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A novel of the 20th century in which the greatest thinkers and personalities engage in a two-week tennis tournament.
The most unusual tennis tournament in history is about to start. Albert Einstein is seeded fourth, Chaplin, Freud, and van Gogh are in the top rankings, and seeded first is Tony Chekhov. In all, 128 players, everyone from Louis Armstrong to George Orwell, Gertrude Stein to Coco Chanel-are going to fight it out until the exhilarating...
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Yolanda creía que su matrimonio con Gerardo sería para siempre, ellos habían tenido tres hijos, y ella pensaba que era feliz con él. El problema era que él ya no era feliz con ella, sino con otras, soñaba con divorciarse pero lo único que lo detenía era el amor por sus tres hijos, a los que consideraba muy pequeños para exponerlos a una separación. Yolanda atribuía el cambio de su relación con Gerardo a los años que tenían de casados,...
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A naïve, young woman from a small village on the outskirts of South Africa, is lured away from home by an unscrupulous Doctor. Dunlap becomes obsessed with the girl’s unusual body structure and is intent on possessing her. His intentions become nefarious after his absurd exploitation becomes known. Based on the unbelievable true story.
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1907 Edwardian Dublin, a city of whispers and rumors. At the Abbey Theatre W. B. Yeats is working with the talented John Synge, his resident playwright. It is here that Synge, the author of The Playboy of the Western World and The Tinker's Wedding, will meet an actress still in her teens named Molly Allgood. Rebellious, irreverent, beautiful, flirtatious, Molly is a girl of the inner-city tenements, dreaming of stardom in America. Witty and watchful,...
85) Saving Olivia
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"What do you want?" I asked. "To live!" She said.
"Saving Olivia" is inspired by real lives and actual events. It started with evil brother's who destroyed a beautiful farm while curious sisters disappeared after they promised to save Olivia. A little farm in Michigan reluctantly became involved after receiving a desperate plea for help from two brave girls who risked everything to rescue Olivia.
How far would you go to save a life? Would you risk...
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But for the Grace of God is a thrilling and sometimes heartbreaking story about a young Mennonite girl who was abused and has to come to terms with it. It has adventure, romance, and tragedy leading her to a new life.
After a horrific accident, the Dat (father) decided that the family should become modern Mennonite, rather than Old Order Mennonite.
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Expect the unexpected is the key to this novel. Angela, the protagonist, works as a pathologist at the Coroner's Office and is a successful professional woman. The day that her husband – a foreigner she has helped to take refuge in her country – abandons her for a younger woman, her world falls apart. Psychologically traumatized by what she considers her husband's betrayal, she tries to find comfort in her work. However the constant emotional...
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En esta obra, el autor nos ofrece un recorrido por ayeres que marcaron vidas y forjaron caracteres. La narrativa de estas páginas invita al lector a sumergirse en lo pintoresco y lo mítico, entre lo que fue y lo que pudo haber sido; a dejarse inspirar por la certeza de que aun en medio del pesimismo, la promesa de la vida por llegar siempre será la fuerza que anima nuestras jornadas. Las vivencias aquí narradas, son también una tentativa para...
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Vijay, once a joyful child is deprived of this idyllic life by a shattering act of violence to his family. This life changing event casts a shadow over his life, such that he promises to himself that no matter how long it takes he would make every effort to rectify the injustice he witnessed. His quest for redemption is intertwined with his personal ambitions and this takes him on travels across continents.
As he journeys from the naivety of childhood,...
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In this 1940s coming-of-age story, Sarah, a naive seventeen-year-old Caucasian girl elects prostitution as part of a desperate plan to make quick money in order to escape her small-town life in Warren, Ohio. Her journey begins one night while eavesdropping on her Uncle Brady and his friends, playing cards. They joke about a place they've discovered in nearby Youngstown, where men are entertained by beautiful ladies, who, apparently, make the kind...
