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The Pillars of the Earth [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Ken Follett
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"Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner," extolled Publishers Weekly on the release of The Pillars of the Earth. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity. Today, it is a beloved favorite of countless readers, standing as a testament to Follett's unassailable command of the written word and to his universal appeal. A spellbinding epic set in twelfth-century England, The Pillars of ... more info>>
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The Last Kingdom [Saxon Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Bernard Cornwell
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From Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times bestselling author whom the Washington Post calls "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today," comes a saga of blood, rage, fidelity, and betrayal that brings to center stage King Alfred the Great, one of the most crucial (but oft-forgotten) figures in English history. It is King Alfred and his heirs who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, with their backs against the wall, fought to secure the survival of the last outpost of Anglo-... more info>>
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Believe [PRE-ORDER ONLY: Available: Nov 24, 2009] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Victoria Alexander
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All she had to do was believe. . .Tessa St. James thinks that true love is nothing more than a fairy tale, and she is absolutely certain she will never encounter someone worthy of her attention ... until she meets her knight in shining armor. His eyes are blue, the set of his chin is defiant, and he carries himself with unquestioned confidence. And when he kisses her, he sends a wicked desire through her body. Tessa, the beautiful skeptic, has no choice but to join forces with this man. Together... more info>>
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The Fiery Cross [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Diana Gabaldon
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The year is 1771. The American War of Independence is fast approaching. And it seems that Jamie Fraser and his wife, Claire, and their beloved family are fated to be in the thick of things once again.
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Gai-Jin [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by James Clavell
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The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House--the directdescendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age--a beautiful young French woman forever torn between ambition and desire. Their lives intertwine in an exotic land newly open to foreigners, gai-jin, torn apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism. Their passions mingle with monarchs and diplomats, assassins, courtesans and spies. Their fates collide in James Clavell's latest mast... more info>>
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Shamus Ghillie U.S. Secret Service In Medicine Hat [MultiFormat]
by David Walks-As-Bear
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After the Civil War, the country was growing and growing quickly. By 1868, the nation had left infancy and was now toddling, fast and furiously, into Manifest Destiny. Barring the American Indian, the West was wide open for this wobbling stroll. But, just as you must guard against potential troubles for a new walker, this emerging nation needed to shield against inherent dangers caused by rapid growth. Issues such as national sovereignty, boundaries, settlers, and indigenous populations had to b... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Diana Gabaldon
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Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon's New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over--and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser a... more info>> Quill Book Award Winner
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Lethal Journey [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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The tragic enigma of the Beautiful Stranger instantly became a national crime-mystery sensation in 1892. It also became the subject of a famous ghost legend at the fabulous Hotel del Coronado, persisting to this very day. Solved at last, the enigma proves that truth is far stranger than fiction. It is not only a story of passion and violence, conspiracy and betrayal. It is an epic tragedy that transcends times and cultures, and strikes as hard today as it might have in the 19th Century, had anyo... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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The Pale Horseman [Saxon Series Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance and adrift in a world of fire, sword, and treachery. He has to make a choice: whether to fight for the Vikings, who raised him, or for King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who dislikes him. In the late ninth century, Wessex is the last English kingdom. The rest have fallen to the Danish Vikings, a story told in The Last Kingdom, the New York Times bestselling novel in which Uhtred's tale began. Now the Vikings want to finish England. They assemble the Gr... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Angel of Windword [MultiFormat]
by Maggie Dove
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Evil forces are at play surrounding Angelique Beauvisage, but she has no clue. Sensuous and suspense-filled, ANGEL OF WINDWORD, begins with a murder that takes place four years before and turns into a perilous cat and mouse game played by two reluctant lovers, who spin a web of deception that only their love can unravel. (Published: 2009)
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Madrigal: A Novel of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera [MultiFormat]
by Jennifer Linforth
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Years earlier Erik faked his death and vowed the Phantom would never again haunt the Opera Garnier. But strange packages left by Anna, an unwanted Samaritan turned unlikely friend, cause him to desire the unattainable--love. Battling the nobleman determined to lock him away, Erik must control his demons and tame a heart unexpectedly beating for two opposite women: Christine, who he longs to love, and Anna the woman who saw beyond his bitter soul to the man beneath the mask. In the midst of a bru... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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Sharpe's Tiger [Sharpe Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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In a battery of events that will make a hero out of an illiterate private, a young Richard Sharpe poses as the enemy to bring down a ruthless Indian dictator backed by fearsome French troops. The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make co... more info>>
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The Archer's Tale [The Grail Quest Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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At dawn on Easter morning 1343, a marauding band of French raiders arrives by boat to ambush the coastal English village of Hookton. To brave young Thomas, the only survivor, the horror of the attack is epitomized in the casual savagery of a particular black-clad knight, whose flag--three yellow hawks on a blue field--presides over the bloody affair. As the killers sail away, Thomas vows to avenge the murder of his townspeople and to recapture a holy treasure that the black knight stole from the... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Victory of Eagles [Temeraire Series Book 5] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Naomi Novik
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Naomi Novik's triumphant debut, His Majesty's Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence, who serves Britain's peerless Aerial Corps in the thick of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Now, in the latest novel of this dazzling series, they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant imagination. It is a grim time for the dragon Temeraire. On the heels of his mission t... more info>>
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Agincourt [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past--haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. A wanted man in England, he is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he finds two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, an event that shocks all Christendom. With no options left, Hook heads home to England, where his capture means certain death. Instead he is discove... more info>>
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Close Combat [The Corps Book 6] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by W.E.B. Griffin
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CLOSE COMBAT is W.E.B. Griffin's epic novel of World War II--a powerful, dramatic tribute to the brave men and women who lived it... The captain who led his squadron in to the fiercest air battles of the Pacific. The correspondent who learned more about combat than he bargained for. The Marine who embarked on a top secret mission from which there was no certain return...
