Charlotte Kinder is eager to escape the numbness she feels after her divorce. Deciding to get away, she visits the Regency-themed Pembrook Park resort in England, where talented actors set the perfect scene. But with everyone playing a...
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Author:Hale, ShannonSummary: - Author:Davies Cordova, Sarah, Magona, SindiweSummary:
Traduit pour la première fois en français, Mère à Mère, est l'un des plus grands livres sud-africains. Traduit de l'anglais par Sarah Davies Cordova Résumé Grand roman de l'apartheid où violence et beauté demeurent l'héritage...
- Author:Sedaris, DavidSummary:
Creative nonfiction writer David Sedaris presents a humorous, yet touching collection of personal essays. As featured in The New Yorker and Esquire as well as read aloud on National Public Radio, this collection relates to listeners...
- Author:Hauka, Donald J.Summary:
Could a horde of American miners have delivered British Columbia into the hands of the United States in 1859? In "McGowan's War," Donald J. Hauka argues that the new colony was a rifle shot away from war and annexation during the...
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Author:Marlantes, KarlSummary:A young marine in Vietnam has big ambitions to command a company, but two other soldiers stand in his way. Then, as he experiences the cost of combat, he begins to see the terrible results of his ambition.
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Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escape the pressure of cultural...
- Author:Unwin, PeterSummary:
Susan Compo captures the lives of aspiring musicians, scenesters, and obsessive fans—lives in which reality is a constant threat to cherished illusions, and death, while never far away, is not always the end of the story.
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Author:Hipworth, Sarah, Stewart, LukeSummary:In February 2004 the first of many U.S. soldiers came to Canada, seeking sanctuary after saying "no" to the war on Iraq. Unlike the Vietnam War when over 40,000 draft dodgers and military deserters successfully struggled to make Canada...
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American writer Tim Nolinger pursues his journalism career in Paris while proper Frenchwoman Anne-Marie plans their wedding. When Tim covers the theft of a valuable manuscript, the story leads the couple into the midst of a murder...
- Author:Bond, LarrySummary:
When, after years of tough negotiations, North Korea's Kim Jong Il suddenly agrees to surrender all of his nuclear weapons, a suspicious U.S. government sends the First Team in to stop a mysterious conspiracy plotting a full-scale...
- Author:Willig, LaurenSummary:
Saluée comme étant une «comédie joyeuse sans aucun temps mort», ce début éblouissant présente Éloïse Kelly, une étudiante au doctorat à Harvard qui, en quête de réponses à l’un des nombreux mystères de l’histoire, trouve quelque chose d...
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Author:Block, LawrenceSummary:There were five of them, each prepared to kill, each with his own reasons for accepting what might well be a suicide mission: find a way into Cuba and kill Castro. This breathtaking thriller, originally published the year before the...
- Author:Sebba, AnneSummary:
Sebba reveals it took an American beauty just three days to land Lord Randolph Churchill. Eight months after the marriage, Lady Jennie bore their son Winston. Using her charms to advance her husband and son, Jennie discreetly seduces...
- Author:MacAlister, KatieSummary:
Billionaire Greek playboy Iakovos Papaioannou knew his sister hired her favorite band to perform at her birthday party. He's just not sure how their six-foot tall, wild-haired, tempestuous manager has already ended up in his bed--and in...
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Author:JESCHKE, Melanie M.Summary:It's the autumn of 1964 and young American Kate Hughes anticipates finding knowledge - and she hopes, love - at Oxford University. She discovers possibilities in David MacKenzie, a young lecturer who carries on the legacy of his...
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Author:Bruning, John R.Summary:December, 1941: Manila is invaded, and Pappy Gunn is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped revolutionize the art of...
- Author:Karon, JanSummary:
This novel takes Father Tim Kavanaugh and his wife Cynthia to Ireland for a long-planned foray into Kavanaugh history. But while they are basking in the beauty of their surroundings, trouble comes to paradise when Cynthia surprises a...
- Author:James, EloisaSummary:
Miss Cleopatra Lewis is about to be launched in society by her aristocratic grandfather. But since she has no intention of marrying, she visits a costume emporium specifically to order unflattering dresses guaranteed to put off any...
- Author:Niffenegger, AudreySummary:
After their English aunt dies, listless American twins Julia and Valentina travel to London to live in their aunt's now empty flat overlooking Highgate Cemetery. There they become embroiled in the day-to-day sagas of their...
- Author:Baldwin, JamesSummary:
An American in post-war Paris finds himself caught between the conventional life he has planned with his fiancée and his attraction to an Italian bartender.
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