Zoe's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 23 Mar 2025 20:44:23 -0700 60 Zoe's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[How (Not) to Love and Other Stories]]> 40603931 82 Lana Kortchik Zoe 5 4.36 How (Not) to Love and Other Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[Around the World in Eighty Days]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X Zoe 5 3.95 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
author: Jules Verne
name: Zoe
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1872
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Countess of the Revolution]]> 60879740 March, 1917

Petrograd is on the eve of revolution. For Countess Sophia Orlova, the city of her childhood � the only home she has ever known � has become her deadly enemy. The mob are ready to get rid of anyone connected to the old regime, including Sophia.

When rebels threaten to shoot Sophia and her husband, they are saved by Nikolai, a fervent supporter of the revolution. Determined to help Nikolai’s cause, Sophia sets up a hospital wing in the house, nursing injured victims by his side.

Her kindness has captured Nikolai’s heart, but their burgeoning romance is forbidden. With battle lines drawn between the new and the old, both their lives are in danger�

Will their love be strong enough to overcome the horrors of war?

From the bestselling author of Sisters of War comes a heart-wrenching novel of lovers trapped on the opposite sides of a terrifying political conflict, loss, and sacrifice.]]> 352 Lana Kortchik 0008512612 Zoe 5 to-read 3.62 2022 The Countess of the Revolution
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average rating: 3.62
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll]]> 1654487 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Sylvie and Bruno, Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, "The Hunting of the Snark," and Lewis' poetry, phantasmagoria, stories, miscellany, and "acrostics, inscriptions, and other verse."

The following have also never appeared in print except in their original editions: "Resident Women Students," "Some Popular Fallacies about Vivisection," "Lawn Tennis Tournaments," "Rules for Court Circular," "Croquet Castles," "Mischmasch," "Doublets," "A Postal Problem," "The Alphabet-Cipher," and "Introduction to The Lost Plum Cake."]]> 1165 Lewis Carroll 076077448X Zoe 5 4.41 1982 The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
author: Lewis Carroll
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average rating: 4.41
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]]> Daughters of the Resistance 57093484 Sisters of War � perfect for readers who loved The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The German Midwife.

USA Today bestseller!

Ukraine, 1943

On a train from Ukraine to Germany, Lisa Smirnova is terrified for her life. The train is under Nazi command, heading for one of Hitler’s rumoured labour camps. As she is taken away from everything she holds dear, Lisa wonders if she will ever see her family again.

In Nazi-occupied Kiev, Irina Antonova knows she could be arrested at any moment. Trapped in a job registering the endless deaths of the people of Kiev, she risks her life every day by secretly helping her neighbours, while her husband has joined the Soviet partisans, who are carrying out life-threatening work to frustrate the German efforts.

When Lisa’s train is intercepted by the partisans, Irina’s husband among them, these women’s lives will take an unimaginable turn. As Irina fights to protect her family and Lisa is forced to confront the horrors of war, together they must make an impossible decision: what would they be willing to lose to save the people they love?

****
Readers loved Sisters of War:

�Captivating from the first page�
‘A gorgeous love story that keeps you hooked till the end�
�Powerful and heart wrenching�
‘A touching story, beautifully written�
‘Well-researched and fascinating�
‘Pulled at my heartstrings and brought tears to my eyes’]> 352 Lana Kortchik 0008364877 Zoe 5 3.82 2021 Daughters of the Resistance
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> Her Perfect Lies 45696710


Claire is beautiful.
Claire is famous.
Claire has a handsome husband and a house to die for.

But Claire doesn’t know any of that. Claire isn’t even sure who she is�

When Claire Wright wakes in a hospital, she sees a stranger staring back at her in the mirror. With no memories from before the devastating car accident that left her and her father with life-changing injuries, she must navigate the life of a stranger along with all the mistakes her former self left behind.

As Claire discovers the person she used to be she must also unravel the mystery that surrounds the accident. But the more Claire uncovers, the more she will be forced to face up to the dark secrets from her life before…]]> 233 Lana Newton 0008364850 Zoe 5 3.44 2019 Her Perfect Lies
author: Lana Newton
name: Zoe
average rating: 3.44
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]]> <![CDATA[The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales]]> 26062959 724 Hans Christian Andersen 143516069X Zoe 5 3.99 1911 The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales
author: Hans Christian Andersen
name: Zoe
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1911
rating: 5
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]]> Jane Austen: Seven Novels 2600408
Jane Austen: Seven Novels is part of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions series. Each title in the series presents a classic work in an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather. These books make elegant additions to any home library.]]> 1232 Jane Austen Zoe 5 4.51 1981 Jane Austen: Seven Novels
author: Jane Austen
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.51
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rating: 5
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]]> Destiny's Choice 30295691

As a naïve young woman, Marité Muro nearly drowned in a maelstrom of confusing emotions stirred by two very different men. One whose tortured soul tugged at her heart, another whose scorching touch made her innocent body want…more.


