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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The author of Hamnet—New York Times best seller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner—brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court.
"O’Farrell pulls out little threads of historical detail to weave this story of a precocious girl sensitive to the contradictions...
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"An edge-of my sear immersion into historical events...No study of Alexander Hamilton would be complete without reading this book." —Karen White, New York Times bestselling author
"The best book of the year!" —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
Wife, Widow, and Warrior in Alexander Hamilton's quest for a
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On Dec.5, 1951 a baby girl was born to a white mother and a black father. When the little girl was born her grandmother told her daughter that the baby girl was born with a vale over her face. When the daughter asked the mother what did that mean, the grandmother only said that her granddaughter must never have children. The grandmother ran out the room in tears. The mother and father named the little girl Alzora. Alzora was the baby girl; she had...
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El primer caso del Covid-19, lo conocimos el 31 de enero del 2020. Aunque ya habíamos oído hablar del virus, a la gran mayoría no les interesaba, ya que estaba muy lejos y pensábamos que aquí no llegaría, pero llegó y todo cambió. Este libro refleja las situaciones de muchas personas ante la enfermedad, y como a través de unas simples cartas, de la unión entre las personas, de la solidaridad, luchamos en esta guerra contra algo que no podemos...
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Sarah, a free-spirited artist in her late twenties, accepts an assignment from her granduncle, Albert Smithson, to write his memoir. 'Bertie' has a crippling terror of death brought about by the agonising death of his father, who was an atheist. He learns that there are three conditions one must attain to die in a peaceful state. At age fifty-four, he has none of them and is determined to achieve them all.
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Reeling from the violent death of Michelle, the love of his life but a dangerous French terrorist, and the emptiness of never seeing their son Pierre, John Coventry sets off for a fresh start in Los Angeles. Unnerved by the Intelligence officers' parting words, "You can never leave us John", he hopes to disappear into the crowd and put his time working as an undercover agent in the Intelligence Services behind him. Recurring nightmares haunt and torment...
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A happy, stable, normal childhood and family life should have been mapped out for the three brothers... Adrian was born in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 1948, having two elder brothers--Neil, four; and Justin, two. Disputes, infidelities and lack of love by their parents caused the three brothers much pain and suffering. Against his wife's wishes, their father moved the family to a small farm he bought in the Nyeri Region. They suffered two violent...
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In 1991, Jame Perdue has left everything behind and become a nobody. He has left behind a happy relationship with a beautiful woman, a career, and a future that had no limits. Now, he is coping with life as a poor man. Lust, the illusion of love, betrayal, and destruction awaits him. Will he survive?
90) My Amps Kids
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Imagine your 15 year old son acquiring unexplained hypertension and debilitating pain and no one knows why. A Mothers journey to tell her son's story to help others. My Amps Kid.
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Rico en documentación real, (correo electrónico y cartas intercambiadas entre los protagonistas) el libro es un diario autobiográfico que cuenta los hechos ocurridos al autor que se publica bajo el seudónimo de Riccardo Tesoro en los 27 días siguientes a la decisión de la compañera mucho más joven de abandonar él y la familia planeadas por ocho años. La escritura es ocurrida en 14 días o noches. El autor ha querido publicarlo sin correcciones...
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In der algerischen Wüste harrt eine kleine Schar von christlichen Mönchen aus. Schon mehrfach wurden sie von militanten Rebellen bedroht. Sie wissen, dass ihr Leben auf Messers Schneide steht. Nach intensiver Beratung beschließen sie, im Kloster Tibhirine zu bleiben, um für die Bevölkerung da zu sein. Sie wollen ihre Krankenstation weiterhin öffnen, für Versöhnung eintreten und mit ihrem Leben dem christlichen Glauben Gestalt geben.
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More than a painter… Renowned artist Leonardo da Vinci was the greatest genius to ever conquer the worlds of art, science, and philosophy. Writing backwards to protect his knowledge, da Vinci epitomized creativity and eccentricity.Despite being plagued with frustrations and failures, da Vinci was spurred to create, invent, research, and write no matter the cost. Sifting through sorrows and joys, da Vinci's world is uncovered. Finally, after five...
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The 19-year-old Pitt Kreuzberg applied to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the summer of 1907 and was accepted. He has a wealthy family behind him; his great-grandfather was the discoverer of the world-famous Apollinaris spring in Ahrweiler. In Düsseldorf, Pitt found himself in a group of artists who rebelled against the traditional, especially against the true-to-life rendering in painting, as taught at the academy. In the artists 'houses and in Johanna...
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The doctors need to study the patient's mind as well as her body.
When emotional difficulties arise in a young girl whose mother had died, the problems may not be the result of physical symptom! Hormonal imbalance and unspoken thoughts hidden at the back of the mind can produce changes in the body. For instance, some patients claim to suffer from disturbing symptoms that have no physical cause.
Rachel's complaints of severe abdominal pain...
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Esta narrativa describe algunas de las experiencias del autor a lo largo de sus más de tres décadas de residencia en Los Ángeles, adonde llegó para pasar solamente los nueve meses del curso académico 1989-1990 enseñando en un programa de educación bilingüe transitoria en una escuela primaria de East LA, con la intención de regresar a España a su término. «Las cosas de la vida» le llevaron a cambiar radicalmente sus planes y a quedarse...
97) Finding Home
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American Air Force pilot John Stevenson crashes in Laos
in 1972, on his last mission before returning home. While
trying to hike back to the Military base, he receives a nearly
fatal snakebite and only survives thanks to kindness of a
local fisherman.
It's a twist of fate that changes the course of John's entire
life.
98) Silence
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Silence is a tune that is deep within every souls body, no one can face it without suffering
99) The Pilgrim
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1969. Social unrest, racial injustice, the sexual revolution. All play a part in the story of one young man's journey to self-discovery. The Pilgrim chronicles one year in the life of the author. Fresh out of high school, our hero travels to south Florida with his father to work in the booming construction business. Along the way he meets characters that would leave an everlasting impact on his life. Sunshine, the easygoing hippie hustler, always...
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