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A delicious historical novel set in Gilded Age New York City, about an ambitious young immigrant woman and her rise from the floor of a sweatshop to the heights of haute couture, driven by an insatiable hunger for a place in society and her obsession with a madman.
Young Rivkah Milmanovitch arrives in New York expecting to be met by her fiancé, who never shows. Resilient and plucky-and pregnant-Rivkah makes her way to the Lower East Side tenement...
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Pre-order the brand new feel-good read from MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland.
Could one chance meeting change your life forever?
Zara is at a crossroads in life. While she adores her job as a producer's assistant working on hit TV shows, travelling around the country means she doesn't truly feel that she has a home. With a fractured relationship with her family and unrequited love weighing heavily on her heart, she is torn about what her...
743) A Family's Trust
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Could you trust the sister you've never met before?
When tragedy brings biological sisters Jessica Williams and Reeve Elliot together, the initial shock of learning of each other's existence is quickly replaced by a commitment to be there for each other.
For Reeve, it's the support she needs at a time when her life is falling apart – she's having blackouts and memory loss, exactly what her beloved late mother suffered from just a few years before.
For...
744) No One Saw It Coming
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Don’t miss the new gripping novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis.
Secrets lie at the heart of every family…
When the unthinkable happens…
Hanna’s world is crumbling.
An unimaginable crime has been committed, and everyone’s looking for someone to blame. Her loved ones are under suspicion.
Now Hanna must work out who is threatening her family – before it’s too late.
No one could have seen this coming…
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Autumn's summer is off to a smashing start… sort of.
Earlier this year, Autumn's life looked great: she had a great relationship with her brilliant teenage daughter Chloe and from September she was all set to be Deputy Head at the London school where she works. And with a pay rise on the cards, she was excited for her and her long-term boyfriend Marc to buy their first home.
But Autumn's barely opened the estate agent's website when Marc vanishes...
746) I, Gracie
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A young woman must find her way in the world again after years of nursing her ailing mother in this novel by the bestselling author of Once in a Blue Moon
I, Gracie, survived . . .
When Mama announced to our family that she had dementia, my brother and sisters insisted they couldn't help. They had their own lives elsewhere, after all. So, I gave up my dreams and spent the next nine years caring for Mama alone, losing her bit by bit, and nearly...
747) Krieg
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In a world at war, can a husband and father bring his family together again?-The Krieg tore Europe apart, shattering countless families in the process. Separated from his family and forced to become a Nazi soldier, Aldous Schneider endures horrors under Hitler's rule for the sake of his wife and children, whose fates are unknown. But when faced with an impossible choice between following orders and saving his children, Aldous makes a dangerous split-second...
748) Bitter Harvest Moon
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Emily Walker was unsure about many things, but one thing she knew... she was old enough to make her own decisions... but making choices is never easy. Should she obey her old-fashioned father or should she give in to her instincts and follow her free-thinking suffragette aunt?Life had been much simpler when she had first moved into the house on Westbourne Avenue, but that was before everything changed... before August 1914.The First World War would...
749) Du Danube au Sahel
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"Du Danube au Sahel" relate l'histoire d'une famille expatriée, ayant quitté la Tunisie pour s'installer en France. À travers les épreuves, les moments de bonheur et les anecdotes vécues, le récit dévoile les raisons de leur départ et les défis rencontrés dans leur nouvelle vie. Quel sera le prochain chapitre de leur histoire après ces défis surmontés ?
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Psychologue de formation et éducatrice spécialisée,...
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Autrefois, devenir bachelier n'était pas courant, et le certificat d'études primaires était considéré comme une éducation suffisante. Les études supérieures étaient rares, surtout pour les jeunes issus de milieux modestes. Cependant, quelques-uns, aidés de bourses, réussissaient à briser ce schéma, même si leur différence était parfois mal vue. C'est dans ce contexte que Gavro est né, déterminé à prendre le contrle de son propre...
