Colleen McCullough
1) On, off
Author
Series
Carmine Delmonico novel volume 1
Language
English
Description
Realizing that a brutalized young woman is the latest victim of a serial murderer, 1960s lieutenant Carmine Delmonico traces clues that identify the killer as one of several secretive employees at a world center for neurological research.
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 1
Language
English
Description
McCullough's epic tale of ancient Rome explores the power struggle between an ambitious military man and a man who lost his fortune to pleasure.
3) The touch
Author
Language
English
Description
At the end of the 19th century, handsome Alexander Kinross flees poverty in Scotland to seek his fortune in the American and Australian gold fields. During his journeys, he meets Ruby, the mistress he love but can never wed. Instead, he marries Elizabeth, a teenage mail-order bride from his native Scotland who can never love him. With a passionless marriage that only bears him grief and daughters, Alexander takes Ruby's son, Lee, under his wings....
Author
Language
English
Description
With her renowned storytelling gifts in full force, Colleen McCullough delivers a breathtaking novel that proves once again that she is the top historical novelist of our time. Grand in scope and vivid in detail, McCullough's gripping narrative thrusts readers headlong into the complex and fascinating world of Rome in the tumultuous last days of the Republic. At the height of his power, Gaius Julius Caesar becomes embroiled in a civil war in Egypt,...
7) Morgan's run
Author
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Sexy, educated, and a convicted felon, Englishman Richard Morgan finds romance and adventure on a harsh, untamed continent in this historical saga of Australia's first settlers.
9) Bittersweet
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"As two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit, and ambition, but as they step into womanhood, they are not enthusiastic about the limited prospects life holds for them. Instead, Edda wants to be a doctor, Tufts wants to organize everything, Grace won't be told what to do, and Kitty wishes to be known for something other than her beauty. Together they decide...
10) The thorn birds
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 39
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
This is the chronicle of three generations of Clearys, Australian ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land while contending with the bitterness, frailty, and secrets that penetrate their family. Most of all, it is the story of only daughter Meggie and her lifelong relationship with the haunted priest Father Ralph de Bricassart - an intense joining of two hearts and souls that dangerously oversteps sacred boundaries of ethics and dogma. Some...
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume no.3
Language
English
Description
"In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. They were the chosen - and the cursed - blessed with wealth and privilege yet burdened by the dictates of destiny in a savage struggle for power that would leave countless numbers crushed and destroyed. But there was one who would tower above them all - a brilliant and beautiful boy whose ambition was unparalleled,...
12) The grass crown
Author
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the Western world, great kingdoms have fallen and despots lay crushed beneath the heels of Rome's advancing legions. But now internal rebellion threatens the stability of the mighty Republic. An aging, ailing Gaius Marius, heralded conqueror of Germany and Munidia, longs for that which was prophesied many years before: an unprecedented seventh consulship of Rome. It is a prize to be won only through treachery and with blood, pitting Marius...
13) Too many murders
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
On a beautiful spring day in the little city of Holloman, Connecticut, home to prestigious Chubb University and armaments giant Cornucopia, chief of detectives Captain Carmine Delmonico has more pressing concerns than finding a name for his infant son: twelve murders have taken place in one day, and Delmonico is drawn into a gruesome web of secrets and lies.
15) Caesar's women
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 4
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
The story of Julius Caesar on the theme that behind every man there stands a woman. In this case there were several, among them his strong-willed mother, his formidable mistress and his beautiful daughter, whom he married to Pompey in order to cement an alliance. The story is told against the background of everyday life in ancient Rome, detailing the mores and manners of the day. By the author of The First Man in Rome.
17) The prodigal son
Author
Series
Carmine Delmonico novel volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Captain Carmine Delmonico must find a brilliant killer hiding out in the prestigious and cutthroat world of academia.
19) The thorn birds
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback.
20) Tim
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
This is an Australian film which tells the story of the relationship between a handsome young man and an attractive businesswoman in her mid-40s. Tim is mentally retarded but, thanks to his understanding and loving home life, he is able to move through life almost with a child's gentleness and content.