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[2022]
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Español
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Publisher Annotation: WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE PRIZE MARTA DE MONT MARÇAL The Box of Fears is an extraordinary spy novel set during World War One. By the end of the 19th century, little Aleksei an orphan from the Siberian steppe embarks on a journey to Moscow with the priest Vasiliy Lebedev and, from there, to Paris. In Paris, he will enjoy a new life with his Aunt Vania and the rest of their peculiar family. Mata Hari is the rising...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen-children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains...
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The House of Falconer volume 3
Language
English
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"James Falconer--a tycoon and a self-made man--seems to have the world in the palm of his hand. But the Great War looms, and James decides to fight for king and country. The fighting is bloody and brutal, and James returns a changed man, with wounds both physical and mental. His beloved wife is dead, but a new woman returns to help nurse him back to health. Georgiana Ward once held James in her thrall, but years have passed and bitterness has set...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The author of Shackleton: The Biography and the only man alive ever to have traveled around the Earth's circumpolar surface turns his attention to famed archaeologist and adventurer Thomas Edward Lawrence, who, in 1916, made a legendary 300-mile journey during the Arab Revolt, bringing this extraordinary life into sharp focus.
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