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Alex Cross's TRIAL [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by James Patterson
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Separated by time From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written--a novel called Trial. Connected by blood As a lawyer in turn-of-the-century Washington D.C., Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases. Fighting against oppression and racism, he risks his family and his life in the process. When President Roosevelt asks ... 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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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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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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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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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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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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Sharpe's Fury [Sharpe Series Book 11] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Bernard Cornwell
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For more than twenty years, Richard Sharpe, the brave and dashing officer who rose from rags on the street to a commission in his majesty's army, has been thrilling audiences on both the page and on screen. Now the incomparable Bernard Cornwell ("the greatest writer of historical novels today"*) returns with a thrilling new installment--the first new Sharpe novel in more than two years. The year is 1811. With the British army penned into a small part of Portugal, and all of Spain fallen to the i... more info>>
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Lord John and the Private Matter [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Diana Gabaldon
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Adored bestselling author Diana Gabaldon brings us the first book in a new trilogy featuring many of the characters from her wildly popular Outlander series. In her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon introduced millions of readers to a dazzling world of history and adventure--a world of vibrant settings and utterly unforgettable characters. Now one of these characters, Major Lord John Grey, opens the door to his own part of this world--eighteenth-century London, a seethi... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Sharpe's Triumph [Sharpe Series Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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It is India, 1803. In the four years since he earned his sergeant's stripes, young Richard Sharpe has led a relatively peaceful existence. But Sharpe's reverie ends when he barely survives a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer who has joined the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, determined to drive the British from the continent. Vowing to hunt down the turncoat, Sharpe plunges headlong into the white-hot battle of Assaye alongside Sir Arthur Wellesley--the future ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Quicksilver [The Baroque Cycle Volume 1] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Neal Stephenson
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Set against the backdrop of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Quicksilver tells the intertwining tales of 3 unforgettable main characters (descendants of characters from Cryptonomicon) as they traverse a landscape populated by mad alchemists, Barbary pirates, and bawdy courtiers, as well as historical figures including Ben Franklin, William of Orange, Louis XIV, and many others. This breathtaking story ranges from the American colonies to the Tower of London to the glittering palace at Ver... more info>> (Published: 2004) Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner
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The Confusion [The Baroque Cycle Volume 2] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Neal Stephenson
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Continuing the epic adventure begun in the bestselling Quicksilver! In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves--including one Jack Shaftoe, a.k.a. King of the Vagabonds, a.k.a. Half-Cocked Jack, lately and miraculously cured of the pox--devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues, rife with battles, chases, hairbreadth escapes, swashbuckling, bloodletting, and danger--a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ... nay, gold ... nay, legendary gold that... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Diana Gabaldon
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In her much-anticipated new novel, the New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander saga brings back one of her most compelling characters: Lord John Grey--soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade. Here Diana Gabaldon brilliantly weaves together the strands of Lord John's secret and public lives---a shattering family mystery, a love affair with potentially disastrous consequences, and a war that stretches from the Old World to the New....
In 1758, in the heart of the Seven Years'... more info>>
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World Without End [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Ken Follett
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Ken Follett has 90 million readers worldwide. The Pillars of the Earth is his bestselling book of all time. Now, eighteen years after the publication of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett has written the most-anticipated sequel of the year--World Without End. In 1989 Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. Critics were ove... more info>>
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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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Blue Diablo [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Ann Aguirre
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Corine Solomon is a handler--when she touches an object she instantly knows its history and its future. Using her ability, she can find the missing--which is why people never stop trying to find her. Like her ex-boyfriend Chance, who needs Corine's gift to find someone dear to them both. But the search proves dangerous as it leads them into a strange world of demons and sorcerers, ghosts and witchcraft, zombies--and black magic...
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The Traffickers [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by W.E.B. Griffin
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Griffin's popular Badge of Honor police series returns, with a story of murder and lawlessness as compelling as today's headlines. Just as with his remarkable military novels, millions of readers have been captured by the rich characters and vivid realism of W. E. B. Griffin's police dramas. "Griffin has the knack," writes The Philadelphia Inquirer. "He sets his novel before you in short, fierce, stop-for-nothing scenes. Before you know it, you've gobbled it up." Homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne ... more info>>
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The System of the World [The Baroque Cycle Volume 3] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Neal Stephenson
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'Tis done. The world is a most confused and unsteady place--especially London, center of finance, innovation, and conspiracy--in the year 1714, when Daniel Waterhouse makes his less-than-triumphant return to England's shores. Aging Puritan and Natural Philosopher, confidant of the high and mighty and contemporary of the most brilliant minds of the age, he has braved the merciless sea and an assault by the infamous pirate Blackbeard to help mend the rift between two adversarial geniuses at a prin... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Cold Blood: A Novel [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by James Fleming
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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION is breaking out all around him, but Charlie Doig has a private war to fight. Even if he dies in the attempt, he's going to track down and kill Prokhor Glebov, the Bolshevik who murdered Doig's beautiful wife, Elizaveta. Certain that Glebov will sooner or later turn up at Lenin's side, Doig makes his way to St. Petersburg. There, amidst the chaos of the Revolution, Charlie discovers that Glebov has been put in charge of the political re-education of the Tsar and his family ... more info>>
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We the Living [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Ayn Rand
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First published in 1936, this inspiring and defiant novel by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged has sold nearly two million copies. Portraying the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives, We the Living is Ayn Rand's challenge to the modern conscience.
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Blood On the Tartan [MultiFormat]
by Chris Holmes
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A Woman Fighting a Cause...Catherine Ross rallies her neighbors to openly resist the mass evictions, which empty the glens of her people and replace them with sheep. On the Other Side of the Law...Constable Ian Macgregor, sworn to uphold the law, finds duty conflicts with love. There's only one woman for him--Catherine. However, he is torn by that love and his sense of honor. The Coming Storm...Ian must decide: to protect his beloved or to obey his orders. Will Catherine's truest love become her... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Genghis: Birth of an Empire [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Conn Iggulden
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He was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Temujin's young life was shaped by a series of brutal acts: the betrayal of his father by a neighboring tribe and the abandonment of his entire family, cruelly left to die on the harsh plain. But Temujin endured--and from that moment on, he was driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to conquer enemies who could come without warning from bey... more info>>
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The Field of Swords [Emperor Series #3] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Conn Iggulden
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With his acclaimed Emperor novels, author Conn Iggulden brings a dazzling world to life--the rich, complex world of ancient Rome as seen through the eyes of one extraordinary man: Julius Caesar. Now Iggulden returns to the story of Julius Caesar and a realm that stretches from the sands of North Africa to the coast of Britain. Against this magnificent backdrop, Caesar, his first victories under his belt and a series of key alliances in place, makes his move toward power and glory--and commands h... more info>>
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The Generals of October [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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Torn from tomorrow's headlines, this thoughtful and emotional thriller is the first to completely think through what would happen if the US had a Second Constitutional Convention (CON2). It's a mainstream thriller about the U.S. during its worst crisis since the Civil War. Shadowy military and business figures want to impose a new constitution, and Victoria "Tory" Breen and David Gordon are the only two persons who can find the key to Operation Ivory Baton and prevent a national takeover. A book... more info>> (Published: 2000)
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Pope Joan: A Novel [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Donna Cross
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"Engaging ... Pope Joan has all the elements: love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets."--Los Angeles Times Book Review For a thousand years men have denied her existence--Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity for two years. Now this compelling novel animates the legend with a portrait of an unforgettable woman who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept. When her older brother dies in a Viking attack, the brilliant young ... more info>>
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