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  The Temple of My Familiar

  Alice Walker

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  The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple weaves a “glorious and iridescent” tapestry of interrelated lives in this New York Times bestseller (Library Journal).Includes a new letter written by the author In The Temple of My Familiar, Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants, to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South America, to Celie’s own granddaughter living in modern-day San Francisco, all must come to understand the brutal stories of their ancestors to come to terms with their own troubled lives.   As Walker follows these astonishing characters, she weaves a new mythology from old fables and history, a profoundly spiritual explanation for centuries of shared African American experience. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author’s personal collection. The Temple of My Familiar is the 2nd book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Color Purple and Possessing the Secret of Joy.

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  The Cricket on the Hearth

  Charles Dickens

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  A timeless holiday classic, The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens is a heartwarming tale of love, family, and redemption. Set in a cozy Victorian home, the story follows John Peerybingle and his wife Dot, whose simple yet contented lives are disrupted by a series of misunderstandings, mysterious arrivals, and surprising revelations. A seemingly ordinary cricket, chirping beside their hearth, becomes a symbol of warmth, hope, and the unseen forces that guide us through hardship. 
  As secrets unravel and mistaken identities come to light, Dickens masterfully weaves a touching narrative filled with festive spirit, romance, and moral lessons. Blending humor, sentimentality, and social commentary, this novella captures the magic of Christmas and the enduring power of love and kindness. 
  A delightful tale filled with memorable characters and heartfelt moments, The Cricket on the Hearth remains a cherished holiday tradition and a testament to Dickens’ ability to craft stories that resonate across generations.

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  Herron Fisher

  Jeremiah Shipley, Wyatt Bushman

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  When you are wronged by the world, will you be broken or will you right those wrongs? Taken from his family on the Western American Frontier, Herron Fisher is forced into a decade of slavery in a Native American camp. As he continues to grow in stature and skill he fights to survive as he is threatened at every turn. 
  Herron is challenged with confronting the brutality of an outlaw-controlled land. A ruthless group, known as the Peacemakers, reign terror on the frontier.  Unable to avoid their tyranny, Herron is left to make a choice: Will he allow the persecuted to continue to be oppressed? Or will he risk everything, to do for others what they can not do for themselves?

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  Death in Hyde Park

  Robin Page

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  Coronation Day, 1902. Charles and Kate Sheridan are pleased to be witness to the crowning of their king. Expatriate author Jack London is also watching the festivities—but with a more skeptical eye. He has come to London to write an exposé of the East End slums—and the coronation has not tempered his disdain for the monarchy. This special day takes a sinister turn when an anarchist accidentally blows himself up with a bomb meant for the king. Charged with determining the extent of the danger facing the Crown, Charles and Kate turn up a number of intriguing—and disturbing—questions. And then there is the matter of the mysterious, beautiful Charlotte Conway, editor of the anarchist newspaper where the dead man was employed. On the run from Scotland Yard, she takes refuge in Kate and Charles's home—and in Jack London's arms. All of which makes for a very interesting investigation indeed...

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  Fragments of a Woman

  Emma Venables

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  Five women, trapped by duty, fighting to survive…Gentle Ingrid puts her life at risk when she tries to save her beloved daughter from her husband's zealous beliefs.Liesel, a lesbian, marries a gay man in hopes that they can feign the ideal marriage and, in doing so, protect each other from persecution.Lovesick Greta, spurned by Liesel and lost, joins the Resistance, then disappears.Gisela, a prostitute once contentedly in control of her own destiny, is incarcerated at Ravensbrück, where she must fight for a future she cannot yet imagine.While Lore, craving a life beyond Berlin, wifedom and motherhood, steps down a dark and dangerous path.Exploring themes of motherhood, identity, trauma, fascism, and survival, Fragments of a Woman offers a nuanced and heartbreaking exploration of what it meant to be a woman living under National Socialist rule.

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  Cheap Lodgings - Quite sad and...

  J E Malloch

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected, their talents endure.  Among them is the mysterious J E Malloch.

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