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109801) Gumbo
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You never forget your first true love… Tony Romano's life was torn apart at age fifteen when his father died. Intelligent, artistic, and charismatic, the happy-go-lucky kid was thrust into a new world too fast. Suddenly relocated from New Jersey to Belle Glade, Florida, he found himself being raised by the violent, merciless streets. Those streets seemed to be cursed, but right across the way lived a blessing. Cassidy Macklin was raised by her grandmother...
109802) Entre la espada y la pared
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Un día, mientras vigila la salida de la Interestatal por el tan esperado regreso de su padre, la vida de Libby se ve conmocionada cuando Peter Jamieson se baja del autobús de su gira y entra en su vida.
Después de un par de encuentros casuales con Peter, Libby rompe con su ley de buena conducta y su vida cambia de curso.
Peter anhela la normalidad lejos de los agitados fanáticos que no saben nada acerca del verdadero él. Se sorprende al descubrir...
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Extrait : "Je suis de l'avis de Lamartine : il y a vraiment des lieux prédestinés. Au quinzième siècle, par exemple, le mouvement de la Renaissance partit de la province idéale que j'ai baptisée la Bretagne-Angevine, parce que la Loire qui la traverse, de Saumur à Nantes, a fait à la longue aux habitants de ses deux rives une âme à part o il entre bien plus de douceur angevine que d'âpreté et de mélancolie bretonne..."
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Une arrivée qui est loin d'être de tout repos pour un anglais marchant sur les plates-bandes des Français...
Le narrateur, un Anglais, débarque sur une île des Samoa pour tenir un comptoir commercial. À force de persévérance devant les obstacles que lui dressent les Blancs déjà installés et les insulaires ; malgré la tromperie, il épouse la jeune îlienne Uma.
Ce sont les péripéties entre colonisateurs et colonisés que dénonce Robert...
109805) Once Upon a Mermaid
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Fall deeply in love with four mermaids and the heroes who capture their hearts in this mer-vellous collection of tales.Let a sexy Scotsman pull you from the sea, break a family curse for a Viking prince, be seduced by a hot doctor with secrets, then team up with an alien to stop terrorists from destroying your planet.Start reading these four steamy stories now!
109806) Don't Breathe a Word
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Joy delamere is suffocating. From asthma, from her parents, and from her boyfriend, Asher, who is smothering her from the inside out. She can take his cruel words, his tender words... until the night they go too far. To escape, Joy sacrifices her suburban life to find the one who offered his help, a homeless boy called Creed. He introduces her to a world of fierce loyalty, to its rules of survival, and to love-a world she won't easily let go. Set...
109807) On Shadowed Wings
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A season of choices. A night of magic.
In this YA paranormal romance short story of about 13,000 words, teenager Gail Emerson is about to graduate from high school--but where will she go from there? If her boyfriend Darryl has his way, she'll follow him to college in California. But part of her thinks she should stay in North Carolina for the sake of the lonely little girl she babysits, who is struggling with the loss of her mother and her grieving...
109808) Move Heaven and Earth
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Miss Sylvan Miles dreaded the moment she'd see Lord Rand Malkin again. Once a dashing rogue, he's returned from battle a changed man. Sylvan, too, has suffered. Sharpened by scandal and tragedy, she vows to heal Rand's body and spirit.But when Sylvan arrives at Clairmont Court, the man she encounters is far from the great pleasure in taunting her with stolen kisss and the legend of his ancestor's ghost. But Sylvan isn't fooled by his bravado and sets...
109809) Battle To Be King
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To protect Guinevere and his people, Arthur will have to lay it all on the line and fight to keep it.Arthur's Uncle will stop at nothing to keep Camelot under his thumb. Killing his nephew should be easy after all he already killed his brother. Arthur and Guinevere will have to get help from whomever they can in order to take down the demon army that fights alongside his Uncle. With Merlin by their side and the help of the people, Arthur will do anything...
109810) Scandalous
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Katherine Fleming has lived her life without even a hint of indiscretion. So she is devastated to discover the nobleman she's engaged to has a secret he's kept from her: a wife! Suddenly Katherine's enmeshed in a scandal that has the ton buzzing-and forced to accept a most unconventional proposal from the notorious seducer Dominic Mallory, her faithless fiancé's brother… and precisely the sort of rake she has sworn to avoid!
