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1) The Trials
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Language
English
Description
Elizabeth and Darcy do not meet again at Pemberley… After Mr. Bennet died, Elizabeth became the governess of Lady Catherine's unwanted ward. One day she collided with Mr. Darcy in the halls of Rosings. But though she now saw the good gentleman he truly was, it was too late: Mr. Darcy was engaged to his cousin, Anne.Lady Catherine called Darcy to Rosings after she learned about Georgiana's near elopement to Wickham. She gave Darcy a terrible choice:...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A stellar cast including David Walliams, Catherine Tate and John Thomson, star in this adaptation of David Walliams' book. Billionaire Boy is the story of Len, who makes a billion from inventing a new toilet roll called 'Bumfresh', and his 12 year-old son Joe. Len quickly sets about spending his money, buying a huge mansion, sending Joe to a private school and hiring a celebrity butler in the form of Warwick Davis. But Joe hates his new school and...
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Language
English
Description
"Human beings are full of contradictions." Twenty-five-year-old Takako takes up residence for a few months in her uncle Satoru's second-hand bookshop in Jimbicho, Tokyo in the wake of her breakup with her cad of a boyfriend/ coworker and her subsequent resignation. Depressed and unemployed, Takako is glad for the room above the Morisaki Bookshop to hide from the rest of the world even though she doesn't quite enjoy reading. Surrounded by towering...
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Geronimo Stilton reporter volume 13
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Geronimo Stilton's dealt with mummies, ninjas, and pirates, but this may be the first time he's come face to face with ... ghosts! Can the scaredy-mouse overcome his fears and get to the bottom of the mystery for a big scoop for his newspaper, The Rodent's Gazette? For help, who's he gonna call? His ghost-bustin' relatives, of course! Geronimo and his family need to travel to a haunted museum in Africa for this globe-trekking, teeth-chattering spooky...
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In East Jerusalem Noir--published simultaneously with West Jerusalem Noir--the Akashic Noir Series turns its gaze to one of the world's most fascinating locales, in this volume from the perspective of Palestinian writers; translated from Arabic. When you move through the streets of Jerusalem today, you will notice that history surrounds you from all sides. You hear Adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin from the Dome of the Rock;...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did they never marry? Might they have been gay, or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day 'bromance'? Then, as now, they have intrigued by the many mysteries surrounding them. In Bosom Friends : the Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas Balcerski...
Publisher
Véhicule Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Poetry Nation is a compelling overview of all the movements in current "alternative" poetries, with special attention to women, gay, Black, Asian, and indigenous writers. Major figures are presented alongside the most exciting younger voices. The anthology features Allen Ginsberg's last poem, a never-collected poem by Evelyn Lau, and a newly-discovered love poem by Ian Stephens. One hundred cutting-edge poets including Sandra Cisneros, Bill Bissett,...