvation of a Forsythe - Part 1 by John Galsworthy 
  9 - The Salvation of a Forsythe - Part 2 by John Galsworthy 
  10 - August Heat by W F Harvey 
  11 - The Matador of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett 
  12 - The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood 
  13 - The Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker

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