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Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson. Considered one of the first true English novels. Pamela tells the story of a fifteen-year-old maidservant whose employer, Mr. B, a wealthy landowner, makes unwanted and inappropriate advances towards her after the death of his mother. Pamela strives to reconcile her strong religious training with her desire for the approval of her employer in a series of letters and, later in...
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The Inspiration for the Beneath the Scar Movie!
Samantha Nicole Allen is the beautiful Mississippi debutante and daughter of one of the town's most notable preachers. Who would ever think that she would find herself entangled in a trap that has the potential to cause her to lose her confidence, beauty, and more tragically, her life?
Samantha's journey is reflective of the life of so many individuals who find themselves incapable of escaping the acts...
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Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson. Considered one of the first true English novels. Pamela tells the story of a fifteen-year-old maidservant whose employer, Mr. B, a wealthy landowner, makes unwanted and inappropriate advances towards her after the death of his mother. Pamela strives to reconcile her strong religious training with her desire for the approval of her employer in a series of letters and, later in...
11304) I'll Fight For My Man
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In this memoir about my own marriage, I want you to know that you are not alone. Marriage can be so hard and even harder when we feel we are the only ones struggling in our own homes. Time out! This struggle is over. Time to share our story, our serum. Healing doesn't happen in silence. Time out for feeling ashamed. We are not failures! We are strong. We are battle buddies. We are conquerors!
11305) Trespassed
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Thirty-two days, divorced. Moving day has arrived for Nadine Parker, but she needs a plan of execution. Nadine struggles to find the strength to break free from the hold of what-once-was with Zane Willibe. After being a couple for sixteen years, thirty-two days of marriage revealed the truth about Zane. And now, the secrets begin to unfold. There's a war going on between old and new Nadine. Under the surveillance of her hawk-eye mother-in-law, Nadine...
11306) The Forsyte saga
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The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prize-winning English author John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large commercial upper middle-class English family, similar to Galsworthy's own.
The Man of Property is the first novel of the The Forsyte Saga. Soames Forsyte, a solicitor and "man of property," is married to the beautiful, penniless Irene,...
11307) Keys to the city
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Nearly-thirteen-year-old Melinda Jia Mackay was adopted from China as a baby, and she has always preferred to stay out of the limelight, reading and writing for her own pleasure--but now she has a summer assignment, so with the help of a new friend, Tyler, and a therapy dog named Odie, she reluctantly hits the streets of New York City in search of her "true passion," one which she can share with others.
11308) The spice box
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2024.
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Because his grandmother is arriving from India, Rishi wants to cook curry alongside his dad using the flavors from his family's special spice box, but when he drops the box that holds the family's heart and history, he draws courage and meaning from their treasured past to set things right.
11309) Damnation spring: a novel
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2021.
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A mother and midwife inadvertently threatens the fortunes and livelihoods of her family and their neighbors after noticing an increase in local miscarriages and believes it's caused by the pesticides used by the Sanderson Timber Company, her husband's employer.
11310) Dragonfly eyes
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2022.
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Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a difficult place to grow up, especially when the family silk business is given over to the government and they are left with their beloved home and little else. Ah Mei and her grandmother suffer, but they are resourceful...
11312) Love to everyone
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[2018]
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In 1902 England, Clarry and Peter struggle with the challenges of living with an indifferent father, but the summers they spend in Cornwall with their grandparents and cousin Rupert provide much needed comfort, and in the years that follow Clarry looks back on those leisurely days to help her cope with the trying times of World War I and its aftermath.
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On December 7, 1941, thirteen-year old Alice's life changes completely as she experiences an act of war, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and her father's imprisonment in a Japanese internment camp, leaving Alice and the rest of her family struggling to adjust to life without him.
11314) The mochi makers
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[2024]
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A girl and her grandmother spend the day making mochi together in this gentle and joyous celebration of family, tradition, and the memories that matter most. Includes information on mochi and a recipe.
11315) La luz de Lucía
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[2015]
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"Lucy is the youngest member of a family of fireflies. She wants to shine like all the others, but she's too little. Finally, one night, it's Lucy's turn. She can head off to light up the forest, but something is stopping her"--
"Lucía es la menor de una familia de luciérnagas. Quiere brillar como lo hacen las demás, pero es demasiado pequeña. Por fin, una noche, a Lucía le llega su momento: podrá salir e iluminar el bosque. Hasta que...
11316) Shut Up
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Mary's older sister, Gwen, has screwed up everything. Not only is Gwen pregnant at seventeen, but she's also decided to marry the Creep who knocked her up. Now Mary is powerless to stop her family from imploding. Her parents are freaking out, and to top it off, the Creep has a gross fascination with Mary while Gwen enjoys teasing her to tears for sport. Despite her brother's advice to shut up, Mary can't keep her trap closed and manages to piss off...
11317) The Gift
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A boy with psychic powers struggles to save his loved ones When Davy's mother deserts their family, Davy's father packs his children into a rickety old car and takes them on a vacation. They drive to their mysterious old grandparents' house in the sprawling Welsh countryside, a place so rural that running water is a novelty. It is there that Davy learns he has the gift. He has always seen the pictures-images in his head that tell of the future or...
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When one wrong step - and the poor timing of the number 19 bus - send Nathan Jones to the Edinburgh morgue his story should have ended...but then he went and woke up. Returned to real life Nathan finds a wife disappointed that he's miraculously returned from the dead and an unshakeable attraction for mortuary technician Kat - the woman who brought him back to life, in more ways than one. Now, as his world implodes and Kat leads him down an unexpected...
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