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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. Considered a founding work of Western literature, it is often labelled as the first modern novel and one of the greatest works ever written. Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world and one of the best-selling novels of all time. Summary For Cervantes and the readers of his day, Don Quixote was a one-volume book published in 1605, divided internally into four parts, not the first part of a two-part set. The mention in the 1605 book of further adventures yet to be told was totally conventional, did not indicate any authorial plans for a continuation, and was not taken seriously by the book's first readers Cervantes, in a metafictional narrative, writes that the first chapters were taken from 'the archives of La Mancha', and the rest were translated from an Arabic text by the Moorish historian Cide Hamete Benengeli. Alonso Quixano is an hidalgo nearing 50 years of age who lives in La Mancha with his niece and housekeeper. While he lives a frugal life, as an avid reader of chivalric romances he is full of fantasies about chivalry. Eventually, he goes mad and decides to become a knight errant. To that end, he dons an old suit of armor, renames himself 'Don Quixote', names his old workhorse 'Rocinante', and designates Aldonza Lorenzo (a slaughterhouse worker with a famed hand for salting pork) his lady love, renaming her Dulcinea del Toboso. As he travels in search of adventure, he arrives at an inn that he believes to be a castle, calls the prostitutes he meets there 'ladies', and demands that the innkeeper, whom he takes to be the lord of the castle, dub him a knight. The innkeeper agrees. Quixote starts the night holding vigil at the inn's horse trough, which Quixote imagines to be a chapel. He then becomes involved in a fight with muleteers who try to remove his armor from the horse trough so that they can water their mules. In a pretended ceremony, the innkeeper dubs him a knight to be rid of him and sends him on his way.

Miguel de Cervantes (Author), Expatriate Sames (Narrator)

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The Steel Girls at War

Read the next book in the heart-warming WW2 historical romance saga series, The Steel Girls In their darkest days, they’ll find the courage to carry on… Summer 1940 The war is raging on but the Steel Girls are fighting their own battles closer to home. After patching things up with Archie, Patty is miffed when he appears to have forgotten all about her 18th birthday. New girl Hattie has a lot to deal with as she trades the counter at Woolworths for the Vickers factory floor. But is she keeping a secret and are things tougher at home than she’s been letting on? Meanwhile, Nancy is besides herself when she receives word that Bert is missing in action and is struggling to keep it together. As the Steel Girls come together to be there in Nancy’s hour of need, will life ever be the same again?

Michelle Rawlins (Author), Laura Brydon (Narrator)

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Temporary Bride

From an award-winning author with more than one million books sold, a new series of four heartwarming historical romances about unexpected brides. Temporary Bride: Lena Stevens has lived through more than her share of troubles. After losing her mother and father when she was young, Lena learned that every kindness came with obligation. Now a widow with a small child, Lena has lost the one thing she had left: her house. She has no desire to be a burden on her neighbor, even if the man was foolish enough to promise her late husband to watch out for her. But when propriety demands a marriage, Lena makes Anker vow to annul it come spring.Anker has longed for a wife--but not like this. A forced marriage. A pretend marriage. He will do what he must to protect Lena and Charlie throughout the winter. But as days stretch into months, his admiration for the spirited young woman begins to turn to something else. Something more...Anker and Lena both had their reasons for wanting a temporary marriage. But when spring arrives, will they regret their vow to end the union?

Linda Ford (Author), Kelsey Anne (Narrator)

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Ladies of the Lake

When she is forced to leave her beloved Prince Edward Island to attend Lakeside Ladies Academy after the death of her parents, the last thing Adelaide Rose MacNeill expects to find is three kindred spirits. The “Ladies of the Lake,” as the four girls call themselves, quickly bond like sisters, vowing that wherever life takes them, they will always be there for each other. But that is before: Before love and jealousy come between Adelaide and Dorothy, the closest of the friends. Before the dawn of World War I upends their world and casts baseless suspicion onto the German American man they both love. Before a terrible explosion in Halifax Harbor rips the sisterhood irrevocably apart. Seventeen years later, Rosaline Murray receives an unsuspecting telephone call from Dorothy, now headmistress of Lakeside, inviting her to attend the graduation of a new generation of girls, including Rosaline’s beloved daughter. With that call, Rosaline is drawn into a past she’d determined to put behind her. To memories of a man she once loved...of a sisterhood she abandoned...and of the day she stopped being Adelaide MacNeill.

