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If You Were the Only Girl
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Their love crossed the class divide, but will it survive the ravages of war?When Lucy’s father dies and her family is plunged into poverty, she is forced to take a job in service as a housemaid at Windthorpe House, home to the aristocratic Hetheringt…
Their love crossed the class divide, but will it survive the ravages of war?When Lucy’s father dies and her family is plunged into poverty, she is forced to take a job in service as a housemaid at Windthorpe House, home to the aristocratic Hetheringt…
History of the Soviet Union
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Originally published in 1992 and now available as an ebook.This edition does not include any images.WINNER OF THE 'LOS ANGELES TIMES' BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORYNow that the great Soviet empire has finally unravelled, and with the future of the Commonweal…
Originally published in 1992 and now available as an ebook.This edition does not include any images.WINNER OF THE 'LOS ANGELES TIMES' BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORYNow that the great Soviet empire has finally unravelled, and with the future of the Commonweal…
In Pursuit of the English
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In the early post-war years, Doris Lessing left her native Southern Africa in search of a grail. But the English she pursued – and found – were living in working-class homes in East London. They were lusty, quarrelsome, unscrupulous and full-blooded …
In the early post-war years, Doris Lessing left her native Southern Africa in search of a grail. But the English she pursued – and found – were living in working-class homes in East London. They were lusty, quarrelsome, unscrupulous and full-blooded …
Жил-был отряд пограничный. Музей истории 41 Нахичеванского пограничного отряда. Том 4
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О книге. История границы — история страны. Автор собрал большое количество документальных данных, фото и воспоминаний ветеранов-пограничников о 41 Нахичеванском пограничном отряде войск Краснознамённого Закавказского пограничного округа. В 1992 году …
О книге. История границы — история страны. Автор собрал большое количество документальных данных, фото и воспоминаний ветеранов-пограничников о 41 Нахичеванском пограничном отряде войск Краснознамённого Закавказского пограничного округа. В 1992 году …
The Bitter Sea: The Struggle for Mastery in the Mediterranean 1935–1949
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A gripping history of the Mediterranean campaigns from the first rumblings of conflict through the Second World War and into the uneasy peace of the late 1940s.The Mediterranean Sea lies at the very heart of recent world history. To the British durin…
A gripping history of the Mediterranean campaigns from the first rumblings of conflict through the Second World War and into the uneasy peace of the late 1940s.The Mediterranean Sea lies at the very heart of recent world history. To the British durin…
The Button Box: Gripping historical romance from the Sunday Times Bestseller
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The new heartwarming novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Dilly Court.Clara held onto the precious button, glimmering like a jewel in the dark alleyways of London’s notorious Seven Dials. She needed to save her family… but who was going to sav…
The new heartwarming novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Dilly Court.Clara held onto the precious button, glimmering like a jewel in the dark alleyways of London’s notorious Seven Dials. She needed to save her family… but who was going to sav…
Дом волчиц
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Амара – рабыня в Помпеях, ее тело принадлежит мужчинам, которых она презирает. Но ее дух не сломлен. Днем она гуляет по улицам с подругами по несчастью, находя утешение в смехе и мечтах о лучшем будущем. За пять лет до извержения Везувия обреченный г…
Амара – рабыня в Помпеях, ее тело принадлежит мужчинам, которых она презирает. Но ее дух не сломлен. Днем она гуляет по улицам с подругами по несчастью, находя утешение в смехе и мечтах о лучшем будущем. За пять лет до извержения Везувия обреченный г…
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library
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Without libraries, what have we? We have no past and no future. This book tells for the first time in English the story of the first great universal library in the age of printing – and of the son of Christopher Columbus who created it.This is the sc…
Without libraries, what have we? We have no past and no future. This book tells for the first time in English the story of the first great universal library in the age of printing – and of the son of Christopher Columbus who created it.This is the sc…
The Count of Monte Cristo
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The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by ‘the Napoleon of storytellers’.Falsely accused of treason, Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding night and imprisoned in the grim island fortress of Chateau d’If. After staging a dr…
The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by ‘the Napoleon of storytellers’.Falsely accused of treason, Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding night and imprisoned in the grim island fortress of Chateau d’If. After staging a dr…
Blood Royal
