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1	Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel more books like this by Jeannette Walls add to wishlist Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did. So begins the story of Lily Casey. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town -- riding five hundred miles on her pony to get to her post. She learned to drive a car, fly a plane, and with her husband, managed a vast ranch in ... see all copies from $15.45! new only from $15.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The White Queen more books like this by Philippa Gregory add to wishlist The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Other Boleyn Girl" presents the first book in a new series set amidst the tumult and intrigue of England's passionate family feud, The War of the Roses. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $13.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Homer & Langley more books like this by E L Doctorow add to wishlist From "Ragtime" and "Billy Bathgate" to "The Book of Daniel," Doctorow's novels comprise one of the most substantive achievements of modern American fiction. With "Homer & Langley," the master novelist has once again created an unforgettable work. see all copies from $12.18! new only from $13.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Women more books like this by T Coraghessan Boyle add to wishlist Having brought to life eccentric cereal king John Harvey Kellogg in "The Road to Wellville" and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in "The Inner Circle," Boyle now turns his fictional sights on an even more colorful and outlandish character: Frank Lloyd Wright. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $13.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Other Queen more books like this by Philippa Gregory add to wishlist "New York Times"-bestselling author Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines--Mary, Queen of Scots--in a suspense-filled tale of love, ambition, and jealousy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt more books like this by Anne Rice add to wishlist Anne Rice built her literary reputation through an elaborately constructed Gothic horror mythology of vampires and witches. But now Rice, who has returned to the Catholic faith of her youth, eschews these dark, unholy topics in favor of the sacred, with this first in a series of retellings of the life of Jesus, inspired by the New Testament, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Secret Scripture more books like this by Sebastian Barry add to wishlist Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist Dr Grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicates. Told ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Loving Frank more books like this by Nancy Horan add to wishlist "This graceful, assured first novel tells the remarkable story of the long-lived affair between Frank Lloyd Wright, a passionate and impossible figure, and Mamah Cheney, a married woman whom Wright beguiled and led beyond the restraint of convention"--Scott Turow. see all copies from $2.41! new only from $6.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Lincoln more books like this by Gore Vidal add to wishlist In Gore Vidal's 1988 LINCOLN, the story of the Civil War president is told mostly from John Hay's point of view. The last in Vidal's tetralogy of US political novels (WASHINGTON DC, BURR, and 1876 are the others), LINCOLN provides a nuanced picture of the president universally considered great. Here, Lincoln is very much a calculating politician, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Genghis: Bones of the Hills more books like this by Conn Iggulden add to wishlist Iggulden's novels are grand historical tales of conquest and vengeance, cruelty and greatness. Now the acclaimed author of "Genghis: Birth of an Empire" delivers a masterful new novel of the mighty Mongol conqueror--as Genghis Khan sets out to unify an entire continent. see all copies from $13.96! new only from $13.96! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Follow the river more books like this by James Alexander Thom add to wishlist Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.42! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The other Boleyn girl more books like this by Philippa Gregory add to wishlist Politics and passion are inextricably bound together in this compelling drama. The Boleyn family is keen to rise through the ranks of society, and what better way to attract the attention of the most powerful in the land than to place their most beautiful young woman at court? But Mary becomes the king's mistress at a time of change. He needs his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey more books like this by Chuck Palahniuk add to wishlist In this fictional oral history, Buster RRantS Casey's friends, enemies, admirers, detractors, and relations have their say about him--an evil character who may or may not be the most efficient serial killer of our time. see all copies from $4.90! new only from $8.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Drood more books like this by Dan Simmons, M.D add to wishlist Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens' life, "Drood" explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to his final, unfinished work: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." see all copies from $3.66! new only from $10.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana more books like this by Anne Rice add to wishlist Rice's second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous series on the life of Christ begins during his last winter before his baptism and concludes with the miracle at Cana. As with "Out of Egypt," this novel is based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Constant Princess more books like this by Philippa Gregory add to wishlist Historical novelist Philippa Gregory returns to Tudor England with this tale of the challenge-strewn life of the Spanish Infanta Catalina, who became Queen Katherine, Henry VIII's first wife. Originally married to Henry's older brother, Prince Arthur, she must honor her late husband's memory and deathbed wish by denying the truth of their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Here be dragons more books like this by Sharon Kay Penman add to wishlist This is an absorbing historical novel of power and betrayal, loyalty and political intrigue in thirteenth-century England, Wales and France, centring on King John of England, younger brother to the brilliant Richard Lionheart, Joanna, his illegitimate but recognised daughter and Llewellyn Ab Iowerth, Prince of Gwynedd, a bitter opponent of English ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Unveiled more books like this by Francine Rivers add to wishlist The first of a five-book series, "Unveiled" is the story of Tamar, one of the unlikely women in the lineage of Jesus. Rivers, the award-winning author of "The Last Sin Eater, " brings the story to life in her trademark style and includes a Bible study and an ancestral chart of Jesus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Genghis: Lords of the Bow more books like this by Conn Iggulden add to wishlist The co-author of the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "The Dangerous Book for Boys" delivers a second masterful novel of the mighty Mongol conqueror, following Genghis Khan as he wreaks a path of destruction along China's Great Wall. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.76! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Lady Elizabeth more books like this by Alison Weir add to wishlist Following the tremendous success of her first novel, "Innocent Traitor," which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and "New York Times"-bestselling author Weir turns her storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The autobiography of Henry VIII with notes by his fool, Will Somers. more books like this by Margaret George add to wishlist In a blend of historical fact and imagination, the author brings to life this most colourful of kings, written from his point of view, but injecting irreverent comments from Will Somers - Henry VIII's confidant and jester. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.72! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Unafraid: Mary more books like this by Francine Rivers add to wishlist Mary is one of the most revered women in history, but she also was an ordinary woman striving to please God in the same way that women still do today. Readers are sure to gain a new appreciation of the familiar story through Francine's signature style. see all copies from $3.71! new only from $11.73! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Gods & Kings more books like this by Lynn N Austin add to wishlist Gods and Kings is the story of King Hezekiah, heir to the throne of King David. When his evil father plots to sacrifice him, Hezekiah's mother, Abijah, searches frantically for a way to save him. But only two men can help her, and neither of them seems trustworthy. In a time and place engulfed by violence, treachery, and infidelity to Yahweh, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Paths of Glory more books like this by Jeffrey Archer add to wishlist Archer's new epic tells the story of George Mallory, who once told a reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, "because it is there." Not until the last page of Archer's extraordinary novel will readers find out what happened to Mallory. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Abundance, a Novel of Marie Antoinette more books like this by Sena Jeter Naslund add to wishlist From the author of "Ahabs Wife" and "Four Spirits" comes her most astonishingwork yet--a portrait of a young queen called Marie Antoinette. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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