Author: Alice Palmer Henderson
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Author: Jo Ann Ferguson
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504008863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383

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Determined to escape her horrible life in Ohio, Samantha Perry agrees to marry a man looking for a mail-order bride to join him in the Yukon where he is panning for gold. But she quickly learns, upon her arrival in the far north, Joel Houseman is not the man she expected him to be. Joel hides his secrets, and his reasons for wanting her to become his bride seem to have nothing to do with love. The fierce weather, the harsh conditions, and lies urge her to flee. Her heart longs to stay when Joel’s hard exterior begins to fall away, and she sees the man he tries to hide. But he has lied to her before. Can she believe him now and find a love more precious than gold?

Author: Rex Beach
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8728375173
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371

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‘Rainbow's End’ by Rex Beach is a western, action-adventure novel set to the backdrop of the Spanish-American war that will be enjoyed by fans of ‘Rough Riders’ by Theodore Roosevelt or the film ‘Citizen Kane’. The story tells the tale of a time when young men in the West who were old enough to ride would head to East Texas to join Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, and assist with the invasion of Cuba. They would ride to glory and return as heroes, but there were very few who would return home to their families. Rex Beach, was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. His novels, most of which were adventure novels, were influenced by Jack London – author of ‘White Fang’ – and they were very popular during the early 1900s. His second novel, ‘The Spoilers’ which was based on a true experience he witnessed while in Alaska of corrupt government officials stealing gold mines from prospectors, became one of the best-selling novels of 1906.

Author: Lauren St John
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416539700
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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This is a story about a paradise lost. . . . About an African dream that began with a murder . . . In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian civil war, eleven-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to Rainbow's End, a wild, beautiful farm and game reserve set on the banks of a slowflowing river. The house has been the scene of a horrific attack by guerrillas, and when Lauren's family settles there, a chain of events is set in motion that will change her life irrevocably. Rainbow's End captures the overwhelming beauty and extraordinary danger of life in the African bush. Lauren's childhood reads like a girl's own adventure story. At the height of the war, Lauren rides through the wilderness on her horse, Morning Star, encountering lions, crocodiles, snakes, vicious ostriches, and mad cows. Many of the animals are pets, including Miss Piggy and Bacon and an elegant giraffe named Jenny. The constant threat of ruthless guerrillas prowling the land underscores everything, making each day more dangerous, vivid, and prized than the last. After Independence, Lauren comes to the bitter realization that she'd been on the wrong side of the civil war. While she and her family believed that they were fighting for democracy over Communism, others saw the war as black against white. And when Robert Mugabe comes into power, he oversees the torture and persecution of thousands of members of an opposing tribe and goes on to become one of Africa's legendary dictators. The ending of this beautiful memoir is a fist to the stomach as Lauren realizes that she can be British or American, but she cannot be African. She can love it -- be willing to die for it -- but she cannot claim Africa because she is white.

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Languages : en
Pages : 426

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Author: Gigi Gunn
Publisher: Aphrodisia
ISBN: 9781599830698
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Sassy thought her life was perfect until she found her boyfriend of 12 years in an unforgivable tryst. On a business trip to San Francisco she meets handsome Aidan and now, torn between two men, Sassy has to decide where her heart - and her future - lies.

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Languages : en
Pages : 998

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Author: Wilmington Institute Free Library (Wilmington, Del.)
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Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: Boston Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 164

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