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Harper F, Historias en Femenino
Berlín, 1938. Ann Weigel, una joven maestra aria, ha sido expulsada de la escuela en la que trabajaba y ahora debe aceptar un empleo como institutriz en casa de los Hoffmann, con quienes sus padres rompieron su amistad tras las elecciones que convirtieron a Hitler en canciller de Alemania.
Mientras intenta enseñarles a la pequeña y dulce Louise y a la rebelde Kristin al margen de la doctrina del Partido Nazi, Ann...
162) Revolución en Juego
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REVOLUCIÓN EN JUEGO aborda el caminar de un grupo de jóvenes en los años 70's, el proceso formativo en el terreno socialista y la lucha de clases, su vinculación a los problemas sociales en la ciudad de Teapa, municipio del Estado de Tabasco, en México. Enfatiza al trabajo periodístico como una herramienta de utilidad invaluable para la concientización de los habitantes de un pueblo, pero también, para quienes lo ejercen con honestidad, responsabilidad...
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Elayne Duncan is determined to see her sister, home and reclaim their clan's honor. When rumors of her being within the McFarlane clan, Elayne hatches a plan.The McFarlane clan has said many times they would pay handsomely for the head of the Keith Cheiftain. If she can capture the man, perhaps they will free her sister.Ian Kieth is a man with dark secrets. With little to no ties to anyone, he has survived in the wilds of the highlands for years....
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Lady Elizabeth Wakefield is a free-spirited young woman with intellectual leanings that make her determined to seek a marriage based on mutual understanding and respect. However, with her family on the brink of financial ruin, she reluctantly acquiesces when they arrange a pragmatic marriage between her and the imposing and enigmatic Earl of Danford, Andrew Danforth.
165) Currents of Blue
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Louisa never expected to fall in love on her summer vacation in 1918, but Willie swept her off her feet. Their love was clandestine with pressures from both Louisa and Willie's families. But it was World War I that interrupted their happy ending. Unsure if she will ever see him again, Louisa bids farewell to Willie. She bides her time nursing the barrage of wounded soldiers returning to Baltimore, searching for Willie in each one. Will her love return...
166) On the Wapiti Range
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Desperate for a kill, a mysterious hunting party invades a settler's land Years ago, Lee Trent did a favor for the Cheyenne, who rewarded him by setting aside a parcel of land where no man but he could hunt, trap, or homestead. He lived quietly in the shadow of the snowcapped mountains for years-until the day that a hunting party arrived from the East and turned his peaceful world upside down. The party is led by the bloodthirsty Baron Stromberg,...
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"Originally published in 1957, the book has an old-fashioned flavor . . . Tallant, who has written extensively about Louisiana's history, writes a sympathetic, factual account of the history and culture of the people we now know as Cajuns . . ." --Children's Literature
Readers familiar with Longfellow's poem Evangeline can find an expanded and historically accurate account of the Acadians' plight in the novel...
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"Lucrezia Borgia as a living, feeling woman rather than just another bodice waiting to be ripped . . . an evident tribute . . . to its much maligned heroine." -New York Times
Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most vilified figures in modern history. The daughter of a notorious pope, she was twice betrothed before the age of eleven and thrice married-one husband was forced to declare himself impotent and thereby unfit and another was murdered by Lucrezia's...
169) Power
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Howard Fast's thrilling story of Benjamin Holt, mineworker and hero of the modern labor movement Benjamin R. Holt, the tough-as-nails leader of the International Miners Union, has a grand and controversial plan: to unite American coal miners in a major strike. His goal is not to advance any political cause, but simply to grab as much power as he can for the miners, and by any means necessary. Based on the life story of John L. Lewis, who for forty...
170) Once More, Miranda
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Against the backdrop of the Jacobite rebellion, New York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Wilde spins the passionate tale of a beautiful pickpocket who finds love in the arms of a Scotsman bent on revenge In 1746 Miranda James lives by her wits on the streets of London, searching for easy marks-until she's caught picking the wrong pocket. Sentenced to hang, she is saved from the gallows by a fierce-eyed Scotsman . . . on the condition she become...
