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Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
This revealing romp through proper society follows three different women who dare to defy Victorian standards. Can You Forgive Her? comically intertwines the stories of three very independent-minded women who each desires to decide her own fate in a world where love comes second to obedience and familial expectations set them apart from their peers. First and foremost is the spirited Alice Vavasor, whose indecision and repeated rejections of two...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie's death also opens an escape from her life and a window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land, and a bombshell family secret. Rosie believes Sara's great-grandmother Serafina, the family matriarch...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Jude the Obscure, the semi-autobiographical final novel from Thomas Hardy explores notions of surprising candor; within the eponymous protagonist lies the tragic truth of failed ambitions and relationships. In a fierce exploration of the darkness of love and the intellect, this is one of the great tragic novels of English literature.
Jude Fawley, an earnest boy from a rural English village, dreams of a life of academia despite his working-class background....
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Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
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The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Inspired by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin, Maugham set out to capture, the disconnect between an artist's desire, to create and their obligations to their loved ones and society. Praised for its multifaceted portrayal of tortured genius and wasted talent, The Moon and Sixpence explores the distance between expectation and desire in a man whose decisions, however, hastily made,...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
A gentle, devoted mother hides the dark and malicious side of her personality until it takes control, triggering devastating consequences.
Divorceé Liz Kendall is devoted to her two kids, and most people who know her know that she wouldn't hurt a fly. But there's another side to Liz-- one that's dark and malicious. She will do anything to get her way, no matter how extreme. And when this alter ego takes control, the consequences are devastating....
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
"India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actress. Armed with a stack of index cards and a hell of a lot of talent, she goes from awkward 16-year-old to Broadway ingenue to tv star. But while promoting her most recent project, a film about adoption, India does what you should never do - she tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. Like so many movies about adoption, it tells only one story, a tragic one. But India's an adoptive mom herself and...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What do you do when your child comes to you with a question about anxiety, death, divorce, beauty, or race? Poised to become the quintessential conversation resource for parents, How to Talk to Kids About Anything provides powerful words, actionable steps, inspiring real-life stories, and pivotal advice to tackle these difficult conversations with kids. Dr. Robyn Silverman of the How to Talk to Kids About Anything parenting podcast provides an easy...
12) Hermanas
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Series
Publisher
Maeva Ediciones
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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In a semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Raina's disappointing bond with a cranky, independent younger sister is further challenged by the arrival of a baby brother and an estrangement in their parents' marriage.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A novel full of grand passion and intensity, The Soldier's Wife asks "What would you do for your family?", "What should you do for a stranger?", and "What would you do for love?" As World War II draws closer and closer to Guernsey, Vivienne de la Mare knows that there will be sacrifices to be made. Not just for herself, but for her two young daughters and for her mother-in-law, for whom she cares while her husband is away fighting. What...
14) The Lies We Told
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain.
Risks and rewards. Sisters and secrets. A riveting tale of family gone wrong.
Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the sisters' similarities end.
After a devastating hurricane hits the coast of North Carolina, Rebecca urges Maya to join her in the relief effort. It turns out to be just what Maya needs—but...
Risks and rewards. Sisters and secrets. A riveting tale of family gone wrong.
Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the sisters' similarities end.
After a devastating hurricane hits the coast of North Carolina, Rebecca urges Maya to join her in the relief effort. It turns out to be just what Maya needs—but...
16) Tear me apart
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she's suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. The race to save Mindy's life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched...
17) Nigeria Jones
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2023]
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"A sixteen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group discovers her own place in the world"--|cProvided by publisher.
18) My Mortal Enemy
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
The Pulitzer Prize—winning author of O Pioneers! presents a moving study of an ambitious woman and her troubled marriage in this 1926 novella.
When young Myra Driscoll is forced to choose between a large inheritance from her great-uncle and marrying the man she loves, she follows her heart. She and Oswald Henshawe leave their small Illinois town to pursue a future together in New York City.
Years later, fifteen-year-old Nellie Birdseye meets Myra...
19) I'm up
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There is so much to see when you are up: The birds. The park. The pup. And some very sleepy parents! I'm Up! is an ode to a new day, and a celebration of everything and everyone that gets up each morning"--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Horizontal Parenting includes instructions for 50 fun, effective, and hilarious games to play with children while you lie down. The super-simple games work for a range of ages (from toddler through older kids) and prefect for long days at home-no batteries, screens, or endless supply lists needed"--