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81) Tender Cruelties
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The story of one woman's struggle to find love, happiness and fulfillment within the oppressive confines of the Communist regime in Prague. This is the second volume of the Prague Trilogy
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Lisa Stern, an idealistic child of the sixties, feels ready to change the world. She navigates the tumult of her Boston college years and falls in love with a professor who dies in a car crash. In a state of intense grief, Lisa drives to Provincetown one night to wander their favorite beach. Seeing the anguish of the young woman, a sleepless Isabela, who owns the town bakery, thinks she may commit suicide. She invites Lisa to come home with her and...
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When Jenna meets Liam Toliver at a party, she never expects to see the man again. After a series of missteps, Liam ingratiates himself into Jenna's life. Smitten with the man, she allows him to monopolise her time, and the longer she spends with him, the more infatuated she becomes. Liam's insistence that he can never love Jenna because he has given his heart to another causes Jenna to break their association.Liam begs Jenna to reconsider, and eventually,...
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Based on the legend of Saint Sara, who with Mary Magdalene arrived at the shores of the French Riviera after Christ crucifixion, "The Valley of Silent People" is an allegory about gaining faith and trust that even the most unexpected and radical discovery has no power to overcome. Though unrecognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, Saint Sara remains one in the hearts of people, especially Roms, who designate her as their patron. Controversy still...
85) Unwritten Life
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Unwritten LifeVol 1 of 67 MOD Life Epic Saga2023 EditionFour years ago, tragic events changed Alex Garrison's life forever. She has been running away from it and trying to put the past behind her. She changes her name, moves to a new town, and even starts a new career. Just when she feels that she can move on with her life, her past comes back to haunt her.Her best friend, Greg, appears out of the blue and constantly reminds her of what she did four...
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Ein Figurenroman in 13 Pranayamas
Dörtes Yoga-Haus am frühen Montagabend: Die elf Yoginis dürfen sich nach Überwindung der pandemischen Krisenzeiten wieder ohne Einschränkung treffen und voller Freude Yoga praktizieren.
Der dritte und letzte Teil der „Yoginis"-Romane erzählt wiederum von einem Vierteljahr dieses besonderen Yogakurses, immer von einem Montagabend mit jeweils einer Yogini und einem Pranayama, einer yogischen Atemtechnik, im...
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Trudy Troutman is an unassuming manager of an art supply store, and a creator of unassuming, sweet greeting cards. When Teaman experiences writer's block, Trudy brings home a potion from a local herbalist. The potion accidentally gets into Trudy's system, bringing her a new, possibly dangerous, probably illegal artistic expression. An eccentric woman who dispenses potions? Whatever the cause, the result is an artistic soul set free. What could be...
88) Torn
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Dr. Jack Conley, a medical intern, is mulling his future at a Brooklyn, hospital. Having found that he is not as fond of medicine as he thought he would be, Jack visits his boyhood friend, the hospital chaplain, and was abruptly interrupted when he was suddenly paged to the intensive care unit of the Emergency Room. A fifteen-year-old girl lay there, near death due to a botched back alley abortion. Jack is horrified and wanting to protect other...
89) Coming Up Roses
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Once again the Bordelon siblings are called back to their home town of Natchitoches Louisiana to attend yet another funeral for an elderly relative, but while there, they get some devastating news about one of their own. Their brother, Joe, is fighting a dreaded disease, and he needs all of their help to win the battle. The siblings quickly rally around Joe and his new family to offer them all the assistance they can while calling on their strong...
90) Nickels
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"...a perfect genius that makes the impossible in expression, possible; the unknowable in experience, knowable" --Anya Achtenberg, author of The Stories of Devil-Girl Nickels follows a biracial girl named "Little Miss So and So", from age 4-1/2 into adulthood. Told in a series of prose poems, Nickels' lyrical and inventive language conveys the dissociative states born of a world formed by persistent and brutal incest and homophobia. The dissociative...
91) The Honeymoon
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Natalie Brannon's recipe for "Honeymoon on the Rocks."Take one husband, usually aboard ship somewhere. Add one minuscule apartment with a "sea view" that is only visible from atop the kitchen counter, but which comes fully equipped with large, flying cockroaches; two scantily clad neighbors who entertain male friends at the most astonishing times of night; three of your husband's Coast Guard buddies who are wagering whether a fourth can sleep with...
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Three generations of women struggle to find a sense of peace and happiness in their lives and with their families.Carol was forced to leave home when she was eighteen. She was driven out by a heartless, cruel and unsympathetic mother.Her daughter, Michelle, had to leave home at the age of eighteen as personal tragedy wrecked her life.Now Carol's grand daughter, Martha, is having issues at home. Will she carry on the sad tradition of leaving home at...
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Ray Shipworth's life plan was clear: marry his girlfriend after serving his country. From boot camp to the unforgiving front line, Ray faces challenges that shatter his worldview and threaten his identity. In this high-stakes arena, he's tested in unexpected ways. Leo Lightfoot, daughter of Ray's cross-country coach, is an outsider yearning for more. Just as she's on the cusp of graduating and starting college, everything she believes to be true is...
95) River of Mantras
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The novel revolves around Larke and his friend, the bus boy. Both material and spiritual by nature, Nepal's bases are the setting and repetitive, socio-cultural points of contention. A river must be the flow as we must remind ourselves that culture, too, prevails.
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Smile! It's not just the end of your marriage, it's the beginning of your second chance!Missy Benson has a two and a half carat diamond engagement ring with color grade H, VS2 clarity and a value of $36,000. It's absolutely gorgeous, practically flawless, and let's be honest, really big!But what the successful Chicago realtor doesn't have anymore is a husband. After 12 years of marriage, her husband, Paul, a handsome, wealthy attorney has devastated...
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In a quaint coastal town where everyone knows everyone, the arrival of a stranger is big news. So when a mysterious young woman crashes the Sweeney family wedding, the tight-knit community is abuzz with curiosity and suspicion. Meet Annie Dawn: an enigmatic waif with doe-eyes and a spunky personality that instantly captivates everyone she encounters. As the night unfolds, Annie wins over both young and old with her street smarts and spirited charm....
98) On A Life's Edge
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Shawna Charity has an abusive partner, little money, no skills, and three children under six, one with an intellectual disability. To save them all, she escapes with the children to her widowed mother's home. Shawna's goal: to become a hair-dresser so she can provide a good future for her family, and be rid of Randall. Retired English bachelor Max Candle lives next door. Facing end stage cancer, he is ready to throw in the towel. But when Shawna asks...
99) Jackpot!
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If your mother offered you 8 million dollars to have a baby, would you do it?Jamie Jacobson doesn't have a lot of faith in love, except when it comes to her Jimmy Choo shoes. Her brother Danny has two loves; his barely existent acting career and his ability to pick up women. But life is about to take a wild turn for these two dysfunctional but lovable siblings now that their mother has just won the lottery.Frankie, a longtime widow has wanted grandchildren...
100) On Point
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Anna Pavlova Krylov is a direct descendant of the world famous prima ballerina Anna Pavlova and is given her name. Her mother focuses her life on ballet from early childhood to the exclusion of all else.When Anna is judged to have less talent than a ballerina must have by Julliard and the American Academy of Ballet, it does not deter her. Rather it makes her even more determined to achieve her dream and prove them wrong.She dances in the corps de...
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