752) Les 7 castes: Blake
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Blake vit dans un monde composé de 7 castes. Sa vie suit son cours quand, soudain, un événement inattendu la fait passer des Gris, la caste la plus basse, à la caste la plus puissante, bouleversant son quotidien. Elle doit alors quitter sa famille et ses amis pour s'adapter à ce nouveau statut et surtout découvrir la vérité qui se cache derrière ce revirement…
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Samantha Diaz se décrit comme une rêveuse romantique...
753) Ellie Bravo
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When Ellie Bravo loses her prestigious job and walks out on her partner, she decides to escape London for a new life as the marketing manager of a struggling IT firm.But that's when things start to really go wrong.She falls head-over-heels for a female colleague who is married with a child. To choose love, Ellie will have to sacrifice her job, career and professional reputation. But the lure of Maria is too strong to resist.When Maria's husband discovers...
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Lily, une jeune femme ambitieuse avec un avenir planifié, voit sa vie bouleversée par la rencontre inattendue de Manuel et Julia, deux danseurs. Cette rencontre remet en question toutes ses convictions et l'entraîne sur des chemins inexplorés, semés d'incertitudes et de défis. Confrontée à un choix crucial, restera-t-elle sur la voie prévue ou se laissera-t-elle tenter par l'inconnu, au risque de tout perdre ?
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En cet exaltant été 1972, Clayton et Hope, étrangers l'un à l'autre, se rencontrent dans l'obscurité d'un motel. Une nuit brève, mais chargée d'étoiles, scelle un lien inattendu entre eux. Huit années plus tard, alors qu'ils se sont perdus de vue, le destin les réunit à nouveau. Clayton, le pasteur tourmenté, et Hope, l'optimiste invétérée au charme désarmant, se retrouvent pris dans une spirale de chaos et d'incertitude. Pourtant,...
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Three lyrical and unforgettable novels from the National Book Award–winning author of The Women of Brewster Place. After winning both the National Book Award and the American Book Award for her now iconic debut novel, The Women of Brewster Place, which was later made into a TV miniseries starring Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Naylor continued to garner acclaim as one of the most original voices in twentieth-century American literature with novels such as...
757) Her Borrowed Angel
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Her Borrowed Angel traces the life of book-smart Madeline Wharton Saldivar from her childhood in rural, deeply segregated Georgia to adulthood in northern Mexico and southern Texas.Maddie's life, like all lives, plays out against the current events and changing social moods of the times. Deeply committed to family-and horses, or at least the idea of horses-Maddie struggles with the painful truths and impossible situations of abuse and dysfunction...
758) Chaman: Némi
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Douze ans se sont écoulés depuis que Némi, intrépide jeune femme muette devenue chasseuse, a endossé le rle de cheffe de la tribu de Galek. Avec le soutien constant de Toar, son compagnon et chaman du clan, elle œuvre quotidiennement au bien-être de tous, entourée de leurs trois enfants, Armenn, Maly et Méhan.
Mais, alors qu'elle doit lutter successivement contre une sècheresse inattendue, le manque de nourriture et les attaques de dangereux...
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"Un tronc de figuier déraciné" est le récit des expériences vécues par l'auteur. À travers sa plume, vivez ses aventures lors d'un périple professionnel et familial de 26 ans, entre une Afrique nouvellement indépendante, une Asie palpitante et mystérieuse, ainsi qu'un Moyen-Orient en pleine croissance.
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Après des études en commerce, Denis Challot s'est expatrié dans le secteur bancaire en Afrique subsaharienne, puis...
760) États dames
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Seize histoires captivantes, seize dames, seize récits intimes. Explorant un éventail d'émotions allant du mal-être aux triomphes, de la maternité aux désirs ardents, chacune des femmes citées dans cet ouvrage se livre à une profonde introspection, affrontant les jugements extérieurs ainsi que leurs propres doutes. Certaines avancent avec audace, bravant l'inconnu, tandis que d'autres luttent contre leurs peurs, confrontant parfois l'impensable....
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