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Mary Barton

Элизабет Гаскелл

Mary Barton

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘We're their slaves as long as we can work; we pile up their fortunes with the sweat of our brows, and yet we are to live as separate as if we were in two worlds…’Set in the industrial unrest of 1840s Manchester, Mary Barton is a factory-worker's daughter living a working-class life in Victorian England. She soon attracts the attentions of the mill-owner's son, Harry Carson, and in the hope that marrying him will...

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Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates

Mary Mapes Dodge

Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates

The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colourful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honour. The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. Hans' father, Raff Brinker, suffered head trauma when he fell from a dike. It left him chronically ill, with episodes of amnesia and occasional violent outbursts, so he is unable to work. Mrs. Brinker,...

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Mary Mapes Dodge

Нексус

Генри Миллер

Нексус

Генри Миллер – виднейший представитель экспериментального направления в американской прозе XX века, дерзкий новатор, чьи лучшие произведения долгое время находились под запретом на его родине, мастер исповедально-автобиографического жанра. Скандальную славу принесла ему «Парижская трилогия» – «Тропик Рака», «Черная весна», «Тропик Козерога»; эти книги шли к широкому читателю десятилетиями, преодолевая судебные запреты и цензурные рогатки. Следующим по масштабности сочинением Миллера явилась...

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Генри Миллер

Mary Barton

Элизабет Гаскелл

Mary Barton

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Элизабет Гаскелл

The Alpha Brotherhood

Catherine Mann

The Alpha Brotherhood

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Catherine Mann

Melmoth the Wanderer

Charles Maturin

Melmoth the Wanderer

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Charles Maturin

Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser

Sister Carrie

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Theodore Dreiser

The Alpha Brotherhood

Catherine Mann

The Alpha Brotherhood

"I can't sleep with a man who keeps secrets."Despite the warnings that he would break her heart, Jayne Hughes fell for the bad boy. And Conrad Hughes, casino magnate, did just that with his absences and lies. Now she's ready to move on, but her husband has other plans….Conrad's undercover work for Interpol destroyed his marriage. When Jayne comes to Monte Carlo seeking a divorce, he launches an all-out assault. Seducing his wife back into his bed is child's play; earning...

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Catherine Mann

Melmoth the Wanderer

Charles Maturin

Melmoth the Wanderer

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Charles Maturin

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

"Oliver Twist", Charles Dicken's second novel, is the classic story of the struggles of a young orphan in 19th century England. An early social novel, Dickens draws upon the political issues of child labor and the struggles of the poor. Originally serialized in «Bentley's Miscellany» between February 1837 and April 1839, «Oliver Twist» is one of Dickens early classics.

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Charles Dickens

The Alpha Brotherhood

Catherine Mann

The Alpha Brotherhood

In school, Malcolm Douglas was a bad boy who stole Celia Patel’s heart – and broke it into a million pieces… Now when Malcolm swoops back into Celia’s life he is a billionaire dedicated to atoning for his sins, but the desire they share still leaves them breathless. Will Celia ever forgive him? Maybe. If today’s pleasure can erase yesterday’s pain…

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Catherine Mann

Lady Susan

Джейн Остин

Lady Susan

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Джейн Остин

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens, Чарльз Диккенс

Oliver Twist

Starved and mistreated, empty bowl in hand, the young hero musters the courage to approach his master, saying, «Please, sir, I want some more.» Oliver Twist's famous cry of the heart has resounded with readers since the novel's initial appearance in 1837, and the book remains a popular favorite with fans of all ages.Dickens was no stranger to the pain of hunger and the degradation of poverty. He poured his own youthful experience of Victorian London's unspeakable squalor into this...

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Charles Dickens, Чарльз Диккенс

Outpost on Io

Leigh Brackett

Outpost on Io

In a crystalline death lay the only release for those prisoners of that Ionian hell-outpost. Yet MacVickers and the men had to escape—for to remain meant the conquering of the Solar System by the inhuman Europans. Leigh Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes Back shortly before her death in 1978.

