Books You Would Take To A Desert Island

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The Alice network

The Alice network

Quinn, Kate, author
2017

It's 1947 and American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a fervent belief that her French cousin Rose might still be alive somewhere. In 1915, Eve Gardiner unexpectedly gets her chance to serve when she's recruited to work as a spy for the English. She's trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the "Queen of Spies", who manages a vast network. Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launching them both on a mission to find the truth ...no matter where it leads.

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All the weyrs of Pern

All the weyrs of Pern

McCaffrey, Anne
1992



The book of negroes

The book of negroes

Hill, Lawrence, 1957-, author
2007

A sweeping story that transports the reader from a tribal African village to a plantation in the southern United States, from the teeming Halifax docks to the manor houses of London.

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The cellist of Sarajevo

The cellist of Sarajevo

Galloway, Steven, 1975- author
2009



The complete worst-case scenario survival handbook

The complete worst-case scenario survival handbook

Piven, Joshua
2007

The most essential scenarios from all eleven Worst-Case Scenario Survivial Handbooks are collected in this sturdy reference volume. Plus, the entire contents of all the books of all the books are available on a fully searchable CD-ROM included inside.

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A house in the sky : a memoir

A house in the sky : a memoir

Lindhout, Amanda, author
2014



A man called Ove : a novel

A man called Ove : a novel

Backman, Fredrik, 1981-, author
2014


The overstory

The overstory

Powers, Richard, 1957- author
2018



Storm front

Storm front

Butcher, Jim, 1971- author
2000