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What a carve up!
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Jonathan Coe |
A brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision of Britain, a family history and the story of an obsession. Michael is a lonely, rather pathetic writer, obsessed by the film, 'What A Carve Up!' in which a… |
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The River Between (Serenade/Saga No. 17)
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Jacquelyn Cook |
From the belvedere of her Alabama mansion on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, Lily watched for steamboats and dreamed of the man who would one day be united with her in mind and spirit. Torn bet… |
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The British billionaire affair
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Susanne James |
Shy designer Candida Greenway is out of her depth at a dinner hosted by her client. And charming playboy Max Seymour is out of her league! Constantly surrounded by high-society darlings, Max has know… |
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The season of Lillian Dawes
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Katherine Mosby |
"When he is expelled from boarding school, Gabriel Gibbs is sent to live with his older brother, Spencer, in New York. Rather than a punishment, this becomes an exhilarating invitation to a dazzling … |
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No invitation required
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Annabel Goldsmith |
Lady Annabel Goldsmith is a daughter of the 8th Marquess of Londonderry. The family fortunes were based on coal-mining. In her enthralling memoir she told of her aristocratic upbringing with an incre… |
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The St. Zita Society
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Ruth Rendell |
Dex works as a gardener for Dr Jefferson at his home on Hexam place in Pimlico: an exclusive street of houses inhabited by the rich and serviced by the not so rich. The hired help, a motley assortmen… |
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Jezebel's Daughter
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Wilkie Collins |
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Everybody rise
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Stephanie Clifford |
"A masterful tale of social climbing and entrenched class distinctions, as seen through the eyes of an outsider who desperately wants in. Tense, hilarious, and bursting with gorgeous language. Stepha… |
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New money
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Lorraine Zago Rosenthal |
Savannah Morgan inherits the estate of a billionaire father she never knew and moves to Manhattan to work at his global news corporation, a situation that is further complicated by two potential suit… |
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Crime of privilege
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Walter Walker |
Pitted against a powerful family when he reopens the scandalous case of a young woman's unsolved murder, George Becket is forced to confront a haunting mistake from his own past while outmaneuvering … |
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De Bloem der natie
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Maarten Roy Prak |
De aristocratie - verzamelnaam voor adel en patriciaat - heeft de eeuwen door een rol van betekenis gepseeld. Over welke macht, welke invloed beschikte deze groepering en hoe kwamen ze daaraan? Wat w… |
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Bunny Mellon
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Meryl Gordon |
"A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, o… |
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Kid alone
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Simon Mason |
When a student from Marsh Academy is shot and killed and Detective Inspector Singh is assigned the case, Garvie Smith begins his own investigation into the murder. |
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Answered Prayers
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Truman Capote |
RESUMEN: El protagonista de la novela ingenioso, encantador, bisexual, absolutamente amoral logró escaparse de un orfanato a los trece años, aprendió el oficio de masajista y se las ingenió para conv… |
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Daughter of empire
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Pamela Hicks |
This magical memoir about a singular childhood in England and India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten provides a privileged glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the twentiet… |
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Mark of distinction
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Jessica Dotta |
London is said to be the glittering jewel of society, a world unto itself--but to Julia Elliston it is a city of shadows. Her life is swiftly dissolving into scandal. And in Victorian society, even a… |
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Irrepressible
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Emily Bingham |
"Raised like a princess in one of the most powerful families in the American South, Henrietta was offered the helm of a publishing empire. Instead, she ripped through the Jazz Age like an F. Scott Fi… |
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The real Peter Pan
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Piers Dudgeon |
"The world has long been captivated by the story of Peter Pan and the countless movies, plays, musicals, and books that retell the story of Peter, Wendy, and the Lost Boys. Now, in this revealing beh… |
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Belgravia
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Julian Fellowes |
"On the evening 15 June 1815, the great and the good of British society have gathered in Brussels at what is to become one of the most tragic parties in history -- the Duchess of Richmond's ball. For… |
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Rich people problems
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Kevin Kwan |
"[A] novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes locked out of … |
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