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  The Captain of All Pleasures

  by Kresley Cole

  In her exhilarating debut novel, Kresley Cole captures the drama, passion, and boundless adventure of the high seas -- as one fiery lass finds herself caught in a tide of torrid romance. Raised as a free spirit aboard her American sea captain father's majestic clipper ship, willful Nicole Lassiter has never encountered an obstacle she couldn't overcome -- until she meets Captain Derek Sutherland. His sizzling... (more)
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  Is Heathcliff a murderer?: Great puzzles in nineteenth-century literature. Can Jane Eyre be happy? : more puzzles in classic fiction

  by John Sutherland

  In this quirky and intriguing book, John Sutherland has conveniently gathered together thirty-four nagging little questions, puzzles, errors, and enigmas from some of the best-loved examples of Victorian fiction. Readers often have stumbled upon seeming mysteries in their favorite novels. Why, for example, is the plot of The Woman in White irrevocably flawed? (The timing of the crime is off.) Is the hero of George... (more)
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  Knights Of Christmas (Harlequin Historicals, No 387)

  by Suzanne Barclay, Margaret Moore, Deborah Simmons

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  Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?: Further Puzzles in Classic Fiction (Oxford World's Classics)

  by John Sutherland

  In this sequel to his popular works Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?, John Sutherland unravels thirty-four new literary puzzles, once again combining erudition with bold investigative speculation. In addition to these new conundrums, Professor Sutherland revisits some previous puzzles with the help of readers who offer their own ingenious solutions and who set fresh puzzles for exploration.... (more)
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  The Literary Detective: 100 Puzzles in Classic Fiction (Oxford World's Classics)

  by John Sutherland

  This is an omnibus edition of John Sutherland's three collections of literary puzzles, "Is Heathcliffe a Murderer?", "Can Jane Eyre be Happy?", and "Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?". Investigating a variety of anomalies, enigmas, and conundrums such as "why does Robinson Crusoe find only one footprint?" and "where does Fanny Hill keep her contraceptives?", Professor Sutherland explores the questions readers often... (more)
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  The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction

  by John Sutherland

  The canon of Victorian fiction represents only a minuscule fraction of the thousands of titles available to read. Here, in language often reflecting Victorian modes of expression, Sutherland makes this fraction more accessible through a dictionary arrangement of 1606 author and title entries. Authors and titles naturally predominate, but publishers, periodicals, illustrators, and sub-genres are treated as well.... (more)
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  Lion Of The North (Harlequin Historical, No 272)

  by suzanne barclay

  Elspeth Carmichael once scorned the love of Lucais Sutherland and refused to marry him. Instead, she married another man, a man who treated her cruelly. For four years she endured the abuse of Raebert Munro until her life was at stake and she was forced to fight for it. Widowed now, she returns to her parents' home, carrying with her the scars of abuse. When she discovers she may own some land, she insists on... (more)
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  Pride Of Lions (Harlequin Historical, No. 443)

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  Lion'S Heart (Harlequin Historical, No 252)

  by Barclay

  Megan Sutherland is her clan's revered storyteller. A unique position for a woman in her time. But as Megan spins wonderfully legendary tales to the people, she aches for the discontentment that lives within her own family. Megan's father, the chieftain, has kept himself from his wife and children for a long time. Presumably keeping to himself, while he spends his time with a mistress, and directs the clan... (more)
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  Lion'S Legacy (Harlequin Historical, No 304)

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  Lion'S Lady (The Sutherland Series) (Historical , No 411)

  by Suzanne Barclay

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  So You Think You Know Jane Austen?: A Literary Quizbook (Oxford World's Classics)

  by John Sutherland, Deirdre Le Faye

  How well do you really know your favorite author? In this new book, ace literary detective turned quizmaster John Sutherland and Austen buff Deirdre Le Faye challenge the reader to find out. Starting with easy, factual questions that test how well you remember a novel and its characters, the quiz progresses to a level of greater difficulty, demanding close reading and interpretative deduction. What really... (more)
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  Henry V, War Criminal?: and Other Shakespeare Puzzles (Oxford World's Classics)

  by John Sutherland, Cedric Thomas Watts

  Loose ends and red herrings are the stuff of detective fiction, and under the scrutiny of master sleuths John Sutherland and Cedric Watts Shakespeare's plays reveal themselves to be as full of mysteries as any Agatha Christie novel. Is it summer or winter in Elsinore? Do Bottom and Titania make love? Does Lady Macbeth faint, or is she just pretending? How does a man putrefy within minutes of his death? Is... (more)
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  So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?: A Literary Quizbook (Oxford World's Classics)

  by John Sutherland

  How well do you really know your favourite author? Ace literary detective turned quizmaster John Sutherland challenges the reader to find out. Starting with easy, factual questions that test how well you remember a novel and its characters, the quiz progresses to a level of greater difficulty, demanding close reading and interpretative deduction. What really motivates the characters, and what is going on beneath... (more)
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  Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?: More Puzzles in Classic Fiction (Oxford World's Classics)

  by John Sutherland

  The exciting sequel to the enormously successful Is Heathcliff A Murderer?, John Sutherland's latest collection of literary puzzles, Can Jane Eyre Be Happy? turns up unexpected and brain-teasing aspects of the range of canonical British and American fiction represented in the World's Classics list. With bold imaginative speculation he investigates thirty-four literary conundrums, ranging from Daniel Defoe to... (more)
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  The Price of Pleasure

  by Kresley Cole

  Kresley Cole returns with a breathtaking romantic saga of love, honor, and passion unbound -- as a man of duty faces his greatest trial, and a young castaway discovers her greatest desire.... A man noted for his courage and integrity, Captain Grant Sutherland journeys to Oceania to find Victoria Dearbourne, an English girl lost at sea a decade before. He's given her ailing grandfather his word -- as a... (more)