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  The Limit of Lies - The Life of...

  Gerardo Bartolome

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  The Limit of Lies recounts the extraordinary life of Francisco "Perito" Moreno, one of the most influential—and controversial—figures in the history of Patagonia and Argentina. Explorer, scientist, and tireless adventurer, Moreno crossed unmapped lands, survived captivity, and devoted his life to defending Argentina's southern frontier. Brilliant and obstinate, he believed that ingenuity—and sometimes deception—was justified in the pursuit of a fair outcome.
   
  At the heart of the story lies the dramatic boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile, a conflict that nearly led to war and was ultimately resolved through British arbitration, under Queen Victoria and later King Edward VII. The debate drew directly upon the legacy of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, whose maps, observations, and interpretations of the Andes became weapons in a geopolitical struggle where science, politics, and "patriotic lies" collided.
   
  Based on true events, The Limit of Lies blends rigorous historical research with vivid narrative and has become Patagonia's best-selling historical novel. Its author, Gerardo Bartolomé, is a renowned writer on Patagonian, Argentine, and Antarctic history, and the author of another Patagonian bestseller, Darwin's Betrayal. Together, his works illuminate how exploration, ambition, and truth itself helped shape the limits of a nation at the end of the world.

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  The Spy

  Suzanne Kamata

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  Pearl Dubois was a Southern Belle. She was born in New Orleans to a prominent and wealthy family. She was also a magician...and a spy. During the Second World War, Pearl wanted to help the Allied effort. She got a job in the Office of Strategic Services, which later became the CIA. In September of 1944, she began working for William Donovan, the agency’s head. When she translated an important document that revealed the identities of the enemy’s spies, she saw a chance. Why shouldn’t she be the one to take the news to General Patton? Pearl and a willing colleague commandeered a jeep and set off to the dangerous world to find the general. On her way to deliver her precious documents, she saw the devastation of the French countryside by war. She and her companion encountered frightened farmers and their families. The enemy was always near at hand. And then her luck ran out.Captured by the Nazis, keeping her secrets close, this Southern Belle learned the price of espionage as well as patriotism. Her courage and quick wit came into play as well as her magic tricks! But how would she manage? Could she escape? Based on the story of the real-life experiences of Gertrude Sanford Legendre, the first woman to be captured as a spy during WWII, Pearl’s adventures are both inspiring and terrifying.

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  New Life A - Second Edition

  Lucy Appadoo

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  Valeria Allegro was hoping to embark on a life of freedom when she left Italy to travel to Australia for an arranged marriage with Roberto Morandi. The last thing she expected to encounter was harassment by Roberto's friend and neighbour, Luca Abandonato. 
   Valeria begins to wonder if marrying a virtual stranger at eighteen was a wise decision, especially when her new husband and his family demonstrate greater loyalty to Luca. 
   Alone in a foreign country and struggling to feel settled and secure, it appears that Valeria must face a dangerous enemy alone unless love can be her salvation.

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  Maisie Thomas Untitled Work 6

  Maisie Thomas

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  The Hollow Vale - Short Stories:...

  Alexander Paul Burton

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  In a land veiled by mists and steeped in history, The Hollow Vale weaves a haunting tale of fate, sacrifice, and the indelible pull of memory. Velden Nan-once Eadgifu-heeds the call of the Wyrd, leaving behind her daughter, Ethelwyn, and the familiar rhythms of life in Elderglen. Under the shadow of the Thorn Tree, where ancient roots coil around secrets long buried, the Spiral turns, binding past, present, and future in unyielding threads. 
   Set against a backdrop inspired by the marshes, hills, and ruins of Somerset, this richly imagined story explores the tension between faith and folklore, memory and loss. From the perilous waters of the Wyther Isles, where the sea tolls its mournful bell, to the sacred Isle of Batt, where Pagan shrines and Christian sanctuaries whisper uneasily of the past, the narrative dances between the tangible and the ethereal. 
   As Ethelwyn uncovers her family's legacy, she is drawn ever deeper into the Wyrd's embrace-a force that echoes through glades where silence breathes, through ruins where shadows linger, and through lives intertwined by the spiral's eternal turning. History becomes a mirror and a shadow, refracted through longing and the toll of unspoken truths. 
  Evocative and timeless, The Hollow Vale is a journey into the spaces between myth and reality, where the weight of ancestral memory and the call of the unknown ask the ultimate question: How far would you follow the threads of fate?

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  The Vet's Daughter

  Barbara Comyns

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  'A small Gothic masterpiece… I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its startling images and twists of phrase' - Sarah Waters. 
  Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that is dreary and lonely. Her father, a vet, is harsh and oppressive; his new girlfriend, brash and lascivious.  
  Alice seeks refuge in fantasy, in her rapturous longing for Nicholas, a handsome young sailor, and in the blossoming of what she perceives as her occult powers.  
  Harrowing and haunting, this Gothic tale is a strange cross between Daphne du Maurier and Stephen King, but will also intrigue readers of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Diane Setterfield. 
  Born and raised in England, Barbara Comyns (1909-1992) was a writer and artist who juggled various creative and entrepreneurial endeavors throughout her colorful life, leaving behind a rich literary legacy.

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