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Mary Austin may refer to: Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934), American writer of fiction and non-fiction Mary V. Austin (1900–1986), Australian community worker and political activist Mary Brown Austin (1768–1824), mother of Texan pioneer Stephen F. Austin Mary Austin (born 1951), closest friend and former girlfriend of musician Freddie Mercury Mary Austin, wife of Brewster Kahle and co-founder of the Kahle/Austin Foundation Mary Austin, pseudonym of American science fiction writer Jane Rice Mount Mary Austin, mountain in California's Sierra Nevada range See also Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846), historical writer. Discover the Mary Austin popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mary Austin books.

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  • Still As Bright synopsis, comments

    Still As Bright

    Christopher Cokinos

    An immersive exploration of the nightly presence that has captured our imagination for the entirety of human history."When the Moon rises between buildings or over trees, it’s not ...

  • Black Writers Matter synopsis, comments

    Black Writers Matter

    Whitney French

    "Black Writers? African, Bluesy, Classical, Disrespectful,  Erudite, Fiery, Groovy, Haunting, Inspiring, Jazzy, Knowing, Liberating, Militant, Nervy, Optimistic, Pugnacious, Q...

  • Long Island synopsis, comments

    Long Island

    Colm Tóibín

    From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis L...

  • The Female Short Story. A Chronological History synopsis, comments

    The Female Short Story. A Chronological History

    May Sinclair

    A wise man once said ‘The safest place for a child is in the arms of his mother’s voice’. This is a perfect place to start our anthology of female short stories.Some of our earlie...

  • Clinton Mudge Hall. v. Mary Austin Hall synopsis, comments

    Clinton Mudge Hall. v. Mary Austin Hall

    Division A. Supreme Court of Florida

    BROWN, J. This action was instituted in the circuit court for Palm Beach County, Florida, in November, 1923, by Mary Austin Hall, for the purpose of setting aside a decree of divo...

  • The Mistaken Wife synopsis, comments

    The Mistaken Wife

    Rose Melikan

    Heroic spy Mary Finch returns once again as she takes on the dangerous task of secretly traveling to Paris to interrupt FrancoAmerican negotiations in this thrilling historical fic...

  • Essential Novelists - Mary Roberts Rinehart synopsis, comments

    Essential Novelists - Mary Roberts Rinehart

    Mary Roberts Rinehart & August Nemo

    Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most...

  • The Land of Little Rain synopsis, comments

    The Land of Little Rain

    Mary Austin & Robert Hass

    “Between the high Sierras south from Yosemiteeast and south over a very great assemblage of broken ranges beyond Death Valley, and on illimitably into the Mojave Desert” is the ter...

  • The Heather Blazing synopsis, comments

    The Heather Blazing

    Colm Tóibín

    Colm Tóibín’s “lovely, understated” novel that “proceeds with stately grace” (The Washington Post Book World) about an uncompromising judge whose principles, when brought home to h...

  • 7 best short stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart synopsis, comments

    7 best short stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart

    Mary Roberts Rinehart & August Nemo

    Mary Roberts Rinehartwas an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's first novel in...

  • Brooklyn synopsis, comments

    Brooklyn

    Colm Tóibín

    Colm Tóibín’s New York Times bestselling novelalso an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Pictureis “a moving, ...

  • Keep Her Safe synopsis, comments

    Keep Her Safe

    K.A. Tucker

    Making a Murderer meets Scandal in this story of police corruption, family secrets, and illicit affairs from bestselling author K.A. Tucker, celebrated for her “propulsive plot twi...

  • The Empty Family synopsis, comments

    The Empty Family

    Colm Tóibín

    The bestselling and awardwinning author of Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín, returns with a stunning collection of stories“a book that’s both a perfect introduction to Tóibín and, for longtim...

  • Love of My Life synopsis, comments

    Love of My Life

    Lesley-Ann Jones

    'EYEWITNESS GOLD' SUNDAY TIMESWHO OR WHAT WAS THE REAL LOVE OF FREDDIE MERCURY'S LIFE? THE SENSATIONAL NEW BIOGRPHAY OF QUEEN'S FRONTMAN Millions of Queen and screen fans who wat...

  • Mary Austin Holley synopsis, comments

    Mary Austin Holley

    Rebecca Smith Lee

    Mary Austin Holley found life challenging and made it interesting for others. As wife and widow of Horace Holley, eminent orator, clergyman, and educator, and as cousin and friend ...

