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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where s… OL1095427W
Letters from an American farmer Letters from an American farmer J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur Written by an emigrant French aristocrat turned farmer, the Letters from an American Farmer (1782) posed the famous question: "What, then, is the American, this new man?," as a new nation took shape … OL1097757W
A Natural History of the Senses A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman A Natural History of the Senses is a vibrant celebration of our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. Poet, pilot, naturalist, journalist, essayist, and explorer, Diane Ackerman weaves toget… OL12900W
Only Time Will Tell Only Time Will Tell Jeffrey Archer "From the popular author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life be… OL15981099W
New women in colonial Korea New women in colonial Korea Hyaeweol Choi This book provides the first English translation of some of the central archival material concerning the development of New Woman (sin yosong) in Korea during the late nineteenth century and the firs… OL16489843W
A Duke's temptation A Duke's temptation Jillian Hunter The Duke of Gravenhurst, the notorious author of dark romances, is accused of corrupting the morals of the public. But among his most devoted fans is the well-born Lily Boscastle, who seeks employmen… OL16552745W
Sally Sally Jennie Tremaine,M C Beaton Writing as Marion Chesney She was an honored guest in a palatial country home. "Aunt Mabel," lovelorn columnist of Home Chats magazine, had been summoned to prevent the Duchess of Dartware's son, Paul, from a marriage worse t… OL16805587W
Hella nation Hella nation Evan Wright Rolling Stone writer Wright offers 12 tales of outsiders, people more or less living off the grid in mainstream America. He profiles, for example, a member of Delta Company in Kandahar in southeaster… OL18603270W
Underworld Underworld Don DeLillo Nick Shay and Kiara Sax knew each other once, intimately and they meet again in the Sahara desert. He is trying to outdistance the crucial events of his early life, she is an artist who has made a bl… OL1921185W
Choose your weapon Choose your weapon Christopher Burchfield Between 1847 and 1861 over seventy duels were fought in California, more than in all the other states combined during those years. The major figures, the causes, the manner in which the duels were fo… OL19707276W
The people and culture of Japan The people and culture of Japan Ryōtarō Shiba "The People and Culture of Japan features conversations between Donald Keene, a preeminent scholar of Japanese literature, and Shiba Ryotaro, the author who continued to contemplate the human conditi… OL19755321W
The Queen's Lady The Queen's Lady Heather Graham 16th Century. She desired him above all others... Would he now be her executioner?Lady Gwenyth Macleod has staked her fortune and her reputation to help Mary, Queen of Scots take her rightful place … OL1979161W
Prisoners of the White House Prisoners of the White House Kenneth T. Walsh One can scarcely imagine an environment outside the nation's penal system that is more isolating than the Executive Mansion, a habitat almost guaranteed to keep America's commander in chief far remov… OL19967066W
The children return The children return Martin Walker "When an undercover agent tracking domestic jihadists is found murdered, it's troubling enough for Bruno's beloved village. But when this is followed by the return of Sami, a local autistic youth tho… OL20002167W
Life in the United Kingdom Life in the United Kingdom Home Office Ensure you are fully prepared for your Life in the UK test with the new 2013 3rd edition of the Life in the UK handbook. This eBook is the only official handbook for the new Life in the UK tests take… OL20080288W
Kouka Kouka Cécile Gagnon A la mort de son mari, Sira a dû se séparer de son fils. Ainsi en ont décidé les anciens du village. Kouka est donc parti vivre chez son oncle à Ouagadougou, la capitale du Burkina. Mais Kouka a été … OL20940562W
Princesse Tya et la disparition du pharaon Princesse Tya et la disparition du pharaon Agnès Bertron-Martin Lors de la grande fête de Memphis, le Pharaon va faire la démonstration de ses pouvoirs divins devant le peuple d'Egypte! Au programme : formules magiques, chars grandioses et combats de lions ... Ma… OL24293397W
Les Islandais Les Islandais Gérard Lemarquis Voyage au coeur de l'Islande pour découvrir les habitants ce pays sous toutes leurs facettes. -- [Renaud-Bray]. OL24733522W
A gift from childhood A gift from childhood Baba Wagué Diakité A memoir in which Baba Diakité recalls the time he spent as a child with his grandparents in a tiny Malian village where he learned to catch a catfish with his bare hands, listened to his grandmother… OL26196975W
Secrets de polichinelle Secrets de polichinelle Alice Munro Dans ce recueil de nouvelles, Alice Munro raconte des vies entières, des univers entiers qu'elle révèle avec une justesse riche et absolue et une bouleversante exactitude dans l'écriture. Les femmes … OL27711211W
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