The House of the Spirits
by: Isabel Allende

A best seller and critical success all over the world, The House of the Spirits is the magnificent epic of the Trueba family -- their loves, their ambitions, their spiritual quests, their relations with one another, and their participation in the history of their times, a history that becomes destiny and overtakes them all.   More ...

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Grant Comes East
by: Newt Gingrich

It is July 10th, 1863, and Baltimore is in the hands of the Army of Northern Virginia under the command of Robert E. Lee. Shattered remnants of the Army of the Potomac have fallen back into Washington, digging in, preparing to make a desperate stand.   More ...

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R is for Ricochet
by: Sue Grafton
Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, Abandoned by her rebellious mother when she was an infant, she was the only child of a rich man already in his mid-fifties when she was born, and her adoring father thoroughly spoiled her. Now, at thirty-two,   More ...

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The Secret Life of Bees

by: Sue Monk Kidd
In Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, 14-year-old Lily Owen, neglected by her father and isolated on their Georgia peach farm, spends hours imagining a blissful infancy when she was loved and nurtured by her mother, Deborah, whom she barely remembers.   More ...

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Master and Commander
by: Patrick O'Brian
You can't read just one of these books, because you really want to absorb the whole series. They are a fascinating look at the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, accurate and detailed, using actual accounts and records as source material. Post Captain Jack Aubrey and his surgeon Stephen Maturin are realistic men,   More ...

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