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1) In Handcuffs
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This book is a fictionalized memoir that shows the next series of episodes that occur in the life of Jill Walker, the heroine in "The Tree Outside the Window." It is also great as a standalone book. This is a story about power and control, the loss of control of your own life and overcoming life's problems. The book relates to addiction: heroin and other opiates, benzos, Methadone, and all of the dependencies that people go through since early childhood....
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The lives of four Americans born between the world wars are intertwined to devastating effect in this gripping novel from one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed authors. Beautiful, sad Ellen Beniger; her younger brother, Tom, a scholar unhappily moonlighting as a TV writer; the athletic amorist Guy Cinturon; and tough little Eddie Bissle, ex-infantryman and Ellen's secret lover, struggle to come to grips with the limits of their futures...
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"Lucrezia Borgia as a living, feeling woman rather than just another bodice waiting to be ripped . . . an evident tribute . . . to its much maligned heroine." -New York Times
Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most vilified figures in modern history. The daughter of a notorious pope, she was twice betrothed before the age of eleven and thrice married-one husband was forced to declare himself impotent and thereby unfit and another was murdered by Lucrezia's...
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The moving portrait of a woman stranded in her lonely fame Franny Fuller, blond, buxom, and beguiling, is the sort of woman who harnesses a power that can enthrall a nation. The legendary movie star has captured the imaginations of audiences, men, and columnist Mary Maguire, who is writing her biography. But just who is the human within the celebrity? This is the story of how Fanny Marker from Utica, New York, was transformed into Franny Fuller-a...
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Confronted by his own mortality, Ben Richards must decide how he will spend his time before he shuffles off this mortal coil. He must deal with the big questions of faith and the afterlife, as well as the less important questions of 'Call of Duty' versus 'Halo'. All the while trying to tick things off from his Bucket List.They say it's not the destination, but the journey that is important - this is his journey.
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Award-winning novel ***** One of the best modern Czech novels *****Annotation:The autobiographical hero of the novel embarks on a promising career in the not-so-moral world of door-to-door sales. Success seems easy and tempting, but halfway through becoming the perfect "scumbag" the young man finds he has no stomach for this world and begins to look for another life. He starts working as an autopsy photographer. The novel is both a kind of personal...
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"Why am I still crying over the past? Am I truly saved, delivered, and healed? Why am I allowing the enemy to take my past and bring it into my today?" For many years, these questions regurgitated each time someone or something pushed me to focus on my past.Come with me on a journey through my past. I want to share my story in hopes that my past situations and mistakes will comfort you through any past or current situation in your life. In time, God...
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Narrated by the mysterious model who posed for Rokeby Venus, Diego Velázquez's only surviving female nude, I Am Venus is the riveting account of a great artist's rise to prominence, set against the backdrop of political turmoil and romantic scandal. A sweeping story of scandal and passion, and a vivid recreation of a corrupt kingdom on the brink of collapse, I Am Venus is a thrilling novel that brings to life the public and private worlds of Spain's...
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This debut work lays bare the early brilliance and philosophical conflicts of André Gide, a towering figure in French literature André Gide, one of the masters of French literature, captures the essence of the philosophical Romantic in this profoundly personal first novel, completed when he was just twenty years old. Drawing heavily on his religious upbringing and private journals, The Notebooks of André Walter-with its "white" and "black" halves-tells...
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A diva and a showman work together to make history, finding romance along the way After Queen Victoria, Jenny Lind is the most famous woman in Europe. A Swedish soprano with a voice like an angel's and a temperament to match, she is in Vienna when she meets the shortest man she has ever seen. General Tom Thumb is a three-foot-tall sensation whom P. T. Barnum has made one of the wealthiest men in the world. Thumb arrives with a message from Barnum...
11) Megastar!
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Dive into the mesmerizing world of "MEGASTAR" and experience a poignant tale of music, love, and love lost. Nineteen-year-old Addison Stone, raised by a mentally unstable single mother, becomes an overnight international singing sensation. Still carrying the scars of his youth, he struggles to come to grips with his sudden fame and fortune. Will it suffice to fill the void left by his tumultuous past? With a twist of fate and a bit of kismet, Addison...
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From an early age, Ben Baker knows that "when dad is mad, someone is going to get hurt." He sees it when his father bashes his mother in the head with a shotgun and experiences it through frequent beatings with brooms, rakes or whatever tool is handy. The physical pain is matched by the emotional damage of his father repeatedly calling him "the stupidest and laziest boy in the world." This mistreatment takes place while working on the family farm...
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As a young reporter in 1936, Muriel Rukeyser traveled to Barcelona to witness the first days of the Spanish Civil War. She turned this experience into an autobiographical novel so forward thinking for its time that it was never published. Recently discovered in her archive, this lyrical work charts her political and sexual awakening as she witnesses the popular front resistance to the fascist coup and falls in love with a German political exile who...
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Claire leaves her pretentious and arty husband because he declared that her dream journal did not have enough Freudian imagery. Claire realizes that her dream is actually to spend some time alone on her personal and artistic development as a novelist. She rents an apartment above a bistro in New York City's Greenwich Village. Claire pours all of her pain and doubt into a first novel featuring an unconventional heroine named Nevada whose trials mirror...
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This true story is filled with coincidences, love, intrigue, pain and bravery. Gillian met the boy of her dreams. They fell deeply in love. Heartbreakingly, they were parted by circumstances and went their separate ways. All she had to remember him by, was an engagement ring, along with her memories, her shattered dreams and a photograph. A photograph she would keep for the rest of her life.
16) My Sweet Folly
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My dear girl! I could never fall in love by letter. Though I have no doubt you are a notorious breaker of hearts, not to mention a princess in disguise, and if I were a few miles closer to Toot-above-the-Batch I would be in great danger. From the safe distance of another continent, I will admit to a modest desire to see how your pearl becomes you, even to know the color of your hair and eyes, but this is mere curiosity, I assure you. -Your knight,...
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An engrossing historical saga based on the life of the eighteenth-century woman who endured loss and betrayal-and dared to pursue her dreams.
Her parents warned Elizabeth that Alexander Blackwell would not make a dependable husband, and only after eloping with him did she learn they may have been right . . .
After their marriage, the couple finds lodgings in London. Alexander looks for work while Elizabeth learns engraving. Before long, though,...
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Inicialmente, en la mágica ciudad de Venecia, vivía un inteligente y audaz gato llamado Osman. Osman el sueño era explorar los sinuosos canales y misteriosas callejuelas de la ciudad, por lo que decidió convertirse en un gondolero. Con su pequeño pero habilidoso patas, Osman remado un hermoso góndola a través de las brillantes aguas de Venecia en la noche, deleitando a los transeúntes con su alegre y maullidos y amable olas. Únete a Osman...
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An inspirational novel of the real-life engineer whose ambitious project to build an electrical grid in Catalonia changed Barcelona forever. Xavier Moret illuminates the story of the American engineer Frederick Stark Pearson, an entrepreneur with a global vision, whose innovative business ventures brought electricity to Catalonia. From his arrival in Barcelona in June 1911, Dr. Pearson played a key role in the industrialization of the city, building...
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Embrace Change, Discover Yourself Life is defined by change. But change can also open doors to meaning and growth, shaping the landscape of our lives in unexpected ways. Acclaimed fictional thinker Dr. Charles Pemberton offers an insightful guidebook to approaching change with mindfulness, curiosity, and grace. Blending philosophical insights with relatable pop culture references, Dr. Pemberton provides a roadmap to approaching change as an opportunity...
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