Charming and dangerously...
109811) The Clerk's Bride
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She flees one problem only to find the alternative is just as bad, until he steps in.After her friend moves out west as a mail-order bride, Annabelle decides to do the same and leaves for the same town. After all, no man can be worse than the factory owner who won't leave her alone.Colten couldn't understand why someone would be crazy enough or desperate enough to order a bride through an advertisement. When Annabelle arrives to marry the worst possible...
109812) Prologue to Love
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What if the children of star-crossed lovers actually dealt with their families' troubles?
Autumn Dean unexpectedly returns home from Europe to her father's ranch in the Okanagan Valley, where she reconnects with Bruce Langdon, a stoic childhood friend grown into an accomplished rancher. Autumn and Bruce's budding romance is halted by the revival of an intergenerational grudge between their two families that is shrouded in mystery. Autumn is insistent...
109813) The Warrior
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England, 1075, a time of raging feuds and men who pledge their sword for king and country, an era brought masterfully to life in this epic tale of a powerful Norman warrior and the woman who is his destiny...
Tristan D'Argent returns from battle to claim the keep bequeathed to him by King William, only to find his lands under the ruthless control of a treacherous rival--a man who has secured Tristan as his stepdaughter's betrothed. Determined to get...
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Une fiche de référence sur Rois et reine, un chef-d'oeuvre d'Arnaud Desplechin.
Prix Louis-Delluc 2004, Rois et reine confirme le grand talent d'Arnaud Desplechin. On y voit s'affronter une reine et plusieurs rois.
Les grands films méritent le même traitement que les grands livres. Sur le modèle des fiches de lecture, les fiches cinéma d'Encyclopaedia Universalis associent une analyse du film et un article de fond sur son auteur:
- Pour connaître...
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Written in Love
When a postal error creates pen pals of two young Amish people, can they put behind their past mistakes to see the bright future God has written for them?
The Promise of a Letter
A letter brings him back to his Amish family. It will take someone truly extraordinary to make him stay.
Words from the Heart
Ivy Yoder thought she had found the man she would marry, but she returns to her Amish community of Birch Creek with a broken...
109816) The Wolf and the Fairy
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In "The Wolf and the Fairy" by Catherine Green, prepare to delve into a mesmerizing world where ancient lore collides with modern-day reality. Meet a captivating duo brought together by fate, each burdened by their own dark pasts. She, a fearless werewolf hunter, bears the legacy of her fairy ancestry, destined to fulfill her role in the family business. He, a lone wolf driven by vengeance, carries the weight of his family's tragic demise. In this...
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If a breakup or divorce has drained your confidence and shattered your self-esteem, this book is for you. Written by a clinical psychologist and expert in women's health, Who Am I Without You? will help you work through your heartache, rediscover your self-worth, and learn to live and love again. Breakups can send you into a tailspin, causing an identity crisis and loss of self-worth. So how do you get back to the person you once were? Who Am I Without...
109818) The Benevent Treasure
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A young woman goes to the country to reconnect with old relatives, and stumbles on a murder only Miss Silver can solve An orphan of the Second World War, Candida Sayle has gotten so used to life with her guardian that she never considered that she might have a family somewhere. When her guardian dies, a letter appears from an unheard-of aunt, informing Candida that it is time for her to return to the Benevent family fold. The young woman ventures...
109819) Superar la ansiedad en las relaciones: eliminar los pensamientos negativos, los celos, el apego y
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¡Cientos de horas de investigación han revelado cómo eliminar la ansiedad, la negatividad y los celos en una relación y ayudarlos a crecer como pareja!Amas a tu pareja y no puedes esperar a verla. Pero, a veces, sucede algo y te metes en una pelea por cosas pequeñas e insignificantes.Se vuelve agotador y ni siquiera recuerdas por qué discutías en primer lugar. Suena tonto porque amas a esta persona. Pero habrá ocasiones en las que no estés...
109820) Winter Wishes at Swallowtail Bay
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Grab your cosiest jumper and escape to the beautiful Swallowtail Bay! Winter has arrived in Swallowtail Bay and Christmas and romance are in the air. But can two old friends discover a love that was always there, the whole time? Winter Wishes at Swallowtail Bay is the hilarious new romantic comedy from Katie Ginger, perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley, Veronica Henry and Holly Martin!