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  1521: The Defiance - A...

  Charleston Lim

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  History remembers the fall of Ferdinand Magellan, but it forgets the lives caught in his death's shadow. 
  1521: The Defiance is not merely a retelling of the Battle of Mactan. It is a reckoning with how history is written, who is remembered, and whose stories endure. 
  Drawing from Antonio Pigafetta's chronicle, the only surviving firsthand account of Magellan's final expedition, and grounded in precolonial Visayan culture, this novel explores the lives, fears, and convictions of those who stood on both sides of this historic encounter between islanders and empire. 
  Written by a Filipino author rooted in the land where these events unfolded, 1521: The Defiance reimagines the human stories behind the clash, filling the silences between recorded facts with narrative, emotion, and cultural memory. It offers a perspective rarely centered in colonial histories, one that restores agency, dignity, and complexity to those long reduced to footnotes. 
  This is a story of belief and resistance, of men who sought to change the world, and of those who refused to let it be taken from them. 
    
  "Tell me, Antonio. What will your pages call him if we cannot make him bend?" 
  The Venetian hesitated, then gave a thin smile. 
  "A rebel, perhaps. Or a heathen. Or…" 
  He glanced at his parchment, as if unsure. 
  "Or a fool who defied destiny."

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  Oliver Twist

  Charles Dickens

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  "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress" is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a serialized work between 1837 and 1839. The story follows Oliver Twist, an orphan who escapes from a workhouse to seek his fortune in London. Oliver is naive and innocent, contrasting sharply with the corrupt and exploitative adults he encounters. He becomes involved with a group of juvenile criminals led by the cunning Fagin. The book explores social inequality and is an early example of the social-protest novel.

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  The Hidden Women

  Kerry Barrett

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  From the bestselling author of The Girl In The Picture comes a beautiful new timeslip novel. 
  Berkshire, 1944 
  When Will Bates offers to take ATA pilot Lilian Miles to the dance, he sends her heart into a flutter. But as their relationship progresses, Lilian can’t help but get cold feet. Deep down she’s always known that the secrets locked in her past would weigh heavily on her future happiness…  
     
  London, 2018 
  Helena Miles loves nothing more than digging into the back stories of celebrity families, making her perfectly suited for her job as a researcher on the hit show Where Did You Come From?. But when handsome superstar Jack Jones sweeps into her life, she unexpectedly finds herself trawling through her own family history. 
    
  As she explores her family’s past, she discovers that there are far more secrets hidden there than she ever expected… What really happened to her aunt Lilian during the war, and why can’t she open up about it now? 
  An inspirational tale of sisterhood and strength, perfect for fans of Tracy Rees and Kathryn Hughes.Readers love Kerry Barrett: 
  ‘All Kerry Barrett's books are brilliant’ 
  ‘I'd highly recommend this: detective fiction, historical fiction, powerful, moving, thrilling, sometimes comic, always very human.’ 
  ‘A beautiful story which kept me hooked’ 
  ‘I would definitely recommend this read, but be warned, you won't want to put it down.’ 
  ‘Loved the whole story, couldn't put it down’ 
  ‘Will definitely read more from this author’ 
  As Helena delves deeper into her heritage, she uncovers a world of secrets, romance, and cultural intricacies that were once buried in the past. The echoes of World War II still resonate in her family's history, shaping their present and future. 
  For fans of Siobhan Curham (The Storyteller of Auschwitz), Victoria Scott (The Storyteller's Daughter), Jean Grainger (What Once Was True), Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters), and Eve Chase (The Midnight Hour).

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  Austerlitz or Death

  Auguste Vallois

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  "Austerlitz or Death" is an epic historical novel by Auguste Vallois, a captain of the Imperial Guard who recounts his memories from the battlefields of Europe to the solitude of inner exile. 
  From his revolutionary youth in Lyon to the Egyptian campaign, the victories in Italy, the glory at Austerlitz, the frozen hell of Russia, and the final tragedy at Waterloo, Auguste tells the story of the Napoleonic Empire in first person and with painful clarity—not from the pages of history books, but from the blood, mud, and soul of those who built it… and watched it fall. 
  Through these pages, the reader will march alongside a man who lost everything but his honor. You will witness how a soldier is forged, how faith fades, how a sword is held even on broken knees. Each chapter is filled with emotion, introspection, fire, and silence. Every victory bears the taste of sacrifice, and every defeat, the dignity of those who never surrendered. 
  Vallois's prose is both elegant and raw, intimate and epic, heir to the great traditions of war and memory literature such as All Quiet on the Western Front or The Disasters of War. This is not the official history of Napoleon, nor the tale of grand strategists. It is the story of the anonymous men who believed in something greater than themselves… and paid the price. 
  A novel that masterfully blends epic military drama, psychological depth, and historical tragedy. Ideal for readers of war literature, historical fiction, soldier memoirs, or explorations of the human condition in times of crisis. 
  "I served the Emperor. And I do not regret it." 
  — Auguste Vallois

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  The Apartment - A Novel

  Ana Menendez

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  From the critically acclaimed author of In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd comes a new novel about the search for freedom and the power of community that spans decades of residents in one Florida apartment 
   
   
   
  The Helena is an art deco apartment building that has witnessed the changing face of South Miami Beach for seventy years, observing the lives housed within. Among those who have called apartment 2B home are a Cuban concert pianist who performs in a nursing home; the widow of an intelligence officer raising her young daughter alone; a man waiting on a green card marriage to run its course so that he can divorce his wife and marry his lover, all of whom live together; a Tajik building manager with a secret identity; and a troubled young refugee named Lenin. Each tenant imbues 2B with energy that will either heal or overwhelm its latest resident, Lana, a mysterious woman struggling with her own past. 
   
   
   
  Examining exile, homesickness, and displacement, The Apartment asks what—in our violent and lonely century—do we owe one another? If alone we are powerless before sorrow and isolation, it is through community and the sharing of our stories that we may survive and persevere.

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  The Phantom Patrol

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Johnny Trescott is as tough as they come. But he's about to lose everything — his boat, his freedom, and his identity. His mission is to track down drug runners, but a rescue mission leads straight to disaster. Stranded on an island by a smuggler, Johnny's got nothing left to lose... and there's nothing he won't do to reclaim his name and his boat. Rev up your engines and get ready to ride a wave of action and intrigue as the audio version of The Phantom Patrol delivers an unsinkable adventure.

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