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Lords of the North [Saxon Series Book 3] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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From Bernard Cornwell, the undisputed master of historical fiction, hailed as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brien,"* comes the third volume in the exhilarating Saxon Chronicles: the story of the birth of England as the Saxons struggle to repel the Danish invaders. The year is 878, and as Lords of the North begins, the Saxons of Wessex, under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but no... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Sharpe's Fortress [Sharpe Series Book 3] [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Promoted for his gallantry in the war against India's rebellious Mahratta confederacy, Richard Sharpe is uncomfortable with his newfound authority--and embroiled in his own private campaign. The unmistakable scent of treason is leading him to Gawilghur, an impenetrable fortress in the sky and the last refuge of desperate enemies of all dark stripes. And as the army of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, prepares to lay siege to the stronghold high above the Deccan Plain, Sharpe ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Genghis: Lords of the Bow [Genghis Khan Conqueror Series #2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Conn Iggulden
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Conn Iggulden's novels are grand historical tales of conquest and vengeance, cruelty and greatness. Now the acclaimed author of Genghis: Birth of an Empire delivers a masterful new novel of the mighty Mongol conqueror--as Genghis Khan sets out to unify an entire continent under his rule.… He came from over the horizon, a single Mongol warrior surrounded by his brothers, sons, and fellow tribesmen. With each battle his legend grew and the ranks of his horsemen swelled, as did his ambition. For ce... more info>>
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Highland Wishes [Scottish War for Independence Trilogy Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Leanne Burroughs
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A Highlander Obsessed.... While the Scottish War for Independence rages, a young Laird heads to the Scottish-English border to avenge his father's vicious murder. The time for retribution has arrived. Rage tightly controlled, Grant Drummond presses forward toward the magnificent Norman-style manor to take its inhabitants by surprise. A Woman Defiant Victoria Blackstone tensed with a sense of foreboding. Her stomach knotted as she surveyed the large men surrounding her. Instinct warned her to esc... more info>> (Published: 2004) RIO Award Winner, Laurie Award Winner, RIO Award of Excellence Winner
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Lonely on the Mountain [Sackett Series Book 17] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Louis L'Amour
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The Sackett Brothers didn't know what brand of trouble had Cousin Logan stirred up, but he needed beef cattle badly. So with Tell Sackett ramrodding, Tyrel, Orrin, and Cap Rountree ride north to the wild country--pushing 1100 head of fat steers across the wide Dakota plains toward the mountains of far western Canada. Past Sioux, past Logan's treacherous enemies, through trails no cattle had ever crossed, the Sacketts drive on. Because when you step on the toes of one Sackett they all come runnin... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Lord John and the Hand of Devils [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon, the New York Times bestselling author of Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade and the wildly popular Outlander novels, delivers three tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature one of her most popular characters: Lord John Grey. In the heart of the eighteenth century, here are haunted soldiers ... lusty princesses ... ghostly apparitions ... dark family secrets. And here Lord John will face enemies who come in the guise of friends, memories in the shape of a fiery-h... more info>>
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Semper Fi [The Corps Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by W.E.B. Griffin
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The first Corps novel--the first Corps New York Times bestseller. Semper Fi sets the stage for World War II and brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalties--as they steel themselves for battle, and prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice.
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Shogun [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by James Clavell
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A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in a mighty saga of a time and place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust and the struggle for power.
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The Boleyn Inheritance [Tudor Series Book 3] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Philippa Gregory
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Three Women Who Share One Fate: The Boleyn Inheritance. Anne of Cleves: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a throne whose last three occupants are dead. King Henry VIII, her new husband, instantly dislikes her. Without friends, family, or even an understanding of the language being spoken around her, she must literally save her neck in a court ruled by a deadly game of politics and the terror of an unpredictable and vengeful king. Her Boleyn Inheritanc... more info>>
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