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On the death of France's most glorious king, Louis XIV, in 1715, few people benefited from the shift in power more than the intriguing financial genius from Edinburgh, John Law. Law had proposed to the English monarch that a bank be established to issue paper money with the credit based on the value of land. But Queen Anne was not about to take advice from a gambler and felon. So, in exile in Paris, he convinced the bankrupt court of Louis XV of the...
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What do you do when a dead body lands on your doorstep?
1794, England
When a body is unceremoniously dumped outside her home, Lady Ottilia Fanshawe is once more drawn into a murder case.
Ottilia is recovering from the birth of her first child and her husband, Lord Francis Fanshawe, is worried that she has finally taken on more than she can handle.
But Ottilia will not be diverted. Motherhood has always been her deepest desire, but solving crimes...
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Exiled from her old life as the daughter of a vizier, Zaria still grieves the lost friends of her childhood. She's grown accustomed to her new role as a servant, though-up until the day she stumbles on the fabled lost cave of treasures. The wealth inside is enough to transform anyone's life, but Zaria isn't the first to find it. A gang of cutthroat thieves got there first, and their behavior makes Zaria question everything she sees. With an unknown...
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The hunters become the hunted . . .
1584, London
When Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster to the Tudor Queen Elizabeth, learns of a Jesuit assassin landing on England's shores, he's determined to go to any lengths to protect his Protestant Queen.
His protege, Kit Scarlett, discovers a letter revealing the name of the assassin-Gregorio Luca. Together with Scottish agent, Iomhar Blackwood, Walsingham sends them on a mission to track Luca down.
It...
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Abducted, held captive by unknown men for unknown reasons, Mary Mason had to use all of her resourcefulness to escape what would surely have been a terrible fate. But in the course of her escape, she encounters new dangers in the form of a mysterious man. Is he friend or foe? Can he be trusted, or will she prove to be just a pawn in whatever game he is playing? Alexander Carnahan, Lord Wolverton, is a pariah in society, a known murderer. But as he...
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The quest for the work and a career that's right for you-that's fulfilling and that you enjoy-is a process of discovery. It involves learning about yourself and finding out about the wide range of work and careers available. And it involves finding out how best to access the work or career you're interested in.
Whether you have no idea what work or career you want to do or there's too many options and you can't decide, Career Finder will help you...
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Told for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma of the Holocaust
How can we make sense of our lives when we do not know where we come from? This was a pressing question for the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, whose prewar memories were vague or nonexistent. In this beautifully written account, Rebecca Clifford follows the lives of one hundred Jewish children out of the ruins of conflict...
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From the acclaimed author of “The Orphan of Salt Winds”, “The Whispering House”, and “The House in the Orchard” comes a passionate and fateful story of love, betrayal, and the rewards-and costs-of following your heart.
At the height of the Second World War in England, twenty-two-year-old Nina Woodrow joins the British Royal Air Force and rebels against her careful upbringing by embarking on an illicit affair with an officer. She risks...
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Princess Adelaide has been missing for years. And that's exactly the way she wants it. Haunted by her past, not even the curse that entraps her is enough to make her long for her old home.
But her past finds her anyway, in the form of a handsome prince from her childhood. Adelaide doesn't want to let Gabe in, but a sinister force is spreading fear throughout her new kingdom, and only Gabe has the will to help her. Adelaide can't refuse his assistance-not...
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Traitor's Masque: A Retelling of Cinderella: After years of submitting to her stepmother's unreasonable demands, Trystan finally has a chance to be free. She's been promised a new life-but only if she'll agree to attend a masqued ball and dance with a handsome prince. But before she can escape the ball, Trystan will be forced to confront two very different princes-and choose whether to betray her kingdom or her heart.
Goldheart: A Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin:...
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Making cupcakes can be murder.
Especially when someone has poisoned them.
Diana knows she's being framed for a crime she didn't commit, but who is out to make her look guilty, and why?
Speaking of secret enemies . . . Fergus has done something terrible. Now part of a new crime-fighting duo, Diana finds herself immersed in a deep, dark conspiracy theory. At the heart of it is a mystery that has baffled investigators for decades. The whole...
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Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination. Newspaper column inches have been devoted to murderers with psychopathic features, and we also encounter psychopaths in films and books. Individuals with psychopathy are characterized in particular by lack of empathy and guilt, manipulation of other people and, in the case of criminal psychopathy, premeditated violent behavior. They are dangerous and can incur immeasurable...
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Princess Ava used to be a weapon-sharp, strong and beautiful. But when she fails at her most important task, she's forced to flee from her own family.
Only her personal bodyguard, Hans, remains loyal. Hans claims to know the real Ava but she finds that hard to believe-after all, she's been the villain so long that she can't remember anything else.
Deep in exile, Ava learns her kingdom needs a hero, and she might be the only one who can save it....
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Julia Bishop has led a very sheltered life. Protected by her family from those who might ridicule her for her secrets, she stays hidden away in the country. But she longs for more, if only for an evening. To kiss a rake in full view of the stable boy. Unchaperoned picnics. Romance. But she knows she'll never experience any of those things.
That is, until a handsome duke with a mysterious past of his own arrives...
Duke Jasper DeVere left London...
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The phones are out. The roads have flooded. There's no way in or out.
And the murders have begun.
Ursula Smart and her mother are invited to a supper club at Greystone Castle on the edge of a picturesque Dartmoor village, along with their ever-adventurous book group.
But as the dinner party begins, their hosts Lord and Lady Black begin to reveal festering resentments. Lord Black, who actually bought his title, looks like he's having an affair with...
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Event organizer Megan Fallon needs to find a killer before the biggest night of the year in Bliss Bay village; a charity dinner and auction to raise funds for local children's charities.
After all, there's nothing like a murderer on the loose to put a dampener on the party spirit.
With her Uncle Des in tow, the two intrepid amateur sleuths set out to identify the perpetrator. They could be onto something after a mysterious rocking horse offers up...
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Once upon a time Gabrielle Price wrote and published an extraordinary novel. But twenty years on her literary star has dimmed, her "work of genius" is all but forgotten, and no further novels have materialized. She now lives an unremarkable life: middle-aged, living alone in the sleepy village she grew up in, and working as a housekeeper for the local vicar. Her lonely existence is dominated by memories of her best friend Madeleine, who died young,...
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A Dream of Ebony and White: In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Snow must find her inner strength to fight for her throne before it's too late.
A Captive of Wing and Feather: In this reimagining of the classic tale Swan Lake, the trapped princess must find the courage to overcome her past if she has any hope of turning a tragedy into a happy ending.
A Princess of Wind and Wave: In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale The Little...
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A faded country house in the middle of nowhere. The guests are snowed in.
The murders begin.
Withering and waspish, Ursula Smart (not her real name) gate-crashes her mother's book club at an isolated country house for a long weekend retreat. Much to Mother's chagrin. Joining them are Mother's best friend, Mirabelle, Aunts Charlotte and Less, and Bridget with her dog Mr. Bojangles. It doesn't matter that they've read Gone Girl three times this year...
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Welcome to the Silicon States.
Silicon Valley is imperializing the planet. With nearly bottomless supplies of cash and ambition, a small group of companies have been gradually seizing symbolic and practical civic leadership in America and worldwide. But Silicon Valley does not answer to the electorate; nor have they been voted into office. And the perils of their influence are only now making themselves known. The institutions of Facebook, Google,...