A sensuous and richly-imagined historical novel that centers on a skilled young carpet weaver, her arranged marriage, and her quest for self-determination in 17th-century Persia.In 17th-century Iran, a 14-year-old woman believes she will be married within the year. But when her beloved father dies, she and her mother find themselves alone and without a dowry. With nowhere else to go, they are forced to sell the brilliant turquoise rug the young woman has woven to pay for their journey to Isfahan, where they will work as servants for her uncle, a rich rug designer in the court of the legendary Shah Abbas the Great.Despite her lowly station, the young woman blossoms as a brilliant designer of carpets, a rarity in a craft dominated by men. But while her talent flourishes, her prospects for a happy marriage grow dim. Forced into a secret marriage to a wealthy man, the young woman finds herself faced with a daunting decision: forsake her own dignity, or risk everything she has in an effort to create a new life.

The Blood of Flowers

Literature & Fiction

Amirrezvani, Anita

Genre Fiction

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Richard Carlson's Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series has been an incredible hit, with over 9 million copies of the original book and over 16 million copies of the entire series in print. Sadly, Richard died unexpectedly in December 2006 at the age of 45.    Now Kristine Carlson has created an incredibly moving book in memory of her beloved husband, including Richard's love letter to Kristine on their eighteenth wedding anniversary. The letter answers the questions, "If you had one hour to live and could make just one phone call, who would it be to, what would you say, and why are you waiting?" Kristine responds to this letter in the second half of the book.

An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love: The True Story of the Best Gift Ever Given

Carlson Kristine Kristine Carlson

Biographies & Memoirs

<p>On a sunny afternoon in late June 1914, Cambridge professor Joseph Reavley learns that his parents have died in an automobile crash. Joseph’s brother, an officer in the Intelligence Service, reveals that their father had been en route to London with a mysterious secret document– allegedly possessing the power to disgrace England and destroy the civilized world. Now, that explosive paper has vanished, and Joseph is left to How had it fallen into the hands of his father, a quiet countryman? But Joseph is soon burdened with a second the shocking murder of his most gifted student, who was loved and admired by everyone. Or so it appeared. And as England’s seamless peace begins to crack, the distance between the murder of an Austrian archduke and the death of a brilliant student grows shorter every day.</p>

No Graves as Yet

PERRY,Anne

The Interpretation of Murder

Rubenfield, Jed

Magic City: A Novel

Magic City

Rhodes, Jewell

Literary

Keeping Up With Magda

DEWAR, Isla

Contemporary

<p>A novel in which a woman kidnaps a priest and forces him to hear her confession - a confession that charts a life of conquests, disappointments in love and murder.</p>

Magdalena the Sinner

Lillian Faschinger

Physical description; 340p. ; 19 cm. Subject; Pepys, Elizabeth 1640-1669 - Diaries - Fiction.

The Journal Of Mrs. Pepys - Portrait Of A Marriage

Sara George

Going loco

LYNNE TRUSS

Special Agent: My Life on the Front Lines of the FBI

Candice DeLong

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