Four years in a Spanish prep school gave her time to gain perspective, and now she’s come home to Florida knowing what she wants. The one man she’s never been able to forget, and she’s ready to prove their age difference is no obstacle.


Viet Nam left scars on Brian MacKay, some visible, some invisible—and infinitely more dangerous. His war buddy’s sister-in-law has ripened into a tempting, irresistible woman, but she is forbidden fruit. Yet she challenges his resolve until, in a moment of weakness, his demons slip free.


Marité isn’t sure why the man who held her closer than skin is suddenly holding her at arm’s length, but she isn’t afraid to fight for him. Even when someone returns from the past who could destroy everything. Her home. Her family. And Brian’s love.]]> 253 Victoria Saccenti Zoe 5 4.00 Destiny's Choice
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collected Works of Jules Verne: 36 Novels and Short Stories (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)]]> 8146638
The Adventures of a Special Correspondent
All Around the Moon
Around the World in 80 Days
The Blockade Runners
Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
Facing the Flag
Five Weeks in a Balloon
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Godfrey Morgan
In Search of the Castaways
In the Year 2889
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
The Master of the World
Michael Strogoff
The Moon-Voyage
The Mysterious Island
Off on a Comet
The Pearl of Lima
Ticket No. "9672"
Topsy-Turvy
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
The Underground City
A Voyage in a Balloon (1852)
The Waif of the "Cynthia"

]]> 4657 Jules Verne Zoe 5 4.37 1929 The Collected Works of Jules Verne: 36 Novels and Short Stories (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)
author: Jules Verne
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1929
rating: 5
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]]> And the Trees Crept In 28449150 Stay away from the woods�

When Silla and Nori arrive at their aunt’s home, it’s immediately clear that the manor is cursed. The endless creaking of the house at night and the eerie stillness of the woods surrounding them would be enough of a sign, but there are secrets too—questions that Silla can’t ignore: Why does it seem that, ever since they arrived, the trees have been creeping closer? Who is the beautiful boy who’s appeared from the woods? And who is the tall man with no eyes who Nori plays with in the basement at night� a man no one else can see?]]> 341 Dawn Kurtagich 0316298700 Zoe 5 3.55 2016 And the Trees Crept In
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average rating: 3.55
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man Who Knew Too Much (Dover Literature: Crime/Mystery/Thriller Short Stories)]]> 174852 156 G.K. Chesterton 0486431789 Zoe 5 3.57 1922 The Man Who Knew Too Much (Dover Literature: Crime/Mystery/Thriller Short Stories)
author: G.K. Chesterton
name: Zoe
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1922
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)]]> 43615
He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.]]> 231 Stephen King 1501143514 Zoe 5 3.95 1982 The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> Dead Lake 28436144 Keep the door locked...
A week's visit to the remote Harob Lake cabin couldn't have come at a better time for Sam.

She's battling artist's block ahead of a major gallery exhibition. Staying at Harob Lake is her final, desperate attempt to paint the collection that could save her floundering career. It seems perfect: no neighbours, no phone, no distractions.

But the dream retreat disintegrates into a nightmare when Sam discovers she's being stalked.

A tall, strange man stands on the edge of her dock, staring intently into the swirling waters below. He starts to follow her. He disables her car. He destroys her only way to communicate with the outside world.

And Sam is beginning to suspect he's responsible for the series of disappearances from a nearby hiking trail.

Stranded at Harob Lake, Sam realises she’s become the prey in the hunter’s deadliest game�
]]> 158 Darcy Coates Zoe 5 3.46 2015 Dead Lake
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average rating: 3.46
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]]> The Dinner 15797938
Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act - an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. When the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple shows just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.

