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A No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (12)THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 12 Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe navigates her...

A NovelWelcome to Golden Sands, the dream condominium built on a weak foundation and a thousand dirty secrets.Here is a panoramic look at the shocking facts of life in a Sun Belt community -- the real estate swindles and political payoffs, the maintenance charges that run up and the health benefits that run cut...the crackups and marital...

A NovelAbsorbing...Heartbreaking...Forster paints a vivid picture of class, station, hypocrisy and survival in Victorian society....Grips the reader's imagination on every page.-- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEShe was Elizabeth Barrett's lady's maid. But Wilson was more than that. She was a confidante, friend and conspirator in...

Now including the full text of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice!A brilliantly imagined, irresistible below-stairs answer to Pride and Prejudice: a story of the romance, intrigue and drama among the servants of the Bennet household, a triumphant tale of defying society's expectations, and an illuminating glimpse of working-class lives in...

A NovelWINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION'S INTERNATIONAL DAGGERFor fans of Alan Furst and Carlos Ruiz Zafon comes a haunting and layered thriller filled with history, adventure, suspense, and an unforgettable love storyby the internationally bestselling author Arturo Perez-Reverte. Cdiz, 1811: The Spanish port city has been...

A NovelStunning, hypnotic, spare, The Seal Wife is the masterly new novel by Kathryn Harrison, a writer of extraordinary gifts (Tobias Wolff). Set in Alaska in 1915, it tells the story of a young scientists consuming love for a woman known as the Aleut, a woman who never speaks, who refuses to reveal so much as her name.Born and educated in...