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"Spring, 1924. Recovering from a broken wartime engagement and a serious illness that left her near death, Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr vows that for once she will live life on her own terms. Breaking free from the stifling social constraints of the aristocratic society in which she was raised, she travels to France to stay with her free-spirited aunt. For one year, she will simply be Miss Parr. She will explore the picturesque streets of Paris,...
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Sutherland scandals volume 1
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2015.
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296 pages ; 18 cm
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To appease her sister, Della Somerset, who despises the privileged ton, agrees to attend a party at the Sutherland estate, home to the infamous scoundrel Alec Sutherland, and catches the eye ot the notorious rogue whose intentions are less than honorable.
4) Antarctica
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This debut collection of stories opens up the lives of characters whose worlds seethe with obsession and dark tension. Set in Ireland and the deep South of America, they reveal lives where dreams, memory and chance can lead to crippling effects.
6) Tobacco road
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Even before the Great Depression struck, Jeeter Lester and his family were desperately poor sharecroppers, but when hard times begin to affect the families that once helped support them, the Lesters slip completely into the abyss. Rather than hold on to each other for support, Jeeter, his wife Ada, and their twelve children are overcome by the fractured and violent society around them.
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2017.
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564 pages ; 21 cm
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New York Times Bestseller. A New York Times Notable Book. Now an AMC Miniseries John le Carre, the legendary author of sophisticated spy thrillers, is at the top of his game in this classic novel of a world in chaos. With the Cold War over, a new era of espionage has begun.
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Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through 40 years of social and political upheaval as internal church politics affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists.
13) Night over water
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As England and Germany engage in battle, the world's most luxurious airline takes off for its final flight to neutral America, but two ruthless passengers are determined to prevent the plane from reaching its destination.
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Elogiado por la crítica, admirado por lectores de todas las edades, en escuelas y universidades de todo el país y traducido a una multitud de idiomas, llega una nueva traducción al español de un clásico, de la mano de Fernanda Melchor. La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contada a través de una serie de viñetas —a veces desgarradoras, a veces profundamente alegres— es el relato de una niña latina...
17) Abroad
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2014.
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282 pages ; 24 cm
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"A young English woman studying abroad in Italy is murdered under bizarre circumstances"--
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2012
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xiii, 818 pages ; 27 cm
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No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction--from gothic, penny dreadful, and pornography to fantasy, romance, and high literature. Each author...
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c1994
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464 p. ; 24 cm.
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A sequel to Catch-22, the 1961 humorous bestseller about a group of American airmen during World War II. The novel follows many of the same characters in their current escapades--mainly to do with selling defense equipment to the Pentagon. In addition, there are their views on the decline of America.
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