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Leigh Brackett

Persuasion

Джейн Остин

Persuasion

The persuasion of «Persuasion» is the persuasion of Anne Elliot by a family friend that the young man that she is in love with is an inappropriate match for her. Instead of following her heart Anne follows the advice of the family friend and lets her love go. Seven years passes and Anne, who is still alone, finds a second opportunity for true love when the man returns from sea. «Persuasion,» Jane Austen's last completed novel, is the story of lost love and an older woman's chance to...

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Джейн Остин

Pride and Prejudice

Джейн Остин

Pride and Prejudice

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Джейн Остин

The Caroselli Inheritance

Michelle Celmer

The Caroselli Inheritance

Having a baby with his best friend is the means to an end for Nick Caroselli.In his quest to receive a ten-million-dollar inheritance, he’ll also be giving Theresa Phillips the one thing she really wants…a child. It seems like the perfect arrangement…until they decide to conceive the old-fashioned way. Then things really heat up under the mistletoe!

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Michelle Celmer

THE ENCHANTED APRIL

Elizabeth von Arnim

THE ENCHANTED APRIL

Four dissimilar women in 1920s England leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italy. Mrs Arbuthnot and Mrs Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' club but have never spoken, become acquainted after reading a newspaper advertisement for a small medieval castle on the Mediterranean to be let furnished for April. They find some common ground in that both are struggling to make the best of unhappy marriages. They also reluctantly take on the waspish, elderly Mrs Fisher and...

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Elizabeth von Arnim

Outpost on Io

Leigh Brackett

Outpost on Io

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Leigh Brackett

The Caroselli Inheritance

Michelle Celmer

The Caroselli Inheritance

When Rob Caroselli discovers Caroline’s pregnant after their amazing one-night stand, he wants to make his gorgeous business enemy his wife.If he has a son, he stands to inherit millions… But his marriage plan will never succeed without the secret ingredient – true love.

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Michelle Celmer

The Enchanted April

Elizabeth von Arnim

The Enchanted April

"The Enchanted April" is the story of four women who spend a month vacationing in Italy at the Tuscan Villa, San Salvatore. Together these women rent an Italian castle on the Mediterranean coast and experience a reawakening in life through their shared experiences there. Readers will delight in reading «The Enchanted April,» a truly inspiring tale and one of Elizabeth Von Arnim's best.

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Elizabeth von Arnim

Lost Horizon

James Hilton

Lost Horizon

In 1931, four people, including Glory Conway, escape the political unrest in Baskul, China by boarding a plane, bound for Peshawar. The plane, however, much to their dismay, has been hijacked and eventually crash lands deep in the far reaches of the Tibetan Himalayas. Seeking shelter, the group soon finds themselves in the valley of the blue moon, guests at a lamasery, called Shangri-La.

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James Hilton

Postkast nr 4. Leskede klubi

Eha Veem

Postkast nr 4. Leskede klubi

Eha Veemi esimesest krimiloost „Leskede klubi. Armulauamõrv” (ilmunud 2018) tuntud õed Lilleväljad, kohtunik Berklund, Saima, Rolf ja Emma saavad jaanitule küll ilusti ära peetud, aga järgmisel päeval kallab nagu oavarrest ja loodetud rahulikust õngitsemisest Kortsjärvel ei paista midagi välja tulevat. Selle asemel tuleb asuda lahendama järjekordset mõrvajuhtumit, kus seekord ei piisa Leskede klubi bridžimängus treenitud mõistusest. Vaja on ka head füüsilist vormi.

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Eha Veem

Scheidung kann tödlich sein

Andrea Ross

Scheidung kann tödlich sein

Andrea, verheiratet, drei Kinder, verliebt sich in Attila, den getrennt lebenden Mann ihrer Cousine, mit der er seinerseits drei Kinder hat. Das Zusammenleben in der neuen Patchworkfamilie erweist sich als konfliktreich. Es ist kaum möglich, allen Bedürfnissen gerecht zu werden. In Andrea und Attila reift der Gedanke, in Spanien eine neue Zukunft zu gestalten. Kündigt Andrea ihren ungeliebten Beamtenjob und kann Attila seine Geschäfte von dort aus weiterführen? Können sie die Kinder mitnehmen? ...

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Andrea Ross

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