Duchess takes a husband

Duchess Takes A Husband

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My Husband

'My Husband' combines fifteenth century imagery with themes of morality and forgiveness in a historical novel that takes inspiration from a true story

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How to Be a Husband

The much-loved Guardian columnist asks what it takes to make a husband, and looks to his own married life to provide the answer.* *Anything r

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The Prisoner - Paris B. A., Paris B. A.

Anotace: `[T]his web of fear and lies is much more complex, satisfyingly so, than Room, involving many more characters, intricate plotting, and layers of subterfuge. Paris`s fans won`t be disappointed and readers new to the author will be hooked` FIRST CLUE`BA Paris takes readers on a thrill-ride in her latest novel, The Prisoner. Using a cleverly plotted split time fram...

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Hester : A Novel - Albanese Laurie Lico

Anotace: A dazzlingly inventive tale of troubled legacies, desire and unsung power, inspired by The Scarlet Letter.Glasgow, 1829: Isobel, a young seamstress, and her husband Edward set sail for New England, in flight from his mounting debts and addictions. But, arriving in Salem, Massachusetts, Edward soon takes off again, and Isobel finds herself penniless and alone.The...

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The Prisoner - B.A. Paris

<p>'[T]his web of fear and lies is much more complex, satisfyingly so, than Room, involving many more characters, intricate plotting, and layers of subterfuge. Paris's fans won't be disappointed and readers new to the author will be hooked' FIRST CLUE 'BA Paris takes readers on a thrill-ride in her latest novel, The Prisoner. Using a cleverly plotted split time fra...

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Shark Heart: A love story - Habeck Emily

Anotace: `Every page bursts with heart` Anthony Doerr, author of All The Light We Cannot SeeFor Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He`s turning into a great white shark, and has less than a year left to live as a human. At first, Wren resists her husband`s fate. Is there a wa...

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Diary

Diary takes the form of a 'coma diary' kept by one Misty Tracy Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in hospital after a suicide attempt. But then, as

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Claudine And Annie

With the help of Claudine, Annie takes steps to empower her own life, a life away from her husband. Though Colette's intoxicating series of novels e

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Escape from Shadow Island - Max Cassidy 1

His mother is now serving a life sentence for her husband's murder. Max's mission to learn the truth about his family takes him on an thrilling jour

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Everything Will Be All Right

Joyce Stevenson is thirteen when her widowed mother takes them to live with Aunt Vera, a formidable teacher neglected by her unfaithful husband. Joyce

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Husbands and Fathers – Rediscover the Creator`s Purpose for Men

Shows in simple terms what it takes to be a successful husband and father and to bless those closest to you--your wife and children.

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The Marriage Portrait: the instant Sunday Times bestseller, now a Reese´s Bookclub December Pick - O´Farrell Maggie

Anotace: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso h...

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Shark Heart: A love story, 1. vydání - Emily Habeck

An emotional exploration of motherhood, marriage, transformation, and letting go, Shark Heart is an unforgettable love story that examines what it truly means to be human. <p>For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He's turning into a great white shark, and has less than a...

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The Marriage Portrait: the instant Sunday Times bestseller, now a Reese´s Bookclub December Pick, 1. vydání - Maggie O’Farrellová

<p>The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso ha...

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Third Step of the Stairs

The Third Step of the Stairs contains snapshots of my life from birth in 1941 to the point where I lost my husband in 2012. It takes a journey of a dy

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Maddalena and the Dark: A sweeping gothic fairytale about a dark magic that rumbles beneath the waters of Venice - Fine Julia

Anotace: A darkness takes shape beneath the waters of Venice . . . and somewhere in the Ospedale della Pieta, there are two girls breathing beside each other, legs entwined.`Enchanting and suspenseful` `Rich and heartbreaking` `A lush, decadent fairytale` Maddalena and the Dark is an opulent and sensuous Venetian fairytale, full of music, magic...

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Maddalena and the Dark: A sweeping gothic fairytale about a dark magic that rumbles beneath the waters of Venice - Julia Fine

<p>A darkness takes shape beneath the waters of Venice . . . and somewhere in the Ospedale della Pieta, there are two girls breathing beside each other, legs entwined.'Enchanting and suspenseful' 'Rich and heartbreaking' 'A lush, decadent fairytale' Maddalena and the Dark is an opulent and sensuous Venetian fairytale, full of music, magic,...

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The Great Gatsby - Francis Scott Fitzgerald

<p>A summary of the "roaring twenties", and a expose of the "Jazz Age", this book, through the narration of Nick Carraway, takes the reader into the world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.</...

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Trumpet Voluntary Level 6

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. A musician disappears, leaving only a strange e-mail message. Her husband, in a desperate search to find her, revisits their shared past and has to face up to som...

