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  Nostromo

  Joseph Conrad

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  Nostromo, written by Joseph Conrad and published in 1904, is set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, particularly in the port city of Sulaco. The novel explores themes of imperialism, capitalism, and the moral dilemmas faced by its characters amid political turmoil.The story revolves around Charles Gould, a Costaguanero of English descent who owns a silver mine. Disillusioned by the political instability in Costaguana, Gould supports the dictatorship of President Ribiera, hoping to bring order to the region. However, the wealth generated by the mine attracts the attention of revolutionaries, leading to chaos as General Montero's forces invade Sulaco.

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  The Explorers

  Vivian Stuart

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  WITH PASSION AND DARING, THEY SEIZED THE PROMISE OF A NEW LAND...
  The seventh book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.
  The upheavels in the new colony are frequent and radical. A governor has recently been fired, a rebel government has been forced to retreat, and a new governor has arrived in Australia.
  Will this mean redemption for the freed prisoners in the exile colony? The country needs its loyal fighters — and Jenny Hawley and her family certainly belong there in spite of their past.
  Above all, the new governor needs men of Andrew Hawley and Justin Broome's calibre to be able to transform the country into a thriving, independent nation.
  Rebels and outcasts, they fled halfway across the earth to settle the harsh Australian wastelands. Decades later — ennobled by love and strengthened by tragedy — they had transformed a wilderness into a fertile land. And themselves into The Australians.

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  Charleston

  Alexandra Ripley

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  As a child, Elizabeth Tradd witnessed the horror of war and as a young girl, she learned the worst that men can do. As a woman, she discovers the breathtaking excitement that comes to but a lucky few. Here is the story of a Charleston family and the courage, love, and passion that bind them to each other and their vibrant South Carolina city. From the final years of the Civil War and Reconstruction to the beginnings of the ragtime era, this is the story of an extraordinary family' s courage, commitment, and unassailable love.

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  Heiress's Courage An

  Evelyn Hood

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  A Scottish saga of grit and determination from Sunday Times betselling author Evelyn Hood 
  Will holding on to the business she has inherited mean a future without love? 
  Port Glasgow, Scotland 1930 
  Morag Weir’s young life is full of responsibilities: caring for the ailing Sander Weir, the man who has raised her as his daughter; whilst managing his household and shipping business. 
  When Sander Weir dies, his brother Lawrence is outraged to learn that Morag will inherit Sander’s large home as well as a controlling interest in his shipping firm. 
  Complicating matters, Lawrence is Morag’s real father – having abandoned her when he remarried when Morag was six years old. Despite his past fickleness, Lawrence feels he has the right to control Morag’s new-found wealth. 
  As the business flounders, Morag must fight and find the courage to defy Lawrence and resist his efforts to overturn his brother’s will and also wrestle control from the unscrupulous men who wish to take the business from her. 
  While everyone around her is finding love, the man Morag has fallen for seems to want nothing more than a professional relationship. 
  Can hard work prevail and will Morag find a balance at work and with her love life? 
  Storytelling at its best, Evelyn Hood is the original bestselling Scottish saga writer. 
  Previously published in paperback as Time and Again 
  PRAISE FOR EVELYN HOOD 
  'Scotland's Catherine Cookson' - Scots Magazine 
  ‘Hood is immaculate in her historical detail’ - Scottish Herald 
  'Quite simply, I couldn't put it down. A rich and rewarding read' - Emma Blair 
  'Evelyn Hood has been called Scotland's Catherine Cookson. Unfair. She has her own distinctive voice' - Scots Magazine 
  ‘Touching, romantic and unforgettable’ - Reader Review 
  ‘Love all her books’ - Reader Review 
  ‘Evelyn Hood produces the best of stories’ - Reader Review 
  ‘I cannot put her books down’ - Reader Review 
  ‘Love everything Evelyn Hood writes’ - Reader Review 
  ‘Evelyn Hood is a fantastic writer, bringing the past to life and drawing you right into the story’ - Reader Review

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  The Cinnabar Dragon

  Jasmine Borschberg

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  At twelve, Li Hua is sold to a floating brothel, but destiny has other plans. Behind the walls of the Forbidden City, she evolves from concubine to spy. She navigates treachery, suppresses a rebellion, and engineers a bold escape with only a mastery of martial arts and a cinnabar dragon pendant imbued with the fatal poison known as GU.
   
  In modern-day San Francisco, Lu Carter, an adopted Chinese American and a medical engineer, is introduced to the mysteries of her family’s past when she receives an ancient chronicle. During a trip to Shanghai, she uncovers her birth mother’s dark history—imprisonment and debts owed to the wrong people. Upon her return, Lu is terminated from her job and faces a corporate espionage lawsuit after her invention is leaked. But the past and present soon collide.

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  The Bloody Legionnaires - An...

  Geoffrey Davison

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  Lieutenant Ducan has a political fugitive in his ranks . . . 
   
   
   
  Ethiopia, 1976 
   
   
   
  A rebel without a cause, Lieutenant Simon Ducan is bored with desk duty and longs for excitement and danger. When he is drafted into the brutal French Foreign Legion, the undistinguished lieutenant has a chance to prove himself. 
   
   
   
  In the blistering terrain of Ethiopia, Ducan is tasked with finding "the Fox"—a valuable Russian defector seeking protection from the Legion. But when he receives word that three women are being held ransom by rival forces, his mission becomes a thrilling chase across the desert. 
   
   
   
  With all his men operating under assumed identities, Ducan must work out who he can trust. And when the legionnaires' enemies begin to catch up with them, he is thrown into a desperate race against time to uncover "the Fox" before more lives are lost . . .

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