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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (Oxford World's Classics)

by R. D. Blackmore

Published: 2009-02-15

Paperback: 720 pages

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This is the only critical edition of this perennially popular story. Sally Shuttleworth's introduction finds, beneath the idyllic evocation of rural bliss and a tale of love and high adventure, a startling sub-text which rigidly defends Victorian values, and portrays a `manly' hero constan...

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Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman's Playbook for Love and Success

by Charreah K. Jackson

Published: 2018-06-05

Hardcover: 256 pages

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In our society, women earn the majority of degrees and are increasingly bringing home the bacon - and frying it, with 40% of American households having female breadwinners. ESSENCE Senior Editor and author Charreah K. Jackson interviewed and researched more than 150 professional women incl...

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Nora Webster

by Colm Toibin

Published: 2015-10-06

Paperback: 384 pages

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Now available in paperback, a magnificent new novel from one of contemporary literature's most acclaimed and beloved authors. In a small town in Ireland in the 1960s, a fiercely compelling, too-young widow and mother of four moves from grief, fear, and longing to unexpected discovery. Toib...

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The Quality Street Girls (Quality Street, Book 1)

by Penny Thorpe

Published: 2018-11-15

Kindle Edition: 401 pages

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The perfect book for anyone who loves chocolate and ChristmasA seasonal delight, inspired by the true story of the Quality Street factory.At sixteen years old, Irene ‘Reenie’ Calder is leaving school with little in the way of qualifications. She is delighted to land a seasonal job at M...

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Mary Poppins (picture book)

by Dr. P. L. Travers

Published: 2018-10-23

Hardcover: 32 pages

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Based on the original 1934 novel by P. L. Travers with beautiful illustrations by Genevieve Godbout, this collectable picture book is sure to become a favorite of Mary Poppins fans old and new. When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins over Cherry Tree Lane and into the lives of the Banks chil...

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The Smile of the Wolf

by Tim Leach

Published: 2018-07-12

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A TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR. Tenth-century Iceland. In the darkness of midwinter, two friends set out on an adventure but end up killing a man. Kjaran, a travelling poet who trades songs for food and shelter, and Gunnar, a feared warrior, must make a choice: conceal the deed or c...

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That We My Be One: A Gay Mormon's Perspective on Faith and Family

by Tom Christofferson

Published: 2017-09-25

Paperback: 176 pages

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"A happy gay Mormon." That's the shorthand I often use to describe myself," writes Tom Christofferson. "Some of my gay friends--as well as some of my LDS friends--are a little surprised that I think it's possible to be a gay Mormon." In That We May Be One< \i>, Tom Christofferson shares perspec...

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Year of No Clutter: A Memoir

by Eve Schaub

Published: 2017-03-07

Paperback: 320 pages

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Eve has a problem with clutter. Too much stuff and too easily acquired, it confronts her in every corner and on every surface in her house. When she pledges to tackle the worst offender, her horror of a "Hell Room," she anticipates finally being able to throw away all of the unnecessary th...

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Willa Cather My Antonia 100th Anniversary Edition: Complete and Unabridged 1918 version with introduction, context, biography and analysis (Volume 1)

by Willa Cather

Published: 2018-07-01

Paperback: 260 pages

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Willa Cather My Antonia 100th Anniversary Edition : Complete and Unabridged 1918 version with introduction, context, biography and analysis My Ántonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works. It is the final book of her "prairie trilogy" of novels,...

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Forever Herself: A Son's Memoir of a Remarkable Woman

by Kerry L Stevens, Berthella Stevens

Published: 2018-10-04

Paperback: 370 pages

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"Beautiful, artistic...engaging."- Kirkus ReviewsThe inspiring story of a strong woman who embraces life on her own terms.Berthella Stevens is shaped by childhood adversity in an impoverished, fatherless home during the Great Depression. As an unconventional adult ahead of her time, she's ...