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1901. When a train robbery destroy's Annie's plans for a quiet life, she reinvents herself as a redheaded daredevil and heads to Niagara Falls, determined to be the first person to survive going over it in a barrel - or to die trying. But when Annie arrives in Niagara, she unwittingly walks into a turf war between two crime bosses vying to control the illegal gambling, extortion and prostitution that hum below Niagara's honeymoon veneer. As Annie comes to realize that water is not the only danger in Niagara, her relationship with a riverman threatens her plans to fall. Based on the true story of daredevil Annie Edson Taylor, Katerie Morin's debut novel follows in the tradition of historical novels with competing points of view that includes The Blue Flower and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Katerie Morin (Author), Brad Griffith, Katerie Morin, Various (Narrator)
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Lauren Francis-Sharma's 'Til the Well Runs Dry opens in a seaside village in the north of Trinidad where young Marcia Garcia, a gifted and smart-mouthed 16-year-old seamstress, lives alone, raising two small boys and guarding a family secret. When she meets Farouk Karam, an ambitious young policeman, the risks and rewards in Marcia's life amplify forever. On an island rich with laughter, Calypso, Carnival, cricket, beaches and salty air, sweet fruits and spicy stews, the novel follows Marcia and Farouk from their amusing and passionate courtship through personal and historical events that threaten Marcia's secret, entangle the couple and their children in a scandal, and endanger the future for all of them. 'Til the Well Runs Dry tells the twinned stories of a spirited woman's love for one man and her bottomless devotion to her children. For readers who cherish the previously untold stories of women's lives, here is a story of grit and imperfection and love that has not been told before.
Lauren Francis-Sharma (Author), Bahni Turpin, Ron Butler (Narrator)
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109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
From the author of the bestselling "Tuxedo Park" comes the story of those thousands who came to a secret desert Shangri La, located 35 miles outside Sante Fe, New Mexico, where the world's leading physicists raced to invent the atomic bomb and bring World War II to an end.
Jennet Conant (Author), Anne Twomey (Narrator)
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A mysterious invitation to spend Christmas at an English manor home may bring danger...and love? England, 1851: When Clara Chapman receives an intriguing invitation to spend Christmas at an English manor home, she is hesitant yet feels compelled to attend for if she remains the duration of the twelve-day celebration, she is promised a sum of one thousand pounds. But is she walking into danger? It appears so, especially when she comes face to face with one of the other guests her former fiance, Benjamin Lane. Imprisoned unjustly, Ben wants revenge on whoever stole his honor. When he's given the chance to gain his freedom, he jumps at it and is faced with the anger of the woman he stood up at the altar. Brought together under mysterious circumstances, Clara and Ben discover that what they've been striving for isn't what ultimately matters. What matters most is what Christmas is all about . . . love. Pour a cup of tea and settle in for Book 1 of the Once Upon a Dickens Christmas series--a page-turning Victorian-era holiday tale--by Michelle Griep, a reader and critic favorite. **Please Contact Customer Service for Additional Documents**
Michelle Griep (Author), Nan McNamara (Narrator)
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Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero and the pursuit of a sword with mythical power - this is the remarkable new novel by Britain's master storyteller, which culminates at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.The Hundred Years War rages on and the bloodiest battles are yet to be fought. Across France, towns are closing their gates, the crops are burning and the country stands alert to danger. The English army, victorious at the Battle of Crécy and led by the Black Prince, is invading again and the French are hunting them down.Thomas of Hookton, an English archer known as Le Bâtard, is under orders to seek out the lost sword of St Peter, a weapon said to grant certain victory to whoever possesses her. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near the town of Poitiers, Thomas, his men and his sworn enemies meet in an extraordinary confrontation that ignites one of the greatest battles of all time.
