Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen
by Dexter Palmer
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The year is 1726 and the sleepy town of Godalming has been rocked by scandal. Called to the bedside of Mary Toft, surgeon John Howard watches in horror as she appears to give ...
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Callum McLaughlin
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Beyond the Book: Exploiting the Unknown: Entertainment in the Georgian Era
A taste for blood and an unfortunate willingness to exploit those considered 'Other' are not wholly unique to the Georgian period, but their prevalence during the era cannot be ignored. By 1726, when the subject of Dexter Palmer's novel Mary Toft; or... Beyond the Book
Life Undercover
by Amaryllis Fox
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Life Undercover, a riveting true-adventure memoir, reveals how and why a young woman decides to work for the Central Intelligence Agency. In clear, elegant prose, Amaryllis ...
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Karen Lewis
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Beyond the Book: Nuclear Disarmament and World Peace
In Life Undercover, CIA recruit Amaryllis Fox is tasked with disrupting the trade in black-market weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear materials. Since the first (and, to date, only) nuclear bombs to be used in war were dropped on the ... Beyond the Book
Celestial Bodies
by Jokha Alharthi
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One typically expects to find a detailed family tree adorning the opening pages of, say, an epic fantasy, or a weighty historical novel. Less so a shortish family saga, which ...
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Dean Muscat
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Beyond the Book: Zār Exorcism
Throughout Celestial Bodies there are a smattering of references to zār exorcisms, but little detail is given on what these ceremonies actually are. What becomes apparent, though, is that many al-Awafi villagers look forward to these ... Beyond the Book
All-American Muslim Girl
by Nadine Jolie Courtney
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16-year-old Allie (Alia) Abraham, with her fair coloring, has always been able to "pass" for an All-American girl, rather than the ethnically Circassian daughter of Muslims ...
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Catherine M Andronik
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Beyond the Book: Circassian Ethnic Identity and History
In All-American Muslim Girl, Allie Abraham's family is ethnically Circassian, which accounts in part for her fair, reddish blonde hair. As Allie observes, few Americans have ever heard of Circassians, so in the novel she gives a very cursory ... Beyond the Book
Creatures
by Crissy Van Meter
Set on the eve of an island wedding, this provocative debut novel exerts a pull as strong as the tides.
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You Were There Too
by Colleen Oakley
Acclaimed author Colleen Oakley delivers a heart-wrenching and unforgettable love story.
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The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
"Strong characters, riveting plot and an honest look at life in the Australian outback make it easy to give this 5-stars!"
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"A Grapes of Wrath for our times." - Don Winslow
This debut is already being hailed as a new American classic, and is the first book to receive a perfect 5-stars from BookBrowse reviewers!
From the author of The Nightingale, comes a story of a family in crisis and a young girl ...
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Kim Kovacs
In 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with ...
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Karen Lewis
From the international bestselling author of The Gilded Hour comes Sara Donati's ...
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The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
I loved this book just as I loved THE NIGHT CIRCUS. Two different reads but Erin Morgenstern is a wonderful writer. THE STARLESS SEA is a book you need to read daily or...
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Inland
by Téa Obreht
I am not surprised to see that this strange and wondrous novel has generated a wide range of opinions, that it is found by some to be opaque or even pointless. As with ...
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News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
Captain Kidd had experience traveling uncharted lands as he read his newspapers in different towns to spread the news of the world, but traveling with a ten-year-old girl...
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Father of Lions
by Louise Callaghan
This book is much more than a book about a zookeeper and his animals. Callaghan writes of the occupation of Mosul by Daesh, the new laws invoked that make daily life very...
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American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
American Dirt will be published January 21, 2020. It has already made my 2020 Best List as I was fortunate to be an early reader thanks to Amy Einhorn, and Flatiron Books...
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American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
This is a story for our time- a chronicle of the migrant's plight. So often the average person sees immigration through eyes of politicians. Often failing to perceive ...
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