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The Other Boleyn Girl

Philippa Gregory - Touchstone; First Edition edition
Format: Deckle Edge]

Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: the love of a king When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However,...
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The Magician's Lie: A Novel

Greer Macallister - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Hardcover

A USA Today Bestseller!"[A] well-paced, evocative, and adventurous historical novel..." -- Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review"This is a book in which storylines twist, spiral and come together again in an ending as explosive as a poof of smoke from your chimney...or a top hat."...
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A court of thorns and roses

Sarah J Maas - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPerfect for fans of Kristin Cashore and George R.R. Martin, this first book in a sexy and action-packed new series is impossible to put down!When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand...
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Uprooted

Naomi Novik - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL * Naomi Novik, author of the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a Grimm fairy tale.HUGO AWARD FINALIST * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS...
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Mrs. Poe

Lynn Cullen - Gallery Books; First Ed edition
Format: Hardcover

A writer and his demons. A woman and her desires. A wife and her revenge . . . Inspired by literature's most haunting love triangle, award-winning author Lynn Cullen delivers a pitch-perfect rendering of Edgar Allan Poe, his mistress's tantalizing confession, and his wife's...
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Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution

Michelle Moran - Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire . . . but who was this woman who became one of the most famous sculptresses of all time In these pages, her tumultuous and amazing story comes to life as only Michelle Moran can tell it. The year is 1788, and a revolution is about...
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The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never...
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Outlander

Diana Gabaldon - Dell
Format: Mass Market Paperback

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon's work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured...
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City of Bones

Cassandra Clare - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly) .When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder...
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The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

J R R Tolkien - Houghton Mifflin Co.
Format: Paperback

J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his Lord of the Rings trilogy Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves...
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Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

J.K. Rowling - Scholastic; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents deaths.,
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