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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

A Novel

by Helen Simonson ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Historical fiction of the highest order . . . an absolute joy of a book, warm and romantic, and with so much to say about the lives of women in the years following World War I.”—Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello BeautifulA timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about a generation of young women facing the seismic ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Historical fiction of the highest order . . . an absolute joy of a book, warm and romantic, and with so much to say about the lives of women in the years following World War I.”—Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello BeautifulA timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about a generation of young women facing the seismic
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The Summer Before the War

A Novel

by Helen Simonson ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community.”—The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love on the eve of World War I that reaches ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community.”—The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love on the eve of World War I that reaches
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

A Novel

by Helen Simonson ...

Written with a delightfully dry sense of humour and the wisdom of a born storyteller, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand explores the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of family obligation and tradition.When retired Major Pettigrew strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani village shopkeeper, he is drawn out of his regimented world and forced to confront the ... Read more

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Written with a delightfully dry sense of humour and the wisdom of a born storyteller, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand explores the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of family obligation and tradition.When retired Major Pettigrew strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani village shopkeeper, he is drawn out of his regimented world and forced to confront the
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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

A Novel

by Helen Simonson ...

Narrated by Helen Simonson, Fiona Hardingham ...

Unabridged

15 hours 20 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Historical fiction of the highest order . . . an absolute joy of a book, warm and romantic, and with so much to say about the lives of women in the years following World War I.”—Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello BeautifulA timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about a generation of young women facing the seismic ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Historical fiction of the highest order . . . an absolute joy of a book, warm and romantic, and with so much to say about the lives of women in the years following World War I.”—Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello BeautifulA timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about a generation of young women facing the seismic
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

A Novel

by Helen Simonson ...

Narrated by Peter Altschuler ...

Unabridged

13 hours 9 min

You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major ... Read more

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You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major
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The Summer Before the War

A Novel

by Helen Simonson ...

Narrated by Fiona Hardingham ...

Unabridged

15 hours 47 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community.”—The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love on the eve of World War I that reaches ... Read more

$25.00 USD

Also available as: eBook

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community.”—The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love on the eve of World War I that reaches
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State of Wonder

A Novel

by Ann Patchett ...

Narrated by Hope Davis ...

Unabridged

12 hours 22 min

“A nail-biting narrative, setting stark human dilemmas against a lush, exotic backdrop.”— People“Extraordinary. . . . Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it’s satisfying.” — Boston GlobeFrom award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforestIn a narr... ... Read more

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“A nail-biting narrative, setting stark human dilemmas against a lush, exotic backdrop.”— People“Extraordinary. . . . Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it’s satisfying.” — Boston GlobeFrom award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforestIn a narr...
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The Seachangers

by Meredith Appleyard ...

Narrated by Tanya Schneider, Kenneth Radley ...

Unabridged

10 hours 46 min

A thoughtful, charming and sensitive story about aging, resilience and the delight of rediscovery.It's never too late for a new beginning.At 57, Ruth made a successful sea change: she relocated from the city to the country and opened Rosie's Cafe in the seaside town of Cutlers Bay. Business boomed, but five years on the shine has worn off. Where has that other Ruth gone, the independent, feisty ... Read more

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A thoughtful, charming and sensitive story about aging, resilience and the delight of rediscovery.It's never too late for a new beginning.At 57, Ruth made a successful sea change: she relocated from the city to the country and opened Rosie's Cafe in the seaside town of Cutlers Bay. Business boomed, but five years on the shine has worn off. Where has that other Ruth gone, the independent, feisty
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Annabel

by Kathleen Winter ...

Narrated by Tandy Cronyn ...

Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

Kathleen Winter's poignant debut novel was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. In it, Winter explores society's views of gender identity through the eyes of a child born with male and female sex organs. At their doctor's urging, the Blakes decide to raise their child as a boy, Wayne, giving him hormones to suppress his feminine physical traits. But after discovering the secret about his ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Kathleen Winter's poignant debut novel was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. In it, Winter explores society's views of gender identity through the eyes of a child born with male and female sex organs. At their doctor's urging, the Blakes decide to raise their child as a boy, Wayne, giving him hormones to suppress his feminine physical traits. But after discovering the secret about his
... Read more
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The Hare with Amber Eyes

A Hidden Inheritance

by Edmund de Waal ...

Narrated by Micheal Maloney ...

Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

A New York Times BestsellerAn Economist Book of the YearCosta Book Award Winner for BiographyGalaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award)Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots—which are then sold, collected, and handed on—he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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A New York Times BestsellerAn Economist Book of the YearCosta Book Award Winner for BiographyGalaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award)Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots—which are then sold, collected, and handed on—he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny
... Read more

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Longbourn

by Jo Baker ...

Narrated by Emma Fielding ...

Unabridged

13 hours 31 min

• Pride and Prejudice was only half the story •If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she’d most likely be a sight more careful with them.In this irresistibly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice, the servants take center stage. Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber ... Read more

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• Pride and Prejudice was only half the story •If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she’d most likely be a sight more careful with them.In this irresistibly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice, the servants take center stage. Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber
... Read more
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The Shoemaker's Wife

A Novel

by Adriana Trigiani ...

Narrated by Lisa Flanagan ...

Unabridged

18 hours 52 min

The fateful first meeting of Enza and Ciro takes place amid the haunting majesty of the Italian Alps at the turn of the last century. Still teenagers, they are separated when Ciro is banished from his village and sent to hide in New York's Little Italy, apprenticed to a shoemaker, leaving a bereft Enza behind. But when her own family faces disaster, she, too, is forced to emigrate to America. ... Read more

$27.50 USD

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The fateful first meeting of Enza and Ciro takes place amid the haunting majesty of the Italian Alps at the turn of the last century. Still teenagers, they are separated when Ciro is banished from his village and sent to hide in New York's Little Italy, apprenticed to a shoemaker, leaving a bereft Enza behind. But when her own family faces disaster, she, too, is forced to emigrate to America.
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