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The story of the Barrieri family, their four children and all the characters revolving around their lives, for better or for worse, go from the early years of 1900s to the post-second World War period. The first World War, the hard work at the land, the epidemics, the Fascist regime, fleeing abroad in exile, a society that changes violently or harshly at times, provide a frame for a series of events that show the reader an essential part of our history...
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Modern events sometime demand the reissue of a book published several years ago. Hirsh's internationally acclaimed 1986 novel, Kabul, provides an almost miraculous window into a country and its people that now have captured the world's attention.
When the last Afghan king is deposed in the summer of 1973, the family of Omar Anwari, his loyal cabinet minister, is torn apart along with their country. Over seven turbulent years while Catherine, their...
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When Virginia, a feisty ninety-six-year-old schoolteacher, and her daughter, Anna, travel to Scheggino, Italy, to explore their roots, they uncover a secret about their family's history that connects them to the powerful Urbino Truffle Empire. They share the same last name, but no one in the village is talking...except for a one-eyed man named Enzo who still remembers. He believes some stones are better left unturned, but Virginia can feel the family...
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Our lives could go in many possible directions.What if we had taken that turn? Or this other fork in the road; said that one thing; or learned to hold our tongue and so not have to wish we could un-say it.Meet Anna and Ruth Goldberg, again and again, through many of the possible relationships between these women, mother and daughter.Bracketed by the same story, told once from Anna's perspective and then Ruth's, we see thirty glimpses of how these...
6) Flora Brown
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The year is 1880 and cousins John James Mackenzie and Sam Morling set out to make a new life for themselves in Scotland. Having never ventured beyond the shores of New Zealand, they seek adventure and excitement on their journey before settling at the Scottish estate owned by the Mackenzies, where, with John James' farming experience and Sam's desire for landscaping, they hope to restore the house and grounds to their former glory. The estate manager's...
7) Decalog
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You're a hardworking family man in a tight spot. Your side-business is failing, as is your marriage, daughter Nora needs surgery, son Graham has college dreams you can't afford. It chafes because you were raised to be a winner and never shook that expectation. The lengths a father goes to hold family together can make living with yourself a bit crowded. It's not 99% of a man that must be accounted, just the little sliver nobody knows. Can it be undone?...
8) Stone Sober
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Stone Hawke is precisely the kind of man women are warned about-handsome, intelligent, arrogant, and intricately entangled with some dangerous people. I should stay away, but he manages to strip my soul bare with just a look and dominates my thoughts. Bad decisions are in my past. My life is (mostly) on track, even if it is no longer the one to medical school. I can't allow myself to cave to the fierce pull and ardent attraction I feel toward the...
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He's everything she didn't know she wanted. She's everything he thought he could never have. The last thing I expect when I walk into The Hawkeye Club is to fall head over heels in lust. It's supposed to be a rescue mission. I have to get my baby sister off the pole, into some clothes, and out of the grasp of the pussy peddler who somehow manipulated her into stripping. But the moment I see Savage Hawke and verbally spar with him, my ability to remain...
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Set in northern Tasmania and the Bega area of New South Wales, Greta Harvey's latest novel takes us from convict days to recent times. The hardships of a convict ship are nothing compared to the struggles of a widowed cattle farmer during drought, and the clandestine domestic violence of a highly regarded professional against his long suffering wife, who finally makes a brave move to find happiness.
There are twins separated at birth and a complicated...
11) All About Hope
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Friends with benefits.Toe curling, ecstasy inducing, and completely secret.Alex and Lia succumb to their scorching attraction, striking a deal of no-strings sex. Neither of them want a commitment, both of them are unable to stop the sparks from flying when they're together.Feelings develop, old fears surface and sex is no longer enough.Will a glimmering sense of hope allow them to let go of the past, or will their secret blow up, leaving them shattered?...
12) Lyon's Heart
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When Katarina Sloane met biker Colton Lyon she never expected her life to take the amazing turn it did. Colt had taken one look at the hot little number and decided she was his. Now married and settled with their new baby girl, all this bad boy turn family man wants is to enjoy his family. But someone seems hellbent on destroying their newfound happiness and he finds it's not so easy being good.
13) Apprivoise-moi
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Liste des meilleures ventes du New York Times et de USA Today Jamie Archer, qui se destine au métier d'actrice, est en fuite ; d'elle-même, de ses manières d'enfant rebelle, du gâchis de la vie qu'elle a laissée derrière elle à Los Angeles. Mais surtout, elle fuit Ryan Hunter – le premier homme ayant réussi à percer le mur de ses défenses et à découvrir les peurs et les secrets obscurs qui l'habitent. Ryan Hunter, chef de la sécurité...
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Behind Closed Doors (Daniels Brothers #1)After her life in Columbus, Ohio falls apart, Elizabeth Marshall moves a little over an hour away to the small town of Springfield. She wants to start over-leave her past behind-and build something new for herself. Christopher Daniels enjoys the simplicity of being a bachelor. He has no desire to change that philosophy…until Elizabeth shows up. He's determined to resist her charms. But when her past begins...
15) The Fall
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"The Fall" is the first book of the powerful gripping rollercoaster rock saga of Christ's second coming into the modern world. Profound, vivid, candid and provocative! For 2000 years, you have been awaiting my second coming. And now I've come back to save humanity, it's all gone horribly wrong. I have found myself incarnated in the body of Dave Headstrong, a controversial rock singer who has dedicated his life to fighting and debunking the Church...
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Michael McKenzie works alongside his sister, Charlotte, and cousin, Alexander, at McKenzie Holdings, the company started so many years before by their fathers, Michael and Lucien. Even though it isn't easy living up to the reputation of the McKenzie Brothers, they're already making a name for themselves, and attract businessman, Mitchell Jordan. He comes to them with a proposal for building an exclusive resort on the beautiful Island of Santorini.Mitchell...
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PLEASE DON'T READ THIS BOOK until you have read Over A Spitfire because it will spoil it completely!We left Over A Spitfire with a death and a reunion. In this sequel the reincarnated character of Will decides that they would like to trace Will's family.Has anyone done that before? What will Will's family think? Who is this crackpot knocking at our door? But knock at the door they do, metaphorically speaking and here unfolds a story of past connections...
18) Drive Me Crazy
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Distracted. Disturbed. Unhinged.Crazy.Yeah, that's the best word for it. Just one glance at Harper Jennings drives me crazy.She's everything I've always wanted, and I'm nothing she's ever needed. I've tried giving her up, but the thought of anyone else having her makes me insane.When we were teenagers, sneaking around with her was the most exciting thing in the world to me. I was addicted to her, wanting her as much as I needed air to breathe.That...
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Stephan is the president of a not-for-profit foundation, he knows what his future holds and what he wants out of life. All that changes when a simple lunch with his college friend and Mentor, Daren, leads him to buying a slave. The moment he sees Brianna, he knows he can't walk away. Brianna knows only one thing, she is a slave. She has nothing. She is nothing. Can Stephan help Brianna realize that she is much more than just a Slave? Will she be able...
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What would you do if they came for your child?It started in a small town, and quickly spread. The arrival of a baby is no longer a time of joy, but the harbinger of terror as a virus is unleashed on humanity, infecting our most tender and vulnerable urge - our need to reproduce. They hunt, they kill, they drink our blood, and they come from the womb. They are our children. And in a world where newborns are scorched by sunlight, government assassins...