When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a ... |
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In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love as they please (or so it seems). In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. In 2093, in a world torn apart by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist's damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him – and solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance. What unites these characters, and these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald captures the flamboyance, the carelessness and the cruelty of the wealthy during America's Jazz Age. "The Great Gatsby" lives mysteriously in a luxurious Long Island mansion, playing lavish host to hundreds of people. And yet no one seems to know him or how he became so rich. He is rumoured to be everything from a German spy to a war hero. People clamour for invitations to his wild parties. But Jay Gatsby doesn't heed them. He cares for one person alone - Daisy Buchanan, the woman he ... |
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Трима са тези, които знаят тайната ѝ. Единият я е обичал, но я е предал, вторият някога я е притежавал. Най-опасен от всички е третият... Лилиет Берн, самотно момиче от американските прерии, се озовава сред блясъка на Париж в края на XIX век, след като губи трагично цялото си семейство. Тя трябва да оцелее във време, когато се рушат империи, сред кръвопролитията на войни и бунтове - като невинна жертва на дворцови интриги и шпионаж, преследвана от любов и омраза, героинята на романа се лута от пъстрия свят на цирка, през манастири и приюти за отритнатите от обществото проститутки, до бляскавия и жесток свят на ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Fairy tales are written both to entertain and to educate. Published in the shadow of the First World War, F. A. Steel's retellings of forty-one English fairy tales form a classic collection of stories, ranging from the familiar - "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Little Red Riding-Hood" and "The Three Little Pigs" - to the perhaps less well known - "The Black Bull of Norroway", "Nix Nought Nothing" and "The Red Ettin". Originally published in 1918, it reflects the nationalistic concerns of the period. ... |
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Adventures in Village Cooking from Bulgaria's Forgotten Corners. I set out with a simple goal: to gather authentic material from Bulgarian villages firsthand, to have meaningful conversations with the locals, and to learn not just how to cook but how to appreciate the weighty, delicious dishes that define their tables. Instead, I stumbled upon something far more vital—fragments of humanity, a quiet persistence of spirit, and the flickering lights of souls in the dark. I wanted to listen and write without ego but with an understanding, however brief, of what the everyday looks like for the many people I met along ... |
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From New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy comes a dark and twisted romance full of secrets and lies... Dive into Monica Murphy's Lancaster Prep series with this 5 book collection! Titles in Set: Things I Wanted To Say A Million Kisses In Your Lifetime Promises We Meant To Keep I'll Always Be With You You Said I Was Your Favorite I'll Always Be With You. Weston Fontaine is the hottest senior at Lancaster Prep. He could have any girl on campus, except for one Me I'm a Lancaster, meaning I'm basically untouchable - or so I thought. My family owns the school which I have to endure ... |
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I should have known everything was going to change when she walked into my tattoo shop... Timid as hell and gorgeous to the extreme. I knew better than even thinking about touching a woman like that. My life is dangerous. My calling wicked. Willing to cross any line to protect the innocent. I thought I'd never see her again until my little boy tumbled and busted his lip, and I found her working at the doctor's office. The woman who’d taken possession of my thoughts. When it becomes clear she's in trouble, I offer up a deal. Twenty questions to earn her trust. Изданието е с красива цветна порезка. ... |
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Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children's librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her ... |
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Enjoy reading about this little boy and discover if he stays true to himself even with all the changes in his life. In the mid-1880s, young Cedric Errol lives with his mother in New York. They are quite poor after the death of Cedric's father, but live a simple happy life together. Then, one day, an English lawyer comes to visit them. He has a message from the Earl of Dorincourt, Cedric's rich English grandfather that will change Cedric's life forever. Will he be happy? Will he win the heart of his old angry grandfather? Verb tenses: Past Simple vs Past Continuous; Present Perfect Simple with ever, never, ... |
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On the shore of a southern sea a lost little bird befriends a large tree. Together they face storms, watch sunsets, and enjoy happy summer days. But one day a terrible disaster happens and they fall apart. Will their friendship last? Author Vera Asenova has written a wonderful book about friendship that saves you in the hardest of times. Between these covers hides a warm and beautiful story which will make every little (or not so little) reader feel at home. This moving tale about love, dedication and overcoming challenges comes to life through artist Svilen Dimitrov’s adorable and amazingly expressive illustrations.& ... |
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The sizzling sequel to Wild Love brings a superstar country singer with a bad reputation to Rose Hill and the arms of an irresistibly masculine single dad. A rugged mountain town seemed like the perfect escape from a life in shambles. But on day one, she ran full tilt into the world's hottest single dad, and now all her plans are ruined. As a chart-topping country singer with a recent streak of bad press, it's hard for Skylar Stone to find any peace. But she finds it in Rose Hill. With a little boy and a little girl who steal her heart just as thoroughly as their dad. Weston Belmont. The man is a shameless ... |