Tautly written, incredibly gripping, and told by an unforgettable narrator, The Dinner is an internationally bestselling phenomenon that will leave you breathless.]]> 292 Herman Koch 0770437850 Zoe 3 3.18 2009 The Dinner
author: Herman Koch
name: Zoe
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)]]> 233711
Newly republished in a hardcover edition with a 1950s cover, jacket and pictorial endpages. Interior illustrations by Edward Shenton.]]> 260 Ralph Moody 0803281781 Zoe 5 4.27 1950 Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)
author: Ralph Moody
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1950
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]]> <![CDATA[The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2)]]> 17465515 My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the Neapolitan Novels. The Story of a New Name is the second book in this series. With these books, which the New Yorker's James Wood described as "large, captivating, amiably peopled ... a beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal," Ferrante proves herself to be one of Italy's most accomplished storytellers. She writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of Naples from the late-1950s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and time. Yet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvelously nuanced portrait of friendship.

In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their stories. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, the acclaimed author of The Days of Abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.]]> 471 Elena Ferrante Zoe 5 to-read 4.47 2012 The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2)
author: Elena Ferrante
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.47
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]]> Heavy Sand 694321 384 Anatoli Rybakov 0140055355 Zoe 5 4.48 1978 Heavy Sand
author: Anatoli Rybakov
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1978
rating: 5
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]]> Wounds of Honour (Empire, #1) 6911710 341 Anthony Riches 0340920300 Zoe 5 4.09 2009 Wounds of Honour (Empire, #1)
author: Anthony Riches
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes]]> 76104
The Adventure of the Seven Clocks
The Adventure of the Gold Hunter
The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers
The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle
The Adventure of the Black Baronet
The Adventure of the Sealed Room
The Adventure of the Foulkes Rath
The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby
The Adventure of the Dark Angles
The Adventure of the Two Women
The Adventure of the Depthford Horror
The Adventure of the Red Widow]]> 338 Adrian Conan Doyle 0517203383 Zoe 5 4.44 1954 The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
author: Adrian Conan Doyle
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1954
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> 2956 327 Mark Twain 0142437174 Zoe 5 3.82 1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
author: Mark Twain
name: Zoe
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1884
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front]]> 355697
In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ‘glorious war�. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ‘unknown soldier� experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.]]> 296 Erich Maria Remarque 0449213943 Zoe 5 4.04 1928 All Quiet on the Western Front
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1928
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blooding (Master of War #1)]]> 18132020
As he fights his way across northern France, Blackstone will learn the brutal lessons of war - from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat, to the savage realities of siege warfare.

Vastly outnumbered, Edward III's army will finally confront the armoured might of the French nobility on the field of Crécy. It is a battle that will change the history of warfare, a battle that will change the course of Blackstone's life, a battle that is just the first chapter in a book of legend - Blackstone: Master of War.]]> 512 David Gilman 1781850100 Zoe 5 4.06 2013 The Blooding (Master of War #1)
author: David Gilman
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.06
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]]> The Complete Sherlock Holmes 6788719 * A Study in Scarlet
* The Sign of the Four
* The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
* The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
* The Return of Sherlock Holmes
* The Hound of the Baskervilles
* The Valley of Fear
* His Last Bow
* The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes]]> 1077 Arthur Conan Doyle 1435114949 Zoe 5 to-read 4.55 1927 The Complete Sherlock Holmes
author: Arthur Conan Doyle
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.55
book published: 1927
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]]> <![CDATA[A Rip in the Veil (The Graham Saga #1)]]> 16198097 A Rip in the Veil is the first book in The Graham Saga, Anna Belfrage's time slip series featuring time traveller Alexandra Lind and her seventeenth century husband, Matthew Graham.

On a muggy August day in 2002 Alexandra Lind is inexplicably thrown several centuries backwards in time to 1658. Life will never be the same for Alex. Alex lands at the feet of Matthew Graham - an escaped convict making his way home to Scotland. She gawks at this tall gaunt man with hazel eyes, dressed in what looks like rags. At first she thinks he might be some sort of hermit, an oddball, but she quickly realises that she is the odd one out, not him. Catapulted from a life of modern comfort, Alex grapples with her frightening new existence. Potential compensation for this brutal shift in fate comes in the shape of Matthew - a man she should never have met, not when she was born three centuries after him. But Matthew comes with baggage of his own, and at times it seems his past will see them killed. How will she ever get back? And more importantly, does she want to?]]> 378 Anna Belfrage 1780882424 Zoe 5 3.52 2012 A Rip in the Veil (The Graham Saga #1)
author: Anna Belfrage
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average rating: 3.52
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow on the Highway (The Highway Trilogy, #1)]]> 22876730
SHADOW ON THE HIGHWAY is based on the life and legend of Lady Katherine Fanshawe, the highwaywoman, sometimes known as The Wicked Lady. A tale of adventure and budding romance set in the turbulent English Civil War, this is a novel to delight teens and adults alike.

