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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickOne of the most famous and beloved mysteries from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie! More than 100 million copies sold and now a Lifetime TV movie.Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a isolated mansion... |
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Howard's End
E. M. Forster
Format: Book
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What makes this masterpiece a pure delight for contemporary readers is its vibrant portrait of life in Edwardian England, and the wonderful characters who inhabit the charming old country house in Hertfordshire called Howards End. This cozy house becomes the object of an inheritance . . .
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The American Heiress
Daisy Goodwin - Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover
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Be careful what you wish for. Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts, suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible... |
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Atonement: A Novel
IAN McEWAN - Nan A. Talese; 1st ed. in the U.S.A edition
Format: Hardcover
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On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeepers son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along... |
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A Place Called Winter
Patrick Gale - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything. Forced... |
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The House at Riverton: A Novel
Kate Morton - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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The House at Riverton is a gorgeous debut novel set in England between the wars. It is the story of an aristocratic family, a house, a mysterious death and a way of life that vanished forever, told in flashback by a woman who witnessed it all and kept a secret for decades. Grace Bradley... |
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Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh - Back Bay Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece-a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire. Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement... |
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The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton - Penguin Classics; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City – people whose millions were made in railroads, shipping, land speculation and banking.... |
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Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this latest entry in Jacqueline Winspears acclaimed, bestselling mystery seriesless whodunits than why-dunits, more P.D. James than Agatha Christie USA TodayMaisie Dobbs takes on her most personal case yet, a twisting investigation into the brutal killing of a street peddler that will... |
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