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Tim McInnerny
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Based on an extraordinary, untold true story of hope, this moving and ultimately redemptive story follows child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust and the remarkable team who were responsible for helping these children rebuild their lives as they forge friendships that will become a lifeline to a better future.
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Inspired by true events, it is a feel-good story about Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself, even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
The nasty genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble back to the surface as Lord Edmund swaggers around town with a big head and a small beard in search of grace and favor from the stark raving mad Queen Bess. Accompanied by a rabble of riff-raff, the dastardly Lord Blackadder tarnishes the reputation of England's Golden Age.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
1660 England. General Edward Whalley and his son-in law Colonel William Goffe board a ship bound for the New World. They are on the run, wanted for the murder of King Charles I--a brazen execution that marked the culmination of the English Civil War, in which parliamentarians successfully battled royalists for control. But now, ten years after Charles' beheading, the royalists have returned to power. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, the...
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
6) Black Death
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
As the Black Death decimates Europe in 1348, the Church enlists a knight to investigate rumors of a village that the plague has not touched and where the dead are brought back to life.
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Where was Agatha Christie during her infamous 1926 eleven-day disappearance? This entertaining speculation suggests that the great mystery novelist was clearing her head by trying to solve one of the era’s great-unsolved crimes, the fatal 1920 bludgeoning of decorated WWI army nurse Florence Nightingale Shore, at the command of Shore’s companion Mabel Rogers.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Oddball is the newest puppy. She is searching for her spots. Waddlesworth is a macaw who thinks he's a rottweiler. After a spot of therapy Cruella De Vil is released from prison and is a changed woman who is devoted to dogs and good causes. She is delighted that her parole officer, Chloe, has a dalmatian family and big connections with a dog charity. But the sound of Big Ben can reverse the treatment so it is only a matter of time before Cruella is...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Princess Emmmy is a young girl with a secret gift--she is the only one in the kingdom of Kandis who can speak to horses. Up until now, life for Emmy has been wonderful: exploring and hanging out with her best friends (a stable full of horses), spending time with her family at the castle, and not having a care in the world. But when her jealous, scheming cousin Gizana appears and Emmy must undergo the ultimate test to ear the right to keep her gift,...
10) MI-5
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
12) Casanova
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
He was the world's most notorious seducer. A swashbuckler, master of disguise and wit. It was said no woman could resist Casanova's amorous charms. Until now. For the first time in his life he's about to meet his match with an alluring Venetian beauty.
"A visually sumptuous romantic comedy."--Chicago Tribune.
"A rare delight! Sexy, funny and smart. "--Entertainment Tonight.
"An absolute delight!"--Larry King.
Author
Series
Golden age volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Returning home as a hero and the leader of Athens, Pericles considers waging war on Sparta as the only way to win lasting peace, in the new historical epic from the author of The Abbot's Tale.
14) Richard III
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. Updated version of Shakespeare's tale
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