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21) The mimic men
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Former government minister Ralph Singh is the perpetual outsider: displaced, disillusioned and now living in exile, Ralph reflects on his earlier life and the searing effects of colonialism. Ralph's constant estrangement sees him ever attempting to fit into various communities, only to find home in more transient spaces. Born on the tropical island of Isabella, he is one of West India's many 'Mimic Men'. Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author V.S....
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Montmaray journals volume 2
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In January 1937, as Sophia FitzOsborne continues to record in her journal, the members of Montmaray's royal family are living in luxurious exile in England but, even as they participate in the social whirl of London parties and balls, they remain determined to free their island home from the occupying Germans despite growing rumors of a coming war that might doom their country forever.
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Tide lords volume 3
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The enslaved Arkady despairs of ever seeing her husband alive again and risks everything to learn the truth about her new owner; while Stellan, in asylum in Caelum, gains the support of the returning Tide Lords.
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Traitor spy trilogy volume 3
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Returning from exile, the feared black magician, Lorkin, must broker an alliance between his people and the Traitors in this final installment of the trilogy following The Ambassador's Mission and The Rogue.
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Montmaray journals volume 3
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"In this third installment to the Montmaray Journals, Sophie and her family come together to support the war effort during World War II, meanwhile fighting to protect their beloved Montmaray"--
26) The disoriented
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"Adam returns home to the Middle East, after living in exile in France for twenty-five years, when he learns his close friend Maourad is dying. He finds his childhood friends have taken different paths, and some now have blood on their hands."--Provided by publisher.
27) Of fire and ash
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Fireborn epic volume 1
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Ceridwen tal Desmond dreams of ruling like her father over the nation of Soldonia, where warriors ride to battle on magical steeds--soaring on storm winds, vanishing in shadow, quaking the earth, and summoning the sea. After a tragic accident claims her twin brother, she is exiled and sworn to atonement by spending her life--or death--for her people. But when invaders spill onto Soldonia's shores and traitors seize upon the chaos to murder her father,...
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Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile is the eighth book by American writer Herman Melville. When Israel Potter leaves his plow to fight in the American Revolution, he's immediately thrown into the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he receives multiple wounds. However, this does not deter him, and after hearing a rousing speech by General George Washington, he volunteers for further duty, this time at sea, where more ill fortune awaits him. Israel is...
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Inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear, this breathtaking debut novel tells the story of the most famous woman ever written out of literary history.
"I am the queen of two crowns, banished fifteen years, the famed and gilded woman, bad-luck baleful girl, mother of three small animals, now gone. I am fifty-five years old. I am Lear's wife. I am here."
Word has come. Care-bent King Lear is dead, driven mad and betrayed. His three daughters too, broken...
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A fight to save his people A kiss to save his heart To regain his stolen lands and save his people from suffering, Robert of Penrith has returned to marry his enemy's daughter. To Robert's surprise, his dearest friend, Morwenna, helps him win the heiress's hand-despite the danger to them both. The fierce, beautiful miller's daughter has stood by him throughout his exile.
31) Dark crusade
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"Exiled rogue shapeshifter Kerr Vik once saw being transported to Gunngar as a fresh start. Until the one person he most regretted leaving behind--captivating witch Heather Moore--stumbles through the portal...and finds herself right in the middle of a witch hunt. Heather has courageously come to Gunngar to redeem herself. but Kerr Knows that if she braves it alone...she will die. He must somehow send her back through the portal. And it's not...
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Another day volume 1
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"Ten years ago this season, Gregory Maguire wrapped up the series he began with Wicked by giving us the fourth and final volume of the Wicked Years, his elegiac Out of Oz. But "out of Oz" isn't "gone for good." Maguire's new series, Another Day, is here, twenty-five years after Wicked first flew into our lives. Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba's granddaughter, Rain, washing ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from crashing into the...
33) Prince of dreams
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Unable to win the hand of the headstrong beauty Emma Stokehurst, bitter exile Nikolas is transported back in time where he meets a woman who looks remarkably like the Emma of his dreams.
34) Sojourn
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Forgotten realms. Dark Elf series volume 3
Dark elf trilogy volume 3
Legend of Drizzt volume 3
Legend of Drizzt volume III
Dark elf trilogy volume 3
Legend of Drizzt volume 3
Legend of Drizzt volume III
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Drizzt Do'Urden emerges from the underdark into a world of eye-searing light and bizarre new creatures - a world teeming with life and almost limitless danger. For a dark elf born into the ruthless matriarchy of Menzoberranzan, the World Above can be a confusing place, but it can also be a place of second chances, new beginnings, and unimagined friedships. All he has to do is live long enough to convince the surface dwellers he means them no harm....
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"The review in the Paris Times in November 1928 is rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyce's skill and artistry as a dancer. The family has made their home in Paris--where the latest ideas in art, music, and literature converge. Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Ireland's exiled literary genius. Among them is a tall, thin young man named Samuel Beckett--a fellow Irish expat who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes...
36) Long black curl
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Tufa novels volume 3
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"In all the time the Tufa have existed, only two have ever been exiled: Bo-Kate Wisby and her lover, Jefferson Powell. They were cast out, stripped of their ability to make music, and cursed to never be able to find their way back to Needsville. Their crime? A love that crossed the boundary of the two Tufa tribes, resulting in the death of several people. Somehow, Bo-Kate has found her way back. Not content to simply return, he intends to claim control...
37) Learwife
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Inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear, this breathtaking debut tells the unforgettable story of the most famous woman ever written out of literary history.
Word has come. Care-bent King Lear is dead, driven mad and betrayed. His three daughters too, broken in battle. But someone has survived: Lear's queen. Exiled to a nunnery years ago, written out of history, her name forgotten. Now she can tell her story. Though her grief and rage may threaten to...
38) Shark wars
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Shark wars volume 1
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Gray is already bigger than all the other sharks in his clan, or shiver. He can't stop growing, and when his hunger gets him into trouble, he's banished from the reef with his best friend Barkley. Their hunt for food forces them to journey deep into Goblin Shiver territory, where they have no choice but to join the shiver. They'll help fight against rival sharks in return for training, protection, and food. But who can Gray and Barkley trust when...
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"A dangerous secret lies beneath Whitehall Palace... Brother against brother. Father against son. Friends turned into enemies. No one in England wants a return to the bloody days of the Civil War. But Oliver Cromwell's son, Richard, has abandoned his exile and slipped back into England. The consequences could be catastrophic. James Marwood, a traitor's son turned government agent, is tasked with uncovering Cromwell's motives. But his assignment is...
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Isabel Allende transports us to a Latin American country in the grip of a military dictatorship, where Irene Beltran, an upperclass journalist, and Francisco Leal, a photographer son of a Marxist professor together discover a hideous crime. They also discover how far they dare go in search of the truth in a nation of terror ... and how very much they risk.
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