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  The Voyageur - 'A marvellous...

  Paul Carlucci

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  'Exceptionally vivid and intense' Sunday Times
  'A marvellously dark yarn' The Spectator
  'A swaggering debut' Daily Mail
  Everyone expects at least a little bit of deception...
  Alex is a motherless stockboy in 1830s Montreal, waiting desperately for his father to return from France. Serge, a drunken fur trader, promises food and safety in return for friendship, but an expedition into the forest quickly goes awry...
  The Voyageur is a brilliantly realised novel set on the margins of British North America, where kindness is costly and the real wilderness may not be in the landscape but in the desperate hearts of men.

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  Ethan Frome

  Edith Wharton

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  “Ethan Frome” is one of Edith Wharton’s best known works and has become a staple of American literature classes around the globe since it was first published in 1911.   
  The story is a simple tale of desire, regret and forbidden love.  The title character, Ethan, has resigned himself to living in a loveless, sterile marriage with his wife Zenobia.  But  when his wife’s young cousin Mattie moves into the house and both she and Ethan are drawn together, it begins a romance that can only end in heartbreak…or tragedy.   
  One of only two novels Wharton ever created that takes place in a rural setting - most of her novels are set among the New York elite - “Ethan Frome” is now considered an American classic and it is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

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  People of the West - A short...

  D. M. McGowan

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  People of the West: A short story timeline 
   Nine short pieces of fiction constructed around 170 years of North American history and interspersed at intervals by fourteen poems. 
  The first story is a fictional accounting of the first European to reach the Pacific coast of Canada. Following are fictional pictures of the winners and losers who became builders of North America and thus, eventually, all winners and though they didn’t know it or want it, builders of what exists today. 
  “….. captivating collection of nine short stories and fourteen rhymes that traverse 170 years of North American history” …. Chikannele Favour 
  “ ……. A Masterful Journey Through Time and Spirit” …. Charlotte J. Lopez  
  “… Masterful character portrayal.” …. Marybelle D. Silver 
  “ …. vivid and immersive, painting detailed portraits” …. Untold Reads

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  Coningsby Volume 2 - The New...

  Benjamin Disraeli

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  A vivid portrait of youthful ambition set in the tumultuous world of 19th-century British politics. Young Harry Coningsby seeks to redefine the political landscape, grappling with class divisions and new ideologies. Amidst power struggles and reform debates, Coningsby's journey intertwines with intrigue and romance. Disraeli masterfully captures the spirit of change, exploring themes of power, innovation, and the quest for identity.

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  The Colony

  Audrey Magee

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  It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by curragh, though boats with engines are available and he doesn't much like the sea. He wants the authentic experience, to be changed by this place, to let its quiet and light fill him, give him room to create.
  
  He doesn't know that a Frenchman follows close behind. Masson has visited the island for many years, studying their language. He is fiercely protective of their isolation; it is essential to exploring his theories of language preservation and identity.
  
  But the people who live on this rock—three miles long and half a mile wide—have their own views on what is being recorded, what is being taken, and what ought to be given in return. Over the summer, each of them—from great-grandmother Bean Uí Fhloinn to widowed Mairéad and fifteen-year-old James, who is determined to avoid the life of a fisherman—will wrestle with their own values and desires. Meanwhile, all over Ireland, violence is erupting. And there is blame enough to go around.
  
  An expertly woven portrait of character and place, a stirring investigation into yearning to find one's own way, and an unflinchingly political critique of the long, seething cost of imperialism, The Colony is a novel that transports, that celebrates beauty and connection, and that reckons with the inevitable ruptures of independence.

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  The Disappearance of Mr...

  Agatha Christie

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  Mr. Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his home to mail a letter, then fails to return. The story fills the newspapers and intrigues Hercule Poirot, who challenges Inspector Japp with the claim that he can solve the case before the police, and without leaving his flat.

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