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The Office Wife
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Faith Baldwin |
1929. Faith Baldwin was one of the most popular and prolific mid-twentieth century authors of romance fiction. She published eighty-five books, many of them focused on women juggling family and caree… |
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Lincoln's men
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Daniel Mark Epstein |
Lincoln's Men is the first narrative portrait of the three young men who served as Lincoln's secretaries during the Civil War. John Nicolay and John Hay lived in the White House, across the hall from… |
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Truck driver
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Connor Syrewicz |
This book presents information on the job of truck driver, describing the work truck drivers do, the difference between independent operators and company employees, qualities required for truck drivi… |
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Me and Miss M
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Jemma Forte |
The time has come for Miss M to find out a few home truths, and for Fran to get her life on track and to win back her Mr Right. |
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The Apprentice Lover
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Jay Parini |
When Alex Massolini's brother is killed in Vietnam, he drops out of Columbia University and leaves his conservative family behind for Capri to become secretary to Rupert Grant, a famous British novel… |
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Heroine worship
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Sarah Kuhn |
Asian-American superheroines Evie Tanaka and Aveda Jupiter protect San Francisco from perilous threats in the second book in Sarah Kuhn's snarky and smart fantasy trilogy. |
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Mr. Churchill's secretary
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Susan Elia MacNeal |
"London, 1940, and Maggie Hope has graduated at the top of her college class, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her indefatigable spirit and remarkab… |
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Good morning, Mr. Mandela
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Zelda La Grange |
Zelda la Grange grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segregation. Yet just a few years after the end of Apartheid she would become a most trusted assistant to Nelso… |
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Welcome to the real world
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Carole Matthews |
Fern has the voice of an angel but as an underpaid barmaid and pub singer, she's going nowhere fast. Then she enters the TV talent show Fame Game and this could be her big break. But then, things are… |
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Welcome to the real world
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Carole Matthews |
Fern Kendal dreams that one day her talent will be 'discovered' and that singing in the local pub with her oldest friend Carl will be nothing but a distant memory. There again, in the real world drea… |
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The fringes of power
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Colville, John Rupert Sir. |
This is undeniably interesting but hopelessly long at nearly 700 pages of text. It covers about a 15 year period when the author was one of the secretaries to Winston Churchill, and for 4 or 5 years … |
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