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But what if there was more to the tale of these heroes than we know? How would the Trojan War have looked as seen through the eyes of its women? Krisayis, the ambitious, determined daughter of the High Priest of Troy, and Briseis, loyal and passionate princess of Pedasus, interweave their tales alongside Homer s classic story of the rage of Achilles and the gods of Olympus. What follows is a breathtaking tale of love and revenge, destiny and the determination,...
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"The best recent all-around lavender book with something for gardeners, crafters, and cooks alike." -Library Journal
Lavender is beloved for its and culinary and medicinal uses. In The Lavender Lover's Handbook, Sarah Berringer Bader provides a complete overview of the 100 most colorful, fragrant, and stunning varieties. You will discover expert tips on spacing, planting, pruning, and care and maintenance. Additional information includes tips...
13) Rum Hemma
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It is Media AB
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Rum Hemma is the Swedish-language magazine that offers its readers the latest in home furnishings, design and lifestyle. We are constantly looking for the most beautiful homes, the most exciting and the most interesting contemporary phenomenon to tell you about. The content is also peppered with refreshing design destinations, recipes and a lot of DIY tips. Our main goal is to constantly inspire. It should be fun to come home!
14) La Superba
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A joy to read, La Superba, winner of the most prestigious Dutch literary prize, is a Rabelaisian, stylistic tour-de-force. Migration, legal and illegal, is at the center of this novel about a writer who becomes trapped in his walk on the wild side in mysterious and exotic Genoa, the labyrinthine port city nicknamed "La Superba."
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (b. 1968), poet, dramatist, novelist, renowned in the Netherlands as a master of language, is the...
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A presence lurks in New York City's New Amsterdam Theatre when the lights go down and the audience goes home. They say she's the ghost of Olive Thomas, one of the loveliest girls who ever lit up the Ziegfeld Follies and the silent screen. From her longtime home at the theater, Ollie's ghost tells her story from her early life in Pittsburgh to her tragic death at twenty-five.
After winning a contest for "The Most Beautiful Girl in New York," shopgirl...
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The Weetzie Bat series, by acclaimed author Francesca Lia Block, was listed among NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels. This collection brings together the five luminous novels of the series: Weetzie Bat, Witch Baby, Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys, Missing Angel Juan, and Baby Be-Bop. Spinning a saga of interwoven lives and beating hearts, these postmodern fairy tales take us to a Los Angeles brimming with magical realism: a place where life is a mystery,...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 I needed to feel like myself again, and that meant having a root touch-up appointment at Salon Renee George in Reston, Virginia. I wanted to believe that the world hadn't changed completely.
#2 I had to trust the people working in the country I was now inhabiting, and I suppose they were trusting me with their lives as well. There was a polite reserve, and I never...
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It's fun to dream about where you'll retire. Without a job tying you down, why not relocate to a place more to your liking?
Perhaps you want to live someplace warmer, closer to the water, or where the pace of life is slower. Maybe you want to stretch your retirement dollars by living where the cost of living or taxes are lower. You might even be thinking of retiring in another country or spending your retirement in an RV or on a cruise ship.
With...
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Are you looking for the most beautiful vintage rose illustrations?⍾⍾Do you need a perfectly curated collection for your next project? Few flowers are as romantic or evocative as roses. Prized for their beauty and fragrance, roses have been cultivated for thousands of years. There are hundreds of different species of rose, and they come in a wide variety of colors. While they are often associated with romantic love, roses also symbolize other things...
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The Most Beautiful Girl is a heartbreaking yet uplifting memoir of a daughter, her father, and the healing power of music. The story opens with a scene at Johnny Cash's funeral when author Tamara Saviano is struck with grief about unfinished business with her father. Robert Ruditys died two years before Cash, and hadn't spoken to his only daughter for more than a decade before that. Her grief led the author on a journey to rediscover her father and...