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The story of a great queen, a woman of enormous courage who made her own rules, and a true survivor. This is the first in a series of early medieval novels by Vanora Bennett, the author of Portrait of an Unknown Woman.Catherine de Valois, daughter of…
The story of a great queen, a woman of enormous courage who made her own rules, and a true survivor. This is the first in a series of early medieval novels by Vanora Bennett, the author of Portrait of an Unknown Woman.Catherine de Valois, daughter of…
Ахматова, то есть Россия
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Анна Пивковская (р. 1963) – польский поэт, эссеист и критик, изучала польскую филологию в Варшавском университете. Опубликовала 9 книг стихотворений, в частности отмеченные поэтическими премиями сборники «После» (Po, 2002; Премия Фонда Костельских), …
Анна Пивковская (р. 1963) – польский поэт, эссеист и критик, изучала польскую филологию в Варшавском университете. Опубликовала 9 книг стихотворений, в частности отмеченные поэтическими премиями сборники «После» (Po, 2002; Премия Фонда Костельских), …
Тайны прадеда. Русская тайная полиция в Италии
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Прадед автора книги, Алексей Михайлович Савенков, эмигрировал в начале прошлого века в Италию и после революции остался там навсегда, в безвестности для родных. Семейные предания приобретают другие масштабы, когда потомки неожиданно узнали, что Алекс…
Прадед автора книги, Алексей Михайлович Савенков, эмигрировал в начале прошлого века в Италию и после революции остался там навсегда, в безвестности для родных. Семейные предания приобретают другие масштабы, когда потомки неожиданно узнали, что Алекс…
Brixton Beach
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Opening dramatically with the horrors of the 2005 London bombings, this is the profoundly moving story of a country on the brink of civil war and a child's struggle to come to terms with loss.London. On a bright July morning a series of bombs bring t…
Opening dramatically with the horrors of the 2005 London bombings, this is the profoundly moving story of a country on the brink of civil war and a child's struggle to come to terms with loss.London. On a bright July morning a series of bombs bring t…
Burning Bright
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Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: a sparkling historical drama from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.Uprooting from their quiet Dorset village to the carnal streets of London, young Jem Kell…
Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: a sparkling historical drama from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.Uprooting from their quiet Dorset village to the carnal streets of London, young Jem Kell…
Армения. Полная история страны
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Увлекательный гид по Армении: история, культура и традиции. "Армения – это страна чудес… Если меня бы спросили, где на нашей планете можно встретить много чудес, то я первой назвал бы Армению… Невольно поражаешься тому, как на столь небольшом клочке…
Увлекательный гид по Армении: история, культура и традиции. "Армения – это страна чудес… Если меня бы спросили, где на нашей планете можно встретить много чудес, то я первой назвал бы Армению… Невольно поражаешься тому, как на столь небольшом клочке…
A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade
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A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade by William Dobein James <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known an…
A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade by William Dobein James <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known an…
Cold Harbour
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An explosive World War Two adventure from the author of THE EAGLE HAS LANDED set on the eve of D-Day.A routine mission ends in icy terror for OSS agent Craig Osborne, as he floats helplessly in the sea off the coast of Brittany. The rumble of engines…
An explosive World War Two adventure from the author of THE EAGLE HAS LANDED set on the eve of D-Day.A routine mission ends in icy terror for OSS agent Craig Osborne, as he floats helplessly in the sea off the coast of Brittany. The rumble of engines…
Island Of Sweet Pies And Soldiers: A powerful story of loss and love
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Hawaii, 1944. The Pacific battles of World War II continue to threaten American soil, and on the home front, the bonds of friendship and the strength of love are tested.Violet Iverson and her young daughter, Ella, are piecing their lives together one…
Hawaii, 1944. The Pacific battles of World War II continue to threaten American soil, and on the home front, the bonds of friendship and the strength of love are tested.Violet Iverson and her young daughter, Ella, are piecing their lives together one…
Keep the Home Fires Burning
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A moving and gripping drama as one family struggles to survive through the strains of the Second World WarThe year is 1940 and Bill and Marion Whittaker live happily with their three children in a terraced house on Albert Road, in Birmingham.But when…
A moving and gripping drama as one family struggles to survive through the strains of the Second World WarThe year is 1940 and Bill and Marion Whittaker live happily with their three children in a terraced house on Albert Road, in Birmingham.But when…

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