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1) Daisy Miller
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A Timeless Classic of Societal Customs, Cultural Disputes, and The Cost of Non-Conformity
Henry James' novella Daisy Miller, features one of his greatest heroines. At first glance it seems to be a simple story of a lovely young, independent American girl traveling through Europe. But her flouting of social conventions has the potential to lead to catastrophe as she disrupts the rigid social rules of the Old World, attracting and scandalizing all...
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D. Appleton and Company
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1922
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Susy Branch and Nick Lansing are typical Wharton heroes: popular, attractive, and much poorer than their "international set" friends. Like Lily Bart in The House of Mirth, the two depend on the largesse of more privileged acquaintances to get by. Recognizing in each other a desire for the finer things in life, they decide to get married and, knowing that their friends will happily provide fabulous accommodations, live rent-free on an extended honeymoon...
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On the verge of her second marriage, Carla Carter knows she's found the one. She and her fiancé, Tom, met through Logical Love, a dating agency she founded for the pragmatically minded, and she's confident that, together, they'll dispel an old family curse claiming Carter women are unlucky in love. But when Carla's superstitious family insists she visit a fortune teller before her big day, the tarot reveals that the love of Carla's life is not Tom,...
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"Diamonds and danger dazzle in Ciesielski's latest enchanting romp through post-war Europe as estranged spouses and jewel thieves hunt an elusive Valkyrie tiara. November 12, 1918. It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up, and Esme Fox awakens the morning after celebrating the end of the Great War to find herself shockingly and accidentally married. She gathers her belongings and slips out before her new...
6) Golden Hour
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Teddy Fay novels volume 7
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"Teddy Fay is ready to embark on the European press tour of Peter Barrington's latest film Storm's Eye, when he receives an unexpected visit from Lance Cabot, director of the CIA. Several CIA agents have been turning up dead. The commonality? They were all part of a mission Teddy was involved in: Golden Hour. Lance wants Teddy to use his trip as a cover to investigate who is behind these killings. From Venice and Budapest to their last stop at a film...
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"As a member of the Air One Rescue team, pilot London Brooks has built a new life -- one far away from her clandestine past as an operative tasked to take down a branch of Russian terrorists. She has no desire to reenter that world or endure the grief of losing everyone she loved, including her fiancé. But the past won't stay past. When she finds herself falsely accused, her reputation tarnished, and her life in danger, she has no choice but to...
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In the castle library volume 1
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Center Point Large Print
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2024.
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"Ellie Sawyer has always felt more comfortable with books than people, which explains why she's now a PhD history student, neck-deep in research, and trying to complete her doctoral dissertation in time to graduate. But the final books she needs are half a world away, in the tiny European country of Lethersby -- and the only time she can access the highly secretive Royal Castle Library is over the Christmas holidays. Ellie is determined to get to...
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Center Point Large Print
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2024.
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"Olivia Garza thrives in her unconventional, service-oriented life. By day, she helps troubled teens in inner-city Little Rock . . . by night, she creates a viral web series when she tries to better understand her mother's desperate decisions by retracing her steps with a camera. So far, Olivia has always been the anonymous narrator, but she's promised to reveal herself in the last stop on her documentary: Kenya. Prince Louis, heir to the throne of...
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Teddy Fay is ready to embark on the European press tour of Peter Barrington's latest film Storm's Eye, when he receives an unexpected visit from Lance Cabot, director of the CIA. Several CIA agents have been turning up dead. The commonality? They were all part of a mission Teddy was involved in -- Golden Hour. Lance wants Teddy to use his trip as a cover to investigate who is behind these killings. From Venice and Budapest to their last stop at a...