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Yesterday's Promise

By: Chaikin, Linda Lee

Price: $4.00

Publisher: US, WaterBrook Press: 2004

Seller ID: PGB867

ISBN: 1578565146

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

pp 367 paperback in good condition; former library book; front/back covers have been protected with tape; clean pages; crease in front/back coverHe fought to seek his fortune. Would he lose a greater treasure: the love he left behind? As the son of the squire of Grimston Way, aristocrat Rogan Chantry has fought hard to win his independence from Sir Julien Bley and the British South Africa Company. Now, his pursuit of a mysterious deposit of gold, marked on a map willed to him by his murdered uncle, Henry Chantry, is challenged by a new complication: the impending British colonization of South ...
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Palace Circle: A Novel

By: Dean, Rebecca

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Broadway Books: 2009-03-24

Seller ID: PGB0000906

ISBN: 076793055X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used-Good

pp425; Paperback; clean pages; Edgewear- creased front cover upper right; Creased Spine- rubbing along spine; stamp on inside pageDelia Chandler, an eighteen-year-old Southern girl, marries Viscount Ivor Conisborough just before World War II, becoming part of the Windsor court. It?s every girl?s dream come true. But Delia is jolted from her pleasant life when she realizes, after the birth of her two daughters, that Ivor chose her only to bear an heir to his estate. Shortly thereafter, she begins an affair with her husband?s handsome, titled, and frequently scandalous best friend. When Conisbor...
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Splendor

By: Godbersen, Anna

Price: $5.00

Publisher: US, HarperCollins Publishers: 2009

Seller ID: PGB503

ISBN: 0061626317

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

pp 391 Hardcopy with paper dust jacket both in excellent condition; clean pages; no edgewear; black board with gold title on spineYoung Adults; A spring turns into summer, Elizabeth relishes her new role as a young wife, while her sister, Diana, searches for adventure abroad. But when a surprising clue about their father's death comes to light, the Holland girls wonder at what cost a life of splendor comes.Carolina Broad, society's newest darling, fans a flame from her past, oblivious to how it might burn her future. Penelope Schoonmaker is finally Manhattan royalty -- but when a real prince v...
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Firelord Epic Saga of King Arthur

By: Godwin, Parke

Price: $4.00

Publisher: US, Bantam: 1985

Seller ID: PGB770

ISBN: 0553252690

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

pp 369 Mass Market Paperback in acceptable condition; clean pages; creased spine; edgewear; sticker residue on back coverA unique perspective of the Arthurian legend, narrated in the first person by the great king himself. Artorious Pendragon, a young warrior-king destined to unite the shattered land of Britain, reaches unattainable heights, only to lose his heart and his kingdom to the greatest betrayal of all.
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Saint Camber

By: Katherine Kurtz

Price: $4.00

Publisher: A Del Rey Book: 1978-10-01

Seller ID: PGB0000907

ISBN: 034530862X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used-Good

pp445; aged Paperback in overall good condition; Creased Spine with rubbed edges; edgewear but no major bends to the covers; clean aged pagesWhen Camber of Buidi, master of arcane Deryni powers, led a successful revolution against Imre, his sister Ariella, plotted war against Cinhill, her brother's successor. But Cinhill didn't want a fight, he didn't want power, and it was up to Camber to save crown and country.
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1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion (Irish Century)

By: Llywelyn, Morgan

Price: $4.00

Publisher: US, Tor Books: 1999

Seller ID: PGB826

ISBN: 0812574923

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

pp 576 mass market paperback in acceptable condition; creased spine; edgewear; clean pages; slight bends to cover; small tear in back cover as well as price stickerNed Halloran has lost both his parents--and almost his own life--to the sinking of the Titanic . Determined to keep what little he has, he returns to his homeland in Ireland and enrolls at Saint Enda's school in Dublin. Saint Enda's headmaster is the renowned scholar and poet, Patrick Pearse-who is soon to gain greater fame as a rebel and patriot. Ned becomes totally involved with the growing revolution...and the sacrifices it will ...
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Mexico

By: Michener, James A.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: US, Random House: 1992

Seller ID: PGB840

ISBN: 0679416498

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

pp 625 hardback with paper dust jacket in very good condition; clean pages; light edgewear; gold board with gold title on purple spine - J A M stamped on front coverHere is the story of an American journalist who travels to Mexico to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, but who is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his Mexican ancestors. From the brutality and brilliance of the ancients, to the iron fist of the invading Spaniards, to the modern-day Mexicans battling through dust and bloodshed to build a nation upon the ashes of revolution.
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Dangerous Days

By: Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, Dell Publishing: 1970-08-01

Seller ID: PGB0000972

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used-Acceptable

pp349; Dell 1654; 440-01654-075 on spine; older paperback in acceptable condition; clean aged pages with green text block; uncreased spine but has edge rubbing and nicks at the top/bottom; slight crease marks on front/back coversAs America prepares for the Great War, steel magnate Clayton Spencer becomes increasingly aware of the shallowness of his wife and his widening distance from his son, Graham. Graham, who wants to enlist, struggles to overcome his mother's selfish love and his own weak nature. While Clayton starts to fall in love with Audrey, a "real" woman who shares his views on war a...
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Queen of the Summer Stars

By: Woolley, Persia

Price: $5.00

Publisher: US, Simon & Schuster: 1990

Seller ID: PGB668

ISBN: 0671622013

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

pp 415 paperback in very good condition; light edgewear; clean pages; uncreased spineThe second volume of Woolley's Arthurian trilogy ( Child of the Northern Spring ) follows Guinevere from the second to the 10th year of her marriage to King Arthur. In this vivid, colorful and homey retelling, Guinevere is a caring and faithful wife and queen, deeply in love with her husband and despairing of her childlessness. As Arthur and his men strive to unify Britain and preserve it from invading Saxons, the various Companions are shown as courageous but all-too-human warriors and courtiers. Lancelot, th...
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