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Learned By Heart: A Novel
Par Emma Donoghue. 2023
A heartbreakingly gorgeous novel based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply and dangerously in love…
at boarding school in nineteenth century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister’s five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for Young Ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen.Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling and deeply researched, Learned by Heart is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the ages.Greenwood: A Novel
Par Michael Christie. 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEA CBC BOOKS "BEST CANADIAN FICTION" TITLE OF THE YEARNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the award-winning author…
of If I Fall, If I Die comes a propulsive, multigenerational family story, in which the unexpected legacies of a remote island off the coast of British Columbia will link the fates of five people over a hundred years. Cloud Atlas meets The Overstory in this ingenious nested-ring epic set against the devastation of the natural world.They come for the trees. It's 2038 and Jacinda (Jake) Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting ultra-rich-eco-tourists in one of the world's last remaining forests. It's 2008 and Liam Greenwood is a carpenter, sprawled on his back after a workplace fall and facing the possibility of his own death. It's 1974 and Willow Greenwood is just out of jail for one of her environmental protests: attempts at atonement for the sins of her father's once vast and rapacious timber empire. It's 1934 and Everett Greenwood is a Depression-era drifter who saves an abandoned infant, only to find himself tangled up in the web of a crime, secrets, and betrayal that will cling to his family for decades. And throughout, there are trees: a steady, silent pulse thrumming beneath Christie's effortless sentences, working as a guiding metaphor for withering, weathering, and survival. Transporting, beautifully written, and brilliantly structured like the nested growth rings of a tree, Greenwood reveals the knot of lies, omissions, and half-truths that exists at the root of every family's origin story. It is a magnificent novel of greed, sacrifice, love, and the ties that bind--and the hopeful, impossible task of growing toward the light.Alphabetical Diaries
Par Sheila Heti. 2024
Sheila Heti collected 500,000 words from a decade's worth of journals, put the sentences in a spreadsheet, and sorted them…
alphabetically. She cut and cut and was left with 60,000 words of brilliance and mayhem, joy and sorrow. These are her alphabetical diaries.A Secret Music
Par Susan Doherty Hannaford. 2015
Word Guild Award for Best Young Adult fiction 2016 Grace Irwin Award 2016 Literary Classics silver medal for Y/A fiction…
2016 Shortlisted for the Frank Hegyi Award-Ottawa Independent Writers Literary Classics silver medal for High school fiction 2017 Set in 1936 Montreal, A Secret Music is the story of Lawrence Nolan, a sensitive fifteen-year-old piano prodigy who grows up in the shadow of his mother’s mental illness. Forced to keep this shameful secret, he attempts to raise himself and his ten year old brother. He counteracts the deep ache and creeping mistrust caused by his mother’s emotional absence by escaping into the intense realm of Chopin and Schubert, the only language he understands. When his brother becomes ill, he is left with enormous responsibilities. At a piano competition in Montreal, Lawrence makes a climactic decision that puts his future on hold in order to salvage his family life. In A Secret Music, Susan Doherty Hannaford re-creates the Depression-Era world of Montreal and demonstrates how music can redeem a life.Longhorns East
Par Johnny D. Boggs. 2023
From nine-time Spur Award–winning Western author Johnny D. Boggs comes the incredible story of the biggest, longest, wildest cattle drive…
in America&’s history—from the heart of Texas to New York City. . . . LONGHORNS EAST Tom Candy Ponting was no ordinary trail boss. He didn&’t smoke, chew, cuss, or even carry a gun. Unlike his competitors, he learned how to herd cows on a farm back in England—and how to handle cowboys in bareknuckle prizefights. But his skills and know-how were really put to the test when he accepts a bet he might live to regret: lead a cattle drive from Texas to New York City. Not one to back down on a dare, Ponting assembles the motliest crew of cowboys ever seen—Texans, Englishmen, Mexicans, Freemen, Cherokee—and charts a course through the unfriendliest country to move seven hundred head of cattle, never easy in the best of times. Along the way, they&’ll cross railroads and rustlers, hucksters and hustlers, with detours and dead ends aplenty. But if they succeed, the team will make more than just a whole lot of money. They will make history. . . . Inspired by the real-life adventures of legendary cattleman Tom Candy Ponting, Longhorns East takes readers on an unforgettable journey as big and bold as the America itself. &“Boggs is unparalleled in evoking the gritty reality of the Old West.&” —The Shootist &“Johnny Boggs has produced another instant page-turner. . . . Don&’t put down the book until you finish it.&” —Tony Hillerman on Killstraight&“Johnny D. Boggs tells a crisply powerful story that rings true more than two centuries after the bloody business was done.&” —The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier on The DespoilersL'armadura de la llum
