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Gabriel Allon novels volume 18
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English
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She was his best-kept secret ... In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason's name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin's most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West-a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power. Only one man...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"He loves you: Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam's perfect, the man she thought she'd never meet. But she loves you not: lurking in the shadows is a rival, a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves. Ane she'll stop at nothing: Emily chose Adam, but she didn't choose his mother Pammie. There's nothing a mother wouldn't do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever"--...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A woman whose marriage began as an extramarital affair tries to forge a bond with her stepson after her infant daughter dies unexpectedly.
Emilia, a law school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After they marry, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief following the death of her infant daughter. Devastated, Emilia nonetheless carries on, attempting to forge a connection with her stepson William and to resist the interference of...
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he's been cheating on, she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
From the author of Drowned She works at Norrköping Hospital, at the very bottom of the hierarchy: in the cafeteria, below the doctors, the nurses, and the nursing assistants. But she dreams of one day becoming a writer, of moving away and reinventing herself. Carl Malmberg, an older, married doctor at the hospital, catches her eye. She begins an intense affair with him, though struggling with the knowledge that he may...
Author
Series
Jane Ryland mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Jane Ryland was a rising star in television news...until she refused to reveal a source and lost everything. Now a disgraced newspaper reporter, Jane isn't content to work on her assigned puff pieces, and finds herself tracking down a candidate's secret mistress just days before a pivotal Senate election.Detective Jake Brogan is investigating a possible serial killer. Twice, bodies of unidentified women have been found by a bridge, and Jake is plagued...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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The twelve central characters of this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Anna is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley's former students, works hard to earn a degree from Oxford and becomes an investment banker; Carole's mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about...
8) Together
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Five unforgettable tales, Together in one volume... Together...for a second chance at life and love-THAT OTHER KATHERINE Together...when misdirected desire unexpectedly leads to lasting happiness-STORE-BOUGHT WOMAN Together...as mistrust turns into steadfast devotion-THE SCENT OF SNOW Together...a couple once torn apart by greed is now reunited by a vow of eternal love-IN ALL SEASONS Together...twin sisters trade places with romantic consquences...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
“What the women I write about have in common is that they are all rebels with a cause, and I see myself represented in their mirror,” asserts Alicia Gaspar de Alba. Looking back across a career in which she has written novels, poems, and scholarly works about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, la Malinche, Coyolxauhqui, the murdered women of Juárez, the Salem witches, and Chicana lesbian feminists, Gaspar de Alba realized that what links these historically
...12) The Other Mrs: A Thrilling Suspense Novel from the NYT bestselling author of Local Woman Missing
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
-- “Altogether unpredictable.” —Karin Slaughter, Don't miss Mary Kubica's upcoming novel, Just the Nicest Couple, Local Woman Missing
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English
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Learn all about the Roman Empire's amazing contributions to art, architecture, engineering and language that have profoundly shaped our society and our everyday lives. What are frescoes? What were the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Pantheon? How did the Romans transport water over long distances? How did Romans design stronger bridges? What is oratory? What Latin phrases from ancient Rome do we still use regularly today? What are Roman Numerals?...
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English
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In the late 1800s, Maggie Walker, an African American community leader, helped establish a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, a community center, and an educational loan fund, among other humanitarian projects. She was also the first woman in the United States to become founder and president of a chartered bank.
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