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“christopher nicholson”

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  • The Elephant Keeper

    A Novel

    by Christopher Nicholson ...
    "Enchanting . . . a strange tour of late eighteenth-century England, a natural history of elephants and the story of a most unusual friendship." — The Washington PostA poignant and magical story set in eighteenth-century England, The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson is the tale of two baby elephants and the young man who accidentally finds himself their guardian. Every reader who was ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Winter

    by Christopher Nicholson ...
    "[This] beautifully restrained novel, a meditation on aging, marriage and loss, fictionalizes a well-known period in Thomas Hardy's life" ( The New York Times).A November morning in the 1920s finds an elderly man walking the grounds of his Dorchester home, pondering his past and future with deep despondence. That man is the revered novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, and this is a fictionalized ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Many Kids with ADHD Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?

    52 Tips, Tools & Tidbits (1 each week for a year) to help you help your ADHD kid!

    by Christopher Nicholson ...
    ​ This book is for every parent who wants to help his or her ADHD kid. Written by an ADHD specialist teacher with 20 years experience, the book offers a weekly dose of information, tips, and tools for a year. There are 52 easy to understand, simple to implement insights, strategies and suggestions.  Using a blend of humor and candor to tackle this sometimes overwhelming topic, the author covers ... Read more

    $7.36 USD

  • Railways in the Peak District

    A History

    by Christopher Nicholson, Peter Barnes ...
    The Peak District has always been a formidable barrier to transport links across it, particularly railways. The first crude horse-drawn tramways fed canals on its eastern and western flanks, but in 1830 – only five years after the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened – a standard gauge line climbed over the top of the Peak District and down the other side on fearsome inclines to connect canals at ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • One Hand Washes The Other

    by Christopher Nicholson ...
    When Thandi Dladla undertakes to coach a young soccar team in a rural school in South Africa she little realises how it will change her life. When levelling the terrain to make a field she discovers two skeletons wich reveal how ninety percent of people become right-handed.The leads Thandi on a journey of discovery which helps her not only to coach her team to success but also to find the murderer ... Read more

    $4.53 USD

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  • A Bakery in Paris

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    by Aimie K. Runyan ...
    From the author of The School for German Brides, this captivating dual timeline historical novel set in nineteenth-century and post–World War II Paris follows two fierce women of the same family, generations apart, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple bakery in a tiny corner of Montmartre.1870: The Prussians are at the city gates, intent to starve Paris into submission. ... Read more

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  • The Tuscan Daughter

    by Tessa Harris ...
    Read the brand-new heart-wrenching historical novel from Tessa Harris, The Florence Sisters, now!‘If you're a fan of WWII historical fiction [and] a courageous woman not willing to settle … I would highly recommend The Tuscan Daughter' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A country at war. An impossible choice. A woman who will risk everything to be free.Tuscany, 1942: having moved from England to the beautiful city of Lucca ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • The Royal Librarian

    by Daisy Wood ...
    A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations…Windsor, 1940. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England…Philadelphia, Present day. Looking ... Read more

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  • Daughters of Warsaw

    by Maria Frances ...
    An emotional and inspiring World War Two time-slip novel of danger and courage. This is a story inspired by true events and stories of Irena Sendler and the women of the Polish Żegota.It's the worst time in humanity and yet there is still light in the darkness…1942, WarsawYoung Zofia finds herself leading a double life when she is enlisted to help the fearless Irena Sendler save hundreds of Jewish ... Read more

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  • The Last Letter from London

    by Pam Lecky ...
    Series Book 3 - Sarah Gillespie series
    “A gripping and thrilling tale. The writing was INCREDIBLE!” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Her letters can save the country. But can she be trusted?A double agent.As World War Two rages, MI5 agent Sarah Gillespie is faced with her toughest challenge yet: handling Adeline Vernier, a mysterious double agent from Paris.A dangerous mission.Adeline’s coded letters could help the Al... ... Read more

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