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After dallying with sexy vampires and ingeniously reinterpreting the Dracula legend (Insatiable, Overbite), #1 New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot is ready to rock 'n' roll once more with Heather Wells. The un-petite assistant New York City college dorm director and sometime sleuth is back in Size 12 and Ready to Rock—a delectable comedy mystery that proves once more that the much beloved author of The Princess Diaries rules in the realm of...
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"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson
"His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell
The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...
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The Magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
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64) Le demi-frère
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Voici le quatrième et dernier tome de la série à succès Les sœurs Deblois, de Louise Tremblay-D'Essiambre.
Au moment o nous retrouvons les membres de la famille Deblois, Raymond et sa benjamine tentent tant bien que mal de se remettre des conséquences du retour à Montréal imposé par Blanche, après une année exaltante passée auprès d'Antoinette et de son fils Jason. Était-il trop ambitieux de la part de Raymond de penser qu'il parviendrait...
65) Charlotte
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Une nouvelle édition de la série qui a valu à Louise Tremblay d'Essiambre le titre de «reine de la saga familiale québécoise» avec un demi-million d'exemplaires vendus au Québec et en France!
Cette magnifique saga, qui s'amorce dans les années vingt, a pour cadre une famille québécoise dont la mère hypocondriaque sombre inéluctablement dans les abîmes de l'alcoolisme et de la dépression aux ctés d'un mari qui refuse de voir la vérité.
Charlotte...
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Historic fiction from East Germany post WWII to after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Distant Signs is an intimate portrait of two families spanning three generations amidst turbulent political change, behind and beyond the Berlin Wall. In 1960s East Germany, Margret, a professor's daughter from the city, meets and marries Hans, from a small village in the Thuringian forest. The couple struggle to contend with their different backgrounds, and the emotional...
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Oswald Cray is so often praised for his strong values and nobility, that it is easy for him to forget that he still has flaws. After a nosy servant, who meddles in others' belongings, finds a letter he deems to be suspicious, he presents false charges against Dr. Davenal, a kind and patient man who previously held a sterling reputation. Unaware that it was all a misunderstanding, Cray places too much trust in his own suspicions and breaks off his...
68) Émilie
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Une nouvelle édition de la série qui a valu à Louise Tremblay d'Essiambre le titre de «reine de la saga familiale québécoise» avec un demi-million d'exemplaires vendus au Québec et en France!
Déjà quatorze années se sont écoulées depuis l'époque o Charlotte découvrait que sa famille était pour le moins inhabituelle. Charlotte a vieilli, elle a connu l'amour, puis la déception de voir partir celui qu'elle aimait. Elle s'est aussi...
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The House of Farrell is a prolific skincare company and home of The Cream, an iconic face product that has seen women flocking to its flagship London store since 1953. At Farrell, you can rely on the personal touch that has been their trademark for generations. The legendary Athina Farrell remains the company's figurehead and in her kingdom at the Berkeley Arcade, while Florence Hamilton plies their cosmetics with the utmost care and discretion. She...
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La fille de Joseph, originalement publié sous Le Tournesol, est le tout premier roman de Louise Tremblay D'Essiambre. Le voici maintenant présenté dans une élégante édition de collection, pour ceux n'ayant pas eu la chance de découvrir cette histoire captivante de passion et d'ambition.
La fille de Joseph raconte l'histoire de Julie, que nous suivons dès l'enfance, en 1929, jusqu'à l'âge adulte, en 1955. Confrontée à de nombreuses pertes...
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Back in the deep recesses before the time of natural law, it was established the world needed a disinterested panel to oversee the business of mankind...High above the land was a suspended mist that housed a board of wizards, priests, and seers. Under the direction of the Ancient Ones, they were directed to guide the course of man's affairs.
When corruption was discovered, they selected from the earth a pair of innocents. Upon the intercession of...
72) Anne
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Le troisième tome de la populaire série Les sœurs Deblois, de Louise Tremblay-D'Essiambre.
La benjamine des sœurs Deblois est au centre de ce roman, tel un point de convergence vers lequel se dirigent les plus nobles aspirations des membres de la famille. C'est qu'elle est attachante, vive et audacieuse, cette chère Anne, et ce, malgré l'indifférence et les remarques insidieuses dont sa mère Blanche l'afflige le plus souvent. Sans savoir...
73) The Rainbow
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Spanning over a period of sixty-five years, from the 1840s to 1905, The Rainbow by D.H Lawrence follows three generations of the Brangwen family, mapping the change in their romantic relationships amid the industrialization of Great Britain. Their story begins when Tom Brangwen meets a Polish widow named Lydia. The two soon fall in love and get married, though they find that their cultural differences cause more issues than they imagined. Due to a...
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Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
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75) In Chancery
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The moving story of a wealthy English clan and the infidelities and intrigues threatening to tear one marriage apart. In Chancery begins where The Man of Property, and its subsequent interlude, left off, pursuing Soames and Irene Forsyte across Edwardian England, meanwhile highlighting the failing marriage of Soames's sister, Winifred. Galsworthy juxtaposes the two relationships while bringing more members of the Forsyte clan into the drama, making...
76) Droll stories
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From the great French novelist comes this long-unavailable collection of tales in the tradition of Boccaccio's Decameron. Balzac's Contes Drolatiques, or Droll Stories, were originally published in three volumes in the 1830s. Set in medieval Europe, these stories were Balzac's attempt to write in the great tradition of Rabelais and Boccaccio, to render the Middle Ages with a touch of raunchy humor, and to provide a delightful portrait of medieval...
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What would you sacrifice for your children? Ballymor, Ireland, 1847 As famine grips the country Kitty McCarthy is left widowed and alone. Fighting to keep her two remaining children alive against all odds, Kitty must decide how far she will go to save her family. Present day Arriving in Ballymor, Maria is researching her ancestor, Victorian artist Michael McCarthy - and his beloved mother, the mysterious Kitty who disappeared without a trace. Running...
78) The Elementals
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Morgan Llywelyn, internationally acclaimed author of 1916 and Lion of Ireland, returns with a powerful fantasy saga that sweeps from the dawn of history to our own near future. It is the story of Earth and her elements, and of the men and women whose fate lies in her hands. . . .
Water. The ice caps melt, the seas rise, and Kesair, a woman of Atlantis, leads a handful of survivors on a desperate search for land – and a new beginning.
Fire. All...
79) They Don't Know
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"Stunningly written this will be one of my books of the year." Daisy meets Adam on their first day at Manchester University and they immediately become friends. But when, tongues begin to wag and their relationship is questioned, for the first time in his life Adam shares his secret with Daisy who promises to stand by him and keep his secret. Then Adam's older brother, Ryan, returns from abroad and Daisy quickly falls for him. After a troubled upbringing,...
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The Final book to Dream Trilogy
THE HEIRESS
Gwyneth Douglas, a young Scottish heiress in London, writes scandalous adventure books under a pen name, doing so to protect her identity and her fortune. When an unknown blackmailer threatens to expose her secret life, she has no choice but to turn to an old family friend. But Sir Allan is a penniless baronet who will do anything to get his hands on Gwyneth's inheritance-even commit murder...
THE ROUGUE
Wounded...
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