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Mightier than the sword [sound recording] / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-; Jennings, Alex.;
Read by Alex Jennings.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Families; Social classes;
© p2015., Macmillan Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cometh the hour [sound recording] / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.; Jennings, Alex,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Alex Jennings.Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy? Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot. Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a workaholic, whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls for Nadira, a beautiful Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry. Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting to bring him and his chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over Farthings.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Families; Social classes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lotus shoes / by Yang, Jane,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Footbinding; Social classes; Women;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Man's best friend / by Lytle, Alana B.,author.;
"Ever since her year as a scholarship student among the ultra-wealthy at a Manhattan private school, El knows what it is like to feel rich-to feel chosen. And being not chosen is her current living nightmare: at age thirty, she has given up her dream of becoming a famous actress, she has no passions, no great love, nothing to look forward to. Then El meets a mysterious trust-fund Cambridge grad who holds the keys to the world she has long dreamed of. Bryce may not be particularly good-looking, charming, or interesting, but he has chosen her. El allows herself to be lulled by the ease and safety that his wealth provides, becoming Bryce's little pet, and giving up her job, friends, and apartment in short order. But when a series of disturbing and slightly surreal events reveal that Bryce is not quite what he seems, but something entirely more sinister, El must face the consequences when his darkness-and her own-are unleashed"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Rich people; Social classes; Stalking;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All that shines / by Hagan, Ellen,author.;
When seventeen-year-old Chloe's affluent family loses everything, she sets out to discover herself with the help of new and surprising friends.013+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels in verse.; Culture shock; Friendship; Loss (Psychology); Social classes; Culture shock; Friendship; Loss; Social classes;
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A duke at the door / by Allen, Susanna.;
Escaping from captivity, the shapeshifting Duke of Llewelyn arrives home to recover where he is drawn to a lady apothecary who helps him heal, and as his senses recover and his powers return, so does his longing for a love that is real.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Historical fiction.; Shapeshifting; Aristocracy (Social class);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Allegiant / by Roth, Veronica.;
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered--fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. But will she be prepared to face impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love?LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopias.; Social classes; Loyalty; Identity (Psychology); Families; Courage;
© c2013., HarperCollins Publishers,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Homegoing / by Gyasi, Yaa,author.;
"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery. Stretching from the tribal wars of Ghana to slavery and Civil War in America, from the coal mines in the north to the Great Migration to the streets of 20th century Harlem, Yaa Gyasi's has written a modern masterpiece, a novel that moves through histories and geographies and--with outstanding economy and force--captures the troubled spirit of our own nation"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Sisters; Social classes; African Americans; Slavery;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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When we lost our heads / by O'Neill, Heather,author.;
"Marie Antoine is the charismatic, spoiled daughter of a sugar baron. At age twelve, with her pile of blond curls and unparalleled sense of whimsy, she's the leader of all the children in the Golden Mile, the affluent strip of nineteenth-century Montreal where powerful families live. Until one day in 1873, when Sadie Arnett, dark-haired, sly and brilliant, moves to the neighbourhood. Marie and Sadie are immediately inseparable. United by their passion and intensity, they attract and repel each other in ways that set them both on fire. Marie, with her bubbly charm, sees all the pleasure of the world, whereas Sadie's obsession with darkness is all-consuming. Soon, their childlike games take on the thrill of danger and then become deadly. Forced to separate, the girls spend their teenage years engaging in acts of alternating innocence and depravity, until a singular event unites them once more, with devastating effects. After Marie inherits her father's sugar empire and Sadie disappears into the city's gritty underworld, the working class begins to foment a revolution. Each woman will play an unexpected role in the events that upend their city--the only question is whether they will find each other once more. From the beloved Giller Prize-shortlisted author who writes "like a sort of demented angel with an uncanny knack for metaphor" (Toronto Star), When We Lost Our Heads is a page-turning novel that explores gender and power, sex and desire, class and status, and the terrifying strength of the human heart when it can't let someone go."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Female friendship; Social classes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Devil in disguise : the Ravenels meet the Wallflowers / by Kleypas, Lisa,author.;
A strong-willed young widow running her late husband's shipping company, Lady Merritt Sterling avoids scandal until she meets a rough-and-tumble Scottish whisky distiller on the run from a very determined killer.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Recipes.; Aristocracy (Social class); Distillers; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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