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Between the "big names" of history and ordinary people lie the lesser-known names of history.For each "big name" in history, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of minor names. Arguably, as there are so many more minor figures in history than "big names," the minor figures have affected the march of history more than the "big names."Lesser-known names like Nellie Ross, who, in 1925, served as the first female governor, or Margret Knight, who invented...
2) Period Piece
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Sisters Brooke and Leah go to see a matinee of Romeo and Juliet. This period piece fails to take them back in time. Instead, the movie and the events that follow come to define a special moment in their lives, a different kind of period piece of discovery and growth.
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A 1939 evacuation photograph reignites Caryl's search for her brother and forces her daughter, Megan, to reconcile her own past mistakes.Caryl Hunter believes she lost her brother during the wartime evacuation of 1939. Her adoptive mother denies his existence and Caryl was too young to remember with certainty.When she finds a black and white photograph of her family standing on a London station platform in the company of a mystery boy, her determination...
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Trapped in her marriage of convenience to Rudolf, with Iokanaan's and Milan's desire to possess her running at fever pitch, our heroine struggles to free herself from the shackles of what everyone else seems determined to call love. This is the second volume of the Prague Trilogy
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A novel of life, death, grief and life after death.In 2005 Charlotte loses her mother to cancer after a very brief and difficult battle. Her whole world falls apart, and in the months that follow she tries to come to terms with the loss. Her mother Margaret was her bench mark, the voice in her head, her teacher, her guide and her friend.Nothing helps her to make sense of the huge hole the loss leaves in her soul or her family. Missing her mother terribly,...
6) The Wedding
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Emma's small, simple wedding has turned into the event of the season! Things to do before the big day:-Find something, anything, for Mom and Dad to talk about with Taylor's parents-Get a job-Discuss strange underwear found in Taylor's laundry-Keep the families apart until absolutely necessary-Find out exactly what's going on between Aunt Virginia and Taylor's uncle-Convince Taylor's mother I don't want $480-a-place-setting china and Baccarat crystal-Try...
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La socióloga Virginia Hutton se muda al campo para embarcarse en un ambicioso experimento: criar a un bebé orangután como si se tratara de un niño. Lo instala en una habitación infantil de muebles blancos y empieza un cuaderno en el que cada día anotará los avances. Appius resulta ser un aprendiz dócil que, poco a poco, comienza a mantenerse erguido y caminar, decir palabras, leer, e incluso a sentarse a la mesa y usar cuchillo y tenedor.
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.A Year of Change begins in a hillside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand and tells the story of some of the residents over the period of one year. As with any group of people they have their similarities and their differences.Eleanor Chandler, in her eighties, is pompous and a snob. She looks down on the likes of Kay Smith, in her forties, a newcomer to the area and at the bottom of the social, economic ladder with a husband in gaol.Her neighbour,...
9) Yoginis
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Ein Figurenroman in 13 Asanas
Das Yoga-Haus am frühen Montagabend – Zeit für einen besonderen Kurs der Yogalehrerin Dörte. Sie hat ihr Yogastudio gegründet, als sie ihr Leben nach dem Tod ihres Mannes neu aufgestellt hat. Elf Frauen nehmen an ihrem Kurs teil – jede mit ihrem ganz persönlichen Schicksal.
Der Roman erzählt von einem Vierteljahr des Yogakurses, immer an einem Montagabend mit einer Yogini und einer ausgewählten Asana im...
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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...
11) 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...
13) 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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A wonderful new collection of four captivating short stories by Mary Grand, author of best selling anthology 'Catching the Light', including a special Christmas story, 'Holly's Perfect Christmas?'Four stories, four women making changes that will alter their lives for ever.Holly's Perfect Christmas?Holly plans her dream Christmas at an idyllic cottage in Snowdonia. However her partner's difficult teenage daughter, ex-wife and new husband join them...
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Ceci travels to France with her gorgeous and adventurous friend Tammy. When the ladies are invited to a royal ball that the most glamorous people in the world will attend, Ceci goes in search of a dress to fit and flatter a woman of her size. She happens upon a magic relic in this real life fairy tale, reminiscent of the tale of Cinderella.
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Crita has come a long way from her small-town Ohio roots. A successful tax accountant living in Manhattan, she finally has the independent life that she dreamed of as a girl. However, with one fateful phone call, Crita's life is turned upside down. Suddenly back home, living under her parent's roof, Crita must confront two powerful men from her childhood--Link, her destructive brother with whom she shares a dark secret, and Tree, her first love.
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Living happily ever after is a full-time job.Charlotte's life is on an upward swing. She's in business with her best friend and her art is finally getting noticed.Nothing could possibly go wrong ... until everything does.One disastrous night out ends with the sudden collapse of her best friend's husband, putting him in the hospital and leaving Charlotte to manage things alone.Uncertain about her ability to keep her business and her aspirations for...
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When Sarah is sacked from her accountancy firm, despite being told she's not being sacked, merely being given the "golden opportunity" to explore new avenues - she doesn't think her life could get much worse - then her sister announces she's getting married. It's not that she's jealous she just wishes that she wasn't getting married to the brother of the one person ultimately responsible for her unemployment!Now she finds herself appointed as Maid...
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Janna Hargrove's life wasn't a fairy tale, not even close. She'd never imagined her life would have it's happily ever after moment. Until she met Ryan. The moment their eyes met, everything changed. She knew he was the one - he was her happily ever after.Five years into their two-year plan, Ryan finally popped the question. The moment was everything Janna had dreamed of. She had the man, the ring, the wedding date, the house, the career and the plan...
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Be careful what you wish for. You never know who might listen.Charlotte yearned for the life she had before marriage and motherhood--a life of no laundry except her own and full command of the remote control--if only for an hour. That is, she did, until the day she came home to an empty house, turning her guilty daydream into her worst nightmare.Now, everyone is ready to believe her husband left her, taking their young son with him. Everyone, that...
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