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A Novel
by David L. Robbins
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by Mark Felton
Published Aug 2015
Read ReviewsOn August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' - 40 Allied officers staged the most audacious mass escape of World War II. Told with a novelist's eye for drama and detail, this rip-roaring adventure is all the more thrilling because it really happened.
by Laura Hillenbrand
Published Jul 2014
Read ReviewsIn her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
by Simon Van Booy
Published Jun 2014
Read ReviewsThis gripping, emotional story intertwines the stories of several compelling characters - one by one, through seemingly random acts of selflessness, they discover the vital parts they have played in each other's lives, a realization that shatters the illusion of their separateness.
by Alan Brennert
Published Feb 2010
Read ReviewsFrom the bestselling author of Moloka'i comes the irresistible story of a young immigrant bride in a ramshackle town that becomes a great modern city.
by A.L. Kennedy
Published Mar 2009
Read ReviewsAn emotionally charged, deeply affecting drama about the violence of modern life, and the intensity and courage to be found in the closeness of death. Blazing with Kennedys characteristic virtuosity, wit and narrative invention. Winner of the 2007 Costa Novel Award.
by Peter Ho Davies
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsFrom the acclaimed writer Peter Ho Davies comes an engrossing wartime love story set in the stunning landscape of North Wales during the final, harrowing months of World War II.
by Ha Jin
Published May 2005
Read ReviewsA powerful, unflinching novel that opens a window on an unknown aspect of a little-known war: the experiences of Chinese POWs held by Americans during the Korean conflict.
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