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121) Our mutual friend
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John Harmon returns to England as his father's heir. Believed drowned under suspicious circumstances--a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity--John evaluates Bella Wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance. The story is filled with colorful Victorian characters and incidents -- the faded aristocrats and parvenus gathered at the Veneering's dinner table, Betty Higden and her terror of the workhouse and the greedy plottings of Silas...
122) The golden hour
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Teenaged Wyn Davies took a shortcut through the woods in her New Hampshire hometown and became a cautionary tale. Twenty years later, divorced, she lives in New York making her living painting commissioned canvases of birch trees to match her clients' furnishings. Then she hears that Robby Rousseau, who has spent the past two decades in prison for a terrible crime against her, may be released based on new DNA evidence. Wyn agrees to be temporary caretaker...
123) Germinal
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Rougon-Macquart volume 13
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"Germinal" est un roman célèbre d'Émile Zola publié au XIXe siècle. L'histoire se déroule dans le Nord de la France pendant la Révolution industrielle et suit la vie d'Étienne Lantier, un jeune mineur qui s'oppose à l'exploitation des travailleurs par les propriétaires des mines. Le livre dépeint les conditions de travail éprouvantes des mineurs, ainsi que les tensions entre les travailleurs et les propriétaires des mines. Étienne Lantier...
124) La Bête humaine
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"La Bête humaine" est un roman captivant d'Émile Zola publié au XIXe siècle. L'histoire suit la vie de Jacques Lantier, un mécanicien de locomotive obsédé par la violence et la mort. Lorsque Jacques tombe amoureux de la femme d'un collègue, sa vie devient de plus en plus chaotique et sombre. Le livre explore la psychologie complexe des personnages, en particulier celle de Jacques, qui est hanté par des pulsions meurtrières qu'il ne peut...
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"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage...
126) Quatrevingt-treize
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Quatrevingt-treize-selon la graphie voulue par l'auteur-est le dernier roman de Victor Hugo, dont l'action se déroule vers 1793. Paru en 1874, il a pour toile de fond les plus terribles années de la Révolution française: la Terreur. L'histoire débute avec le débarquement en Vendée du marquis de Lantenac, prenant la tête de la révolte contre-révolutionnaire de Vendée contre les partisans de la République. On assiste à la confrontation...
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London, 1947: Burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation in spite of their nation's recent victory. Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers in the Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell, have forged an unlikely friendship. Their bond, along with their hopes for a brighter future, are tested when they are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime honor: taking part in the creation of...
128) A family affair
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"In a city built on dreams, Trisha Holiday makes her living moving like one. But out of her dancer's costume, she's as down-to-earth as they come. That's why she ignores the admiring note--and the accompanying $1000 bill--that arrives backstage after one of her ethereal performances. Yet the sender, a wealthy foreign prince, isn't easily dissuaded. Seven years living and studying in the United States have made Malik long for the freedom to choose...
129) Spinning forward
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Cedar Key novels (Terri DuLong) volume 1
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Sydney Webster's comfortable New England life comes crashing down when her husband dies suddenly, leaving her penniless and evicted. She had no idea about his huge gambling debts, and is getting no sympathy from her hurt and angry twenty something daughter. With nowhere else to turn, Sydney takes shelter at a college friend's B&B in Cedar key, Florida, where she begins to form a plan. As Syd turns her talent at spinning wool and knitting into a retail...
130) Homecoming: a novel
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"Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the history of South Australia. Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for...
131) Framley Parsonage
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The values of a Victorian gentleman, the young clergyman Mark Robarts, are put to the test. Like much fiction of 19th century England, "Framley parsonage" concerns property, status, family and the conventions.
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Extrait : "La vérité est qu'il font les deux choses à la fois. Ils veulent atteindre avant d'être atteints !... - En avant ! en avant ! crie Rouletabille. Que fait donc, "entre deux feux", le jeune reporter de l'Epoque et quelle est cette sorte de rage qui l'anime ?"
133) Summer: a novel
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One of Wharton's first novels to deal frankly with a young woman's sexual awakening, "Summer" created a sensation when it was published in 1917. Praised for its realism and candor by such writers as Joseph Conrad and Henry James, it is now considered a classic of American and women's literature.
134) A Prince of Bohemia
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This short vignette from Honoré de Balzac, a key figure in French realism, is a story within a story. The narrator, Nathan, regales a pair of aristocratic ladies with stories about the Rusticoli family and its most prominent member, La Palferine. At first, his audience is unappreciative, but over time, they become wrapped up in the multi-generational saga. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake...
135) L'Assommoir
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Rougon-Macquart volume 7
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L'Assommoir est un roman d'Émile Zola publié en feuilleton dès 1876 dans Le Bien public, puis dans La République des Lettres, avant sa sortie en livre en 1877 chez l'éditeur Georges Charpentier. C'est le septième volume de la série Les Rougon-Macquart. L'ouvrage est totalement consacré au monde ouvrier et, selon Zola, c'est « le premier roman sur le peuple, qui ne mente pas et qui ait l'odeur du peuple ». L'écrivain y restitue la langue...
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Son Excellence Eugène Rougon est un roman d'Émile Zola publié en 1876, sixième volume de la série Les Rougon-Macquart. Dans cet ouvrage, selon ses propres termes, Zola pénètre les « coulisses politiques » du Second Empire. Les personnages sont des proches du pouvoir : ministres, députés, hauts fonctionnaires. L'action se déroule de 1856 à 1861.
Eugène Rougon est le fils aîné de Pierre et Félicité Rougon. Dans les romans La Fortune...
137) Breaking news
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Godmothers novels volume 5
Wheeler Publishing large print hardcover
Godmothers series) volume 5
The godmothers volume 5
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Wheeler Publishing large print hardcover
Godmothers series) volume 5
The godmothers volume 5
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'Teresa 'Toots' Amelia Loudenberry is extending her stay in Charleston to help care for her ailing housekeeper, Bernice. Here in her beloved hometown, the air is rich with the scent of azaleas and honeysuckle and there's always a pitcher of sweet tea (or something a little stronger) close to hand. Not that the ladies have much time for relaxing. Ida's new line of cosmetics, "Seasoned," is about to launch, and Toots, Mavis, and Sophia are relishing...
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"All their lives, the children of George Benjamin Hill have fought to escape the shadow of their father, a dust-bowl orphan, self-made millionaire in bedrock American capitalism (fast food and oil), and destroyer of two families on his way to financial success. Now, they are approaching middle age and ruin: A failed ex-minor league ballplayer, divorced and mourning the death of his daughter in Miami; a self-proclaimed CIA veteran, off his meds and...
139) Perfect match
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"As far as former NFL star Jake Masters is concerned, dreams are risky propositions. Years ago he came achingly close to achieving his ambition of playing in the Super Bowl--before a spinal injury ended his career. Confined to a wheelchair, unwilling to take a chance on another risky surgery that could restore his mobility, Jake now stays cocooned behind the imposing gates of his lavish home. But his twin sister, Beth, has no intention of letting...
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La Faute de l'abbé Mouret est un roman d'Émile Zola paru en 1875, le cinquième volume de la série Les Rougon-Macquart. Faisant suite à La Conquête de Plassans, c'est le second ouvrage de la série qui traite du catholicisme. Le thème en est la vie d'un prêtre déchiré entre sa vocation religieuse et l'amour d'une femme.
Le héros, Serge Mouret, est le fils de François et de Marthe Mouret, personnages principaux du précédent roman. Ordonné...
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