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World-renowned violinist Summer Zahova returns to London - the city where, for her, it all began. Free and single in the hedonistic capital, Summer embarks on a series of steamy affairs, embracing exciting new opportunities and travelling to Europe to fulfil her...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2012-10-11
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The Day of Dissonance continues Alan Dean Foster's epoch fantasy set in a strange world where magic, beauty and violence challenge Jon Thomas Meriweather, the Spellsinger.In this enchanting sequel to Spellsinger andThe Hour of the Gate the wizard Clothahump sends the...
Editeur :
Gateway
Parution :
2012-08-06
Collection :
Gateway Essentials
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'About as close to flawless as any reader could ask for' The New York Times Book Review'For anyone who has ever felt the contempt of a self-righteous world, this book will resonate within you like a gospel choir. For anyone who hasn't, this book will be an education'...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-08-02
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Masterly American novelist at the height of her powers with a 1930s story inspired by the real-life Christopher Robin.In the outskirts of the Bronx in 1930s New York, the Mitwisser clan are German refugees who survive at the whim of their vagabond benefactor, James...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2012-07-05
Collection :
W&N Essentials
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'More than just one of the best debuts of the year; one of the best books of the year. It should do for Aberdeen what Trainspotting did for Edinburgh' Herald When Janie Ryan is born, she is destined to be the latest in a long line of Aberdeen fishwives. Ahead of her...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-07-05
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Born and raised on a thoroughbred horse farm in the green hills of Kentucky, Knox Bolling has grown up steeped in the comforting rhythms of family life. Deep ties bind her to this safe, predictable existence, but Knox knows the world has more to offer - excitements that...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2012-06-30
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The First World War is over. Eric Vernon is on the cusp of adulthood. Tall, bony and awkward he finds himself torn between a desire to emulate his heroic father, who led a life of quiet sacrifice, and resentment toward his father's roguish friend Edward Blake, who...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-05-31
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This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields - a feminist leader ahead of her times. It is also the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes - even of sexual assassinations. It is a...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2012-05-10
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With an essay by George Bernard Shaw."What do you think that is?' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; 'that, where those cobwebs are?""I can't guess what it is, ma'am.""It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!"Great Expectations, Dickens's funny, frightening...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-04-26
Collection :
The Penguin English Library
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'Reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love, but what it's like to be young and in love with a book' John Green, author of The Fault in our StarsEleanor is the new girl in town, and she's never felt more alone. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair and...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2012-04-12
ePub
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Anita Mostyn feels the need to take a holiday from her life. As a child, she was dismissed by her parents in favour of her more confident brothers, and as an adult, her choices are disapproved of – the small art gallery she works for, the friends she makes, the men she...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-04-12
ePub
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Ten-year-old Randal Thane is distressed to be taken from his mother, his governess and his home and sent to prep school. But once there, he discovers an adult world he had never before imagined, and falls unwillingly but entirely under the spell of a charismatic older...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-04-05
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Julia belongs to the inner circle of Johannesburg high society. But in the New South Africa, things have changed - the days of tea on the lawn are over. Julia's husband, Douglas, is a serial adulterer and is no longer willing to pay for the small luxuries she has always...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2012-03-31
ePub
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One day Harley Altmyer was 18 and thinking about making some kind of life. He had a family he loved and he figured it was time to get a job. Before he has the chance, his life is a minefield: his father is dead, his mother in prison for the murder, three younger sisters...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2012-03-31
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Bhupinder 'Puppy' Singh Johal - handsome, rakish and spiritually disenfranchised - has left behind the immigrant neighbourhood of Southall to mix with the elite of metropolitan London society. Sexually ambitious, he is intent on living life to the full, regardless of...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-03-31
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The stories and legends of the Bushmen were told to Conrad when he was twelve years old. He was on a hunting trip with his father, Jack Hartmann, a brutal but confused man who 'gave' Conrad an old Bushman to teach him the ways of the land. Bastiaan taught him not only...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2012-03-31
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Eliot Lamb has dreaded this moment for the past three years of his life: the final night of university. Gathered with his mates in the King's Arms, he begins the ultimate descent - Pub, Bar, Club. Staring into the foam of his first pint, he knows that before the night...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-02-02
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I wos a secrit shy and tungtied emptyheded thing.I wos tort to read and rite and spell by my tenda littl muther & by Mr McCaufrey the butcha & by Missus Malone and her gosts.SoI am not cleva, so please forgiv my folts and my mistayks.I am the won that glares into your...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2011-09-01
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Finn lives with his mother in a working-class suburb of Oslo. It is 1961, before oil, before anyone had any money at all. One day a mysterious half-sister appears, turning their lives upside down - why is she so different from every other child? When his mother takes a...
Editeur :
Maclehose Press
Parution :
2011-05-26
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'Heartwarming, romantic and great fun' CLOSEREveryone in the newsroom knows that somebody is monitoring their emails, but Beth and Jennifer don't believe anyone would read their never-ending conversations. But Lincoln does, it's his job, and Beth and Jennifer's...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2011-05-12
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