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  Titanic Survivors Book Club The:...

  Alexander Pike

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  Set sail on an unforgettable journey of courage, connection, and transformation. In The Titanic Survivors Book Club, seven individuals—retired nurse, documentary filmmaker, innkeeper, engineer, pianist, journalist, and curator—come together decades after the fateful voyage to forge a living legacy from shared trauma. Over tea in a cozy lakeside library, they exchange memories, mementos, and hard-won wisdom. Through guided rituals—letter-writing, music, vision-boarding, and community events—they transmute grief into purpose, crafting concrete plans that honor the past and propel them toward meaningful futures.

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  Waltraud - A True Story of...

  Tammy Borden

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  In Hitler’s Germany, loyalty is demanded and dissent is deadly. But for a young German girl named Waltraud, nothing is more devastating than the day the Nazis steal away her father and force him to fight on the front lines. Even as their reign of terror spreads, she convinces herself that war will never touch her quiet village. But when bombs start falling and innocent people disappear, she’s confronted with a stark reality… she might be next. 
  That’s because Waltraud has a secret. She’s been quietly resisting all along, and now she’s hiding someone in the barn. 
  In the end, courage and resolve aren’t enough to protect the one thing that matters most. But falling in love brings the promise of a new life in America and rekindles her hope. It also brings an agonizing choice to leave everything and everyone she holds dear behind. But first, Waltraud must cross forbidden borders where she comes face to face with an enemy even more terrifying than the Nazis. Can Waltraud let go of her haunting past and take hold of the life she’s dreamed of, or will she lose everything trying? 
  Waltraud: A True Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany is a sweeping family saga that pulls back the curtain on what life was like during World War II from a German perspective. Inspired by true stories of the real Waltraud, this unforgettable novel is a powerful tribute to quiet resistance, unbreakable love, and the strength to endure. You’ll capture a rare glimpse into the rise and fall of the Third Reich's Nazi regime and Waltraud’s courageous journey to follow her heart no matter the cost. If you love inspiring true stories of love, loss, strength, and the resilience of the human spirit, don’t miss this unforgettable read.

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  A Pavilion on the Links

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  On the storm-swept coast of Scotland, where the sea claws at the land and the wind carries whispers of danger, a man seeks refuge in a lonely pavilion — and finds himself entangled in a web of love, betrayal, and survival. 
  Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Pavilion on the Links is a masterwork of gothic adventure and romantic suspense — often hailed as one of the earliest modern thrillers. First published in 1880, this gripping tale follows a solitary wanderer who discovers two mysterious occupants hiding from assassins in a desolate seaside house. As the storm rages outside, secrets unfold within, revealing a past that refuses to stay buried. 
  With its haunting atmosphere and emotional intensity, A Pavilion on the Links stands as one of Stevenson’s finest short works — a precursor to Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — where human passion and peril meet under the shadow of the Scottish sky. 
  Narrated by John Riddle, this immersive performance brings every gust of wind, every secret glance, and every moment of dread to vivid life.

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  Wilkie Collins - A Short Story...

  Wilkie Collins

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  Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London.  
   
  The family moved several times in his early years before, at 12, they travelled to France and Italy for 2 years where the sights and atmosphere made a deep and lasting impression on him. 
   
  He resumed his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington.  Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story.  This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers.  
   
  On leaving school, in 1841, he became a clerk at a tea merchant before, 2 years later, publishing his first short story.  However, his first novel was rejected and remained so during his lifetime.  
   
  A brief stint at Lincoln’s Inn to please his father and to acquire a steady income was halted by his father’s death.  Collins then wrote and published his fathers’ memoirs.  He then completed his legal education though he would never practice.  
   
  In March 1851, he was introduced to Charles Dickens and there now started a period of sustained literary output and a remarkable lifelong friendship.  His stories were published in Dicken’s magazines, and he toured with Dicken’s theatrical before the two of them travelled to the Continent. 
   
  By the early 1860’s worrying signs of ill-health appeared with rheumatic gout.  As it worsened, he sought respite and cures in German spa towns and gave up writing to help his recuperation. 
   
  His personal life had become very complicated.  He was living with the widowed Caroline Graves and conducting an affair with a much younger Martha Rudd.  With the serialised release of ‘The Moonstone’ and vicious attacks of gout Caroline left him and married another.  Collins was now prescribed opium and was soon its lifelong dependent.  Martha bore him two children and with the return of a now divorced Caroline Graves he now divided his time between the two women. 
   
  In 1874 he set aside writing to tour North America on a reading tour. 
   
  Throughout his later years he continued to write and publish.  In all 30 novels, 14 plays, 60 short stories and over a 100 non-fiction essays as well as many more collaborations with Dickens. 
   
  In 1884 the Society of Authors elected him as it’s Vice-President. 
   
  Wilkie Collins died from a paralytic stroke on September 23rd, 1889, in London. He was 65.

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  The Travels of Dr Rebecca Harper...

  Elizabeth Woolsey

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  If you could go back in time and join the cast of your favorite television or movie Western, which would it be? 
  What if you couldn't return to your time and family? 
  Rebecca Harper had her life planned and checked off her list: a veterinary degree, husband and daughter, and her first veterinary clinical position. She was set for life. 
  But then the unexpected happened, which separated her in time and space from all she had planned. Disoriented and desperate, Rebecca begins an adventure to places she could not imagine. Facing both physical and emotional trials, she fights to find her life again. 
  In the spirit of True Grit, Rebecca will not stop until she reaches her goal. In her quest to return to her family and time, Rebecca meets both real and fictional characters of the 1800s who help her traverse America. 
  But is she able to return to the 1900s, or is she bound to the past? 
  Join Rebecca on the ride of a lifetime.

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  Secrets of Rose Briar Hall

  Kelsey James

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  1908, Long Island: For Millie Turner, the young and beautiful wife of a powerful New York stockbroker, Rose Briar Hall—a gleaming edifice of white marble on the North Shore—is more than a home. Every lavish detail speaks of Charles Turner’s status and wealth, and its stylish interior is testament to Millie's sophistication. All that’s left is to prove her worthiness to be his bride. What better way than to throw a grand party for New York’s social elite? 
   
   
   
  After painstaking planning, the night of the event arrives and all is perfection—until Millie wakes to a cold, eerily quiet house, and a gray cloud where her memory should be. Can it be true that she has been in and out of consciousness for weeks, ever since the party took a terrifying turn? Millie recalls nothing. But her friends have shunned her, and it soon becomes clear that if she can't find out what really happened that night, much more than her reputation will be at risk . . . 
   
   
   
  As the house that promised so much happiness begins to feel more like a prison, Millie wonders whether a woman alone, even a wealthy one, can ever be entirely safe. And if she succeeds in finding the truth, will it bring relief, or shake her marriage, and her life, to the core?

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