Par Ken Follett. 2023
Torna el millor Follett amb l'emocionant cinquena entrega de la saga Els pilars de la Terra. El xoc de progrés…
i tradició i una guerra que amenaça d'engolir tota Europa a la més ambiciosa i èpica novel·la del mestre de la ficció històrica. La revolució és a l'aire 1792. Un govern tirànic està decidit a convertir Anglaterra en un poderós imperi comercial. Mentrestant, Napoleó Bonaparte comença el seu ambiciós ascens al poder i, enmig d'un gran descontent social, els veïns de França es mantenen en màxima alerta. Kingsbridge treu el cap a l'abisme Les innovacions industrials s'imposen de manera implacable, sacsejant les vides dels treballadors de les pròsperes fàbriques tèxtils de Kingsbridge. S'obre un món de noves i alliberadores oportunitats però, lligat a la crueltat més despietada. La ràpida modernització amb les seves flamants però perilloses maquinàries està deixant obsolets molts treballs i esquinçant les famílies. Una nova tirania sorgeix a l'horitzó I a mesura que l'esclat d'un conflicte internacional sembla cada cop més a prop, la història d'un petit grup de persones de Kingsbridge —incloent-hi la filera Sal Clitheroe, el teixidor David Shoveller i Kit, l'enginyós i decidit fill de Sal— es convertirà en el símbol de la lluita de tota una generació que vol progressar i lluita per un futur sense opressió... Sobre la saga «Els pilars de la Terra» han dit:«Segueixo envejant com el primer dia la capacitat de Follett per entretenir. Les trames funcionen sempre i et manté enganxat a cada pàgina».Juan Gómez Jurado, ABC «Fantàstic des de tots els punts de vista».El Món «Follett és un mestre».The Washington Post«Una obra que destaca com un triomf de l'esforç i la professionalitat».The GuardianLas mujeres de Las Carolinas
Par Concepción Revuelta. 2023
La nueva novela de Concepción Revuelta nos traslada al Santander de la Guerra Civil para narrarnos la historia de cuatro…
mujeres que deben afrontar un futuro convulso con fortaleza y valor. 1935: la Segunda República ha traído avances para la situación profesional de las mujeres en todo el país. Pero, en los albores de la Guerra Civil, eso está a punto de cambiar drásticamente. A las puertas del conflicto bélico, cuatro jóvenes de diferente condición y estrato social forjan una amistad en la famosa casa de las Carolinas, en Santander: Gloria y Laura, enfermeras que se sienten impotentesante el dolor físico y la injusticia; Susana, una valiente cocinera que nunca quiso destacar, pero que se verá obligada a ello; y Ana, una estudiante de derecho que ejercerá de periodista para denunciar los atropellos a la clase obrera. La nueva y fascinante novela de Concepción Revuelta nos traslada al Santander de la Guerra Civil para narrarnos lahistoria de cuatro mujeres que deberán afrontar, con entereza y valor, la amenaza de sus aspiraciones y hasta de sus vidas. Las mujeres de las Carolinas es una historiaapasionante de fortaleza, coraje y sacrificio, con uno de los episodios más convulsos de nuestra historia como telón de fondo. Concepción Revuelta (Santander) se asomó al mundo literario con la publicación del cuento infantil Los Pegimun. Unos años más tarde dio el salto a la novela adulta con Aromas de tabaco y mar, que relata la vidade una cigarrera santanderina en los años cincuenta. En 2019 publicó en Plaza & Janés su segunda novela, Te di mi palabra, sobre la historia de las pasiegas empleadas como amasde cría por nobles y burgueses. A esta la siguió Días grises con cielo azul dos años después. Las mujeres de las Carolinas es su tercera novela en Plaza & Janés.Stella Maris
Par Cormac McCarthy. 2022
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The second volume of The Passenger series, from The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The…
Road • An intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. "The richest and strongest work of McCarthy&’s career…An achievement greater than Blood Meridian…or…The Road.&” —The Atlantic1972, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN: Alicia Western, twenty years old, with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag, admits herself to the hospital. A doctoral candidate in mathematics at the University of Chicago, Alicia has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and she does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby. Instead, she contemplates the nature of madness, the human insistence on one common experience of the world; she recalls a childhood where, by the age of seven, her own grandmother feared for her; she surveys the intersection of physics and philosophy; and she introduces her cohorts, her chimeras, the hallucinations that only she can see. All the while, she grieves for Bobby, not quite dead, not quite hers. Told entirely through the transcripts of Alicia&’s psychiatric sessions, Stella Maris is a searching, rigorous, intellectually challenging coda to The Passenger, a philosophical inquiry that questions our notions of God, truth, and existence.The Jungle: [A Graphic Novel]