Bernard Cornwell (Author), Jack Hawkins (Narrator)
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El fenómeno de ventas que ha revolucionado el thriller histórico. Premiado en Suecia como Mejor Libro del Año y considerado mejor debut por la Academia Sueca de Novela Negra en 2017, 1793 es un apasionante thriller histórico que se ha convertido en un fenómeno de ventas en toda Europa. Un año después de la muerte del rey Gustavo III, los vientos de la Revolución francesa llegan incluso a Suecia, donde la tensión es palpable en todo el país, convertido en un nido de conspiraciones, suspicacias y recelos. En esta atmósfera irrespirable, Mickel Cardell, un veterano de la guerra contra Rusia, descubre un cuerpo atrozmente mutilado en un lago de Estocolmo. Un abogado tuberculoso, el sagaz e incorruptible Cecil Winge, se hace cargo de las pesquisas, pero el tiempo apremia: su salud es precaria, la monarquía hace aguas y las revueltas están a la orden del día. Winge y Cardell se verán inmersos en un mundo de truhanes y ladrones, ricos y pobres, piadosos y pecadores, mercenarios y meretrices. Juntos se enfrentarán al mal y a la corrupción que anidan en la sociedad sueca para esclarecer la misteriosa verdad escondida tras ese terrible crimen. Intenso, descarnado y febril, 1793 insufla vida a las calles abarrotadas, los suntuosos palacios y los rincones más sombríos de la capital sueca a finales del siglo XVIII, y nos ofrece una sorprendente visión de los delitos que cometemos en nombre de la justicia y los sacrificios que hacemos para sobrevivir. La crítica ha dicho... «Maravillosamente escrita y bien construida, esta novela nos arrastra, con las descripciones de lugares y personajes, a un viaje que no termina hasta que se ha leído la última escena.» De Standaard «Apasionante, perturbadora, inteligente y hermosa.» Fredrik Backman «Una novela dura, violenta, compleja, fascinante. [...] El mejor thriller histórico que he leído en los últimos veinte años.» A. J. Finn «En su debut novelístico, Natt och Dag examina los efectos de un brutal asesinato y a sus investigadores, y explora las causas psicológicas del crimen. Escalofriante y profunda, implacable, muy bien escrita, es casi imposible dejarla.» Kirkus Reviews «Una primera novela magistral.» Publishers Weekly «Este apasionante thriller histórico anuncia la llegada de un nuevo talento europeo. Una novela vívida y absorbente.» The Observer «Absolutamente impresionante.» Dagens Nyheter «Un tour de force literario, un libro inteligente e intrigante que el lector recordará mucho después de haberlo leído.» Verdens Gang
Niklas Natt Och Dag (Author), Jordi Salas (Narrator)
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1794 (Trilogía de Estocolmo 2)
Engaño, corrupción y crimen en la Suecia del siglo XVIII. La esperada continuación de 1793. Segunda parte de la aclamada trilogía con tintes noir iniciada con 1793 --considerado Mejor Libro del Año en Suecia y elogiado por la crítica por renovar los cánones del thriller histórico--, 1794 presenta un ingenioso entramado de engaños, venganzas y crímenes inmisericordes sobre el telón de fondo de una bulliciosa Estocolmo inmersa en la vorágine generada por la Revolución francesa. Segundo hijo de la acaudalada familia Tres Rosas, Erik es enviado por su padre a la colonia de San Bartolomé, el mayor mercado de esclavos del mundo, en las Antillas, para separarlo de Linnea Charlotta, una chica de extracción humilde con la que se ha jurado amor eterno. Desterrado en la isla caribeña, el muchacho se encuentra enfrascado en adaptarse a un medio tan brutal cuando las súbitas muertes de su padre y de su hermano primogénito precipitan su regreso a Suecia. Así pues, convertido de repente en heredero de una inmensa fortuna y libre para contraer matrimonio con su amada Linnea Charlotta, la felicidad parece sonreírle cuando otro cruel giro del destino lo arroja de nuevo a las tinieblas: acusado de un crimen horrendo ocurrido durante la misma noche de bodas, la vida de Erik queda en manos del inefable Mickel Cardell, el hosco veterano de guerra que, acompañado ahora por Emil Winge, hermano pequeño y álter ego del malogrado Cecil, se adentrará en los abismos más oscuros y violentos de la sociedad sueca para intentar descubrir la verdad y liberar a Erik de un futuro nefasto. Con una destreza excepcional para idear personajes de una asombrosa complejidad y recrear con todo lujo de detalles un momento histórico apasionante, Niklas Natt och Dag colma con creces las expectativas generadas con 1793 y promete mantener la tensión en vilo hasta el desenlace de la trilogía. La crítica ha dicho... «Uno de los fenómenos literarios del año.» Màrius Carol, La Vanguardia «La continuación de 1793, emocionante simbiosis entre novela histórica y novela negra y una de las mejores del género en 2020.» El País «El sueco Niklas Natt och Dag alcanza una sublime fusión de narrativa criminal y recreación histórica detallada.» Lilian Neuman, Cultura/s «Con el protagonista de la primera entrega fuera de juego, el autor sueco trenza nuevas alianzas entre sus personajes para arrojar un poco de luz a una época oscura y cruenta sobre la que sobrevuela también el fantasma de la esclavitud.» ABC «La segunda entrega de su popular trilogía, 1974, mantiene la fuerza y la capacidad adictiva de 1793.» La voz de Galicia «Es terrorífico...terroríficamente bueno.» Dagens Nyheter «Al igual que en su novela debut, el lector se ve inmediatamente atrapado por la prosa de 1794 de Niklas Natt Och Dag.[...] La trama ha sido construida por manos expertas, tal como la última vez.» Göteborgs-Posten «1794 es un retrato maravilloso y misantrópico del sufrimiento que existió una vez en Estocolmo. También es terrorífico y emocionante.» BTJ
