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81) The Tempted
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The frightened woman standing before millionaire Jared Spencer hardly looked like the housekeeper's spirited daughter who'd once captured his heart then betrayed him. But the moment their gazes met, he felt the same fiery, forbidden desire. Tess Campbell had come with a plea to help find her missing child. A child who should have been theirs. Tess tempted fate by going to Jared. But for her little girl, she'd face the devil himself. Jared's millions...
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In a world saturated with words, the ability to express oneself effectively is a precious skill that transcends boundaries and connects individuals on profound levels. "Unlocking the Power of Expression : A Comprehensive Guide" is an enlightening journey that empowers you to navigate the vast landscape of communication with finesse and confidence. From the moment you embark on this literary voyage, you'll be immersed in a treasure trove of insights...
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Stefan Zweig: Der Amokläufer und andere Novellen einer Leidenschaft Neu editierte 2020er-Ausgabe in aktualisierter Rechtschreibung. Der Begriff Amok stammt aus der indonesischen Kultur und bezeichnet einen rauschhaften Zustand blindwütiger Raserei, in dem andere Menschenleben ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste ausgelöscht werden. Zu Zeiten Stefan Zweigs war dieser Begriff in Europa kaum bekannt, aber der weitgereiste Schriftsteller fand damit den passenden...
84) The Woman Chaser
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In post-World War II Los Angeles, a disillusioned used car salesman seeks revenge after his attempt to make the great American film fails miserably.
Richard Hudson, woman chaser and used car salesman, has a pimp's awareness of the ways women (and men) are most vulnerable. One day Richard decides to make an ambitious film, which turns into a fiasco. Enraged, he exacts revenge on all who have crossed him.
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This tale of an exotic adventure undertaken in the face of tragedy includes a revealing portrait of Conrad Aiken's friend and protégé Malcolm Lowry Blomberg has loved Noni for what seems like his whole life. He loves her like he loves the sunset, like he loves the air he breathes. But beautiful, strange, impulsive Noni-who has spent years in a passionless marriage to one of Boston's most notorious swindlers-has only a few months to live; her heart...
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Martina Satriano, an Italian professor of cultural history at New York University, observes the great American city with admiration and gratitude, but from an outsider's perspective. She is a sublime cook, she loves her job, she has occasional erotic adventures, but Martina is a lonely woman whose real passion is a "machine" that she has built to assist in her cultural research and which she uses to record her dreams. These recordings, infused with...
87) Una buena chica
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Una noche, Mia Dennett entró en el bar donde había quedado en encontrarse con un amigo con el que salía de vez en cuando. Pero él no apareció, y Mia cometió la imprudencia de marcharse con un misterioso desconocido. Colin Thatcher parecía en principio un ligue inofensivo. Marcharse con él, sin embargo, acabaría siendo el peor error que había cometido en toda su vida.
Colin decidió llevarla por la fuerza a una cabaña aislada en las montañas...
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A contract killing on a remote coastal track.
A deadly boat explosion occurs in nearby waters soon afterwards.
Are the two connected?
Meanwhile, Angelina makes an audacious escape with the assistance of her underworld connections and continues her ruthless agenda.
To follow is a chain of events that, when unravelled, shocks Nic Drakos to the core and links him inextricably to Elena Perez, imprisoned by Angelina on the other side of the world....
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Caitlyn's home-based catering business is a dream come true. She can be there for her three-year old daughter and her husband Sam. Everything seems perfect. Until…
Caitlyn's little three-year old daughter Katie goes missing.
She literally vanishes into thin air.
Who did this?
Was it someone close to Caitlyn?
Was it a customer?
Someone had been following Caitlyn. That much she knew.
And she would stop at nothing to get her little girl back.
90) Dumped
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On the way to an island holiday with his fiancée, Mark Streeton undergoes profound psychological changes as a result of isolation, physical pain, and emotional distress when their plane is destroyed. Unfettered by the distractions of everyday life in the city, his mind is left to ferment the negative into more than was ever intended, capable of actions far beyond his perceptions. Ultimately, only a mirror of his brutality will bring his conscience...
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We the Other People-The Beggars of the Mercury Lights-introduces a new voice in American social literature, narrating the relationship between political power and invisible poverty amidst a crisis of conservative values, social injustice, the excesses of extremism, and the politicization of human suffering as a tool of power in the United States. The story focuses on a family, the Newmans, whose recent economic misfortune has plunged their patriarch...
92) Strategy
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A gripping psychological thriller from an international best-selling author How much can one family take? Jenny Carbrook murdered three people to make it look as though there was a serial killer at work in Lincoln, when the only person she wanted to kill was Ray Carbrook, her father-in-law, who had raped her the week before her marriage to Mark, Ray's son. Jenny wrote letters detailing her crimes in order to protect everyone she loved, but was forced...
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In a suburban Sydney pub, a woman tells her younger sister the story of how her life has changed since a serious car accident. She speaks of the blossoming of romance, the rediscovery of her long dormant creativity: her ability to draw. And yet an exhibition comes to nothing, a lover is abandoned. She leaves everything behind.
In the driving monologue of her own narrative, the younger sister attempts to make sense of her life and the events and...
94) Karma
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It began with a single crime, under the canopy of the giant redwoods of California. He committed that crime. He never took responsibility for any of it. Everything was always someone else's fault, especially hers. He would get her; he would punish her. For him it became an obsession. He had no other life to lead.
It began with a single crime. She was the victim. She would not let the crime define her. She had a life to lead. She would lead it to...
95) Strawberry
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That lonely place with a house and a park in it attracted the developer and contractor Govardhan very much. The rumors about that place did not deter Govardhan and he felt very much happy as he could buy it at a very lower price and started his dream project of apartment construction 'Strawberry' in it. He did not care at all when the constructing people told him that they were facing strange experiences in that place. But when he and his family members...
96) Unartig
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Laure Winter ist eine junge erfolgreiche Journalistin und lebt in einer glücklichen Beziehung mit dem lebenslustigen Paolo. Sie genießt ihr Leben in vollen Zügen bis zu dem Zeitpunkt, als ein längst vergangener Alptraum wieder in ihr Bewusstsein dringt. Fortan kämpft sie mit bösen Träumen, seltsamen Bildern, Ohnmachtsanfällen und widersprüchlichen Gefühlen. Zudem kreisen ihre Gedanken unentwegt um ihren ehemaligen Stiefvater Leonhard. Wie...
97) Room 15
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If you enter THERE IS NO TURNING BACK Ross Blackleigh is on trial for four crimes which he insists he didn't commit. A detective inspector and a thoughtful self-reflective man, he goes against his counsel's advice and takes the stand in court. This is his story. Ross found himself wandering the streets one night, bleeding from the head and unable to remember the past year and a half. But before he could make sense of it, he was summoned to a crime...
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A father bravely confronts anunthinkable tragedyin William Humphrey's most heart-wrenching novel In the aftermath of his son's suicide, Ben Curtis returns to the upstate New York fishing lodge that holds some of his happiest memories. It has been two years since his last visit, and Ben-thirty pounds lighter, his dark hair turned white-is barely recognizable to people who have fished alongside him for twenty summers. For the first time in all those...
100) Hunger Heart
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A few days ago, Karen was a writer and translator immersed in Copenhagen's creative scene, madly in love with her partner. Now she's a patient in a psychiatric facility.Hunger Heart is a sensual, profound work of autofiction about love, relationships, mental illness, and recovery by one of Denmark's most celebrated literary writers. Fastrup immerses us in the alienations of her breakdown and hospitalization: what it's like to apologize for threatening...
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