Par Upton Sinclair. 2019
A compelling graphic novel adaptation of Upton Sinclair's seminal protest novel that brings to life the harsh conditions and exploited…
existences of immigrants in Chicago's meatpacking industry in the early twentieth century.Long acclaimed around the world, Upton Sinclair's 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle remains a powerful book even today. Not many works of literature can boast that their publication brought about actual social and labor change, but that's just what The Jungle did, as it led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. In today's society, where labor and safety of the food we eat remain key concerns for all, Sinclair's shocking story still resonates. Bringing new life and energy to this classic work, adapter and illustrator Kristina Gehrmann takes Sinclair's prose and transforms it through pen and ink, allowing you to discover (or rediscover) this book and see it from a whole new perspective.Palabra de reina
Par Gema Bonnín. 2023
La novela sobre la vida y el poder de Catalina de Aragón. En su debut en la novela histórica, Gema…
Bonnín nos regala por fin las palabras de una reina silenciada en vida que fue, en términos de Shakespeare, «la reina de todas las reinas». UNA MUJER QUE LUCHÓ CONTRA TODO Y TODOS Catalina, la última hija de los Reyes Católicos, ha sido durante años un personaje olvidado en España. Sin embargo, en Inglaterra, donde residió desde la adolescencia para casarse con el rey de esas tierras, se convirtió en una leyenda. UNA REINA QUE FORJÓ SU PROPIO DESTINO Este es el relato de una joven solitaria que llegó a ser la primera embajadora de Europa, una mujer que no vaciló ante el poder del mismísimo rey, provocando un gran cisma con la Iglesia católica, y una madre que nunca dejó de luchar por su única hija.UNA NOVELA QUE NOS DESCUBRE LA VOZ SILENCIADA DE CATALINA DE ARAGÓN Desde el castillo de Kimbolton, donde aguarda el final de su vida, Catalina nos narra las peligrosas intrigas de la corte y el asfixiante egoísmo de Enrique VIII, así como lo que la llevó a hacerse con el favor del pueblo inglés.The Reformatory: A Novel
Par Tananarive Due. 2023
A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he&’s sent to a segregated…
reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.Gracetown, Florida June 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie&’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory. Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it&’s too late. The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.Edith Holler: A Novel
Par Edward Carey. 2023
The witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse—and the mysterious figure who threatens…
the theater's very survivalThe year is 1901. England&’s beloved queen has died, and her aging son has finally taken the throne. In the eastern city of Norwich, bright and inquisitive young Edith Holler spends her days among the boisterous denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave its confines. Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, she decides to write a play of her own: a stage adaptation of the legend of Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy known as Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar, imposing woman named Margaret Unthank, heir to the actual Beetle Spread fortune, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play—the one thing that&’s truly hers—from the newcomer&’s sinister designs.Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by the author&’s trademark fantastical illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman&’s struggle to escape her family&’s control—and to reveal inconvenient truths about the way children are used.The Dearly Beloved: A Novel
Par Cara Wall. 2019
&“This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever.&” —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show &“Read with…
