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Its a Shame to Be a Negro  |
Its a Shame to Be a Negro
A young Negro man struggles to chase his dream. Society scorns him but he refuses to blame his failures on anyone. He is motivated by rejection and keeps going until he discovers the true meaning of life. He wonders if it is his fault for being a Negro and if he should apologize for being a Negro. Category: Other Fiction |
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Black Success Stories  |
Black Success Stories
This book celebrates positive Black role models. the successes and achievements of Black people in UK society who are at the top of their fields in * politics * education * business and enterprise * the media and * health. Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Education, Other Non-fiction |
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Dangerous Days  |
Dangerous Days
The passionate beginnings of World War I tear apart a group of lifelong friends. In the center of the group is ambitious businessman Clayton Spenser. Clayton finds that to win the woman he loves, he must risk any chance of security and safety. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Tear Drop  |
The Tear Drop
The story of one mans personal journey through a world where his memory holds no recollection. For as he is in search of his identity and how he had come to be there, he finds something far more fundamental than just the knowledge of his past. Category: Other Fiction |
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Clara Hopgood |
Clara Hopgood
Sisters Clara and Madge, independent young women, venture out from their Fenmarket home to London. Not only are they two single women on their own, there is a newborn baby girl to account for, but no husband. The unconventional story was considered scandalous when it appeared in 1896. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Athalie  |
Athalie
Many children have imaginary friends, but Athalie is different. Her invisible childhood playmates are not necessarily imaginary. Athalie sees things others do not see. This gift takes her to places others have never imagined in this fantasy novel. Categories: Romance, Other Non-fiction, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The Case and the Girl  |
The Case and the Girl
A veiled lady in a dark limousine has a proposition for Captain Matt West. Captain West thinks he is ready for anything, but the challenges this nameless, faceless woman puts before him keep him on his toes. Is she his employer, his friend, or something else altogether? Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Burning Daylight  |
Burning Daylight
An Alaskan adventurer has come to a sorry state, having been cheated out of his gold bounty by the rush of new prospectors and swindlers. Demoralized, he turns to drinking and goes steadily downhill until he falls in love. The lady loves him, but she has high expectations. Can he meet them? Category: Western Romance |
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Portrait of a Lady Volume II  |
Portrait of a Lady Volume II
Beautiful, outspoken American Isabel Archer travels to her wealthy Aunt Touchett in Europe with a plan to marry. Not lacking for gentlemanly suitors, Isabel rejects several offers before falling for the overwhelmingly charming Gilbert Osmond, a man who consumes her, body and soul. Category: Historical Romance |
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O Pioneers!  |
O Pioneers!
The Bergson family struggles to hang on to the family farms in Nebraska at the turn of the 20th century. Especially Alexandra, a strong-willed young woman who makes the farms prosper. Now, childhood friend Carl Linstrum showers her with unexpected attention. Does he want her love or her land? Categories: Historical Romance, Western Romance |
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The Trespasser  |
The Trespasser
This is the story of a tragic love affair between a female friend of the author and her violin teacher. It is based on the diary of the author's female friend. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Covered Wagon  |
The Covered Wagon
Jesse Wingate leads a caravan of covered wagons from Kansas City to Oregon, encountering all the challenges that met real-life travelers on the Oregon Trail. A big challenge is Will Banion, who will fight Jesse for the affections of his daughter and leadership of the caravan. Categories: Romance, Western Romance |
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Amanda  |
Amanda
Love can complicate even the simplest of lifestyles. A one-room schoolhouse in early 20th century Amish country seems like a quiet setting for the young schoolteacher, Amanda. But when a friendship turns to romance, Amanda and Martin face the emotional depths that lie beneath the simple life. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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The Golden Woman  |
The Golden Woman
Violet-eyed Joan Stanmore brings an unusual kind of luck to the men she loves. They become rich overnight just by marrying Joan. Unfortunately, the pairing also leads many to their deaths. Reluctant to believe she is cursed, Joan sets out nonetheless to change the fate of future suitors. Categories: Romantic Suspense, Western Romance |
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Return of the Native  |
Return of the Native
Clym Yeobright is a rising star in Egdon Heath, idealistic, intellectual and ambitious. Until, that is, he encounters Eustacia Vye, a wild and free-spirited woman he cannot resist. Eustacia has a complicated romantic past that haunts the pair in their struggle to be together. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Daughter of the Commandant  |
The Daughter of the Commandant
Russian 17-year-old Pyotr Grinyov is sent into military service during the Pugachev Rebellion of the 1770s. His service does not go as planned, especially after he meets Masha Mironov and falls in love. The passionate Pyotr risks duels and the scorn of father Mironov to win her love in return. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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A Tale of Two Cities - Volume 3  |
A Tale of Two Cities - Volume 3
This is an exciting tale of London and revolutionary Paris in the 18th century. Three men are obsessed over one woman, Lucie Manette. The twists and turns in the plot capture the harshness of the French Revolution, honorable sacrifice and loves lost and gained. Category: Other Fiction |
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A Poor Wise Man |
A Poor Wise Man
