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Jackboy was born into slavery on a Barbados sugar plantation. His constant attempts to escape finally pushed the masters too far. They punished the whole family by splitting them up and selling them off. His father’s last words had been, “It’s okay, son, don’t never give up.” Several years later, wracked by guilt, but still obsessed with freedom, he slips away from a South Carolina tobacco plantation and outsmarts the Confederacy’s most vicious slave patrol captain who is hot on his trail.

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Abigail Livingston is tired of the uncertainty—are her suitors really interested in her or her father's fortune? The only way to know for sure is to pretend to be someone else. But her plan derails the moment she boards the train to Durango, Colorado. Matthew Bellamy is on a mission. His business and financial future depends upon his ability to keep a certain wealthy debutante out of trouble. But when he loses track of her on the way to her holiday in Colorado, he realizes he's the one in trouble.

The Nazi regime is gaining devastating power as Hitler is appointed Chancellor and stark oppression begins to unfold in Germany, blind war veteran Frederick Rowlands takes on the most challenging investigation of his life. A glamorous film star has been murdered and the menacing political undercurrents drag Rowlands into the heart of the German film industry. Rowlands discovers that he is closer to the action than he originally thought as his young nephew, Billy, was the last one to see the movie star alive.

Детективная серия Юлии Яковлевой о сыщике Василии Зайцеве продолжается. Ленинград, 1931 год. В центре сюжета — трагедия, произошедшая на ипподроме: во время заезда погибает наездник Жемчужный и знаменитый скакун Пряник, чудо советской генетики. Следователь Зайцев подозревает, что произошедшее на ипподроме отнюдь не несчастный случай и начинает расследование. Чтобы раскрыть преступление, Василию Зайцеву предстоит путешествие в самые разные места – от ветеринарной лечебницы до юга страны, охваченного голодомором.

Au début des années vingt, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry et Jean Mermoz, pilotes émérites, voient en l'Aéropostale leur planche de salut pour échapper à un quotidien terne. C'est ainsi que leurs chemins se croisent et rejoignent celui d'Henri Guillaumet, à un tournant de leur existence qui inaugurera une ère nouvelle : celle de leur légende. Ensemble, ils vont ouvrir les premières lignes d'acheminement du courrier sur des routes aériennes inexplorées, affrontant les déserts hostiles ou les sommets enneigés de la cordillère des Andes, et défiant l'Atlantique.

Set in the tumultuous period of the Tudors' ascent, The Pretender brings to life the little-known story of Lambert Simnel. From humble beginnings as a peasant boy, Lambert's life takes an astonishing turn when, at just ten years old, he becomes a claimant to the English throne as one of the last...

In 1987, as the Cold War reaches a climax, British agent Bernard Samson confronts difficulties at home and on the job as he copes with an affair with a coworker, his wife, ethical conflict, and high-level government scandal.

The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps. (Proverbs 16:9) Buddy Wilson learns the reality of this truth when a message from the Oregon Territory sends him from flood-ravaged Ohio on a solo journey of discovery, hoping to untangle his own past and identity, as well as that of Sarah. The idea is simple: Follow the wagon tracks, and he will reach Dalles City. Sarah sent her message, tagged with his point of honor motto, from that place on the Columbia River.

An immersive, sultry, heart-pounding historical reimagining of the Robin Hood ballads, told through the piercing eyes of one of his spies. Jane Crowe is an ordinary peasant girl who never dreamed she would work for the infamous Lord of the Greenwood. But when she’s forced out of her home, she...

Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau, Lorcan, is away at war and has recently stopped replying to her letters but she is determined to keep her spirits up. When she meets wealthy shipbuilder's son Victor Perryman, they pass the time of day and they both feel a connection but she can't allow herself to think anything more of it - not only does she have Lorcan to think of, but she and Victor are divided by wealth and class.

