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They are virtual brothers, Arkady and Alyosha, young pioneers in Stalin's postwar world, marching to the clarion call of socialism, to the stirring beat of the drums. The future, they are assured, is bright and beautiful. But what, then, are those endless miles of barbed wire they encounter everywhere along their route?
This is the moving, two-generational tale of two families, those of Yakov Zinger and Pyotr Yevdokimov, fathers of the two young...
43) Washika: A Novel
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It's summer in the '60s. Twenty-one testosterone-drenched high school graduates are bussed to a summer job at the Company bush camp Washika. Idealistic, confident, sometimes troubled, they meet their match in tough older bush workers, a devastating forest fire, sand flies and leeches, and occasionally beautiful young women.
44) O Highlander
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So old Angus had died. She would go to this memorial, just to see Brian one last time A young woman all grown up wants to see if the man she privately adored when she was a child is as wonderful as she remembered. He is. At the church hall door, as she is leaving, she reaches for the doorknob, but the door opens. Georgie. Brian. And their adventure begins. This is their story encountering near tragedy, a hint of violence, learning how to pull together...
46) The Journey
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The year was 1966. Interfaith marriages in India were a taboo. They were rare and often provoked violence.
The Journey is the telling of one such love; of the trials and tribulations faced by a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl, both mired in a forbidden love.
The novel delves into the complexities of interfaith marriages and unravels the resentment and intolerance of individuals in particular and society in general.
47) The Treasure
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Donald Morse was about to become the youngest Master ever of the oldest (and one of the largest) Freemason lodges in Ohio. He had his agenda for the year all laid out, but a brother Mason and a longtime family friend would change Donald's plans, sending him on a search that would cover three states and uncover information about his ancestors. And the journey began when, in the reception line following his installation, Hugh Frazure pulled him close...
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Numerous authentic images of cross on archaeological findings, monuments, cult structures and traditional clothes of different peoples of the world, put in chronological order, serve to show how this symbol spread around the globe. The author comes to conclusion that cross is a graphic symbol of human conquest of the planet and subjugation of other humans, as well as a symbol of urge to know. The author also expresses hope that cross, as a religious...
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The Day John Fitzgerald Kennedy Past is a book about the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. The book covers the rush to judgment by President Lyndon Johnson in order to quell a potential storm by the media and others who suspected a government conspiracy. The case against Lee Harvey Oswald seemed to be open and shut but who was the stranger who entered the Texas Book Depository dressed as a police officer? Why...
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Part epistolary novel laced with flights of magic realism escapist fantasy, part bellettrist polemic debating a shopping list of culture war topics, Last Refuge of a Scoundrel is an unusual, multifaceted and densely textured book meant to linger on your palate long after you put it down. Much of the action revolves around a bitter, protracted homeowner’s association dispute in north San Diego County, alternately, hilarious and enraging. It's a novel...
51) The Last Suttee
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"You must come at once, if you want to stop the suttee from happening again..." This phone message summons Kumud Kuthiyala back to Neela Nagar, the blue town of her youth, and the shackled life she thought she had left behind forever... As a nine-year-old, Kumud witnessed the brutal and horrifying suttee ritual when her beloved aunt immolated herself on the burning pyre of her dead husband. Years later, Kumud summoned the courage to escape the isolated...
52) Bluebird
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If Winton is an aria, Knox is early Rolling Stones.' The GuardianA stunning new novel about longing, regret, redemption and the terrible legacy of decades of secrets buried in an Australian beachside suburb.
A house perched impossibly on a cliff overlooking the stunning, iconic Bluebird Beach. Prime real estate, yet somehow not real estate at all, The Lodge is, like those who live in it, falling apart.
Gordon Grimes has become the accidental keeper...
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Sophea Lim is living the American dream as an aspiring executive producer at her local television station. But at the home she shares with her Cambodian mother and grandmother, her success is measured by how soon she can find a husband and how well she prepares a spring roll. While Sophea embraces her new life in America, her elders cling to memories of their old life in the Cambodian royal family. They continue to live in the shadow of the genocide...
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The Nights are Hotter in Africa...
When Erica Knight arrives in Lebombo Game Reserve for her first African safari she has no idea that her life is about to be changed forever. As an executive for a mining company she believes that negotiating the mining rights for the Lebombo Reserve will be a slam-dunk, but she didn't count on locking horns with the reserve's enigmatic owner, Jean-Luc de Graaf.
In the heart of a wild African landscape full of beauty...
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When Lee Ann Revell, a newspaper reporter for the Charleston Courier, receives an assignment to interview Rabbi Jacob Rabinowitz for a story on latch-key kids in 1999, she feels an immediate attraction to the tall, dark, and handsome man. Lee Ann and the Rabbi are opposites. He, of course is Jewish, and she was raised Southern Baptist. She wore her blonde hair in a French braid, and he wore a yarmulke that did not conceal his luxuriant black hair....
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The Great Grandmother's Stories Of Creation is an Inspirational Book about Shaman Women. It is an Amazing Storytelling Journey that captivates the Reader and reflects the Mythos of Indigenous Cultures throughout Time. It is poignant and beautifully written and will awaken memories of other lives. You will Touch Hearts with Nine Magical Women, for the narrative is woven with the Golden Threads of Enchantment, from The Lakota Grandmother's Legend to...
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A renowned Russian ballerina is stranded in Puerto Rico as a revolution tears her homeland apart - and she finds herself in the middle of another uprising. In a truly multicultural story and a daring example of global fiction, Rosario Ferré uses her prodigious talents to deliver an unforgettable tale of love, politics, and the power of female expression. Based loosely on a real episode in the life of famous prima ballerina Anna Pavlova, Flight of...
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Once upon a time, America was great and life was positive beyond all imagination; but a dark economic and moral deterioration has now slowly settled upon the landscape. Even the cherished rule of legitimate law has been replaced by extortionist political inquisition. This is the story of one mans escape and his ascendancy into glittering wealth and eternal glory. As always, print copies of all books are available via amazon or The Book Patch
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In 1942, Danya was asked to do the unthinkable. Already sentenced to death for distributing anti-Fascist literature, German SS Commandant Heinrich Tauber offered her a chance at a reprieve-if she would breed with soldiers under the Lebensborn Program, to produce new Aryan soldiers to replace those Germans killed in Russia. As her wall of resistance weakens against the continuous onslaught from the SS, devilishly handsome and shrewd double agent Arie...
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