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90 Brothers and Sisters could be one of the funniest and saddest books you have ever read. Two idealistic young people from Chicago move into a remote Appalachian area of Kentucky in the 1930's, and end up with a family of nearly 100 children, and not a cent to their names. Told from the astonished and sometimes indignant viewpoint of their only biological child, this rollicking tale has so much heartwarming goodness and chilling danger built into...
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In this first volume of the series: An American-born traveler shares some of his soul through personal stories from growing up in the 80's and 90's and his unique search for a new American Dream... Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Music, and Zen on the journey into the 21st Century.
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Ahora sabemos que el color del amor no es sólo el verde sino que también es el amarillo, el sol limón aún verde. Esta novela está volcada en las vidas minúsculas que giraron en torno a Vincent van Gogh. Nace de encuentros y de amores, de cientos de páginas leídas y olvida- das, de viajes a Ámsterdam y a París, donde ahora Vincent está colgado en museos o es visible en las pantallas del Atelier Lumières.
Las mujeres cambian...
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Nicole du Hausset ist bekannt für ihre berühmten Memoiren über ihre Zeit am französischen Hof, die erstmals 1824 veröffentlicht wurden und als wertvolle Quelle über historische Persönlichkeiten dienen. Sie war die Kammerzofe und persönliche Vertraute von Madame de Pompadour. Nicole du Hausset war die arme, aber gut vernetzte Witwe eines Adligen und sollte Pompadours Anpassung am königlichen Hof erleichtern. Wir lesen die Erinnerungen von...
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55 Years On Campus is a career memoir of a poor, skinny, bucktoothed,
shy, loner, C-student and underprivileged white girl, who shares her
nonpolitically correct journey and evolved into an outgoing six-figured
career woman.
Based on a true story of her many careers on the campus she calls life! From
servicing in the United States Air Force--experiencing the world, having
diverse jobs--to serving on private jets as a flight attendant...
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Matt is a young man whose life is riddled with pain and injustice. Diagnosed with a hearing disability at an early age, he embarks on a turbulent journey to face many challenges. Not due to his impairment but the circumstances caused by the mistakes of others.
He analyses the people in his life by struggling to make sense of the way they behave, understand the complex relationships between his family members, and overcome the practical difficulties...
97) God's Messenger-The Astounding Achievements of Mother Cabrini: A Novel Based on the Life of Mother F
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Her passion became her reality.Children were her life, and God's messenger Mother Frances X. Cabrini dedicated her entire life to caring for poor Italian immigrants who sought refuge in the slums of New York City in the early 1890s. A devout champion of education and proper health care for the poverty-stricken, Cabrini forged a path of survival for young children by building schools, orphanages, and hospitals-not only in the United States, but also...
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Aus geheime Memoiren von Madame du Hausset, Lady's Maid von Madame de Pompadour, und von einem unbekannten englischen Mädchen und der Prinzessin Lamballe lesen wir die Begebenheiten am Hofe Ludwigs XV. Vom Attentat auf den König, Krankheiten von Madame de Pompadour und des Königs, Liebschaften, Affären und Mätressenwirtschaft des Herrschers, bis hin zu den Höflingen und Geschehnissen am Hof des Nachfolgers des Sonnenkönigs. Die Marquise starb...
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You as a reader will find THE COSMETOLOGIST both interesting and amusing. George Solomon is a retired, licensed cosmetologist. This book explores some of the experiences of the author. His talents as a hairdresser, as well as his ups and downs during his time away from the salon. Will he ever return to the scissors and the comb? We'll find out in BOOK TWO.
100) Blutsteine
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Der heilige Lukas meinte noch im ersten Jahrhundert nach Christus, naiv, wie Künstler sind, dass die Steine schreien würden, um auf die Untaten von Menschen an Menschen hinzuweisen.Diese Hoffnung erwies sich vor allem im blutigen zwanzigsten Jahrhundert als Illusion. Die Steine schwiegen konsequent.Hier soll der Versuch gemacht werden, diese Illusion fahren zu lassen, die Stimme zu erheben und auf ein Menschenschicksal hinzuweisen, das uns zu erschüttern...
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