After a year working with soldiers, Lily Cardew returns home transformed from girl to young woman. Her family isn't prepared for her new boldness, or for her newfound friend, Willy Cameron. Her family may not approve of his lack of wealth and fame, but Lily sees what is truly important, his heart. Categories: Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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The Necromancers  |
The Necromancers
Young barrister Laurie Baxter is devastated when his beloved Amy dies before the two can wed. Becoming obsessed after her death, Baxter seeks the help of spiritualists to try to bring his love back from the grave, with dire consequences. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Tess of the dUrbervilles  |
Tess of the dUrbervilles
Tess, beautiful but poor, finds she is related to the dUrbervilles of Norman aristocracy. This news brings her to the relentless attentions of Alec dUrberville, and the righteous affections of Angel Clare. She loves Angel, but fears their union cannot survive the secrets she has kept. Category: Historical Romance |
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Fair Margaret |
Fair Margaret
Margaret Donne is young, full of life, and on her way to a spectacular singing career. Her would-be suitor, Edmund Lushington, on the other hand, is a quiet, serious man. Margaret dismisses his attentions until she enters the dramatic world of the stage and realizes she desperately needs his help. Category: Historical Romance |
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Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirates Daughter  |
Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirates Daughter
This satirical novel tells the adventures of beautiful Kate, a fictional daughter of a planter turned pirate 'Major Stede Bonnet' who was known as The 'Gentleman Pirate.' Kate falls in love with her friend Dickory as they share adventures while trying to change the ways of her pirate father. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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God's Good Man  |
God's Good Man
Maryllia, a wealthy heiress, escapes the confines of London and flees to the country, to the small town of the Reverend John Walden, who does not approve of much that Maryllia does. He may change his mind, however, when Maryllia is injured and he is called to help her recover. Category: Inspirational Romance |
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The Daughter of an Empress  |
The Daughter of an Empress
Opening on a scene of execution, and involving the dramas of Empresses, Counts and Countesses, this historical romance takes us into the realms of Russian royalty. The Empress Anna is dead and her successor is unclear. Princess Elizabeth is named to the post, but many stand in her way. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Lena Rivers |
Lena Rivers
Lena's mother dies in childbirth, leaving her to be raised by her relatives in Kentucky. An animal lover, high tempered and beautiful, Lena learns a surprising secret about her mother and the man that wants to adopt her. She creates her own life and finds love. The book was a best seller and became a stage play in 1914, starring screen star Beulah Poynter. The book was also made into a movie in 1932 staring Charlotte Henry. Category: Romance |
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In Secret  |
In Secret
Miss Evelyn Erith has many resources, including a mansion, a chauffeur and a butler. But her most impressive asset is her mind, as she has a talent for cryptography. As a secret agent, she also falls into a secret romance in the forests of Switzerland at the beginning of World War I. Categories: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Chessmen of Mars  |
The Chessmen of Mars
When Tara of Helium meets Gahan of Gathol, interplanetary sparks fly. In the fifth of the Mars series by Burroughs, Tara is captured by the horrible, crab-like parasites the Kaldanes, from whom Gahan must rescue her. Categories: SciFi & Horror, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The Avalanche |
The Avalanche
All seems perfect when a ship-board romance leads to a quick marriage for a wealthy San Francisco businessman and 19-year old beauty, Helene. Suspicions about Helene's past soon arise, however, and her new groom decides to investigate. Questions of possible infidelity, illegitimacy, and prostitution follow. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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Allan's Wife  |
Allan's Wife
Allan Quatermain's heroic adventures continue in Allan's Wife, with the tale of his star-crossed relationship with the Englishwoman Stella, in the wilds of Africa. Encountering elephants and battling baboons along the way, Allan and Stella's story ultimately becomes a tale of life and death. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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Big Game - A Story for Girls |
Big Game - A Story for Girls
A passionate poet is pressured to join the family business. He depends on his sister, whose womanly wiles may help pursuade a certain magazine editor to look at his work. Brother and sister are off to a remote hotel in the Scottish highlands to meet up with the mysterious editor who is not exactly what he seems, in this romantic novel. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Pamela, Or Virtue Rewarded  |
Pamela, Or Virtue Rewarded
Pamela Andrews is a pious young girl, a waiting-maid in Bedfordshire. When the master of the house makes advances on her, Pamela resists, and writes to her parents for moral advice. Her letters show her persistence in protecting her virtue, for which she is richly rewarded in the end. Categories: Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Blue-Bird Weather  |
Blue-Bird Weather
City man meets country woman and sparks fly in this romance novella set on Chesapeake Bay during blue-bird weather, that delightful reprieve from endless winter, also known as the January thaw. Urban gentleman John Marche goes to New England expecting to go duck-hunting, but finds himself hunted by love as well. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Woodlanders |
The Woodlanders
This is the story of an honest woodsman, a dishonest husband, an undecided woman and a courageous peasant girl. A woodsman is betrothed to his childhood sweetheart but her father convinces her to marry the new doctor in town and move into the father's home. The doctor soon begins an affair which leads to a divorce. The doctor repents which starts her back and forth between the woodsman and the doctor. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Aylwin  |
Aylwin
