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1	Midnight's Children more books like this by Salman Rushdie add to wishlist Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize for this novel, which follows the lives of children born on August 15, 1947, the day India became an independent nation. The book is simultaneously the story of one boy's coming of age, a chronicle of the growing pains of the new nation, and a family drama, all told in a magical-realist style that manages to be ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	One Hundred Years of Solitude more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez add to wishlist A beguiling mix of politics, magic, romance, and sex, the saga of the mysterious history of the Buendia family of the village of Macondo does nothing less than recapitulate the entire history of the human race. Written with little regard for traditional novelistic conventions, Garcia Marquez's novel incorporates emotional responses in lieu of plot ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.85! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sarum the Novel of England more books like this by Edward Rutherfurd add to wishlist An historical novel that illustrates the growth of England from a sparely inhabited tribal region to an emerging culture during the age of the Saxons. Set in Salisbury over the course of several centuries, it traces the fortunes of five families who become instrumental in the growth of the region. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Burning Shore more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist 'Centaine screamed and drove the point of her stave down into the jaws with all her strength. She felt the sharpened end bite into the soft pink mucous membrane in the back of its throat, saw the spurt of scarlet blood, and then the lion locked its jaws on the stave and with a toss of its flying mane ripped it out of her hands and sent it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Sparrow Falls more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist 'Mark never heard the Mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body, and then he was hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs. The earth opened before him, and as he fell, there was a sensation of being engulfed in a swirling vortex of blackness and he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic more books like this by R K Narayan, Pankaj Mishra (Introduction by) add to wishlist A modern retelling of the ancient Indian epic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Power of the Sword more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist They were half-brothers, raised in different worlds in the same country, and destined to be lifelong enemies. Manfred De La Ray and Shasa Courtney, sons of Centaine de Thiry, were blood enemies from their very first boyhood encounter. Caught up in the tumult of South Africa's histroy through two decades, they found themselves adversaries in an age ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Doctor Zhivago more books like this by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak add to wishlist The publication of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO was surrounded by great controversy. Pasternak's manuscript received a cool reception from Soviet publishers in Moscow, and the author, despairing of ever seeing the book in print, had a copy of the manuscript submitted to an Italian publisher. As a result, the first publication of the book was in Italy in 1956. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Homecoming more books like this by Dana Fuller Ross add to wishlist Just as a new century beckons a nation, Frank Holt is once again drawn westward to the promise of new adventure, only to discover a powerful passion and an unexpected destiny. In New Mexico, Michael Holt pursues a personal dream--a vision of the West that will forever alter the American landscape. see all copies from $5.91! new only from $55.00! \| first editions
10	Foundation and Empire more books like this by Isaac Asimov add to wishlist The second volume of Asimov's legendary "Foundation" series continues in the analysis of a falling--and fallen--empire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Time to Die more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist Two men and a woman embark on a hunt that will tear their safe African safari apart in a deadly civil war. For Sean Courtney, guerilla fighter, it is a time to fight and find love. For Claudia Montero it is the ultimate test of her values, and, for her father, a time to confront obsession. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Seekers more books like this by John Jakes add to wishlist The third installment of Jakes's classic story of the Kent family finds Abraham Kent seeking to build a new life on the Western frontier. This repackaged edition includes a new Introduction by the author. Reissue. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Bastard more books like this by John Jakes add to wishlist The saga that launched Jakes's bestselling career of is available once again. Phillip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, embraces the ideals of the fledgling nation of America. Includes a new Introduction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Generations of Winter more books like this by Vassily Aksyonov add to wishlist In the tradition of epic Russian fiction, a magnificent saga of one Moscow family in the cataclysmic years 1928-1945, by the celebrated author of The Burn and In Search of Melancholy Baby. A brilliant blend of real and fictional characters portrays the Gradov family as they are engulfed in heroism and sacrifice, victory and loss. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Shark Dialogues more books like this by Kiana Davenport add to wishlist Spanning the years from the early 19th century to our own troubled times, Shark Dialogues is the extraordinary and irresistible story of one sprawling and spirited Hawaiian family, whose origins lie in the fateful meeting of a shipwrecked Yankee sailor and a runaway Tahitian princess. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16	Wild Swan more books like this by Celeste Deblasis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Americans more books like this by John Jakes add to wishlist In the peace of the last decades of the 19th century, a new generation of the Kent family faces tests of courage and character. This novel brings to an end "The Kent Family Chronicles" with the young Kents, aware of their heroic ancestry, looking towards the new century with high-spirits. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Unquiet Earth more books like this by Denise Giardina add to wishlist The author of the successful Storming Heaven returns to Appalachia for her acclaimed new novel--winner of the 1992 Lillian Smith Book Award of the Southern Regional Council. The story is a superb saga of three people whose lives entwine in love and politics, in Depression era West Virginia, in the shadow of dying mines and the doomed union ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Women in His Life more books like this by Barbara Taylor Bradford add to wishlist When billionaire Maximillian West's life collapses around him, he must look to the women in his life to help him put the pieces back together. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Jean-Christophe more books like this by Romain Rolland add to wishlist Rolland's massive roman-fleuve about a great composer and his art was published in three volumes between 1902 and 1912. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $18.27! \| first editions \| SVS
21	The Roman more books like this by Mika Waltari add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.78! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Táin more books like this by Thomas Kinsella (Translator) add to wishlist The T 'ain B 'o Cuailnge , centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's nearest approach to a great epic. It tells the story of a giant cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, queen and king of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cuailnge. Thomas ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.10! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic more books like this by R K Narayan add to wishlist Growing from an oral tradition of ballads based on historic events in India, the "Mahabharata" was passed down and extended through the centuries, becoming the longest written poem. In this text, R.K. Narayan provides a rendition in an abbreviated retelling of this epic. see all copies from $4.26! new only from $10.77! \| first editions
24	Maia more books like this by Richard Adams add to wishlist A historical fantasy set in an alternate medieval world that tells the story of a beautiful woman who is sold into slavery by her mother. Her protector in her new life is a black concubine named Occula--one of Adams's more memorable characters--who introduces her to the world of dangerous court intrigues. Maia inadvertently betrays her lover, a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $70.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Tain more books like this by Ciaran Carson (Translator) add to wishlist "The Tain Bo Cualinge", centrepiece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's great epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cualige. The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn, ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $3.22! \| first editions \| SVS

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