Includes historical notes from the author.

SHADOW ON THE HIGHWAY is the stand-alone first part of The Highway Trilogy.]]> 294 Deborah Swift 1500549835 Zoe 5 3.69 2014 Shadow on the Highway (The Highway Trilogy, #1)
author: Deborah Swift
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average rating: 3.69
book published: 2014
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Loved it! Couldn't put this down. Highly recommended if you enjoy historical fiction that is well written and researched.
]]> <![CDATA[Fletcher's Fortune (Fletcher #1)]]> 29757532
But this particular gang couldn't actually read the rules. And didn't care anyway.
Which was how he found himself risking life, limb and sea sickness on board His Majesty's frigate Phiandra, about to do battle with what looked like half the French fleet.

Meanwhile at Coignwood Hall, the late Sir Henry lay face-down in his soup as his beautiful but evil widow, Lady Sarah, along with their two loathsome sons, ransacked his papers for the will that would disclose to their horror that the entire family fortune has been left to a previously unknown illegitimate son.

Who would now have to be tracked down and disposed of as a matter of some urgency... What will become of Fletcher's Fortune?

Fletcher's Fortune is the first in a rollicking series of memoirs that bring the 18th Century back to life in its tawdry glory. Note: It was previously published under the pen name J.C. Edwards.]]> 270 J.C. Edwards 1519754469 Zoe 5 4.02 1992 Fletcher's Fortune (Fletcher #1)
author: J.C. Edwards
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average rating: 4.02
book published: 1992
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]]> Lassie Come-Home 895886 A beloved classic gets a beautiful new look.

Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe's father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, until finally she is taken to the remotest part of Scotland—too far a journey for any dog to make alone.

But Lassie is not just any dog.

First published in 1940, Lassie Come-Home has become one of the best-loved dog stories in the world. This beautiful edition showcases the original text and illustrations within a striking new jacket.]]> 248 Eric Knight 0805072063 Zoe 5 4.19 1940 Lassie Come-Home
author: Eric Knight
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1940
rating: 5
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]]> Lad: A Dog (Lad, #1) 72707 238 Albert Payson Terhune 0517122863 Zoe 5 4.26 1919 Lad: A Dog (Lad, #1)
author: Albert Payson Terhune
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1919
rating: 5
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]]> The Incredible Journey 231821 The Incredible Journey is one of the great children's stories of all time—and has been popular ever since its debut in 1961.]]> 145 Sheila Burnford 0440226708 Zoe 5 4.17 1960 The Incredible Journey
author: Sheila Burnford
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1960
rating: 5
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]]> Old Yeller 130580
The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene.

Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can Travis do the same for Old Yeller?]]> 132 Fred Gipson 0060935472 Zoe 5 4.10 1956 Old Yeller
author: Fred Gipson
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1956
rating: 5
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]]> Savaged Lands 28549090
Life for teenage sisters Natasha and Lisa Smirnova is about to change beyond their worst fears.

Despite Stalin’s assurances to hold the Ukrainian capital at all costs, Hitler has ordered his troops into the Ukraine and for the Russians and Ukrainians living there, it heralds a terrible time of fear, hunger and peril.

All too soon, the danger of living under Nazi occupation impacts on the lives of the ordinary citizens.

The eldest Smirnov son, Stanislav, sets off to fight for the Red Army at the front.

On the brink of marriage to her fiancé Alexei, Lisa’s happiness quickly turns to despair.

Her older sister Natasha watches as their frail grandmother stands up to a Nazi and pays a hard price. But who is the mysterious soldier who steps in to rescue Natasha?

As the harsh winter of 1941 draws in, the Smirnov family watch Jewish friends dragged from their homes, never to return.

The family are further torn by war when Natasha’s father is taken away.

Distraught Natasha turns to Mark, a Hungarian who she grows quickly fond of.

The consequences of their relationship could be dire for both Natasha and Mark if they are discovered, and their future looks fragile.

Two years pass and the noise of Red Army planes is heard once again over Kiev, prompting new hope to rise up among the citizens of the city.

The Nazis look set to move out, but will the Smirnovs� loved ones ever return to Kiev?

Natasha waits and hopes for better times to return, not knowing whether she will ever see the people she cares for again.

