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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Bilingual edition/Edición bilingüe.
Language
Español
Description
"Clarissa Dalloway es una mujer de cincuenta y dos años de la alta sociedad londinense, casada con un diputado conservador del parlamento británico y madre de una hija adolescente. Un día de junio de 1923, se prepara para dar una fiesta en su casa aquella misma noche. Allí se rencontrará con amigos que hace muchos años que no ve. Mientras pasea por las calles londinenses ultimando los preparativos, Clarissa se encuentra inmersa en sus...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Berlin, September 1872. The Duncker brothers, Max and Wolfgang, own a thriving publishing business in the city. Clever, irresponsible Max is as fond of gambling and brothels as the older, wiser, Wolfgang is of making a profit. When Max's bad habits get out of hand, Wolfgang sends him to Homburg, to attend to a celebrity author--the enigmatic Sibyl, also known as George Eliot. Enthralling and intelligent, she soon has Max bewitched. Yet Wolfgang has...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Oxford academics Catherine Tregowyn and her beau, Dr. Harry Bascombe, travel “across the pond” to teach a summer course at UCLA, the last thing they expect to encounter is a murder. However, the daughter of one of their fellow passengers on the Queen Mary is arrested the day they arrive in Los Angeles. Miss Daphne Binoche, a famous actress, stands accused of murdering her director, Michael Fields. Miss Binoche's father pleads with Harry and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Catherine's brother's girlfriend, Emily, is arrested for the murder of an Oxford jazz saxophonist, he pleads with her to help find the real culprit. Though she is a newly hired tutor at Somerville College, Catherine has some past success at unmasking criminals and allows herself to be persuaded. She starts by going "undercover" as a weekend jazz singer with the murdered man's band. Assisted by her beau, Dr. Harry Bascombe, she soon finds herself...
505) Mastered
Author
Series
Honor bound volume 8
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Brynna Monet is on a man diet for the rest of her life. No more G-men, spies, or soldiers, period. Willpower comes easily from the scars left on her heart by a string of dominant bad boys who have all asked too high a price for her passion--her trust.When the unspeakable happens and her best friend is abducted by a madman, Brynn is assigned as a secret consultant on one of the military's riskiest rescue missions, but she's got help from a pair of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Charlotte and Philip meet, the pair form a deep and instant connection. Soon they're settled in the Florida Keys with plans to marry. But just as they should be getting closer, Charlotte feels Philip slipping away. Second-guessing their love is something Charlotte never imagined, but with Philip's excessive absences, she finds herself yearning for more. When she meets Ben, she ignores the pull, but the supportive single dad is there for her...
507) Jek/Hyde
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lulu and Jek are science nerds in London, Illinois, and have been best friends since they were young...or at least they used to be. Lately Jek has been pulling away from Lulu, just as she's coming to terms with how she really feels about him. Just as she's ready to see if there could be something more between them. But Lulu's thoughts are derailed by a mysterious new guy who's showing up at local parties. Hyde is the definition of a bad boy, and everybody...
508) An Oxford murder
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"After Miss Catherine Tregowyn, poet, and Dr. Harry Bascombe, her bête noire, discover a body in the Somerville College chapel, they are declared suspects in a murder inquiry. How can they prove their innocence? The pair decide they must launch their own investigation into the strangling of Oxford don, Agatha Chenowith. But working as a team will not be easy. Their relations are anything but cordial. It is not long before they uncover motives aplenty....
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After Henry's girlfriend Val leaves him and transfers to another school, his grief begins to manifest itself in bizarre and horrifying ways. Cause and effect, once so reliable, no longer appear to be related in any recognizable manner. Either he's hallucinating, or the strength of his heartbreak over Val has unhinged reality itself. After weeks of sleepless nights and sick delusions, Henry decides to run away. If he can only find Val, he thinks,...
510) We three
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Having the courage to love beyond established lines. Jasbina "Jassie" Dhillon is at summer performance camp to address concerns of her parents and teachers over her struggles at school and her lack of close friends. To Jasbina's surprise, she quickly makes two new friends, Ams and Sydney. The problem is that the pair can't seem to stand each other, and Jassie realizes she's got romantic feelings for both of them. Just as Jassie is worried she may...
511) Snap out of it
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"After three marriages and a lot of living, resilient Billie Slate knows exactly what trouble love can bring. Now she's reinvented herself as the Heartbreak Bunny, an on-call performance artist who can heal anyone who's been burned by that four-letter word, LOVE, by hopping about and whisking away sad mementos from their past relationships. Call it magic. Call it peculiar. But her bunny costume is as perfect as her breakup mantra: SNAP OUT OF IT....
513) Yerba Buena
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
1. editión.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando Sara Foster se escapa de casa con dieciséis años, deja atrás a la niña que un día fue, capaz de desarrollar vínculos de confianza e intimidad. Años después, ya establecida en Los Ángeles, se ha convertido en una codiciada barman, conocida tanto por sus brillantes cócteles como por el misterio que le rodea. Al otro lado de la ciudad, Emilie Dubois está estancada, anhelando la belleza y la comunidad que sus abuelos criollos...
515) Saltaré las olas
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición: junio de 2022.
Language
Español
Description
Una novela con el sello característico de la autora, sencilla, bien escrita y tan bonita, que desearás que no se acabe. El estilo sencillo, dulce y efectivo de Elena Castillo vuelve a seducirnos con una historia de personajes heridos que desean volver a enamorarse. Con una ambientación exquisita, Irlanda se convierte en un personaje más de la novela. Los paisajes enmarcan escenas románticas y el alma melancólica del país acaba impregnándolo...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Beryl Markham is a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, author of the classic memoir Out of Africa. Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild...
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