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1) Grand hotel
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"A grand hotel in the center of 1920s Berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in Vicki Baum's celebrated novel, a Weimar-era bestseller that retains all its verve and luster today. Among the guests of the hotel is Dr. Otternschlag, a World War I veteran whose face has been sliced in half by a shell. Day after day he emerges to read the paper in the lobby, discreetly inquiring at the desk if the letter he's been awaiting for years has arrived....
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Hannah Glick married the love of her life, but was widowed too young. Is she ready to risk her heart-and her family-for a new love?
Hannah finds herself at a crossroads in her life. Her community offers her love and support after the untimely death of her husband, but an Englisher offers her the chance of a new life after her unexpected tragedy.
Wealthy businessman Trey Peterson is surprised by his attraction to the gentle Amish woman who works...
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"Madeleine would be in California and married to her pilot fiancé--if death hadn't changed everything. Now the former Air Force flight nurse is living alone in Paradise, Pennsylvania, and working as a maid at the Lancaster Grand Hotel. Saul Beiler's eleven-year-old daughter, Emma, doesn't know that her mother fled the Amish community and married another man. She does know that her dat is lonely, and that a pretty young maedel just moved in next...
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Four women working at the Lancaster Grand Hotel find their way through life and love.
A Hopeful Heart. Hannah's community offers her love and support after the untimely death of her husband, but an Englisher offers her the chance of a new life after the unexpected tragedy.
A Mother's Secret. Carolyn knows she might never find a man who will have her and her son, Benjamin. A marriage of convenience doesn't sound so bad, yet Carolyn knows she...
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Marcos Prior and Eisner-nominated artist David Rubín (The Hero, Rumble, Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West) weave a politically satirical look at democracy today through the lense of hyper-violence and explosive action. Imagine a world overrun by big business and "fake news" via the social media machine . . . In The Grand Abyss Hotel neoliberalism has become a state religion, while the citizens quietly and then not-so-quietly rebel, giving way...
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"After surviving an accident that orphaned her at four, Linda Zook was reluctantly raised by her uncle. Both have destroyed her self-worth. Then Hannah Peterson asks her to work at the Heart of Paradise Bed & Breakfast, and Linda finally gains some confidence. Estranged from his family for years, Aaron Ebersol rushes home after receiving word of his mother's stroke. When he decides to stay at the B & B, Aaron and Linda open up to each other"--From...
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When a desk clerk welcomes a group of tourists into his mysterious and crumbling hotel, the last thing he expects is that a lone girl on his tour may hold the power to unravel the hidden mystery that has lain for untold centuries within the structure's walls.
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Mientras se documenta para un libro sobre el turismo de masas, un escritor llamado Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer sufre una dolorosa ruptura sentimental y decide dejarlo todo para poner orden en sus recuerdos. El lugar que elige para su retiro es el Grand Hotel Europa, un establecimiento de pasado ilustre y futuro incierto habitado por un elenco de personajes estrambóticos. El autor se impone la tarea de reconstruir por escrito su explosiva relación con...
11) Lady Be Good
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When exiled royalty and espionage combine, expect a romance as bold as the 1920s . . .
Olga Novikov is a princess without a throne. Her fiancé and her family slain in the revolution, she flees Russia and finds herself working as the head of housekeeping at London's luxurious Grand Russe Hotel. It's a far cry from the glamour of her former life, but she's grateful for the job-until a guest forces her to question where her loyalty lies. The charming...
12) If I Had You
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Inside the glittering walls of a famous hotel, an ingénue experiences first passion . . .
As she stands before the gilded doors of The Grand Russe Hotel, Alecia Loudon is poised on the threshold of a profound awakening. It is the Roaring Twenties, and London is buzzing with opportunities for adventure . . . and indiscretion. The young personal secretary knows nothing of the ways of men, but a chance meeting with the hotel's handsome night watchman...
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For a young woman swept into international adventure, romance can't be far behind…
The 1920s are in full swing when Sadie Loudon leaves her grandfather's stodgy vicarage, and she dreams of the glamour and excitement she's seen on the silver screen. But before she even begins work at the storied Grand Russe Hotel, she is ushered into London's glittering nightlife by a handsome young businessman intent on introducing her to the pleasures available...
14) The Grand Hotel
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Brilliant Geeky handsome workaholic Louis La Cour has all the privileges of a successful life. But sometimes looks can be deceiving.His beautiful wife Pearl La Cour feels ignored and desperate for love. She's still haunted by the sins of her youth.Celica Baptiste, young and successful, she's full of drive and ambition. She's a woman willing to do anything for her man.Love, lust, and hatred are basic elements of the story when shattered dreams turn...
19) Grand Hotel
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Warner Home Video
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2004
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The all-star cast portrays patrons of the posh Grand Hotel-- Garbo is a world-weary ballerina, Barrymore is a Baron who must resort to cat burglary for cash and Barrymore is a dying man who wants to spend his last days in style.
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The Roaring Twenties was a period of lavish living in St. Louis. In 1917, when Ellsworth Statler decided to build a hotel in St. Louis, he ignited a hotel-building boom that was only quenched by the Great Depression of 1929. Architectural masterpieces arose, and local citizens and out-of-towners marveled at their grandeur. These hotels were hubs of activity and gathering places for high society. They survived the Great Depression and two world wars,...