1683: Das Reich ist in Gefahr, denn das osmanische Heer steht kurz vor Wien und ein vernichtender Krieg scheint unausweichlich. Auch um den alten Henker Jakob Kuisl steht es schlecht, körperliche Schmerzen und Sorgen plagen ihn. Umso erstaunter ist er, als er einen Brief von seinem früheren Weggefährten Nepomuk erhält, der ihn bittet, nach Passau zu kommen, um bei der Bergung eines Schatzes zu helfen. Jakob Kuisl tritt diese letzte große Reise in der Hoffnung an, mit seinem Anteil des Schatzes seiner Familie das Bürgerrecht zu erkaufen.

In seinem mitreißenden Roman Vaterländer erzählt Bestseller-Autor und Filmstar Sabin Tambrea die bewegende Lebensgeschichte seiner rumänisch-ungarischen Familie. Durch die Augen dreier Generationen – des jungen Sabin, seines Vaters Bela und seines Großvater Horea – erleben wir eine emotionale Zeit voller Entbehrungen, Hoffnungen und Entscheidungen, die das Schicksal einer Familie für immer verändern.

They knew they were changing history. They didn’t know they would change each other. Following the unlikely friendship of four women in the first female class at Oxford, their unshakeable bond in the face of male contempt, and their coming of age in a world forever changed by World War I...

A collection of vibrant and incisive short stories depicting the sometimes humorous, but more often tragic interactions between Black people and white people in America in the 1920s and ‘30s.

Куликовская сеча стала итогом борьбы русичей с Ордой. "Великая замятня" дала им шанс — и Дмитрий Донской сумел им воспользоваться. Но тысячи раненых воев подло перебили литовцы Ягайло... А два года спустя внезапный набег Тохтамыша свёл на нет все плоды победы, добытой столь большой кровью. Но что, если один из участников сечи обладает послезнанием о подлости Ягайло и набеге Тохтамыша? И он действительно способен предотвратить трагедию — ведь он союзник Донского, целый князь Елецкий! С сознанием потомка из далёкого будущего... Дело осталось за малым: поставить жизнь на кон — и уцелеть в горниле Куликовской битвы.

New York, 1984. När supermodellen Alexa Wu besöker den exklusiva nattklubben Studio 54 kommer hon ihåg sina ungdomsdagar i det pulserande Bangkok. Det stannar dock inte vid minnen – för plötsligt dyker hennes stora kärlek från förr också upp. Nu är de bägge gifta, men kan ändå inte motstå varandra.The Hamptons, 1995. Alexa har samlat sina vänner från ungdomens Bangkok, och nu anländer den sista gästen. Ett strömavbrott och ett avslöjande brev ställer allt på sin spets.

On Gotland Sidroc wakes from a disturbing dream; one of his sons, Hrald or Yrling–perhaps both–are in trouble. Both are in far-off Angle-land, and beyond his reach. Eskil the Svear sails to the island, offering Sidroc a rare opportunity to gain untold riches, with equal risk to life for those joining the venture. Edwin, Lord of Kilton, returns empty-handed from his search for a bride, while his brother Ceric knows true delight with his young wife Dwynwen, the Princess of Ceredigion.

So you died a horrific death in your own world? No problem! Maybe you are exactly what an dying old mage needs to resurrect the princely line of the Morozov family. An old maniac sliced a couple of people to bits right before your eyes? Relax! Now he's your teacher, and he's going to guide you along through life. What? You've actually seen real demons? Huge, ten-foot-tall monsters wielding axes? Take a chill pill! They appear pretty frequently in unexpected places all over the world and wreak destruction.

August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland, the Viking-themed seaside home of her relative, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, where the guest of honor is Edith Roosevelt, wife of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Emma's observation of harmless philanthropy is proven wrong the following morning when one of Mrs. Twombly's houseguests from the luncheon becomes mysteriously and dangerously ill. Accompanying police detective Jesse Whyte, Emma discovers a box of petit fours supposedly sent by Mrs. Roosevelt.