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Reaching for Independence is both about war and about love. The story is set in the nineteenth century during Greece's chaotic War for Independence from the Ottoman Turks. The fascinating historical figures include Captain Bouboulina, the woman who launched the war to free Greece, two Greek war commanders, Mavrocordatos and Kolokotronis, who opposed each other-nearly causing a civil war-and the famous poet, Lord Byron, who led troops to victory. Real...
2) The Onlooker
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Ricky is only happy to be out of school for some time. He never expected to find a mysterious diary in the park on the first day of his vacation. He finds he can't stop thinking about it, puzzles as to why the writer does not name himself anywhere in the book, and starts to read the book. He's astonished at the maturity level of the writer. As a six year old child, the writer is conscious of sin and recompense. He names the unknown writer as 'the...
3) Seduce
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Word has spread that Seduce is dead, and mourners gather for her wake. But with Seduce in her coffin, her memories and consciousness of those around her persist. There are those like Hyacinth who have come to make sure that that " dutty filthy woman" has finally ceased to be the temptation of the husbands of decent, respectable women. Seduce' s daughter, Glory, full of thwarted love...
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Simon and Timothy are two brothers growing up in the Australian 'Sunburnt Circus'. This story focuses on the circus when it visits Broken Hill, in outback New South Wales. The story is not long under way, when the children make friends with a family in the town, and their time with the other children sees a whole lot of unexpected consequences for not just the boys, but their parents and the whole circus as well. Once again the characters come to...
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K'amnikte' es la búsqueda constante de una identidad a partir del viaje por la memoria, por nuestra historia, por nuestra alegría. La manera de aproximarnos a nuestra raíz que, más allá de un simple concepto, es la fuerza máxima proveniente de los colores, de las flores, de los vientos, del canto, de la música, de la comida y del abrazo de la madre luna.
Las historias que aquí se cuentan, cargadas de pasión y de energía ancestral nos invitan...
6) Saving Soull
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Saving SoullSynopsisIn the spirit of a tragic fairy tale, Saving Soull is written in surreal, story book fashion. The characters are representations of a social services system that has become mechanical in its responses and medieval in its view of the human experience. Ego, surface efficiency, and power are the primary aspects of this pseudo world and Jimmy Soull is the victim of its insane disconnect from what is naturalJimmy Soull's passage through...
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Clara, la protagonista de esta novela, podría dividir su vida en dos partes: antes de la llegada de los eufemismos era una estudiante de posgrado con una relación estable y proyectos profesionales. Un día recibe una llamada en la que le dicen que su madre se encuentra "muy nerviosa" -se trata del primer eufemismo- y entonces todo cambia, tal vez de manera irreparable. ¿Qué pasa cuando la figura materna se desmorona?, ¿cómo enfrentarlo con humor,...
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Neighbors welcome a family of Syrian refugees to the small town of Grand Forks. Elderly Uncle Ahmad, still recovering from the trauma of civil war, rewards the kindness of his new friends with his prodigious wood sculpting talent. When a Black church displays his soul-stirring art in a fundraising event to support refugees, Ahmad's skill becomes widely admired in the community. It also incites suspicion and islamophobia among local white nationalists....
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Returning home in the wake of his brother's death, a successful man must grapple with his coal-town roots. For four generations, Colonel Tom Owen's family has been defined by the coal business. Having pulled himself out of the mines and through college, Tom is now a celebrated army surgeon who served in Europe under General Patton. But when his younger brother dies in a mine accident, he returns to their hometown of Coalville, Pennsylvania, where...
10) Bluebird
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If Winton is an aria, Knox is early Rolling Stones.' The GuardianA stunning new novel about longing, regret, redemption and the terrible legacy of decades of secrets buried in an Australian beachside suburb.
A house perched impossibly on a cliff overlooking the stunning, iconic Bluebird Beach. Prime real estate, yet somehow not real estate at all, The Lodge is, like those who live in it, falling apart.
Gordon Grimes has become the accidental keeper...
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Margarito Montoya is a musician, farmer, and above all else, a teller of stories. His world is populated with the stuff of history and legend; the unexplained, the magical, the musical, the exceptional, and cultural tradition. His friend Ricardo is a willing listener and participant. After all, what is the value of a story if it is not shared?
When Ricardo doesn't know the answers hidden in a dream that seems to be more than a dream, Margarito knows...
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Set in the late 1970's England this story follows a disillusioned, educated and introspective young man of mixed heritage as he strives to find acceptance and meaning in his life. He submerges himself into the affairs of a marginalized people who are engaged in a daily struggle to cope with the crime-ridden sub-society in which they are trapped; victims and prey alike. He is befriended and tolerated by most, especially by Errol and Golem, even though...
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A renowned Russian ballerina is stranded in Puerto Rico as a revolution tears her homeland apart - and she finds herself in the middle of another uprising. In a truly multicultural story and a daring example of global fiction, Rosario Ferré uses her prodigious talents to deliver an unforgettable tale of love, politics, and the power of female expression. Based loosely on a real episode in the life of famous prima ballerina Anna Pavlova, Flight of...
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In an entangled exodus to freedom during a nuclear missile crisis, a young boy' s Cuban Huck-Finn-childhood is upended. After a decades-long struggle with identity, he transitions from refugee to " good" American, returning to his roots for redemption. He left his birthplace during a nuclear missile crisis. As a refugee in a foreign land he struggles to adjust to a new set of life circumstances. The author recollects his childhood...
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Memorable Meals with Quilty' is a book of seven short stories about the love of food and wine. It is a romantic look at dining on the grand scale, harking back to when people ate extravagantly. Quilty, a man of considerable size and personality, is at the end of his life, so he enlists our narrator, Sprite, to join him on his final quest, revisiting his favourite haunts for one last meal.Each whimsical journey is an epicurean delight, and through...
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Qué secretos encierra un cuadro? ¿Qué razones llevaron a Gustave Coubert a pintar el lienzo más provocativo de la historia? ¿Qué motivos llevan a una obra de arte a pasar más tiempo escondida que expuesta? ¿Por qué sus dueños la colgaron en su cuarto de baño?
Los hermanos Montalbán, anticuarios castizos de Madrid, y sus ayudantes, Edmundo Esparza y Emilia Sanders, deben realizar una curiosa investigación sobre el cuadro El origen del...
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Notre M�re nous avait con�us chacun � midi, mes deux fr�res cadets et moi, et nous avait accouch�s dans la nuit, dans la douleur. Notre vie de mis�rables dess�ch�e par les rayons br�lants de midi, d�gageait une puanteur acerbe que nul enfant de lumi�re ne d�sirerait. C'est le soleil qui m'a br�l�e. Notre P�re, nous ne le voyions qu'une fois la journ�e, les midis o� il n'�tait pas vraiment � nous. C'est Notre M�re...
20) Die Lügenbrücke
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Als die Rumäniendeutsche Johanna von einer Dienstreise zurückkommt, erhält sie einen überraschenden Anruf-es ist Udo, ihr ehemaliger Verlobter, der sie vor über 20 Jahren verlassen hat. Sie verabreden ein Treffen in Frankfurt, doch er erscheint nicht. Nachdem Johanna erfährt, dass Udo auf dem Weg zu ihr tödlich verunglückte, entschließt sie sich dazu, nach Hermannstadt zu fliegen, um mehr über Udos Vergangenheit sowie sein erneutes Interesse...
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