Jenna&” Book Club Selection!) This &“moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change&” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor&’s Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become copastors at a famed New York city congregation in the 1960s.Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart. Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How then, can he fall in love with Lily—fiercely intellectual, elegantly stern—after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? And yet, how can he not? James, the youngest son in a hardscrabble Chicago family, spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father and avoiding his anxious mother. Nan grew up in Mississippi, the devout and beloved daughter of a minister and a debutante. James&’s escape from his desperate circumstances leads him to Nan and, despite his skepticism of hope in all its forms, her gentle, constant faith changes the course of his life. In The Dearly Beloved, Cara wall reminds us of &“the power of the novel in its simplest, richest form: bearing intimate witness to human beings grappling with their faith and falling in love,&” (Entertainment Weekly, A-) as we follow these two couples through decades of love and friendship, jealousy and understanding, forgiveness and commitment. Against the backdrop of turbulent changes facing the city and the church&’s congregation, Wall offers a poignant meditation on faith and reason, marriage and children, and the ways we find meaning in our lives. The Dearly Beloved is a gorgeous, wise, and provocative novel that is destined to become a classic.The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel
Par Kris Waldherr. 2019
A post-mortem photographer unearths dark secrets from the past that may hold the key to his future in this &“sensual,…
twisting gothic tale…in the tradition of A.S. Byatt&’s Possession, Diane Setterfield&’s The Thirteenth Tale, and Emily Bronte&’s Wuthering Heights&” (BookPage).All love stories are ghost stories in disguise. &“This one happily succeeds at both&” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). When famed Byronesque poet Hugh de Bonne is discovered dead in his bath one morning, his cousin Robert Highstead, a post-mortem photographer, is charged with a simple task: transport Hugh&’s remains for burial in a chapel. This chapel, a stained-glass folly set on the moors, was built by de Bonne sixteen years earlier to house the remains of his beloved wife and muse, Ada. Since then, the chapel has been locked and abandoned, a pilgrimage site for the rabid fans of de Bonne&’s last book, The Lost History of Dreams. However, Ada&’s grief-stricken niece refuses to open the glass chapel for Robert unless he agrees to her bargain: before he can lay Hugh to rest, Robert must record Isabelle&’s story of Ada and Hugh&’s ill-fated marriage over the course of five nights. As the mystery of Ada and Hugh&’s relationship unfolds, so too does the secret behind Robert&’s own marriage—including that of his fragile wife, Sida, who has not been the same since a tragic accident three years earlier and the origins of his morbid profession that has him seeing things he shouldn&’t...things from beyond the grave. Blurring the line between the past and the present, truth and fiction, and ultimately, life and death, The Lost History of Dreams is &“a surrealist, haunting tale of suspense where every prediction turns out to be merely a step toward a bigger reveal&” (Booklist).A Bride by Moonlight (Fraternitas Aureae Crucis #8)
Par Liz Carlyle. 2012
Fourth in the Victorian romance series from the New York Times-bestselling author who sets up “sizzling encounters . . . [and] keeps the…
reader guessing” (Historical Novel Society).Passion and secrets simmer behind the elegant façade of Victorian London in A Bride by Moonlight, another deliciously intriguing romance by Liz Carlyle that features the dangerous men of the mysterious St. James Society.Faced with murder charges, Lisette Colburne never imagined aligning herself with Scotland Yard—not with the scandalous life she’s led. But when Commissioner Royden Napier proposes—that in exchange for her freedom—she pretend to be his wife so he can unravel a brutal mystery, she agrees. What neither counts on is their intoxicating, undeniable attraction.Sexy and action-packed, Liz Carlyle’s A Bride by Moonlight is a beautiful love story set in Victorian high society with compelling characters and elegant, emotional prose that will appeal to readers of historical romance.Praise for the Fraternitas Aureae Crucis series“Intriguing . . . engaging . . . an illicit delight.” —Stephanie Laurens, #1 New York Times–bestselling author “Liz Carlyle weaves passion and intrigue with a master’s touch.” —Karen Robards, New York Times–bestselling authorMartyr: The First John Shakespeare Mystery (John Shakespeare Mystery Ser. #1)
Par Rory Clements. 2009
A court spy must stop the assassination of Sir Francis Drake while solving a royal murder in this gritty Elizabethan…
