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542) Jane Austen
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You may already know that Jane Austen was a writer, but did you know that she was one of eight children? Or that she brewed her own beer? A graphic retelling of Austen's story which gives children a colourful snapshot of her life and the world in which she grew up, whilst educating them on everything from Regency culture to the wonders of storytelling.
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Sophie has just discovered that Anatoly, her sexy Russian P.I. boyfriend, is actually married to the daughter of a Russian mafia boss. Her friends Dena and Marcus spirit her away to Vegan for a weekend at a sex toy trade show. But Anatoly is there... with his wife... and a dead body stuffed into a closet....
550) Ella lo sabe
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Español
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"La rutina de Andrea, una escritora de thrillers traumatizada por un horrible suceso del pasado y un matrimonio que está a punto de romperse, se ve interrumpida por la inesperada llegada de su cuñado. Víctor es un tipo silencioso y extraño al que apenas conocen. Su manía de fisgonear a través de la ventana de la cocina la vida de sus vecinos, llevará a Andrea a descubrir que una madrugada estival cualquiera, en la calle de la urbanización...
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'Jane Austen' traces the author's life and times, her personal relationships, the attitudes and customs of the time that shaped her and were in turn shaped by her work, and the places where she lived, worked and set her novels, from rural Hampshire to fashionable Bath Spa. Chapters on each of her novels run throughout the book and place them in the context of her life. This volume draws on archives for a truly insightful view of the author, reproducing...
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Cassandra Reilly, an Irish-American translator and amateur sleuth, shares a flat in London with her long-time friend, retired bassoonist Nicky Gibbons. Their lives are disrupted when Cassandra attends a lecture on the beguines, laywomen who lived in sisterhood in thirteenth-century Belgium. The beguines were the subject of a popular historical mystery series by Stella Terwicker who died ten years before, but whose literary estate is still creating...
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An overview of English life and society during the social changes and political intrigue of Regency England in the time of Jane Austen. Her keen and witty correspondence to her sister Cassandra are an insight into Jane's personal impression of the world she inhabited. An exploration of places and discussion of people who influenced her works are also examined.
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"When it was announced that Jane Austen would appear on the new £10 note in 2017, the 200th anniversary of her death, there was a flurry of media excitement. Few noted that a £10 Austen banknote was already in existence, albeit one issued by her brother. Henry Austen had set up as a banker in 1804, and built up a small empire of country banks. But Henry went unmentioned, and for good reason?he had gone spectacularly bust in the crash of 1816, the...
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Polish
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Rosie Graham ma problem. A właściwie kilka. Rzuciła dobrze płatną pracę dla kariery pisarskiej. Tyle że właściwie nie pisze, a deadline oddania wydawcy tekstu zbliża się nieubłaganie. Na domiar złego sufit jej nowojorskiego mieszkania dosłownie wali jej się na głowę. Zdesperowana szuka tymczasowego schronienia u swojej przyjaciółki. Jak się okazuje, nie ona jedna. Na miejscu zastaje kuzyna Cataliny - Lucasa Martína, którego od...
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Listed as the best-selling novelist of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records, Agatha Christie can easily be considered a household name, but writing amazing stories is not all she accomplished. This book discusses her life including her experiences as a volunteer during World War I, archaeologist, traveler, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, as well as her continued influence on the world today.
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