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  Alice In Sunderland

  by Bryan Talbot

  Sunderland! Thirteen hundred years ago it was the greatest center of learning in the whole of Christendom and the very cradle of English consciousness. In the time of Lewis Carroll it was the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. To this city that gave the world the electric light bulb, the stars and stripes, the millennium, the Liberty Ships and the greatest British dragon legend came Carroll in the years... (more)
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  The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets

  by Eva Rice

  Eva Rice, daughter of the famed lyricist Tim Rice, has written a captivating and wonderfully stylized novel about a group of friends in postwar London’s glamorous and daring young society. With mannered prose dripping in the charm of 1950s London, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets centers around Penelope, the wide-eyed daughter of a legendary beauty, Talitha, who is unable to move beyond the loss of her charmed... (more)
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  William & Harry

  by Ingrid Seward

  So much has been written about Princes William and Harry, yet so little is really known about them. In this book, the only full-length biography of the brothers, Ingrid Seward examines the extraordinary lives of the two men who are second and third in line to the British throne. From their privileged childhood, through the trauma of their parents' divorce and the subsequent tragic death of their mother, to the... (more)
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  The Perfect Summer

  England 1911, Just Before the Storm

  by Juliet Nicolson

  The Perfect Summer chronicles a glorious English summer a century ago when the world was on the cusp of irrevocable change. Through the tight lens of four months, Juliet Nicolson’s rich storytelling gifts rivet us with the sights, colors and feelings of a bygone era. That summer of 1911 a new king was crowned and the aristocracy was at play, bounding from one house party to the next. But perfection was not for... (more)
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  Aaronsohn's Maps: The Untold Story of the Man Who Might Have Created Peace in the Middle East

  by Patricia Goldstone

  Scientist, diplomat, and spy, Aaron Aaronsohn was one of the most extraordinary figures in the early struggle to create a homeland for the Jews. Born to Jewish settlers in Palestine, he ran a spy network that enabled the British to capture Jerusalem during World War I and made him the rival of his contemporary, T. E. Lawrence—who may also have been his flamboyant sister Sarah’s lover. A rugged adventurer,... (more)
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  The Garden Party

  And Other Stories

  by Katherine Mansfield

  Very early morning. The sun was not yet risen, and the whole of Crescent Bay was hidden under a white sea-mist. The big bush-covered hills at the back were smothered. You could not see where they ended and the paddocks and bungalows began. The sandy road was gone and the paddocks and bungalows the other side of it; there were no white dunes covered with reddish grass beyond them; there was nothing to mark... (more)
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  Sheep Detectives: Book 1

  Three Bags Full

  by Leonie Swann

  A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, the members of the flock gather around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they set out to find... (more)
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  Wolf Hall Trilogy: Book 2

  Bring Up the Bodies

  by Hilary Mantel

  The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn. Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and strong will alienate his old friends and noble families of England. When the discarded... (more)
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  Treasure Island

  by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Brilliantly conceived and splendidly executed, it is a novel that has seized the imagination of generations of adults and children alike. And as David Cordingly points out in his Introduction, Treasure Island is also the best and most influential of all the stories about pirates.
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  Temeraire: Book 1

  His Majesty's Dragon

  by Naomi Novik

  Published in the UK as "Temeraire".Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from his seafaring life into... (more)
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  The Lost Garden

  by Helen Humphreys

  Leaving London to grow food for the war effort, Gwen discovers a mysterious lost garden and the story of a love that becomes her own. This word-perfect, heartbreaking novel is set in early 1941 in Britain when the war seems endless and, perhaps, hopeless. London is on fire from the Blitz, and a young woman gardener named Gwen Davis flees from the burning city for the Devon countryside. She has volunteered for... (more)
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  Diana Lively is Falling Down

  by Sheila Curran

  Like the legendary London Bridge, Diana Lively has been transplanted from England to the Arizona desert. Trained as an architect and top in her class, she makes dollhouses. Widowed at a young age, she distrusted people who were kind to her, and married Ted, the one man who wasn't. Maybe it's a good thing that Diana Lively's life is suddenly out of her control. A brash American billionaire wants to put up... (more)
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  Rick Steves' London 2007 (Rick Steves)

  by Rick Steves

  Who but Rick Steves can tell you the best way to see the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Tower of London? With Rick Steves' London 2007, you can experience the best of everything this city has to offer-economically and hassle-free. Completely revised and updated, Rick Steves' London 2007 includes: • Opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights • Friendly places... (more)