mystery—an “excellent debut” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).England, 1587. Tensions run high in the court of Elizabeth I. Within days the axe could fall on the neck of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Spain is already gathering a battle fleet to avenge her.At the center of the storm is John Shakespeare, chief intelligencer in the secret service of Sir Francis Walsingham. When an intercept reveals a plot to assassinate England’s “sea dragon,” Francis Drake, Shakespeare is ordered to protect him. Busy fitting out his ships on land, Drake is frighteningly vulnerable. If he dies, England will be open to invasion.From the splendor and intrigue of the royal court to the sleek warships of Her Majesty’s Navy and the teeming brothels of Southwark, Shakespeare soon learns that nothing is as it seems . . .Let It Be Love (The Effington Family #12)
Par Victoria Alexander. 2005
“[A] rollicking historical romance . . . the perfect holiday read” from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of When We Meet Again…
(Publishers Weekly).Dashing Jonathon Effington, the Marquess of Helmsley, has had more than one lady willingly fall into his arms. But he’s so delicious none has ever complained at their inevitable parting. And while Jonathon’s no stranger to passion of the flesh, his heart has remained untouched. Until now . . . At each Christmas Ball, Jonathon selects a delectable lady to share the pleasures of the evening—after all, it’s a holiday tradition! But he is shocked to discover that his choice is replaced by an enchanting stranger who surprises him with a proposal of marriage. Beautiful Fiona Fairchild is desperate—only a wedding will save her sisters and her inheritance. But Jonathon has no interest in marriage, and what starts as a shocking proposal turns into a scandalous proposition that might ruin them both . . .“Let It Be Love is fantastic! Humorous, sensuous and touching, it’s a most excellent addition to Victoria Alexander’s Effington family saga.” —Fresh FictionPrime Meridian
Par Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 2017
“A subtle and powerful tale of Mars, movies, and Mexico City which stands amongst the best novellas of the past…
few years.” —Jonathan Strahan, LocusAmelia dreams of Mars. The Mars of the movies and the imagination, an endless bastion of opportunities for a colonist with some guts. But she’s trapped in Mexico City, enduring the drudgery of an unkind metropolis, working as a rent-a-friend, selling her blood to old folks with money who hope to rejuvenate themselves with it, enacting a fractured love story. And yet there’s Mars, at the edge of the silver screen, of life.It awaits her.The Princess: The moving new novel about the young Diana
Par Wendy Holden. 2023
'Touching and distinctive . . . getting beneath the fairytale pomp and glamour' - Rachel Hore 'Fabulous behind-the-scenes royal drama…
. . . Riveting, revealing, an absolute must-read' - Imogen Edwards-Jones 'This delicate, sometimes wistful story will delight fans of historical fiction and British royalty' - Booklist 'A fresh perspective on a woman whom many people feel they already know' - Library Journal 'Diana is depicted as warm, empathetic and mischievous' - Mail on Sunday, Best New Fiction 'Fascinating' - Woman's Weekly 'Fictionalises Diana's life in riveting and tender detail' - Platinum 'Perfect for fans of The Crown' - Bella 'A compelling read' - Prima 'Scurrilous, funny, sharp, shot through with pathos' - Saga magazine, Pick of the Month 'A super-romantic royal wedding that was nothing like it seemed. Wendy delves beneath the glamour and public persona. Fascinating' - Woman magazine ___________The moving new novel about the young Diana.Diana believes in love. Growing up amid the fallout of her parents' bitter divorce, she takes refuge in romantic novels. She dreams of being rescued by a handsome prince.Prince Charles loves his freedom. He's in no rush to wed, but his family have other ideas. Charles must marry for the future of the Crown.The right girl needs to be found, and fast. She must be young, aristocratic and free of past liaisons.The teenage Diana Spencer is just about the only candidate. Her desperation to be loved dovetails with royal desperation for a bride.But the route to the altar is full of hidden obstacles and people with their own agendas.When she steps from the golden carriage on her wedding day, has Diana's romantic dream come true?Or is it already over?The Trip to the Moon: Book 4 - A time-travelling adventure (The Butterfly Club #4)
Par M. A. Bennett. 2023
The adventures of the time-travelling Butterfly Club continue . . .Film is set to become the new craze. Butterfly Club…
member and filmmaker Georges Méliès pleads to be allowed to go forward in time to harvest a movie camera from the future to make his ambitious film, A Trip to the Moon.The Butterfly Club call up Professor Lorenz's hologram from 1969. The professor reports that all of America is abuzz too, with the most ambitious scientific project in history – an actual trip to the moon. But the mission has stalled in the most terrible way – an accident on the launchpad resulted in the astronauts being trapped in a fatal fire.For the first time ever it is the professor who asks the time thieves for help – he invites them to come to 1969 and stop the dreadful accident, and make sure the trip to the moon can go ahead.