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Submitted by Breanna on Sat, 05/21/2022 - 2:49pm

In her first novel inspired by a true story, Jane Green re-imagines the life of troubled icon Talitha Getty in this transporting story from a forgotten chapter of the Swinging '60s
 
From afar Talitha's life seemed perfect. In her twenties, and already a famous model and actress, she moved from London to a palace in Marrakesh, with her husband Paul Getty, the famous oil heir. There she presided over a swirling ex-pat scene filled with music, art, free love and a counterculture taking root across the world.
 

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River of the Gods

Submitted by Sarahd on Tue, 05/17/2022 - 3:15pm

For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century.

 European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe-- and extend their colonial empires. Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier,

Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officer determined to make his mark.

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