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From the time she was born, April endured a hard life that included abuse by a father who never wanted her, and by friends of her older siblings who took advantage of her vulnerability. Just a few years into her young life, her two younger brothers, in an effort to free her of a life of misery, put her on a bus destined for California, and to an aunt who didn't exist. Exciting adventures and experiences soon occupy April's trip across the country...
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Originally published pseudonymously in 1893, "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" follows the tragic tale of Maggie and her life in the harsh streets and tenements of the New York City Bowery district. Initially rejected by publishers for being viewed as too brutal and accurate in its descriptions of poverty and female sexuality, Stephen Crane published the work at his own expense. Following the success of Crane's novel "The Red Badge of Courage," this...
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En La señora Dalloway Virginia Woolf relata un día en la vida de Clarissa Dalloway, una señora de la clase alta casada con un miembro del parlamento inglés, y de un ex-combatiente que lucha contra su enfermedad mental. La historia comienza y termina en Londres, en un mismo día de junio de 1923, y se desarrolla desde el momento en que Clarissa está preparando una fiesta en su mansión hasta que se retiran los invitados.
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Undine Spragg is a beautiful and ambitious, yet vain and socially dense young woman with dreams of marrying a rich man. Hoping for a life of prominence and luxury, Undine convinces her family to relocate to New York. The Spragg family, who have earned their modest wealth from shady practices, are happy to accommodate Undine's request. When Undine meets Ralph Marvell, an aspiring poet from a family of old New York high society, she is determined to...
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Pages - Book 3, by EA Harwik - A modern family saga. ------ ISBN: 9780980677652Pages - Book 3 is the story of two the younger Page siblings, Peta and Jamie. Unlike their older brother David. Peta and Jamie are the product of a privileged boarding school education.The Pages trilogy will question and define the boundaries of normal in modern society. Where secrets challenge the fabric of friendship and family. --------- Book 1 - ISBN: 9780980677621...
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The Bostonians, by Henry James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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Yi Zhaodi, a los once metida en la escuela de teatro por su tío. Aprendía a actuar, y pasaba las noches en la cámara nupcial, una tragicomedia. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos, la protagonista cumple medio siglo, Qin'e se ha convertido en una memoria silenciosa de los escenarios. Sola en el escenario, calculando al milímetro todos sus actos, en el poderoso universo. Detrás de ella, su tío tocaba el bangu con un ritmo muy rápido y tenso: ¡Tan-tan,...
8) Summer
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Originally born in an impoverished community, Charity's parents sought out the most educated man in the nearby New England town to raise their daughter. After being surrendered to a lawyer named Royall, Charity was raised comfortably by Mr. Royall and his wife. However, when Mrs. Royall tragically passes away, Charity's relationship with Royall is threatened. After his wife's death, Royall begins to feel sexually attracted to Charity, and when she...
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The Road To Discovery is a story about a contemporary woman's life in Africa. It is a story of love, culture, education, disease, equality, and discovery. It is a mind-boggling look at the life of a barren woman in Amagwu-nze in Enugu State-how she suffered humiliations but later gave birth to a female child. The worth of a child born in Africa still received a shrug of indifference owing to the absence or presence of a male organ. The female children...
10) The Job
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After a family member tragically falls ill, Una Golden was forced to move from Pennsylvania to New York in order to get a job to help support her family. Set in the early 1900s, going to the big city as a single woman was daunting and unconventional, but Una is dedicated to helping her family. After diligently job searching and excelling in additional training and education, Una discovers that she has the skills to be a talented commercial real estate...
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Lady Windermere misinterprets her husband's interest in an older woman, Mrs. Erlynne, causing a rift that could lead to both marital and societal ruin. Lady Windermere's Fan Is an intriguing tale that examines intention versus outcome in a world driven by perception.
Lady Windermere is a young wife who's concerned by her husband's connection to the mysterious, Mrs. Erlynne. She believes the woman is a threat to her marriage and livelihood. Despite...
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From the bestselling author of Manchester Christmas comes a new adventure full of love, generosity, and heart-pounding intrigue.
Following the runaway success of her first novel, Chase Harrington is hiding in Manhattan. Assuming the visions from her past are behind her, Chase takes an assignment that lands her in the center of a new mystery surrounding a mansion known as Briarcliff Manor and deceased millionaire Sebastian Winthrop.
A letter, left...
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Dorothy, the heroine of this novel, performs good works, cultivates good thoughts, and pricks her arm with a pin when a bad thought arises. She then has a series of unexpected and degrading adventures after becoming a victim of amnesia. Though she regains her life as a clergyman's daughter, she has lost her faith.
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The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
15) Al Faro
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Al Faro (1927) narra los recuerdos y vivencias de una familia, los Ramsay, en la isla de Skye, en las Hébridas, dos días distantes en el tiempo. La preparación de una excursión familiar al faro de la isla en momentos y situaciones muy diferentes debido al transcurso de los años es el desencadenantede una reflexión introspectiva sobre la fugacidad de la vida, la huella de los recuerdos infantiles, el desencanto y otros sentimientos que generan...
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Maggie Miller's attempt to run from her troubles leads her to Table Rock, Arizona, her own beignet café... and disaster. Welcome to Table Rock, Arizona, the place where folks who aren't too keen on the 'mainstream' move to. Maggie Miller has come here to forget about her dead husband. OK, so he isn't really dead. That's just what she tells everybody. Recently divorced, Maggie flees Phoenix and the sight of her husband and his new wife and moves to...
17) Queen Cells
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A Curse. A Secret Society. Centuries of Silenced Voices
Careful.The Hive is Watching
Malala, the new grieving Queen of Hivena, must survive her new life at court without her sisters or the guidance of her late Queen Mother. All while fighting the urgent voices in her head telling her that something cataclysmic is coming, and she might be in danger. The mysterious secret society, The People, have gone oddly quiet, and rumors of Hivena being a cursed...
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A new receptionist. A mysterious death. A talking cat. A haunting. A village in disguise with dark secrets.The Woodend Cottage Hotel has stood at the end of Millerfield Village, Kent, for as long as anyone remembers. Miss Laura Howcroft has been receptionist for only three months. The naturally suspicious villagers eye her with suspicion as a foreigner. Fortunately, the villagers don't know just how unusual Laura is.While in every other respect she...
19) Olivia's House
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When a notorious local developer claims to own the home of the late Olivia, her neighbors band together to stop him. But as they each work to thwart the developer, secrets pile on secrets until everyone finds themselves with something to hide.
"Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style."
-Mystery Scene Magazine
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FIC050000 FICTION / Crime
FIC022000 FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
20) The Wait
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The Wait: A NovelAngel Stevenson is searching for answers as to why she has made such poor choices when getting into romantic entanglements. Two months after she makes the decision to remain celibate for a full year, she meets Todd Sessoms, a smart, handsome man whose cologne mesmerizes her and tempts her to cancel her recent decision. At first, Todd seems to be the perfect partner, but small glimpses of a darker personality eventually start to emerge....
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