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Ghost Music - An Yu

<p>For three years Song Yan has filled her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students.She finds herself adrift, but her husband seems reluctant for a child of their own. It takes the arrival of her mother-in-law, together with sudden strange parcels and stranger dreams, to shake Song Yan from her malaise. Summoned to an ancient house in t...

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M Train (1408867702)

Kniha - autor Patti Smith, 276 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná In a Greenwich Village cafĂ© Patti Smith takes up residence, writing, drinking coffee, ruminating on the world as it is and the world as it was. In homage to the writers she treasures, she travels to the graves of Genet, Rimbaud and Mishima. Itinerant photographer, she documents her travels with ...

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Business Risk Buster Intervenes 9 ()

Audiokniha MP3 John Vladimír, čte Julie Teal, Reece Ritchie, Jon Keeble Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. The ninth part takes place in a restaurant, leased by a recently divorced businesswoman who wanted to forget about the divorce ...

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Kniha Hester

A dazzlingly inventive tale of troubled legacies, desire and unsung power, inspired by The Scarlet Letter. Glasgow, 1829: Isobel, a young seamstress, and her husband Edward set sail for New England, in flight from his mounting debts and addictions. But, arriving in Salem, Massachusetts, Edward soon takes off again, and Isobel finds herself penniless and alone. Then she ...

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The Bridge Kingdom - Danielle L. Jensen

<p>Raised as a warrior, Princess Lara knows two things: King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy. And she must be the one to bring him to his knees. The Bridge Kingdom is the only route through a storm-ravaged world, and it uses its power to deprive Lara's homeland of vital resources. So when she's sent to be King Aren's bride, Lara will do whatever it takes t...

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Vladimir (anglicky) - Jonas Julia May

Anotace: `Deliciously dark American debut` - The GuardianA provocative, razor-sharp, and timely novel about a beloved English professor facing a slew of accusations against her husband from his former students - a situation that becomes more complicated when she herself develops an obsession of her own . . .When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they ...

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Until August - Marquez Gabriel Garcia

Anotace: THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August...

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The Golden Couple - Hendricks Greer, Pekkanen Sarah

Anotace: From Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the authors of the top ten bestseller The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl, comes The Golden Couple - a compelling page-turner that will keep you guessing to the very end.If Avery Chambers can´t fix you in ten sessions, she won´t take you on as a client. She helps people overcome everything, from domineering parents ...

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The Golden Couple - Greer Hendricks

<p>From Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the authors of the top ten bestseller The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl, comes The Golden Couple – a compelling page-turner that will keep you guessing to the very end. If Avery Chambers can’t fix you in ten sessions, she won’t take you on as a client. She helps people overcome everything, from domineering parents...

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Madame Bovary, 1. vydání - Gustave Flaubert

<p>The must-have deluxe edition of one of the world's most celebrated novels, in a critically acclaimed translation by Lydia Davis Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, she spends lavishly on clothes and on her home and embarks on two disappointing affairs in an effort to make her life everything she believes it should be. Soon hear...

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King of Greed (Kings of Sin 3) - Ana Huang

Anotace: He had her, he lost her . . . and he'll do anything to win her back. Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything - a beautiful home, a beautiful wife and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In hi...

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The Summer You Found Me - O´Roark Elizabeth

Anotace: KATE I tore out of rehab to win my husband back. It`ll work, too. He just needs to see that I`m clean, that I`m on my feet again. Until that happens, though, I`ve got only got one guy in my corner-Beck, my husband`s best friend, who takes me in against his will and keeps me sane. Living with Beck is easier than I expected. And fun. Except I`ve got a long history...

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The Summer You Found Me - Elizabeth O´Roark

<p>KATE I tore out of rehab to win my husband back. It'll work, too. He just needs to see that I'm clean, that I'm on my feet again. Until that happens, though, I've got only got one guy in my corner-Beck, my husband's best friend, who takes me in against his will and keeps me sane. Living with Beck is easier than I expected. And fun. Except I've got a long history ...

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King of Greed (Kings of Sin 3) - Ana Huang

<p>A brand-new steamy billionaire romance from the bestselling author of the Twisted serie</p> <p>He had her, he lost her . . . and he'll do anything to win her back.Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street.He has everything - a beautiful home, a beautiful wife and more money ...

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Prisoner

'[T]his web of fear and lies is much more complex, satisfyingly so, than Room, involving many more characters, intricate plotting, and layers of subterfuge. Paris's fans won't be disappointed and readers new to the author will be hooked' FIRST CLUE 'BA Paris takes readers on a thrill-ride in her latest novel, The Prisoner. Using a cleverly plotted split time frame, this ...

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The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwoodová

Anotace: Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling new novel that unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist. For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishmen...

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Jenny Eclair - Moving

Edwina Spinner has lived in the same house for over fifty years. It used to be a busy, crowded family home but now Edwina lives alone and it has grown too big for her. She has decided to sell it. The young estate agent who comes to value the house sees potential. Knock down a few walls, add a wet room. 'People like a project.' But as Edwina takes him from room to room, sh...

