Category: General Fiction/Classics

Learning to Fly by David E Forrester
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Overview: Pete has a beautiful wife, a bright son and is on the cusp of a major promotion that would complete his vision of a perfect life. Then the depression that stalked him as an adolescent returns and threatens it all. To rescue his marriage and career, Pete enlists the help of an unconventional, poker-playing therapist named Gabriel who challenges Pete’s belief that he’s just not one of those “happy people” and begins to turn Pete’s life upside down. Told with a touch of humour and suspense, this is a story about a man’s battle with an invisible disease and his struggles through a strategy of drugs, diet and psychotherapy.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics

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Malta’s Guns by Sam Barone
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Overview: Born in Venice, Antonio Pesaro has lived in London all his life, mastering the art of cannon making. Now he finds himself traveling across Europe to Venice, to exchange military secrets with the Venetian Guild. Venice, full of intrigue and quiet murders, is a dangerous place, especially for Antonio, who learns that his real parents were murdered by Lady Masina, wife of a powerful Venetian noble. But war is coming to the Mediterranean, and the mighty Ottoman Empire has decided to crush the Knights of St. John and capture their stronghold on Malta. A vast fleet and powerful army are on the move to the island. Antonio finds himself assisting the Master Gunners at Venice’s Arsenal, who are providing cannons and arms to the Knights of St. John for the coming siege. He soon clashes with the haughty Venetians, who place him on a galley bound for Malta. His friend killed, Antonio is left for dead on Malta. Before he can return to Venice, the Ottoman fleet arrives and Antonio finds himself trapped on the Island. The defenders perceive that his skills will prove invaluable to the Knights of St. John. Now Antonio must survive the most dangerous and brutal siege in history. Surrounded by death and slaughter, he becomes one of the Knights’ key gunners, directing the cannons that keep the Turks at bay. If he survives, he plans to return to Venice and seek revenge on the man who murdered his friend.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics

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The Girl from the Mountains by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
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Overview: 1942, Czechoslovakia: The story of one young woman’s exceptional courage in the darkest days of World War Two, set against wild and beautiful forests and mountains.

Magda’s blood runs cold when she sees the German trucks coming up the road. Surrounded by dappled forests and tranquil lakes, she has felt far away from the war raging elsewhere. But despite having friends in high places, her Jewish employers have been living on borrowed time and now the Gestapo have come for them.

In a few hurried moments, Magda is asked to protect something more precious than the silver and jewels the family will leave behind. Their newborn son Samuel.

The local Resistance help Magda to hide Samuel nearby, and she agrees to remain in the house to serve the Nazi commander, while passing messages and supplies to their secret network. But when Magda is caught, she is forced to flee into the high mountains with a price on her head.

With the Nazis in pursuit, and nothing left to lose, Magda will do whatever she needs to in the hope of one day reuniting Samuel with his parents. Even if it might mean laying down her life to win the freedom of those she loves…

This heartbreaking wartime epic of love, bravery and survival will stay with you long after you have turned the final page. Perfect for fans of My Name is Eva, The Alice Network and The German Midwife.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics Historical Fiction

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The Diplomat of Florence: A Novel of Machiavelli and the Borgias by Anthony R. Wildman
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 657 KB
Overview: Florence, 1498. The long rule of the Medici is over and a new regime has emerged from the turbulence, a genuine republic of the people. But Florence is weak and threatened by a new warlord who is rampaging across central Italy—Cesare Borgia.

Niccolò Machiavelli is young and inexperienced when he becomes second secretary of the Florentine chancellery, but he is destined to become his city’s leading diplomat. As tries to counter the Borgia threat, Machiavelli is plunged into the grim realities of power politics, negotiates with kings and popes, and learns that no one can be trusted.

In the tradition of Hilary Mantel, this is the story of a skilled diplomat whose name has become a byword for treachery and double dealing.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics > Historical Fiction

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The Long Drop (WW2 Commando Missions Series Book 3) by Alan White
Requirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 1.8MB | Retail
Overview: A top-secret commando raid into Occupied France

French Resistance fighters uncover the position of a secret German store containing files and reports of vital information on the movement of troops. The details are passed to British Intelligence, who formulate an ingenious plan – to break into the heavily guarded store and steal the information – thus gaining the upper hand for a precious few hours.

This was a job that demanded a tough, ruthless, highly trained band of men. Men who could parachute into enemy-occupied territory and efficiently carry out an operation that depended on split-second timing – and who could get out again with the vital papers. Men like those of commando unit Special Group 404…
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics

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