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Vincent TV GMBH, Corinth Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Deutsch
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After escaping a forced marriage with her abusive cousin, Hatun provokes the ire of her family by embracing a westernized lifestyle. Her family decides to task her youngest brother with ending the family's shame, and thrust the horrific practice of honor killings into the national spotlight.
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English
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Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life--except when there's a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once Nora's dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. Then one morning she returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the...
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Publisher
Kill Devil Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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She was the spirited daughter of a North Carolina plantation owner, and he was a poor fisherman who she tutored on the porch of her family's Nags Head cottage. When we last saw Abigail Sinclair and Ben Whimble at the close of The Outer Banks House, they'd overcome their differences in life stations and defied convention to begin their new life together. But now it's seven years later, and Return to the Outer Banks House finds the couple married and...
765) Promised
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Series
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Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Fooled by love once before, Margaret vows never to be played the fool again. To keep her vow, she attends a notorious match-making party intent on securing the perfect marital match: a union of convenience to someone who could never affect her heart. She discovers a man who exceeds all her hopes in the handsome and obliging rake, Mr. Northam. There's only one problem. His meddling cousin, Lord Williams, won't leave Margaret alone. Condescending and...
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Atria Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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You know where you want to be, but you have no clue how to get there. You know exactly what you want in life, but what you want is nowhere in sight. Perhaps your vision is unclear, your purpose still undefined. On top of it all, your relationships, particularly your romantic relationships, are failing. If these scenarios feel familiar way down in the deepest part of your gut-then you, my dear, are smack dab in the middle of the meantime. Every living...
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Publisher
Berkley Books/Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Twenty years after their impulsive marriage, Maggie and Bill Barrett are happily settled into the quiet comfort of their dream home with their three beautiful children. Then, the day after Christmas 2004, their world is shattered apart. Feeling isolated, Bill leaves to try to discover peace on his own. Maggie shuts down, incapable of connecting with her children or even sleeping most nights. Getting by in a daze, she has no idea how to begin picking...
768) The Hanged Man
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Series
Tarot sequence volume 2
Publisher
Pyr
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Throne, is backed into a fight of high court magic and political appetites in a desperate bid to protect his ward,...
770) Ishmael's oranges
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Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"It's April 1948, and war hangs over Jaffa. One minute seven-year-old Salim is dreaming of taking his first harvest from the family's orange tree; the next he is swept away into a life of exile and rage. Seeking a new beginning in swinging-Sixties London, Salim finds an unexpected love with Jude, a troubled Jewish girl struggling with her own devastating family legacy. The bond between them flourishes in the freedom of the age, bringing the promise...
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Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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All her life, Ryan Gracey watched her perfect older sister from afar. Knowing she could never top Wendy's achievements, she didn't even try. Instead Ryan forged her own path while her family barely seemed to notice. Now Wendy shares two little girls with her perfect husband, while Ryan mourns the man she lost after a nearly fatal mistake in judgment. The sisters' choices have taken them in different directions, which is why Ryan is stunned when Wendy...
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Publisher
MR Ediciones
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
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"Hacienda Los Encinos, Chihuahua, 1909. Armida Gándara es una adolescente retraída, marcada por la muerte de su hermano, quien se perfilaba como el heredero de los negocios familiares. Dejada de lado por sus padres, se refugiará en el amor de su nana, Bocha, quien le enseñará los secretos de la cocina mexicana. Años después, Ignacio Díaz, un joven liberal que busca el derrocamiento de la dictadura, se enamorará perdidamente de Armida, aunque...
776) Dominicana: a novel
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English
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"Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to take her to New York City, she has to say yes. It doesn't matter that he is twice her age, that there is no love between them. Their marriage is an opportunity for her entire close-knit family to eventually immigrate. So on New Year's Day, 1965, Ana leaves behind everything...
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Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"Separation does not necessarily mean divorce is imminent. Matter of fact, it's possible that separation may even lead to a restored, enriched, growing marriage. The outcome of this time of transition is determined solely by the individuals involved. If you're willing to make the most of that process, begin the journey with confidence as Gary walks you step-by-step towards healing and hope"--
779) The Danish girl
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
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English
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"From one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela's relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Drawing on never-before-seen material, Steinberg reveals the fractures and stubborn bonds at the heart of a volatile and ground-breaking union, a very modern political marriage which was performed on the world stage"--
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