Savaged Lands is a novel of love and loss, which chronicles the lives of ordinary citizens of Kiev during this dark and desperate period of their history in World War 2. Its descriptions and characters portray the horrors, and ultimately the hopes, of family members looking to survive oppression and starvation.

Whilst moving and chilling in parts, it ultimately bears testimony to the strength of the people of Kiev, and to their faith that life and love could still prevail against all the odds.]]> 292 Lana Kortchik Zoe 5 4.15 2016 Savaged Lands
author: Lana Kortchik
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian]]> 423156
Although he was as swift as the desert winds, Sham's proud pedigree would be scorned all his life by cruel masters and owners.

This is the classic story of Sham and his friend, the stable boy Agba. Their adventures take them from the sands of the Sahara to the royal courts of France and, finally, to the green pastures and stately homes of England.

For Sham was the renowned "Godolphin Arabian" whose blood flows through the veins of almost every superior Thoroughbred. Sham's speed—like his story—has become legendary.]]> 176 Marguerite Henry 0027436292 Zoe 5 4.22 1948 King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
author: Marguerite Henry
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1948
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unabridged Mark Twain, Vol. 1]]> 527211 1292 Mark Twain 0914294547 Zoe 5 4.43 1976 The Unabridged Mark Twain, Vol. 1
author: Mark Twain
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average rating: 4.43
book published: 1976
rating: 5
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]]> Two Captains 158479 676 Veniamin Kaverin 1410103285 Zoe 5 4.32 1944 Two Captains
author: Veniamin Kaverin
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1944
rating: 5
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]]> White Fang 43035 252 Jack London Zoe 5 4.00 1906 White Fang
author: Jack London
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> Hearts of Three 670774
Meanwhile, back in New York, a cunning enemy is positioning himself to destroy the Morgan fortune. Francis must get back in time to thwart the takeover and save his family's business.]]> 384 Jack London 0766162931 Zoe 5 4.05 1911 Hearts of Three
author: Jack London
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.05
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]]> The Unabridged Jack London 1120878 THE UNABRIDGED JACK LONDON is a comprehensive collection of Jack London's sprawling, timeless fiction. Included here, in addition to his classic novels and short story collections, is a group of "uncollected" short stories, some of which have never appeared in book form. We have sought, wherever possible, to use only first editions of London's work - the only way, we feel, to convey the truly original spirit of London's boundless imagination, his insight into humankind's passion for adventure, and his gripping life view.

Three novels...and 54 short stories, some of them never available in book form, that exemplify two sides of Jack London (1876-1916): the quiet, contemplative writer of San Francisco and the bruising, lusty adventurer of the Yukon and the Pacific. - THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Cover Illustration: Gill Cohen]]> 1152 Jack London 0894711245 Zoe 5 4.39 1981 The Unabridged Jack London
author: Jack London
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1981
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dracula and Other Horror Classics]]> 18278171 Dracula and Other Horror Classics collects the most memorable tales of horror by Bram Stoker. In addition to Dracula - the landmark vampire novel that set the pattern for virtually all vampire fiction written after its publication in 1897 - this omnibus collects the novels The Jewel of Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm. In also includes a dozen of Stoker's short tales of the macabre, including Dracula's Guest, a sidebar to his famous novel.

For more than a century, Bram Stoker's fiction has inspired countless writers of horror and fantasy fiction. This volume allows readers a unique opportunity to appreciate the full range of his dark imagination.

Dracua and Other Horror Classics is one of Barnes & Noble's leatherbound classic editions. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors, in exquisitely designed bonded-leather bindings with distinctive gilt edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensible cornerstone for every home library.

CONTENTS:

