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Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. The two are on different courses-Austin is British, temporarily in New York. Dara's from North Carolina, set on law school. They fall in love at first sight, and are determined to make their lives together. Days...

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Must Be Brave comes a new sweeping historical novel about one couple’s journey through war, love, and loss, and how the people we love never really leave us. An epic love. A second chance. During the perils of World War II in Alexandria, Egypt...

One of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature, the Secret Garden is a story of regrowth and regeneration. This classic tale centers around Mary Lennox, an orphan who is sent to her strange Uncle and his mansion in Yorkshire. The mansion is a...

Lake beasts prowl through the city of Vastalt on restless nights. Alexi hunts them, but it doesn't pay well. So when he scrapes together enough money to buy a girl he likes a bouquet, he can't think of anything worse than for the bells to toll and a new beast to terrorize his city. As an apprentice to The Brotherhood of The Blessed Monastic Fraternity of Saint Ariel, he's obliged to answer the call for help, but he's terrified. What if the flowers don't survive?

Miało być długo i szczęśliwie. Ale co, jeśli to za mało? Aubrey swojego czasu złamała wszystkie reguły. James miał być tylko jednym z wielu, kolejnym klientem, z którym nie połączą jej żadne więzi emocjonalne. Zamiast tego zaryzykowała wszystko i wpadła głęboko do jego świata i jego serca. Był wszystkim, czego kiedykolwiek pożądała. Teraz jednak okazuje się, że on chce czegoś więcej.

A Little Princess tells the story of Sara Crewe, a brilliant and imaginative student at a Select Seminary for Young Ladies. When her father dies, Sara becomes a pauper, forced to live in the attic and work as a servant. She faces adversity with stoic optimism, which leads her out of the dire circumstances. The narrative demonstrates the value of kindness over cleverness, the importance of giving freely and respecting others, no matter their station in life.

Renomados observadores da economia e da sociedade brasileiras refletem sobre os trinta anos da moeda que mudou os rumos do país. Composto por textos escritos no calor dos acontecimentos, quase todos por ocasião de aniversários do Real, cada qual com seu ângulo, seu timbre e sua voz, 30 anos do Real procura refletir as angústias de um instante no tempo.

Irma ha poco più di trent'anni e un tic che non l'abbandona. Il romanzo di Carlevero racconta le vite un po' scombinate di una generazione che si ostina a inseguire ogni futuro possibile e a curarsi le ferite di un passato implacabile. Una voce tagliente e senza freni, tragica e comica.

In case one helping wasn't enough… Faye Bonsu seems to have it all: a drop-dead gorgeous and successful boyfriend, a burgeoning career as an interior designer and a rent-free mansion in lush Hampstead to call home. But with all her friends shifting into yummy-mummy mode, a man who seems to have no desire to put a ring on it, tricky clients, and a very attractive (and single) boss, things are not quite as simple as they might appear.

Twilight Robbery is the extraordinary sequel to the award-winning Fly By Night by Costa winner Frances Hardinge. The city at night is a dangerous place . . . Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are in trouble again. Escaping disaster by the skin of their teeth, they find refuge in Toll, the strange...

In the tradition of truly fantastic storytelling, Verdigris Deep is a darkly witty, utterly creepy and clever novel by Frances Hardinge, author of The Lie Tree. Verdigris n. a blue-green rust that tarnishes ageing and forgotten copper coins, altering them entirely . . . One evening, Ryan and his...

A Face Like Glass is an astonishing and imaginative novel from the Costa Award winning author of The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge. In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare – wines that can remove memories...

'One of our finest storytellers' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent 'Pure magic' M.R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts From Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree comes Deeplight - an underwater adventure as dangerous as the gods themselves . . . The...

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. Read by actress Emilia Fox, The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night. Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is...

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2017. 'A Skinful of Shadows confirms Hardinge's status as one of our finest storytellers. It's rare to find a book which is every bit as intelligent and stylish as it is riveting - I was enthralled' - Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent. Frances...

Winner of the Branford Boase award, Fly By Night is the stunning YA fantasy novel from Frances Hardinge, author of the Costa Award winning The Lie Tree. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of civil war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old orphan called Mosca Mye and her...

Chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time, Gullstruck Island is a vibrant and exciting novel, in a beautifully imagined setting, by Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award winning author The Lie Tree. On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, beetles sing danger and...

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree, is a fantastically eerie and beautifully written novel, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal. The first things to shift were the doll's eyes, the beautiful grey-green glass eyes. Slowly they...

Welcome to your new fantasy obsession . . . In a world where anyone can create life-destroying curses, only one person has the power to unravel them. Kellen does not fully understand his talent, but uses it to help those who have been cursed, including his ally and closest friend, Nettle. But...

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