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  Timber and Dreams - 2nd Edition

  Daniel Afflerbach

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  A Historical fiction novel based in Seattle, Washington in 1923 
  A story of youthful idealism and a political pursuit against the Timber Industry. A young Irishman, Thomas Kelly, is on a quest to reign in destructive logging practices and begins a political battle which a Timber Baron is determined to stop. He tries to thwart Thomas’s efforts using hired muscle. When Thomas falls in love and discovers the Timber Baron has a dark and sinister personal life which may destroy the family of his new love, he and a few friends decide to take matters into their own hands. The political battle turns personal and becomes deadly when two families are put in the crosshairs of the Timber Baron’s fury

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  Pemulwuy

  Eric Willmot

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  This is the story of one of Australia's first true heroes Pemulwuy. A proud and feared Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy leads an uncompromising twelve-year war against British colonial oppression and makes the supreme sacrifice in order to guide his people to safety.Most histories of Australia start with the First Fleet and the hard times the colonists had with the climate and unruly convicts. Very few mention what really happened or the blood that was spilled in the wars never spoken of.Pemulwuy a Bidjigal man unites the neighbouring peoples runaway convicts bushrangers and an escaped African known as Black Caesar in a guerilla war that pushes the invading English to the brink. This novel was conceived out of Pemulwuy's legend and the historical events between 1788 and 1802. It is a story that all Australians should know.'This is more than a novel, more than a story, it is the Big Bang: where the idea of Australia starts.' Stan Grant

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  Flight of the Wild Swan

  Melissa Pritchard

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  A majestic novel of Florence Nightingale, whose courage, self-confidence, and resilience transformed nursing and the role of women in medicine 
   
   
   
  Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend. From adolescence, Nightingale was determined to fulfill her life's calling to serve the sick and suffering. Overcoming Victorian hierarchies, familial expectations, patriarchal resistance, and her own illness, she used her hard-won acclaim as a battlefield nurse to bring the profession out of its shadowy, disreputable status and elevate nursing to a skilled practice and compassionate art. 
   
   
   
  In lush, lyrical detail, Melissa Pritchard reveals Nightingale as a rebel who wouldn't relent—one whose extraordinary life offers a grand lesson in inspired will.

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  The Scarlet Letter

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  A Haunting Exploration of the Human Heart and the Price of Sin.
  
  Step back into the rigid, shadow-filled world of 17th-century Puritan Boston with Nathaniel Hawthorne's most celebrated work, The Scarlet Letter. When Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery, she is sentenced to wear a permanent mark of shame: a vibrant, embroidered "A" upon her chest.
  
  As Hester struggles to build a life of dignity for herself and her daughter, Pearl, she remains bound to two men—one consumed by secret guilt and the other by a thirst for cold-blooded revenge. Hawthorne's masterful prose delves deep into the psychological toll of hidden sin, the hypocrisy of society, and the possibility of ultimate redemption.
  
  This definitive edition presents the quintessential work of American Dark Romanticism. A cornerstone of classic literature, this novel continues to provoke profound questions about morality, law, and the resilience of the human spirit.
  
  Rediscover the powerful story that defined American fiction. Buy "The Scarlet Letter" today.

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  The Nationalists

  Vivian Stuart

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  The twenty-first book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country made of blood, passion, and dreams.
   
  The fires of nationalism are being kindled across the continent – especially in the hearts of the young.
   
  The children of The Seafarers and The Mariners are growing up in a young country only just coming to nationhood. Some cry for unity while others raise the spectre of race hatred and violence. It is hard to see how these young Australians could ever realise their dream of one free and mighty land.

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  N or M? - A Tommy and Tuppence...

  Anonimo

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  Set during the dark days of World War II, Agatha Christie’s N or M? puts two most unlikely espionage agents, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, on the trail of a pair of Nazi spies who have murdered Britain’s top agent. 
  World War II is raging, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces a sinister threat from “the enemy within”—Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. 
  With pressure mounting, the intelligence service appoints two improbable spies, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Their mission: to seek out a man and a woman from among the colorful guests at Sans Souci, a seaside hotel. But this assignment is far from an easy stroll along the promenade—N and M have just murdered Britain’s finest agent and no one can be trusted. 
    
   

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