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  Ravage & Son

  Jerome Charyn

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  A master storyteller's novel of crime, corruption, and antisemitism in early twentieth-century Manhattan 
   
   
   
  Ravage & Son reflects the lost world of Manhattan's Lower East Side—the cradle of Jewish immigration during the first years of the twentieth century—in a dark mirror. 
   
   
   
  Abraham Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, serves as the conscience of the Jewish ghetto teeming with rogue cops and swindlers. He rescues Ben Ravage, an orphan, from a trade school and sends him off to Harvard to earn a law degree. But upon his return, Ben rejects the chance to escape his gritty origins and instead becomes a detective for the Kehilla, a quixotic gang backed by wealthy uptown patrons to help the police rid the Lower East Side of criminals. Charged with rooting out the Jewish "Mr. Hyde," a half-mad villain who attacks the prostitutes of Allen Street, Ben discovers that his fate is irrevocably tied to that of this violent, sinister man. 
   
   
   
  A lurid tale of revenge, this wildly evocative, suspenseful noir is vintage Jerome Charyn.

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  The Black Gold Beneath The Sea -...

  Simon Moesgaard

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  In a small Danish town over a century ago, a remarkable dream took root among the sheep and cattle—a dream that would change lives forever.It was the dream of a young farm boy named Moe, who wanted to grow more crops for his family and friends to enjoy.However, there was one problem: Moe was surrounded by ocean, with only a little piece of land to grow. What could he possibly do about that?Discover how Moe’s journey unfolds. Set sail on one of the earliest steamships to Brazil with Captain Carlos, witness Moe’s strength in the face of a storm and floods, and get to feel the power of dreams and courage.Will Moe’s dream inspire you to pursue your own?The story is based on real events, but the conversations? Let’s just say I had to get creative with those!

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  Far from Home

  Sheila Newberry

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  For fans of Katie Flynn and Sheila Jeffries, Far From Home Home is a heart-warming winter listen from the Queen of family saga, and author of The Nursemaid's Secret, Sheila Newberry. Ipswich, 1923After  an unlucky start in her first role as a nursemaid, sixteen-year-old  Elin Odell looks forward to seeing in the New Year at home. Little does  she know, her family is changing and she has no idea what lies ahead . .  .Having been offered the role as governess for the Lamberts in  Middlesex, Elin quickly accepts, leaving her own family behind in  Ipswich. But when tragedy strikes at her new home, Elin steps up to hold  everyone together at the expense of her own happiness. As the  Lambert's troubles grow, so do her family's back home and she finds  herself struggling to support them both. But with the help of her  employer's charming brother, Mark, might she find her own happiness  after all?Previously published in print and ebook as The Little Train Home.

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  Home Again: A Tale

  George MacDonald

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  George MacDonald's Home Again: A Tale Newly UpdatedAudiobook Narrated by Shelly Weingart."Did you Know" Introducing George MacDonald, groundbreaking author and speaker who defied convention and became a mentor to many who have come after him.Home Again: A Tale by George MacDonald is a classic historical novel that explores themes of family, redemption, forgiveness, hope, healing, belonging, vocational calling, and Christian love vs. worldly infatuation. The story is set in Nineteenth Century Scotland and follows the spiritual growth and relationships of young Walter Colman and his struggles as he seeks identity and fulfillment. Home Again is a spiritually rich story that incorporates Christian themes.Illustrated PDF e-book included.

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  Viper in the Nest

  Georgina Clarke

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  London's streets are sinister. But what if the real danger lies closer to home? 
   
  London, June 1759. When a charmless civil servant takes his own life, few are interested in his death. But Lizzie Hardwicke, who plies her trade in the brothels of London whilst also working as an undercover sleuth for the magistrate, can see no reason why a man who had everything to look forward to would wish to end his life. 
   
  Lizzie's search for answers takes her from the smoke-filled rooms of fashionable gambling houses, where politicians mix ambition with pleasure, to the violent streets of Soho, ready to erupt with riots in the sultry summer heat. All the while, she is navigating her complicated feelings for the magistrate's trusted assistant, Will Davenport, and a disturbing situation at home. 
   
  Then a gambling house owner is brutally murdered, and Lizzie finds herself tangled in a chaos that she cannot control. The darkest of secrets threatens to turn Davenport against her forever; its exposure will send her to the gallows. 
   
  The third instalment of the gripping and vividly imagined historical mystery series set in 18th century London.

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  The Opium Gates - A tale from...

  Marcel Schwob

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  Mayer André Marcel Schwob was born in Chaville, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 23rd August 1867 into a cultivated Jewish family.  
   
  As a child he devoured the works of Poe and Stevenson in French and then again in English.  His attachment to the bizarre and dark was already forming. 
   
  His education at the Lycée of Nantes earned him the 1st Prize for Excellence.  In 1881, he was in Paris with his maternal uncle to study at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand.  Schwob quickly developed his multilingual abilities and then studied philology and Sanscrit at the École pratique des hautes études before completing his military service in Vannes with the artillery. 
   
  After completing a Bachelor of Arts in 1888 he became a professional journalist and worked for the Phare de la Loire, the Événement and L'Écho de Paris. 
   
  The 1890’s marked his establishment as a brilliant writer with the publication of six short story collections.   
   
  He fell ill in 1896 with a chronic, incurable intestinal disorder.  He also suffered recurring bouts of influenza and pneumonia.  Intestinal surgery was given several times, at first with success but, by 1900, after two more surgeries, he was told that nothing more could be done for him.  Schwob now existed on kefir and fermented milk. 
   
  By the turn of the century, despite failing health, and often too ill to write, he embarked on several long travels, including to Vailima in the South Pacific where his literary hero Stevenson had died.  
   
  Schwob was regarded as a symbolist writer and a ‘precursor of Surrealism’.  He wrote over a hundred short stories, journalistic articles, essays, biographies, literary reviews and analysis, translations and plays.  
   
  Marcel Schwob died on 26th February 1905 of Pneumonia.  He was 37.

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