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What do readers say about The Sound of Waves?
an interesting rhythmsimple, yet vividly poetica rare, chaste romancea conventional romanceSet in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the ca... Read more about The Sound of Waves
The island has two spots with surpassingly beautiful views. One is Yashiro Shrine, which faces northwest and stands near the crest of the island. The shrine commands an uninterrupted view of the wide ...
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What do readers say about To Taste Temptation?
slow and boringhot hot hotthe fairy talenot a literary conventionEVEN THE MOST REFINED LADY Lady Emeline Gordon is the model of sophistication in London's elite social circles, always fashionable and flawlessly appropriate. As such, she is the perfect chaperone for Rebecca, the young sister of a successful Boston ... Read more about To Taste Temptation
Now Iron Heart got his name from a very strange thing. Although his limbs and face, and indeed all the rest of his body, were exactly like every other man created by God, his heart was not. It was mad...
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What do readers say about Sacred Hearts?
16th century convent liferelationships between womenmore than a storyentertaining and informativeThe year is 1570, and a new novice has just been forced into the Italian convent of Santa Caterina. Ripped by her family from the man she loves, sixteen-year-old Serafina is sharp and defiant. Her first night inside the walls is spent in an incandesc... Read more about Sacred Hearts
In a downstairs cell, Suora Ysbeta’s lapdog, swaddled like a baby in satin cloth, is hunting in its dreams, muzzled grunts and growls marking the pleasure of each rabbit cornered. Ysbeta herself is al...
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What do readers say about Matrix?
good world buildingcomplex female relationshipstwisted and provocativea great bookAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, The Financial Times, Good Ho... Read more about Matrix
It is 1158 and the world bears the weariness of late Lent. Soon it will be Easter, which arrives early this year. In the fields, the seeds uncurl in the dark cold soil, ready to punch into the freer a...
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What do readers say about Black Narcissus?
brooding and gothicprose is so enjoyableculture and religionanglican-catholic sistersFive nuns confront nature-physical and human-in a remote Himalayan convent in the bestselling novel that inspired the new FX miniseries.
Under the guidance of Sister Clodagh, the youngest Mother Superior in the history of their order, five European ... Read more about Black Narcissus
Last year it had been called St Saviour’s School, but, when the Brotherhood left after only staying five months, it lapsed into the Palace again. The natives had never called it anything else; they ha...
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What do readers say about The Pillars of the Earth?
medieval historical sagalong and very detailedrewarding and satisfyingmultiple points of view#1 New York Times Bestseller
Oprah's Book Club Selection
The "extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece" (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett's already phenomenal career-and begins where its prequel, The Evening and the Morning, ended.... Read more about The Pillars of the Earth
The walls were already three feet high and rising fast. The two masons Tom had engaged were working steadily in the sunshine, their trowels going scrape, slap and then tap, tap while their laborer swe...
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What do readers say about The Library at Mount Char?
fun and snappydark, disturbing, yet humorousextremely gruesome and violentwell written plot"Wholly original . . . the work of the newest major talent in fantasy."-The Wall Street Journal
"Freakishly compelling . . . through heart-thumping acts of violence and laugh-out-loud moments, this book practically dares you to keep reading."-Atlanta... Read more about The Library at Mount Char
Carolyn, blood-drenched and barefoot, walked alone down the two-lane stretch of blacktop that the Americans called Highway 78. Most of the librarians, Carolyn included, had come to think of this road ...
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What do readers say about The Name of the Rose?
a series of murdersan ode to ignorancea murder mysterymonster of a bookAn international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix Médicis Etranger awards, this enthralling medieval murder mystery is "a brilliant deconstruction of the traditional crime novel" (Iain Rankin).
The year is 1327. Benedictines in ... Read more about The Name of the Rose
ON AUGUST 16, 1968, I WAS HANDED A BOOK WRITTEN BY A CERTAIN Abbé Vallet, Le Manuscrit de Dom Adson de Melk, traduit en français d’après l’édition de Dom J. Mabillon (Aux Presses de l’Abbaye de la Sou...
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What do readers say about Gideon the Ninth?
weirdo science fantasya crazy mashuppulpy genre mash-uplesbian necromancers in space15+ pages of new, original content, including a glossary of terms, in-universe writings, and more!
A USA Today Best-Selling Novel, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, Boo... Read more about Gideon the Ninth
IN THE MYRIADIC YEAR OF OURLORD—the ten thousandth year of the King Undying, the kindly Prince of Death!—Gideon Nav packed her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and she escaped from the House...
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What do readers say about This Is How You Lose the Time War?
flowery, poetic languagelyrical and compellingstrange and lovelyepistolary science fictionHUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA
NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA
"[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as... Read more about This Is How You Lose the Time War
That was fun, she thinks, but the thought sours in the framing. It was clean, at least. Climb up time’s threads into the past and make sure no one survives this battle to muddle the futures her Agency...
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