Cathy Gohlke (Author), Stephanie Richardson (Narrator)

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Within These Walls of Sorrow: A Novel of World War II Poland

Zosia Lewandowska knows the brutal realities of war all too well. Within weeks of Germany's invasion of her Polish homeland, she lost the man she loves. As ghetto walls rise and the occupiers tighten their grip on the city of Krakow, Zosia joins pharmacist Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff in the heart of the Krakow ghetto as they risk their lives to aid the Jewish people trapped by Nazi oppression. Hania Silverman's carefree girlhood is shattered as her family is forced into the ghetto. Struggling to survive in a world hemmed in by walls and rife with cruelty and despair, she encounters Zosia, her former neighbor, at the pharmacy. As deportation winnow the ghetto's population and snatch those she holds dear, Hania's natural resiliency is exhausted by reality. Zodia and Hania's lives intertwine as they face the griefs and fears thrust upon them by war, until one day, they are forced to make a desperate choice . . . one that will inexorably bind them together, even as they are torn apart. Amanda Barratt's meticulous research and lush, award-winning writing shine once again in this moving look at a group of unsung heroes who fought for hope and humanity in the most harrowing of times.

Amanda Barratt (Author), Romy Nordlinger (Narrator)

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His True Mate

A man content with his life has no idea what he's missing. Clay lives a quiet and steady life. He's a simple man with few needs. Or at least that's what he told himself. One out of town business trip. One sweet and tenacious cowgirl with a zest for life. One night they'll never forget. Meeting Winnie not only disrupts his careful routine but changes his life forever. Contains mature themes.

Julie Trettel (Author), Carly Robins, Joe Hempel (Narrator)

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Honor's Mountain Promise

They both want a new start, but nothing prepared them for this treacherous journey. Finally on the right side of the law, Aaron Long expected his life to take an upward turn. Instead, he ends up with a bum leg and driving a freight wagon through the wild Rocky Mountains. At least he has the joy of his newfound faith in God. The last thing he expects in the middle of an urgent delivery to Settler’s Fort is to discover a woman begging him to take her the opposite direction. She’s heavy with child, so he can’t leave her, but neither can he take her where she wants to go. Katie Barlowe has never had control of her life. Especially not when her parents married her off to a successful businessman who was determined to start a ranch in the faraway Montana Territory. Now she’s a widow left on her own in these breathtaking but treacherous mountains. She’s determined to forge a better future for herself and the new life growing inside her. To do so, she needs to get back to civilization before the babe is born. When she finally finds a freighter to take her the first leg of the journey east, all seems to be falling into place. Then the driver is killed and she’s left with a stranger who’s unwilling to take her farther than a tiny mining town, far from Fort Benton and the steamship she’d hoped would carry her home. When Aaron and Katie set out through the mountain winter, the journey ahead will change their lives more than they could have known.

Misty M. Beller (Author), Leonor A. Woodworth (Narrator)

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The Mountain Series-Books 1-3

'Couldn't stop reading this series!' ~ Amazon Reviewer Get books 1 - 3 in this bestselling Christian historical romance series! With a combined total of over 15,000 reviews, get three full-length novels at a substantial discount over their individual prices. The Lady and the Mountain Man (Book 1) When a murder plot forces a southern heiress to flee to a wild Montana ranch, love is the last thing she expects to find. The Lady and the Mountain Doctor (Book 2) When Miriam's life is threatened by the effects of a medical tragedy, will Alex have what it takes to save the woman he's come to love? The Lady and the Mountain Fire (Book 3) But when disaster strikes their rough mining city, Doc Bryan's drive to help the miners may have taken him too far. Can Claire overcome her deepest fears to save the man she's come to love?

