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1) Outlander
Author
Series
Outlander novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another ...
In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoonwhen she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenachan "outlander"--In a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord ... 1743.
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Author
Series
Outlander novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
With her now-classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters — Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser—delighting readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. Now Gabaldon returns to that extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful follow-up to Outlander....For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland’s majestic mist-shrouded...
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English
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Description
After a lifetime of living in London, actress Elfrida Phipps and her dog move to the little village of Dibton. Eager to make a fresh start, she befriends Oscar and Gloria Blundell, enjoying lavish parties at thier well tended estate. Gradually it dawns on her that she's growing overly fond of Oscar. So when she returns home after a visit to Cornwall, she's shocked to discover that Oscar's wife and daughter have been killed in a car accident........
Author
Language
English
Description
Duty demands that Sheena, the beautiful jewel of the Fergusson clan, wed to end the violent feud that has devastated her family. But never could she give herself completely to the handsome and dangerous laird Jamie MacKinnion - the most feared man in the Scottish highlands.
The captive prize of Jamie's sword, Sheena struggles in vain to escape the desire awakened by his touch. And though pride insists she hate her dashing enemy, Sheena's heart...
Author
Series
Marriage mart volume 2
Language
English
Description
Miss Harriet Burton, a horrendously rich American heiress, laughs too loud, states her opinion directly, and even conducts science experiments. Her grandfather is desperate to get her off his hands and is offering a king's ransom to anyone able to arrange a suitable marriage that comes with a title. To avoid marriage, Harriet swears off all men, until she meets Duncan Maclachlan, Earl of Thornton. But when Thornton is falsely accused of being a traitor,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who is also a war...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for over ten years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he has fallen in love with Hannah and is real relationship material for her, she tells him that she is engaged. When she asks Tom to be her 'maid' of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.
9) Braveheart
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
�2000
Language
English
Description
William Wallace is a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Medieval history professor Dotsy Lamb and her friend Lettie Osgood participate in an archaeological dig in Scotland, but their focus turns to sleuthing when a college student at the dig is found murdered and the head of the project dies under mysterious circumstances.