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A sixteen-year-old girl captures the dangerous attention of an older man in this New York Times-bestselling novel by the author of Black Narcissus. Soon after the end of the terrible Great War, Mrs. Grey brings her five young children to the French countryside for the summer in hopes of instilling in them a sense of history and humility. But when she is struck down by a sudden illness and hospitalized, the siblings are left to fend for themselves...
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From an Edgar award–winning author, a crime novel about an English ex-pat on the run from danger is "a wondrous, strange trip through a very fine mind" (The New York Times).
From the critically acclaimed author of the Van der Valk and the Henri Castang mystery series comes a stand-alone crime novel about a man startled out of his placid life in the South of France by a violent attempt on his life.
An aging British crime writer living out his...
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"...finely wrought prose and unexpectedly moving portrait of a woman who loses her privileges and finds herself." - Kirkus Reviews
"Captivating...Lovely language and lively characters." - Salon.com
"Intensely romantic. . . . Beautiful, full of rich, carefully chosen metaphors." - Washington Post Book World
"Lyrical . . . moody, atmospheric . . . rich with a sense of longing . . . dark, seductive and worth visiting." - People (Three stars)
"A deceptively...
6) About uncle
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-The debut novel from an exciting young poet-novelist, Rebecca Gisler, translated by Jordan Stump, who has also translated Marie NDiaye, Marie Redonnet, Scholastique Mukasonga, and others. (Kleeman reads everything tr. by Stump)-A pandemic novel-or not? Gisler's world is recognizable but never overbearing. The gently surreal setting, inhabited by strange family members and lots of clutter, recalls recent world events while making them interesting...
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"Cleo Davenport has heard the whispers: the murmured conversations that end abruptly the second she walks into a room. Told she was an orphan, she knows the rumor-that her father is none other than the Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne. And at her childhood home at Cairo's Shepheard's Hotel, where royals, rulers, and the wealthy live, they even called her "The Princess." But her life is turned upside down when she turns seventeen. Sent to...
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"A hilarious romp." -Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat
The charming tale of a small French town in which the local barber, whose business is failing as his clients grow older and lose their hair, decides to become the town matchmaker.
Barber Guillaume Ladoucette has always enjoyed great success in his tiny village in southwestern France, catering to the tonsorial needs of Amour-sur-Belle's thirty-three inhabitants. But times have changed. His customers...
9) Change
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"An autobiographical novel from the international bestselling author Édouard Louis - about success, transformation, and the perils of leaving the past behind"--
10) Mannequin
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A young girl vanishes, leaving nothing behind but a pile of nude photos Since the Germans occupied Paris, police inspector Jean-Louis St-Cyr has not been able to work a murder, robbery, or arson case without his German overlords demanding he work faster. His partner, Bavarian detective Hermann Kohler, does not share the sadism of many of his Gestapo colleagues, but he, too, has an obsession with speed. Their latest case calls for a sprint. For if...
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"Bestselling author Aimie Runyan makes her contemporary women's fiction debut with this charming escape into the lavender fields of Southern France and a young woman who discovers her family's secrets and the hope for her own future"--
Food critic Tempèsta Luddington has always felt like the odd person out in her family, ever since she lost her beloved mother at the tender age of thirteen. When her workaholic father passes fifteen years later, Tempèsta...
12) Flanders sky
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Henri Castang mysteries volume 12
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Henri Castang, French representative in the joint European department of judicial services, finds himself involved in a moral drama after disconcerning the dead body of his supervisor's wife.
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Fleeing her violent husband and becoming the mistress of a French commander in exchange for her protection, Elza embarks on a sensuous journey that leads from the decadent salons of Paris to the Italian coast before she becomes a courtesan of Napoleon and glimpses her soulmate in a psychic vision.
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Harlequin romance volume 4869
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"Receptionist Cady's lfie is careful and surprise-free. So when she's asked to step in as a client liaison for world-famous photographer Sabre d'Aramitz, she jumps at the chance for adventure-- at last! But it's not just the jet-set trip that has her heart racing-- it's also billionaire Sabre. As they explore Paris, Cady must ask herself: Having played it safe her whole life, is falling for Sabre a risk worth taking?"--back cover.
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Harlequin romance volume 4873
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"Florist Jules would do anything to ensure her best friend Alden's happiness. Agreeing to be the actor's faux fiancée-- all summer!-- will help land him his dream role. But is it a step to far? Jules is determined to resist feelings she's fought for years-- until it becomes clear they're mutual. Suddenly, it's impossible to ignore their inconvenient attraction or the consequences of their Cannes night!"--
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"What do you do when the man you pledged your life to breaks your heart and shatters your dreams? You pack your bags and travel the big, wide world to find your destiny--and your true love. Ten years ago, a young and naïve Cassie married her first serious boyfriend, believing he would be with her forever. Now her marriage is in tatters and Cassie has no career or home of her own. Though she feels betrayed and confused, Cassie isn't giving up. She's...
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From a New York Times-bestselling author: A novel of a woman's journey from prostitute to brothel madam to murderess to nun in post-World War II France. A sense of adventure and an eagerness to savor life to the fullest impel young, orphaned Elizabeth Fanshawe to escape her cold, unloving home and enlist in the British Army as a driver in 1944. Dispatched to Paris at the close of the Allies' war against the hated Nazis, she soon finds herself swept...
18) Fiesta
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"Esta hermosa y punzante historia narra la excursión a Pamplona de un grupo de americanos e ingleses exiliados en París en los años veinte, donde se reencuentran la seductora Brett Ashley y el desventurado Jake Barnes, que durante la Primera Guerra Mundial vivieron un amor genuino e irrealizable. El ambiente del París rive gauche y las descripciones de las corridas de toros en España, brutalmente realistas, son la metáfora de una era de bancarrota...
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The daughter of a papermaker in a small French village in the year 1320 mute from birth and forced to shun normal society young Auda finds solace and escape in the wonder of the written word. Believed to be cursed by those who embrace ignorance and superstition, Auda's very survival is a testament to the strength of her spirit. But this is an age of Inquisition and intolerance, when difference and defiance are punishable "sins" and new ideas are considered...
20) Rayuela
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"El amor turbulento de Oliveira y La Maga, los amigos del Club de la Serpiente, las caminatas por París en busca del cielo y el infierno tienen su reverso en la aventura simétrica de Oliveira, Talita y Traveler en un Buenos Aires teñido por el recuerdo"--P. [4] of cover.
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