Niklas Natt Och Dag (Author), Jordi Salas (Narrator)
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In this alternate history of the American frontier and the Jacksonian era, a small change takes place in the Battle of the Horseshoe Bend during the War of 1812. What results is a cascade of new developments that becomes an avalanche. In our world, Ensign Sam Houston, just turned 21, led the charge on the creek barricade in that battle and almost died from a terrible wound that took him a year to recover from. In this world, his wound is minor, so he is able to continue fighting the British—and develop his close relationship with Andrew Jackson much sooner. Along with a radical Scots-Irish immigrant in the U.S. Army, Patrick Driscoll—one of “the Men of ’98”—Houston organizes a defense of the U.S. Capitol that prevents the British from destroying it and makes him a national hero. He and Driscoll then play a central role in the defense of New Orleans under Jackson’s command. They change the course of that battle in ways that will, over time, transform the relationship between the United States, the Indian tribes of the south, and the slaves brought over from Africa.
Eric Flint (Author), Franklin Pierson (Narrator)
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1815 - Blutfrieden (Ungekürzte Lesung)
Deutschland im Herbst 1813: Als Napoleon in der Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig geschlagen wird, ist er noch lange nicht besiegt. Niemand ahnt, dass es mehr als anderthalb Jahre dauern soll, bis er 1815 bei Waterloo endgültig bezwungen wird. Und statt des erhofften Friedens kommt immer größeres Elend über viele deutsche Städte. Die fliehende Grande Armée zieht eine Spur aus Blut, Hunger, Verwüstung und Krankheit durch das Land. Auch die junge Henriette, die nach Leipzig ging, um Verwundeten zu helfen, muss die Stadt verlassen und Hals über Kopf heiraten, um zu überleben. Als in Wien endlich Frieden geschlossen wird, ist Europa neu geordnet - und auch Henriette muss sich entscheiden, wie sie leben will.
Sabine Ebert (Author), Doris Wolters (Narrator)
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The third volume of Gore Vidal's magnificent series of historical novels aimed at demythologizing the American past, 1876 chronicles the political scandals and dark intrigues that rocked the United States in its centennial year. Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, returns to a flamboyant America after his long, self-imposed European exile. The narrator of Burr has come home to recoup a lost fortune by arranging a suitable marriage for his beautiful daughter, the widowed Princess d'Agrigente, and by ingratiating himself with Samuel Tilden, the favored presidential candidate in the centennial year. With these ambitions and with their own abundant charms, Schuyler and his daughter soon find themselves at the centers of American social and political power at a time when the fading ideals of the young republic were being replaced by the excitement of empire. 'A glorious piece of writing,' said Jimmy Breslin in Harper's. 'Vidal can take history and make it powerful and astonishing.' Time concurred: 'Vidal has no peers at breathing movement and laughter into the historical past.'
Gore Vidal (Author), Grover Gardner (Narrator)
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"Welcome to Jack the Ripper 101. My name is Dr. Teagan Faelynn. I know the true identity of history's most notorious serial killer - because he came for me." The discovery of a new Ripper journal sends Teagan on a journey to London... or so she thinks. But she finds herself plunged into a hidden world of witches, fairies, dragons and Valkyries - and that's just her friends. How can Teagan hunt the Ripper and bring him to justice? In the modern world, or in a secret Victorian England where nothing is as it seems? Join the Paranormal Institute for Research and Rescue. And travel back in time to solve a centuries-old mystery - if you survive...
Lora Edwards (Author), Corinne Davies (Narrator)
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Every disaster has a story, none more thrilling than this one. Set during the great San Francisco earthquake and fire, this tale of political corruption, vendettas, romance, rescue--and murder--is based on recently uncovered facts.
James Dalessandro (Author), Stephanie Brush (Narrator)
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