Misty M. Beller (Author), Leonor A. Woodworth (Narrator)

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Joy on the Mountain Peak

Will this epic journey be their second chance or the final heartbreak? Heidi Wallace came west with secrets. When she accompanied her cartologist cousin to map terrain in the Montana Territory, she never imagined he would die from a snakebite. As she and her maid bury the body in this wild country, the last person she expects to come to their aid is the man she’s no longer sure she wants to find. But now that Ben Lane is standing before her…her heart demands answers. Ben never thought he’d see Heidi again…let alone find her burying a body beneath a pile of rocks in the fierce Rocky Mountain plains. A man she claims was her husband. The last time Ben saw her, tears cascaded down her pretty cheeks as he walked away forever. He’d planned to marry her. Planned to spend his life making her happy. But to protect her life, he had to leave her behind. Now she’s alone again…and once more in danger. Heidi must finish her contract to map the Marias River. When Ben insists she’ll need more than a maid to keep herself alive, he determines to travel with them into the treacherous northern country. As Ben and Heidi uncover each other’s secrets, the threat of the mountain wilderness may not be half as dangerous as the love that once flamed between them. From a USA Today bestselling author comes another epic journey through breathless landscapes and adventure so intense, lives will never be the same.

Misty M. Beller (Author), Leonor A. Woodworth (Narrator)

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Kisses to Steal

One kiss at a time, he plans to steal her heart. Ianthe Wynn is weary of life as a courtesan and longs for quiet green pastures to raise horses. Her biggest problem is her distinct lack of cash and a chilling new patron. There's also the matter of the youth lounging in her parlour with his feet on the furniture and the promises in his gaze that she can never accept. Quinn Muir might be the only wolf unable to shift, but he knows his mate when he spies her. He just needs to break through the wall she has constructed around her heart. Winning a bet and moving into her house for a week should do it, one kiss at a time. But demons lurk in the shadows and they are reaching for Ianthe. Quinn must rescue her before her heart and life are lost forever…

Tilly Wallace (Author), Marian Hussey (Narrator)

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Bewitched

Can love conquer the darkness to let the light shine through? Rhys Blackseed is a knight favored by the king of Kasculbough in the land of Mura. When a portal opens and two women and a dragon come through, his orders are to kill them. Rhys is loyal to his king, but how can he kill the beautiful witch named Medea when all he really wants to do is kiss her? Rhys holds and hides the power of extreme strength, however, all the strength in the world isn't enough to fight off dark magic or a dragon. The race is on to capture the dragon and send it and the witches back through the portal before all of Mura is doomed. Medea de Bar is the daughter of an evil witch. Medea is reckless and bored, and decides one day to steal a dragon for a ride. Things don't go as planned, and she ends up with her sister, Rapunzel, and the dragon, entering a portal to another land. Will this be where she finds her happiness, with the handsome knight named Sir Rhys? Or will the uncontrollable darkness within her only bring about death, destruction, and doom once again? With love as a contestant in a race against dark magic, only the strongest will win. Contains mature themes.

Elizabeth Rose (Author), Kevin E. Green (Narrator)

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[German] - Gleann Comhann - Gefangen im Tal der Tränen

Die junge Studentin der schottischen Geschichte, Caitriona 'Cat' Campbell, muss zu Samhain, der Nacht vom 31. Oktober auf den 1. November, für einen Aufsatz recherchieren. Ziel ist das Tal der Tränen in den Highlands, wie man den romantischen Ort Glencoe (gälisch Gleann Comhann), Schauplatz eines Clan-Massakers im 17. Jahrhundert, auch nennt. Sie glaubt nicht mehr an die große Liebe, geschweige denn an die Mythen von früher. Doch der Geist von Dusten MacDonald belehrt sie eines Besseren. Dusten wird im Feenreich gefangen gehalten und ist mit einem Fluch belegt. Nur zu Samhain ist es ihm erlaubt, sich den Sterblichen zu zeigen, um nach Erlösung zu suchen. Sie beschließt, ihm zu helfen. Allerdings landet sie nicht im Feenreich, wie ursprünglich geplant, sondern im 17. Jahrhundert. Dort trifft sie auf Dusten. Doch wie soll sie verhindern, dass das Unausweichliche geschieht?-

Daniela Vogel (Author), Anja Adamczyk (Narrator)

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