Novels:
- Dracula
- The Jewel Of Seven Stars
- The Lair Of The White Worm

Stories:
- Dracula's Guest
- The Judge's House
- The Squaw
- The Secret Of Growing Gold
- A Gipsy Prophecy
- The Coming Of Abel Behenna
- The Burial Of The Rats
- A Dream Of Red Hands
- Crooken Sands
- The Crystal Cup
- The Chain Of Destiny
- The Dualists; or, the Death Doom of the Double-Born]]> 757 Bram Stoker 1435142810 Zoe 5 4.31 Dracula and Other Horror Classics
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]]> <![CDATA[Charlotte's Web and Other Illustrated Classics]]> 18298747
Charlotte's Web and Other Illustrated Classics is one of Barnes & Noble's leatherbound classic editions. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors, in exquistiely designed bonded-leather bindings with distinctive gilt edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old, and are an indispensible cornerstone for every home library.]]> 605 E.B. White 1435145976 Zoe 5 4.47 2013 Charlotte's Web and Other Illustrated Classics
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]]> From the Earth to the Moon 32827 136 Jules Verne 1598184547 Zoe 5 3.80 1865 From the Earth to the Moon
author: Jules Verne
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average rating: 3.80
book published: 1865
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mysterious Island (Captain Nemo, #3)]]> 32831
What unfolds in Jules Verne’s imaginative marvel is both an enthralling mystery and the ultimate in survivalist adventures.]]> 723 Jules Verne 0812972120 Zoe 5 4.14 1874 The Mysterious Island (Captain Nemo, #3)
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]> 32829
The expedition descends into an extinct volcano toward a sunless sea, where they encounter a subterranean world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic marine life � a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence.]]> 240 Jules Verne 0553213970 Zoe 5 3.87 1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth
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]]> <![CDATA[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)]]> 33507 269 Jules Verne 076072850X Zoe 5 3.92 1869 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
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]]> Jules Verne: Seven Novels 8588776
* Five Weeks in a Balloon,
* Around the World in Eighty Days,
* A Journey to the Center of the Earth,
* From the Earth to the Moon,
* Round the Moon,
* Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,
* The Mysterious Island.

This omnibus offers a unique compilation of seven of Vernes Voyages, stories in which he extrapolated developing technology and invention into marvellous fiction.

This volume offers readers a generous introduction to Jules Verne, whose books are as alive today as they were for readers new to the ideas expressed in them during his time.

This edition of the text is exquisitely bound in bonded-leather, with distinctive gilt edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectable, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.]]> 1196 Jules Verne 143512295X Zoe 5 4.35 2010 Jules Verne: Seven Novels
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]]> <![CDATA[Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)]]> 77566 500 Dan Simmons 0553283685 Zoe 5 4.26 1989 Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Zoe
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1989
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]]> <![CDATA[Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America]]> 13425592 Devil in the Groveis the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.

Arguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in an explosive and deadly case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life.

In 1949, Florida’s orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor. To maintain order and profits, they turned to Willis V. McCall, a violent sheriff who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old Groveland girl cried rape, McCall was fast on the trail of four young blacks who dared to envision a future for themselves beyond the citrus groves. By day’s end, the Ku Klux Klan had rolled into town, burning the homes of blacks to the ground and chasing hundreds into the swamps, hell-bent on lynching the young men who came to be known as “the Groveland Boys.�

And so began the chain of events that would bring Thurgood Marshall, the man known as “Mr. Civil Rights,� into the deadly fray. Associates thought it was suicidal for him to wade into the “Florida Terror� at a time when he was irreplaceable to the burgeoning civil rights movement, but the lawyer would not shrink from the fight—not after the Klan had murdered one of Marshall’s NAACP associates involved with the case and Marshall had endured continual threats that he would be next.

Drawing on a wealth of never-before-published material, including the FBI’s unredacted Groveland case files, as well as unprecedented access to the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund files, King shines new light on this remarkable civil rights crusader, setting his rich and driving narrative against the heroic backdrop of a case that U.S. Supreme Court justice Robert Jackson decried as “one of the best examples of one of the worst menaces to American justice.”]]> 434 Gilbert King 0062097717 Zoe 5 4.38 2012 Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
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]]> <![CDATA[Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times]]> 359139
Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women.

Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture.

Elizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods—methods she herself helped to fashion.]]> 334 Elizabeth Wayland Barber 0393313484 Zoe 5 4.30 1994 Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
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]]> Just Mercy 20342617
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to defending the poor, the incarcerated, and the wrongly condemned.

Just Mercy tells the story of EJI, from the early days with a small staff facing the nation’s highest death sentencing and execution rates, through a successful campaign to challenge the cruel practice of sentencing children to die in prison, to revolutionary projects designed to confront Americans with our history of racial injustice.

One of EJI’s first clients was Walter McMillian, a young Black man who was sentenced to die for the murder of a young white woman that he didn’t commit. The case exemplifies how the death penalty in America is a direct descendant of lynching � a system that treats the rich and guilty better than the poor and innocent.]]> 336 Bryan Stevenson Zoe 5 4.62 2014 Just Mercy
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average rating: 4.62
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]]> <![CDATA[Live Free or Die (Troy Rising, #1)]]> 6713634 When aliens trundled a gate to other worlds into the solar system, the world reacted with awe, hope and fear. But the first aliens to come through, the Glatun, were peaceful traders and the world breathed a sigh of relief.

