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A TV Series on AMC starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer.Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling epic, a multi-generational family saga of land, blood, and power that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the 20th century.Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching examination of the bloody price of power, The Son
American Rust
A Novel
2009
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**NOW A HIT STREAMING SERIES • A “bold, absorbing novel” (The New York Times Book Review) of the lost American dream, the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love that arise from its loss, and two young men, bound to their hometown, who crave an escape.“Powerful . . . gripping . . . in the tradition that stretches from Ernest Hemingway to Cormac McCarthy.”—The Washington PostA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post...
$13.99 CAD
Unabridged
17 hours 48 min
2013
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Soon to be a TV Series on AMC starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer.The critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling epic, a saga of land, blood, and power that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the 20th century.Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching examination of the bloody price of power, The Son is a gripping and utterly transporting n...
- Narrated by
- Tom Stechschulte
Unabridged
12 hours 49 min
2009
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Author Philipp Meyer presents his astounding debut American Rust—a powerful, morally complex novel of two friends struggling to face an uncertain future in a crumbling western Pennsylvania steel town.Twenty-year-old Isaac feels trapped by circumstance after his mother’s suicide and his genius older sister’s departure to Yale. His best and only friend Poe is a high school football hero who made some bad choices and is going nowhere fast.When Isaac resolves to leave town for ...
$35.99 CAD
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What July Knew
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- Narrated by
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**Brought to you by Penguin.** This audiobook contains a bonus interview with the author****A moving family mystery about the secrets we keep to protect those we love. For readers of Joanna Cannon, Janice Hallett and Jo Browning Wroe.July knows 18 things about her mother. But not the truth.Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July's teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don't kn...
The Restless Republic
Britain without a Crown
- Narrated by
- Lucy Tregear
Unabridged
14 hours 3 min
2022
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THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEEleven years when Britain had no king.In 1649 Britain was engulfed by revolution.On a raw January afternoon, the Stuart king, Charles I, was executed for treason. Within weeks the English monarchy had been abolished and the ‘useless and dangerous’ House of Lords discarded. The people, it w...
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
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- Narrated by
- Paterson Joseph
Unabridged
10 hours 52 min
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THIS AUDIOBOOK INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PATERSON JOSEPH AND MALORIE BLACKMAN, AUTHOR OF NOUGHTS AND CROSSES.PICKED FOR THE TIMES BIGGEST BOOKS FOR AUTUMN 2022'An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Told with dazzling energy and brilliant panache. Hugely recommended.' STEPHEN FRY'Phenomenal! High...
- Narrated by
- Lissa Berry
Unabridged
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‘Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny’ SARAH WINMAN‘It had me holding my breath!’ MARIAN KEYES’I loved this novel. It was perfection. Highly recommend’ CECELIA AHERN‘A stupendous novel… complicated, dark, funny and very human’ FERN BRITTONMEET LINDA.Linda lives a nice, normal life, on a nice, normal street with Terry, her perfectly ordinary husband.Linda’s...
- Narrated by
- Anthony Heald
Unabridged
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In his National Book Award–winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher's Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America.It is the 1870s, and Will Andrews, fired up by Emerson to seek "an original relation to nature," drops out of Harvard and heads west. He washes up in Butcher's Crossing, a small Kansas town on the outskirts of nowhere. Butcher's Crossin...
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A Novel
2020
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MARILYN STASIO, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW – ONE OF THE 10 BEST CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEAR"The plotting is skilled, as is the sleuthing, and the landscape is stunning. But it’s the hard-jawed characters, with their tough talk and scarred souls, who really get under your skin.” — Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book ReviewReturn to McFalls County and Bull Mountain in Hard Cash Valley*, where Brian Panowich weaves another masterful tale...
We Are Not Ourselves
A Novel
2014
EN
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