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Hornblower and the Atropos

In Volume 5, Hornblower is called upon to act as a bargeman while traveling with his wife and baby son to London where he is to take command of the Atropos. Soon he is recovering treasure that lies deep in Turkish waters and challenging a Spanish frigate.

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Miss Rolling Stone

Adventure-loving Eolia Allen accompanies her uncle, Dr.Bridges, on a trip to Bagdad where he has been asked to perform surgery on an Arab prince. Blazing sun, blowing sand, and the jingle of camel bells await the reader in this strictly old-fashioned, but thoroughly engaging, romantic escapade.

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The San Franciscans

6 weeks a New York Times bestseller. Seventy-three year old Andy O'Toole holds a worn and dusty bank book opened by his father the year he was born; a passbook that states he is entitled to a share of the bank's profits. Now ill and penniless, he sets out to claim the money to which he is entitled. On his side is a shrewd young attorney, and on the side of the bank, the president's young widow�each determined to topple the other.

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The High Calling

17 weeks a New York Times bestseller. The trials, defeats, and triumphs of a Baptist minister who returns to the small town of his first pastorate to preach at a new church where he will face the greatest challenge of his ministerial and parental career.

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State Fair

Classic American drama about an Iowa farm family's trip to the State Fair during the 1920s. It was an instant success in 1932, a best seller, made into films 1933-45-62, and a Rogers and Hammerstein hit musical.

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