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"Crissy Dowling has created a world that suits her perfectly. She passes her days by the pool in a private cabana, she splurges on ice cream but never gains an ounce, and each evening she transforms into a Princess, performing her musical cabaret inspired by the life of the late Diana Spencer. Some might find her strange or even delusional, an American speaking with a British accent, hair feathered into a style twenty years old, living and working...
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"From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles"--
"San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career...
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Basis for the Major Motion Picture starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
"Witty and delightfully written" (New York Times Book Review), Alasdair Gray's Poor Things echoes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve.
Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize
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4) P.S. Jane
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When pleasure party consultant and busy mom Jane McKenna accidentally ingests a mysterious compound, she wakes up to discover she has gained unexplained superpowers. But balancing motherhood to two kids and being part of the PTA was hard enough without new abilities! Now she must figure out how to incorporate being a supermom into her hectic schedule to keep her family cared for and her bossy PTA rival from kicking her out. When a villain appears...
5) PROPHET SONG
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"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new,...
6) P-51 Mustang
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Today, the Mustang is a living legend and is remembered as probably the finest long-range single-seat piston-engined fighter ever built. Here, in words and images, the esteemed aviation historian Martin Bowman tells the story of an aircraft that continues to provoke enthusiastic praise. We look at the Mustang's involvement in the Second World War and the Korean War, as well as other conflicts and engagements. This new addition to the Images of War...
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Drawing inspiration from Sappho, Mary Oliver, Greek myths and European fairy tales, Poem Begins With P, traces America's relationship with her Beloved through the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. The poems follow a roller coaster of fear, heartbreak, anger, and grief, but through it all, America's love remains strong.
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Le roman de Francisco Angulo, Projet Lazare R.I.P., est l'œuvre d'un talent certain qui nous plonge dans les arcanes les plus insondables de l'âme humaine. L'auteur nous entraîne dans une quête existentielle profonde, à la lisière du réel et de l'imaginaire, du rationnel et de l'irrationnel.Avec un style fluide et envoûtant, Angulo tisse une intrigue complexe o se mêlent enquête policière, thriller métaphysique et réflexion philosophique....
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Wes The worst thing my sister ever did was agree to marry Devon Montgomery. The best thing she ever did was cancel the wedding two weeks out from the big day. It's not that I don't like Devon. It's that I hate him. I detest him. I loathe him. And, for some reason, the feeling is mutual, although why anyone would hate someone as amazing as me is completely beyond my understanding.Devon, on the other hand? He's an overbearing, uptight, pretentious snob...
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Neverland wants her...but so does H.O.O.K. Since her parents were killed, Vivienne has always felt ungrounded, shuffled through the foster care system. Just when liberation finally seems possible-days before her eighteenth birthday-Vivienne is hospitalized with symptoms no one can explain. The doctors may be puzzled, but Deacon, her mysterious new friend, claims she has an active Nevergene. His far-fetched diagnosis comes with a warning: she is about...
11) Piglet: a novel
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For Piglet - an unshakable childhood nickname - getting married is her opportunity to reinvent. Together, Kit and Piglet are the picture of domestic bliss - effortless hosts, planning a covetable wedding ... But if a life looks too good to be true, it probably is. Thirteen days before they are due to be married, Kit reveals an awful truth, cracking the facade Piglet has created. It has the power to strip her of the life she has so carefully built,...
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The baby that changed their lives!
Deanna Lambert's life was meant to be simple...;ordinary. Until the little baby she'd offered to carry for her best friend before she died turned out to have the wrong father! Now, facing life as a single mom, Deanna must find the courage to tell a stranger that he's about to be a daddy...;.
Dr. Beau Alexander's return to Sugar Creek was only meant to be temporary. Until news of a very beautiful and fragile visitor...
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Hollys Mann Gerry ist tot. Und Holly weiß nicht, wie sie alleine weiterleben soll. Doch dann entdeckt sie, dass Gerry ihr während seiner letzten Tage Briefe geschrieben hat. Mit Aufgaben für Holly. Sich endlich eine Nachttischlampe zu kaufen, beispielsweise. Oder öffentlich Karaoke zu singen. Aufgaben, die Holly ins Leben zurückführen.
Holly trauert - und Holly feiert. Holly weint - und Holly lacht. Holly erlebt das schwerste Jahr ihres Lebens...
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Armed with a stylish new pair of fabled Seven League Boots, purchased at the shop below his flat, detective P.T. Lyfantod and his mostly unwilling accomplice, Calder O'Dwyer, embark on a complaint-riddled jaunt across the city in search of the lost head of the giant King Bran. Along the way, they reflect upon the plight of the modern worker, and the fragility of the middle class dream. A tale of magic, with a dash of truth thrown in. A short story,...
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"When a community center opens in town, many embrace it as a space where locals of all ages can gather and create. Others view it as a waste of taxpayer dollars. The director, Darleen Busby-Platt, is no less controversial. Intense and showy, Darleen has huge plans for her new role. But Lucy believes the woman isn't exactly as warm hearted--or qualified--as she seems. That hunch deepens when Darleen and a young employee vanish... and dismembered remains...