171) Desperadoes: A Novel
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Ron Hansen's engrossing novel of the violent life and criminal exploits of the Dalton gang, as remembered by its last surviving member From his home in Los Angeles, an aging Emmett Dalton reminisces about his glory days in America's Wild West. Now sixty-five years old, and a Hollywood fixture, he makes a comfortable living selling stories of his earlier exploits to movie studios. But years before, he rode with his two brothers-charming, handsome,...
172) Gifts of Love
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Alone and pregnant, Erin Dunmore is desperate to find a husband-or risk facing a hard future as a single mother. She places an ad in the newspaper seeking matrimony, hoping beyond hope that her dreams of a home, family, and love will come true. Mace Dalton needs a wife to keep his home, but between the hardships of living on his secluded ranch in Washington Territory and raising his rambunctious children, prospects are few. When he sees Erin's ad...
173) Rainbow Hammock
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A woman must brave the storms of passion and danger on an island off the coast of Georgia in a Civil War romance from the award-winning author. Lilah Fitzpatrick's childhood sweetheart broke her heart when he married another woman. She never thought she'd find the kind of love she lost. Then Steele Denegal-a fearless Yankee soldier-swept her into his world of passion and captured her heart. Suddenly Steele disappears, leaving Lilah alone and vulnerable...
174) Silken Promises
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As the daughter of a con man, Fiona McFee knows how to take care of herself-no matter what. So, when she comes across stoic Deputy Jacob Grey in his birthday suit, bound and tied in a field of foxtails, she's quite pleased to let him lie-even as he swears to never forget her. Three years later, newly-minted US Marshal Grey keeps his word. Nabbing Fiona in Chicago, he offers a full pardon for both her and her father-in exchange for a little help. To...
175) The Flirt
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To escape her cruel uncle's guardianship, a debutante agrees to marry a man she despises in this regency romance from a New York Times–bestselling author. After her parents' death, Elizabeth Markham is reduced to the unspeakable class of poor relation. Forced to live with her cruel, miserly uncle, Elizabeth is forbidden to participate in the season's festivities. Realizing that marriage is her only escape, she enacts a daring plan to trick her way...
176) Sweet Whispers
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Seeking a new start, Sadie Evans settles in Warren Bluffs with hopes of leaving her past behind. She finds her fresh start in the small town, in her new home and a new job, but also in the safe and passionate embrace of a handsome deputy sheriff, Jim Warren.
But just when it seems as if Sadie's wish for a new life has been granted, secrets she meant to keep buried forever return to haunt her. Once again, she's scorned by the very town she has come...
177) Snows of Craggmoor
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When Merri Glenden's aunt died, she took many deep, dark secrets to the grave. But the one thing Aunt Coral couldn't keep hidden was the existence of Merri's living relatives, including a cousin who shares Merri's name. Determined to connect with a family she never knew but has always craved, Merri travels to Colorado to seek out her kin.
Upon her arrival at the foreboding Craggmoor-the mansion built by her mining tycoon, great-grandfather-Merri...
178) Timberhill
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When Carolyn Adams Clure returns to her family estate, Timberhill, she's there to face her nightmares, solve the mystery of her parents' dark past, and clear her father's name once and for all. Almost upon arrival, however, she is swept up into a maelstrom of fear, intrigue, and, most alarmingly, love.
In a horrifying but intriguing development for Carolyn, cult-like events begin to unfold in her midst and, before long, she finds both her life and...
179) Hurricane Sweep
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Florie is a delicate Southern belle who must flee north to escape her family's cruelty, only to endure the torment of both harsh winters and a sadistic husband. Loraine, Florie's beautiful and impulsive daughter, bares her body to the wrong man, yet hides her heart from the right one. And Jolie, Florie's pampered granddaughter, finds herself in the center of the whirlwind of her family's secrets.
Each woman is caught in a bitter struggle between...
180) Mary
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When a man with too many secrets to count finds himself and his child at the mercy of a medic with a tender heart, their tragic pasts will either tear them apart or fan a flame they never believed would spark again.
For widow Mary Inlow, there is little left to mourn for her dead husband. Knowing only his cruelty and mockery for being unable to bear him a child, life without him should be as bright and new as a spring morning. But night always comes....
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