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The Girl in the Ice - Bryndza Robert

Anotace: Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice...She is not the only one. When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation. The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet...

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The Girl in the Ice, 1. vydání - Robert Bryndza

<p>Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice...She is not the only one. When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation. The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet ...

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Love May Fail

From Matthew Quick, the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.'Brilliant . . . compulsively readable . . . Love May Fail is as wholly transporting as any cinematic experience' GQPortia Kane is having a meltdown. After escaping her cheating husband and their posh Florida life, she finds herself transported back home and back to square one. In need of saving her...

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Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough

Anotace: Don't Trust This Book. Don't Trust These People. Don't Trust Yourself And whatever you do, DON'T give away that ending... Sarah Pinborough is about to become your new obsession' Harlan Coben Louise Since her husband walked out, Louise has made her son her world, supporting them both with her part-time job. But all that changes when she meets... David Young, su...

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The Night Visitor (1786482185)

Kniha - autor Lucy Atkins, 544 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá The stunning new domestic noir thriller from the author of the bestselling The Missing One and The Other Child. Perfect for fans of I Let You Go and The Ice Twins.She knows what you have done . . .London-based TV historian Olivia Sweetman has everything - a successful career, three beautiful ch...

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The Eighth Life: (for Brilka) (1913348296)

Kniha - autor Nino Haratischvili, 944 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century. "That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with all her senses, she was sure that this secret recipe could heal wounds, ...

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Our Hideous Progeny - C.E. McGill

Anotace: Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn't know why or how... The 1850s is a time of discovery and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theories and debates, especially when a spectacular new exhibition of dinosaur sculptures opens at the Crystal Pal...

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Our Hideous Progeny - C. E. McGill

<p>Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn't know why or how... The 1850s is a time of discovery and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theories and debates, especially when a spectacular new exhibition of dinosaur sculptures opens at the Crystal Palace. M...

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Love May Fail - Quick Matthew

Anotace: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook. `Brilliant ...compulsively readable ...Love May Fail is as wholly transporting as any cinematic experience` GQ Portia Kane has escaped her cheating husband only to find herself back at square one, living with her mum in a place she thought she`d left behind forever. Lost and alone, lookin...

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Farewell to the East End - Worthová Jennifer

Anotace: The third and final book in the bestselling CALL THE MIDWIFE series, soon to be a major BBC TV series. This final book in Jennifer Worth`s memories of her time as a midwife in London`s East end brings her story full circle. As always there are heartbreaking stories such as the family devastated by tuberculosis and a ship`s woman who `serviced` the entire crew, a...

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Love May Fail - Matthew Quick

<p>From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook. 'Brilliant ...compulsively readable ...Love May Fail is as wholly transporting as any cinematic experience' GQ Portia Kane has escaped her cheating husband only to find herself back at square one, living with her mum in a place she thought she'd left behind forever. Lost and alone, looking...

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He Who Drowned the World - Parker-Chan Shelley

Anotace: Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun. What would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory - one that tore southe...

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North - Joyceová Rachel

Anotace: The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world.Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn`t end there.Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.Maur...

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The Bride Test - Hoangová Helen, Hoangová Helen

Anotace: From the bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, not big, important emotions - like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better - that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly refuses to consider a relationship, his mother takes matters into her own hands and return...

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The Bride Test - Helen Hoangová

<p>From the bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, not big, important emotions - like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better - that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly refuses to consider a relationship, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to V...

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He Who Drowned the World - Shelley Parker-Chan

<p>Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun.What would you give to win the world?Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory – one that tore southern Ch...

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North

The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world. Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. Maureen ...

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North - Rachel Joyce

<p>The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world. Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. ...

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The Bride Test

From the bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient. Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, not big, important emotions - like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better - that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly refuses to consider a relationship, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to...

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Her Greatest Adventure - Cowan Hannah

Anotace: AdalynI`ve been planning my trip across the world for years. So, imagine my surprise and utter disappointment when unforeseen circumstances leave me with no travel companion and a wallet too empty to reschedule. Far too stubborn to cancel, and left with little options, I turn to the only person who just so happens to have the entire summer free.Cooper White is m...

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Her Greatest Adventure - Hannah Cowan

<p>AdalynI've been planning my trip across the world for years. So, imagine my surprise and utter disappointment when unforeseen circumstances leave me with no travel companion and a wallet too empty to reschedule. Far too stubborn to cancel, and left with little options, I turn to the only person who just so happens to have the entire summer free.Cooper White is my...

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Until August - Marquez Gabriel Garcia

Anotace: THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDESitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, ...

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Until August - Gabriel José García Márquez

<p>THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDESitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, s...

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