Who Controls the Orbitals, Controls the World
When the Horvath came through, they announced their ownership by dropping rocks on three cities and gutting them. Since then, they've held Terra as their own personal fiefdom. With their control of the orbitals, there's no way to win and earth's governments have accepted the status quo.

Live Free or Die.
To free the world from the grip of the Horvath is going to take an unlikely hero. A hero unwilling to back down to alien or human governments, unwilling to live in slavery and with enough hubris, if not stature, to think he can win. Fortunately, there's Tyler Vernon. And he has bigger plans than just getting rid of the Horvath.]]> 404 John Ringo 1439133328 Zoe 5 4.16 2010 Live Free or Die (Troy Rising, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[To Honor You Call Us (Man of War, #1)]]> 18318651
Capt. Robichaux’s first mission: to take his warship to the Free Corridor, where the Krag have secretly been buying strategic materials, and to seize or destroy any ships carrying enemy cargo. Far from the fleet and under enforced radio silence, Max relies only on his determination and guile…and the support and friendship of his chief medical officer, the brilliant Dr. Sahin.

Because even as he deals with the ship’s onboard problems and the stress of carrying out her risky assignment, Max and the doctor discover that the Cumberland and her misfit crew are all that stands in the way of a deadly Krag attack that threatens to end the war—and humanity—once and for all.

A far-future story in the tradition of “ships of wood, men of iron� novels, To Honor You Call Us and the Man of War series combines the adventure of exploration, the excitement of war, and the dangers of the unknown through the eyes of a ship and her crew.]]> 454 H. Paul Honsinger 1477848894 Zoe 5 4.04 2012 To Honor You Call Us (Man of War, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus]]> 39020 In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.

]]> 563 Charles C. Mann 1400032059 Zoe 5 4.05 2005 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss]]> 26072609
Though Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS affords him little time to spend with her. After she suffers a brief but serious illness at the age of ninety-one, they resolve to change their relationship by beginning a year-long conversation unlike any they had ever had before. The result is a correspondence of surprising honesty and depth in which they discuss their lives, the things that matter to them, and what they still want to learn about each other.

Both a son’s love letter to his mother and an unconventional mom’s life lessons for her grown son, The Rainbow Comes and Goes offers a rare window into their close relationship and fascinating life stories, including their tragedies and triumphs. In these often humorous and moving exchanges, they share their most private thoughts and the hard-earned truths they’ve learned along the way. In their words their distinctive personalities shine through—Anderson’s journalistic outlook on the world is a sharp contrast to his mother’s idealism and unwavering optimism.

An appealing memoir with inspirational advice, The Rainbow Comes and Goes is a beautiful and affectionate celebration of the universal bond between a parent and a child, and a thoughtful reflection on life, reminding us of the precious insight that remains to be shared, no matter our age.]]> 320 Anderson Cooper 006245496X Zoe 5 3.82 2016 The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
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]]> Between the World and Me 25489625 “This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.�

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,� a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?

Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.]]> 152 Ta-Nehisi Coates Zoe 5 4.40 2015 Between the World and Me
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]]> <![CDATA[A Short History of Nearly Everything]]> 21 544 Bill Bryson 076790818X Zoe 5 4.21 2003 A Short History of Nearly Everything
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]]> <![CDATA[Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)]]> 45244
The Prime are the Commonwealth's worst nightmare. Coexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next.

Nor are the Prime the only threat. For more than a hundred years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist -- the Starflyer -- has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. But now evidence suggests that the Guardians were right all along, and that the Starflyer has placed agents in vital posts throughout the Commonwealth -- agents who are now sabotaging the war effort.

Is the Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has it orchestrated a fight to the death between the two species for its own advantage? Caught between two deadly enemies, one a brutal invader striking from without, the other a remorseless cancer killing from within, the fractious Commonwealth must unite as never before...]]> 827 Peter F. Hamilton 0345461665 Zoe 5 4.30 2005 Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)]]> 9969571 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

IN THE YEAR 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.