Henry Aylwin, heir of Raxton Hall, falls in love with the unpredictable Winifred Wynne, his friend from childhood, but not a match of which his family approves. When the lovers are separated by tragedy, Henry sets out on an extroardinary quest through the Welsh landscape, seeking reunion. Gypsy lore and tradition help him meet the challenges along the way. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Claim Jumpers  |
The Claim Jumpers
The life of a miner in the Black Hills of South Dakota is not an easy one, and the new mine manager in Spanish Gulch has his work cut out for him. The adventures of a scheming bunch of treasure hunters meets up with a possible romance, if only the true identity of one Bill Fay would be revealed. Categories: Romance, Western Romance |
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A Rogues Life |
A Rogues Life
An adventure cliffhanger, this tells the story of a grand life in Paris filled with art, friendship, fun and adventures. The many set backs faced by the narrator are met with optimism. It was originally serialized, with the cliffhanger chapter endings leaving the reader looking for the next adventure. Categories: Romance, Other Fiction, Romantic Suspense |
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Ecocide Files  |
Ecocide Files
Environmental crimes and unsecured nuclear facilities incite terror and the case files are often classified. This thrilling fast-paced novel covers two major case files. As chemical engineers, the authors know the weaknesses of petrochemical processing and transportation of chemicals. Categories: Science, Other Non-fiction |
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Angel Island  |
Angel Island
Shipwrecked on the shores of Angel Island, five men find they are not alone in this feminist fantasy adventure. Winged women are watching them, and they must come to terms with the language and culture of this extraordinary race of female creatures and the future they may bring. Categories: Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Gods Good Man  |
Gods Good Man
The Reverend John Walden has been living on faith in the north of England, content among the woodland blossoms. The latest flower to bloom in his life, however, is a woman. Maryllia faces relentlessly aggressive suitors and life-threatening illness while John stands by patiently, waiting for a wife. Categories: Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Carnac's Folly  |
Carnac's Folly
Carnac has a grand time pretending to marry Luzanne during a lively lunch with friends. What he doesn't know is that the judge and ceremony are real enough to make Luzanne into Mrs. Carnac Grier. Her plans for the future are many, while Carnac looks longingly back to his childhood love. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Pirate Woman  |
The Pirate Woman
Daughter of the deceased Red Jabez, Sultan of the pirates, the passionate Dolores is left to rule a Jamaican pirate island. Although more than equal to the job of managing the ruffians, Dolores dreams of the day when she can be off the island and on her own, taking her jewels and fortune with her. Categories: Romantic Suspense, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The Well at World's End  |
The Well at World's End
The story of a magic well with the power to grant immortality has set Ralph of Upmeads on a quest to find the real thing. Mysterious women he meets on his journey school him in the consequences of drinking from the well, but they cannot stop him. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The Half-Hearted  |
The Half-Hearted
As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Lewis Haystoun finally decides to start living the life he has only read and written about. He meets Alice Wishart at a Scottish country house party and soon finds himself taking off on adventures in Kashmir, seeking success with a new love and a new land. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Suitors of Yvonne  |
The Suitors of Yvonne
Swashbuckling swordplay and suspense surround Yvonne St. Albaret de Canaples and her would-be lovers in the very first romance novel written by Rafael Sabatini. Even when the beautiful Yvonne is disguised, she attracts love-struck men who would do anything to be near her. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Desert Valley  |
The Desert Valley
The search for gold sends a college professor and his daughter on a quest for fortune in the deserts of the American southwest. Along the way, they meet their share of misfortune, however, as they join with a lonely rancher and get caught up in an age-old feud. Category: Western Romance |
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A Pair of Blue Eyes  |
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Elfrise Swanston is caught in a love triangle between the love of her youth, Stephen Smith, and London society man Henry Knight. Overwhelmed by the wishes of her suitors, her parents, and society, Elfrise struggles to choose between her comforting country past and all that London has to offer. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Law and the Lady  |
The Law and the Lady
New bride Valeria soon suspects her husband Eustace Woodville of having a secret past and a false identity. When she discovers he has been tried for poisoning his first wife, she is shocked, but convinced he is innocent. Valeria turns detective to uncover the truth and clear his name. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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The Dude Wrangler |
The Dude Wrangler
The old and the new clash in the halls of The Colonial Inn, where men retired from work in the Old West live beside young women making their own way in the world. It is at The Colonial, with all its history, that Wallie first meets Helene, and generations of family feuds come roaring to life. Category: Western Romance |
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Oh, You Tex!  |
Oh, You Tex!
Jack Roberts, or Tex, is a Texas Ranger in the days of the Civil War. Whether his adventures take him into a gunfight with Mexicans or exploits with a certain young lady, he is the picture of the robust, wild, free man of the Old West. Category: Western Romance |
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The Master of Silence  |
The Master of Silence
In seclusion and silence, an eccentric old man has raised his son to be a mind-reader. When his father dies, Rayel goes to live with cousin Kendric, and practices his ESP on his cousin. So strong are his skills that he appears to make real the image of a true love that Kendric carries in his mind. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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