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Rake's on tour volume 1
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English
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The art of fencing, like that of love, required three important skills:1. Anticipating your opponent's every move and working them into the exact position you desire.2. Being completely attuned to your opponent's body.3. Absolute dedication - no matter how many hours are spent sweating it out.Haviland North, Viscount Amersham has come to Paris to prove his skill with the blade. But feisty Alyssandra Leodegrance is not the opponent he was expecting!...
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Hollywood Hills Clinic volume 2
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English
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A place where she belongs... Since returning from Afghanistan ex-army doc Abi Thompson has been striving to rebuild her life. Now, stepping through the doors of the glamorous Hollywood Hills Clinic, she feels more out of her comfort zone than ever! Then she meets her new boss - darkly handsome Damien Moore. Abi might not believe in happy-ever-afters, but as she spends time with Damien and his gorgeous daughter, Summer, she finds herself drawn into...
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The governess tales volume 4
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English
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The Beauty who tamed the Beast... New governess Grace Bertram will do anything to get to know her young daughter Clara. Even if it means working for Clara's guardian, the reclusive and scarred Nathaniel, Marquess of Ravenwell!Nathaniel believes no woman could ever love a monster like him - until Grace seems to look past his scars to the man beneath... But when he discovers Grace is Clara's mother, Nathaniel questions his place in this torn-apart family....
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DK Publishing
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English
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How Not to Kill Your Houseplant helps you create an oasis of happy, flourishing houseplants.--COVER.
Do you have a "black thumb? Does just looking at plants cause them to wither and die? Peerless offers advice on keeping houseplants alive, even if you're horticulturally challenged. She shows you how to create an oasis of happy flourishing houseplants, and even give suggestions for different areas of your house.
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English
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"The second standalone thriller from the award-winning author of The Nowhere Child, Christian White. Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband's secret life; and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside when she's forced to confront the evidence of her...
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2017.
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English
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It is May 1971, and the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer. Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking into a bluebell wood with his daughter Anna and their ageing Labrador Byron when they stumble upon a body. Plunged into another murder investigation, Sidney discovers a world of hippies and psychedelic plants, where permissive behaviour seems to hide something darker. This is the first of many disturbing secrets that Sidney unearths beneath...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Known not only for his brilliant novels bur also for short stories chronicling the Jazz Age, such as 'Bernice bobs her hair' and 'The diamond as big as the Ritz,' F. Scott Fitgerald continued to write stories his entire life, some of which were never published--until now. Many of the stories in I'd Die for You were submitted to major magazines and accepted for publication during Fitzgerald's lifetime but were never printed. A few were written as...
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Weddings worth billions volume 3
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English
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His forbidden touch... is what the innocent wants! Drake Cawthorn is speechless when Aerin Drysdale begs him to accompany her to a glamorous event in Scotland. Aerin is his best friend's sister, and looking for the type of love Drake doesn't believe exists, so she's strictly off-limits! But he doesn't want anybody else coming to her rescue! Aerin knows cynical playboy Drake can't be her Mr Right. But she can't ignore how he sets her pulse racing....
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"A convenient marriage... No inconvenient emotions. Ross Vincent, Marquis of Cranford, with his scarred face and formidable disposition knows he's hardly a catch. But he needs a wife to take care of his motherless son. Shy, scholarly Prudence Scott seems ideal: she has no expectation of love or passion. She'll care for his baby in return for the protection of his name. Yet seeing Prudence on their wedding day tests Ross's willpower to not take his...
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Archie Comics
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Betty Cooper has quite a green thumb! She's the best gardener at Riverdale High and loves sharing her tips with the rest of the gang--even though they don't always do so well at it! Join Betty in this digital-only collection of leafy green stories!
92) House standoff
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Joe DeMarco thriller volume 15
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"When someone close to him is shot dead in a roadside motel in a small town in Wyoming, DeMarco shirks his responsibilities as the Speaker of the House's fixer to make sure the authorities are doing everything that can be done to catch the killer. He soon realizes that the rural area is dominated by Hiram Bunt, a wealthy rancher who is willing to take on the federal government at gunpoint and seems to have a number of politicians under his thumb....
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Ultimate Christmas gift volume 1
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English
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A baby for Christmas... and a father too? When nurse Abbie Cook meets gorgeous Scottish paramedic Callum Baird there's an instant attraction. But the timing couldn't be more wrong... Abbie's best friend Emma is about to give birth to a longed-for surrogate baby for her. And Callum has responsibilities at home that mean he can't commit to Abbie. As Christmas approaches Callum and Abbie cannot deny the passion between them. But will the sudden arrival...
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Other Press
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English
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"A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one of today's best-loved British actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington. From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to navigating Highclere Castle's complex Labrador policies, to bizarre Hollywood encounters, Hugh Bonneville creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts,...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"The Wall Street Journal's popular columnist Jason Gay delivers a hilarious and heartfelt guide to modern living. Four times a week, millions of men and women turn to Jason Gay's column in The Wall Street Journal. Why is Gay so celebrated? It starts with his amusing, fan's-eye-view of the sports world, which he loves but doesn't take too seriously. But his most celebrated features are his "Rules" columns, which provide untraditional, highly amusing...
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English
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"New York Times number one bestselling author Jeffrey Archer is a master of the short-story form, creating classic tales beloved by his fans. Now the award-winning writer joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels...
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MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Ralph Kramden is a New York bus driver who dreams of a better life. With his eccentric good friend, Ed Norton the sewer worker, he constantly tries crackpot schemes to strike it rich. All the while, his exasperated wife, Alice, is always there to bring him down to earth or to pick him up if he beats her to it. For as much as they fight, even dunderhead Ralph knows that she is the greatest and vice versa.
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English
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It's the summer of love in the late 1960s. The Apollo 11 astronauts are preparing to land on the moon, the war in Biafra dominates the news and Basil D'Oliveira has just been dropped from the England cricket team before a test series in apartheid South Africa. In the midst of all this change, Sidney Chambers, the loveable English clergyman, continues his amateur sleuthing investigations. A bewitching divorcee enlists Sidney's help in convincing her...
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English
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"When Christopher Sorrentino's mother died in 2017, it marked the end of a journey that had begun eighty years earlier in the South Bronx. Victoria's life took her to the heart of New York's vibrant mid-century downtown artistic scene, to the sedate campus of Stanford, and finally back to Brooklyn--a journey witnessed by a son who watched, helpless, as she grew more and more isolated, distancing herself from everyone and everything she'd ever loved....