  • The Blackstone Key synopsis, comments

    The Blackstone Key

    Rose Melikan

    Charlotte Bronte meets Agatha Christie in this wonderful historical adventure novel set in the 18th century about a penniless but clever young teacher who becomes embroiled in a pl...

  • The Road to the Spring synopsis, comments

    The Road to the Spring

    James Perrin Warren

    The Road to the Spring is the first book publication of Mary Austin’s (1868–1934) poems. Best known for her prose book The Land of Little Rain (1903), Austin was in fact a poet fro...

  • Mothers and Sons synopsis, comments

    Mothers and Sons

    Colm Tóibín

    With dazzling brilliance and empathy, Colm Tóibín's collection of stories wrestles with complicated themes of emotional restraint, the long reach of sexual repression, and the diff...

  • Essential Novelists - Mary Hunter Austin synopsis, comments

    Essential Novelists - Mary Hunter Austin

    Mary Hunter Austin & August Nemo

    Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most...

  • The Master synopsis, comments

    The Master

    Colm Tóibín

    “Colm Tóibín’s beautiful, subtle illumination of Henry James’s inner life” (The New York Times) captures the loneliness and hope of a master of psychological subtlety whose forays ...

  • 7 best short stories by Mary Austin synopsis, comments

    7 best short stories by Mary Austin

    Mary Austin & August Nemo

    Mary Austin was a novelist and essayist who wrote about Native American culture and social problems. This book contains: The Land Of Little Rain. Water Trails Of The Ceriso. Th...

  • The Story of the Night synopsis, comments

    The Story of the Night

    Colm Tóibín

    From the awardwinning author of Brooklyn and The Master, a powerful, brave, and moving novel set in Argentina.In Argentina, in the time of the Generals, the streets are empty at ni...

  • New Ways to Kill Your Mother synopsis, comments

    New Ways to Kill Your Mother

    Colm Tóibín

    Novelist and critic Colm Tóibín provides “a fascinating exploration of writers and their families” (Entertainment Weekly) and “an excellent guide through the dark terrain of uncons...

  • The South synopsis, comments

    The South

    Colm Tóibín

    A highly acclaimed novel from the author of Brooklyn and an “immensely gifted and accomplished writer” (The Washington Post), about an Irishwoman who creates a new life in postwar ...

  • The Blackwater Lightship synopsis, comments

    The Blackwater Lightship

    Colm Tóibín

    From the author of The Master and Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín weaves together the lives of three generations of estranged women as they reunite to witness and mourn the death of a brothe...

  • The Counterfeit Guest synopsis, comments

    The Counterfeit Guest

    Rose Melikan

    In this rousing sequel to The Blackstone Key, Rose Melikan’s heroine returns to the world of espionage for an intelligent, thrilling adventure in Georgian England. When the story b...

  • The Quaker Family in Colonial America synopsis, comments

    The Quaker Family in Colonial America

    J. William Frost

    The Quaker Family in Colonial America is a book by J. William Frost.

  • Mary Austin Holley synopsis, comments

    Mary Austin Holley

    Mary Austin Holley & James Perry Bryan

    Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846), a cousin of Stephen F. Austin, journeyed to Texas on three separate occasions. Her first visit, in 1831, resulted in the publication of her book, Te...

  • Selected Short Works of Mary Hunter Austin synopsis, comments

    Selected Short Works of Mary Hunter Austin

    Mary Hunter Austin

    THE first time of my hearing of her was at Temblor. We had come all one day between blunt whitish bluffs rising from mirage water, with a thick pale wake of dust billowing from the...

  • Southwestern Women Writers and the Vision of Goodness synopsis, comments

    Southwestern Women Writers and the Vision of Goodness

    Catharine Savage Brosman

    This literary history focuses on five women writersMary Austin, Willa Cather, Laura Adams Armer, Peggy Pond Church and Alice Marriottwhose work appeared from around 1900 through th...

  • The Roxy Letters synopsis, comments

    The Roxy Letters

    Mary Pauline Lowry

    Meet Roxy. For fans of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Bridget Jones’s Diary comes “just the kind of comic novel we need right now” (The Washington Post) about an Austin artist tryi...

  • Finding Mary Blaine synopsis, comments

    Finding Mary Blaine

    Jodi Thomas

    Prominent Attorney’s Wife Killed In Bombing The morning’s newspaper headline leaves Blaine Anderson reeling. Only a few hours ago she’d dragged herself, dazed and bleeding, from th...

  • Pride and Prejudice synopsis, comments

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Discover Jane Austen’s most beloved classic. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet girls a...