But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.]]> 480 Ernest Cline 030788743X Zoe 5 to-read 4.21 2011 Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Young Zaphod Plays It Safe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #0.5)]]> 15847717 11 Douglas Adams 5511976873 Zoe 5 3.67 1986 Young Zaphod Plays It Safe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #0.5)
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> Firebird (Alex Benedict, #6) 11099135 A new Alex Benedict novel from "a master of describing otherworldly grandeur." (Denver Post)

Forty-one years ago the renowned physicist Chris Robin vanished. Before his disappearance, his fringe science theories about the existence of endless alternate universes had earned him both admirers and enemies.

Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath discover that Robin had several interstellar yachts flown far outside the planetary system where they too vanished. And following Robin's trail into the unknown puts Benedict and Kolpath in danger...

]]> 375 Jack McDevitt 0441020739 Zoe 5 4.03 2011 Firebird (Alex Benedict, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars, #2)]]> 15808696 New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell returns with the next chapter in the overthrow of the Syndicate Worlds� oppression�

Following a successful coup, the leaders of the rebel Midway Star System struggle to forge a government free enough to please its citizens yet strong enough to secure power. But in a world where former rulers have become new foes, an alien threat to humanity may turn old adversaries into uncertain allies.

General Artur Drakon knows three words describe someone who confides in a Syndicate CEO: Stupid. Betrayed. Dead. Despite his misgivings, he partnered with another former CEO to overthrow Syndic forces. Now, with an enigma fleet menacing their hard-earned independence, he can ill afford to trust her—or lose her support.

President Gwen Iceni believes Midway is humanity’s defense against the enigmas. Syndicate training taught her self-preservation in a crisis, yet she’s determined to fight for the star system’s fate…even if it means joining forces with Drakon—and an officer of the hated Alliance.

Their plan places the Midway flotilla at great risk in hopes of greater reward: recruiting the personnel necessary to man warships against the enigmas. But before facing the alien advance, Drakon and Iceni must survive hidden dangers closer to home: all-too-human threats that could jeopardize Midway’s freedom…and their own lives.

]]> 406 Jack Campbell 0425256316 Zoe 5 4.06 2012 Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[We Only Need the Heads (The Human Division, #3)]]> 16180355 48 John Scalzi 1466830530 Zoe 5 4.09 2013 We Only Need the Heads (The Human Division, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Center of Gravity (Star Carrier, #2)]]> 8657380
The warlike Sh'daar are determined that this monumental milestone will never be achieved by the creatures known as human.

On the far side of known human space, the Marines are under siege, battling the relentless servant races of the Sh'daar aggressor. With a task force stripped to the bone and the Terran Confederation of States racked by dissent, rogue Admiral Alexander Koenig must make the momentous decision that will seal his fate and the fate of humankind. A strong defensive posture is futile, so Koenig will seize the initiative and turn the gargantuan Star Carrier "America" toward the unknown. For the element of surprise is the only hope of stalling the Sh'daar assault on Earth's solar system--and the war for humankind's survival must be taken directly to the enemy.]]> 389 Ian Douglas 0061840262 Zoe 5 3.98 2011 Center of Gravity (Star Carrier, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Abyss Beyond Dreams (Chronicle of the Fallers #1)]]> 20697413
Once inside, Nigel discovers that humans are not the only life-forms to have been sucked into the Void, where the laws of physics are subtly different and mental powers indistinguishable from magic are commonplace. The humans trapped there are afflicted by an alien species of biological mimics—the Fallers—that are intelligent but merciless killers.

Yet these same aliens may hold the key to destroying the threat of the Void forever—if Nigel can uncover their secrets. As the Fallers� relentless attacks continue, and the fragile human society splinters into civil war, Nigel must uncover the secrets of the Fallers—before he is killed by the very people he has come to save.]]> 640 Peter F. Hamilton 0345547195 Zoe 5 4.18 2014 The Abyss Beyond Dreams (Chronicle of the Fallers #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Earth Unaware (The First Formic War, #1)]]> 13151129 HUMANS THOUGHT THEY WERE ALONE IN THE GALAXY. UNTIL NOW.

A hundred years before Ender's Game, humanity is slowly making its way out to the planets of the solar system, exploring and mining asteroids.



The ship El Cavador is far from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. When the ship's telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, they're unsure what to make of it.



Little do they know that this object is the most important thing to happen to the human race in a million years. It's humanity's first contact with an alien race. The First Formic War is about to begin.



BOOK ONE OF THE FIRST FORMIC WAR

]]> 368 Orson Scott Card 0765329042 Zoe 5 3.97 2012 Earth Unaware (The First Formic War, #1)
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