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Forced to give up her posh life and move to a tiny Manhattan apartment when her husband loses his job, Lucy unexpectedly falls in love with her new home and forges close friendships with three women who are also struggling with the disparities between the ambitions of their youth and middle age.

Written in 1843 to provide immigrants to Illinois with practical information about everyday life on the prairie. Presents an accurate look at the Middle West in the 1840s.

After British Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick falls in love with a young Indian woman who is a direct descendent of Muhammed, he becomes a Muslim convert and wears the traditional white dress while following the customs of India. He is labeled a "white mughal" with his new identity but secretly he works as a double agent.

Julia Llewellyn Smith chronicles the experiences she had while recreating the travels of Graham Greene through some of the world's most dangerous countries.

Alcoholic consul Geoffrey Firmin's life changes over the course of one day when his wife Yvonne arrives in Mexico on a mission to save him and their failing marriage.

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming of white men led to the breaking up of the old ways.