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Star Trek: Picard volume 1
Star Trek Picard volume 01
Star Trek Picard volume 1
Star Trek Picard volume Book 1
Star Trek Picard volume 01
Star Trek Picard volume 1
Star Trek Picard volume Book 1
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English
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"Tell us, why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?" When Starfleet discovers that the Romulan star is about to go supernova, The threat to the stability of the Romulan Star Empire will be catastrophic. Nine hundred million Romulans will need to be evacuated. The relief effort will require thousands of ships, let alone the capacity to aid them-- if the Romulans will allow the aid. The effort would be a matter of years-- and Jean-Luc Picard may be the...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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After his wife's death, retired professor Sam Halpern reluctantly returns to the Kentucky hills where he hopes to finally find peace in Canaan land by reaching out to the troubled granddaughter of a childhood friend who, after they both witnessed a terrible event, led a tragic life.
88) Victorine
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Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Witnessing Nazi patrols in the seaside town where she is spending the final years of her life, Victorine examines her past, from the willow-lined canals of her childhood home to her nights along the Mekong River at the turn of the century.
89) Darke: a novel
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Dr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats little, drinks and smokes a lot. Meditating on what he has lost - the loves of his life, both dead and alive - he tries to console himself with the wisdom of the great thinkers and poets, yet finds nothing but disappointment. But cracks of light appear in his carefully managed darkness; he begins to emerge from his self-imposed exile,...
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
Description
Marie Sharp is about to turn 60, and unlike many of her peers, she has no interest in taking up paragliding or living for three months with a Masai tribe in Africa. She's intent on accepting this new phase of her life, which brings with it the freedom to do old things, such as getting a pension and free prescriptions and, as her neighbor helpfully points out, "tekkin' it eezee, man." And though Marie has declared herself done with romantic entanglements,...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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K.P. Sandwell, now in her nineties, remembers something of her years in Rioand relives a time in the late 1930s when she had moved from Winnipeg (“the Chicago of the north”) to Chicago itself, had tried to make a name for herself as an artist, and had found the world seeming to conspire against her. Robin relives again and again a tragic twist of fortune that cannot be changed. In the end, the story converges on the Art Institute of Chicago,...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Soy un canalla y no me arrepiento de serlo. He mentido, engañado y manipulado a mi antojo sin que me importaran las consecuencias. He destruido sueños y reputaciones, he traicionado a los que me han sido leales, he provocado dolor a aquellos que quisieron ayudarme. He jugado con las esperanzas de quienes pensaron que podrían cambiar lo que soy. Esta es la historia de un canalla. La mía.
Thomas Spencer remembers his life as a publicist and...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
Description
"I need to tell you a story, ma chere. My story. Rosa Kusstatscher has built a global fashion empire upon her ability to find the perfect look for any occasion. But tonight, as she prepares for the most important meeting of her life, her usual certainty eludes her. What brought her to this moment? As she struggles to select her dress and choose the right shade of lipstick, Rosa begins to tell her incredible story. The story of a poor country girl...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The phone call comes in the middle of the night, rousing Danni from her safe, warm bed. The police have found her mother Diana wandering miles from her house, confused and lost. Danni races to her mothers side - and as usual, Diana doesnt seem to want her there. But when Danni finds out that her mother is seriously ill, she decides to put the past behind her, and care for her mother in the time they have left. But as some of Dianas memories are slipping...
Author
Series
Bestseller) volume 1118/1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Magn©Ưfico retrato de los ©ðltimos esplendores de la aristocracia inglesa, un mundo de convenciones y secretos atravesado por vehementes pasiones y terribles desenga©łos. Verano de 1924. Durante una rutilante fiesta de la alta sociedad en Riverton Manor, una preciosa mansi©đn a orillas de un lago, un joven y prometedor poeta se quita la vida. Las ©ðnicas testigos de ese dram©Łtico hecho, las hermanas Hannah y Emmeline Hartford, no se volver©Łn...
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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Rake, drunkard, aesthete, gossip, raconteur extraordinaire: the narrator of Bohumil Hrabal's rambling, rambunctious masterpiece Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age is all these and more. Speaking to a group of sunbathing women who remind him of lovers past, this elderly roué tells the story of his life-or at least unburdens himself of a lifetime's worth of stories. Thus we learn of amatory conquests (and humiliations), of scandals both private...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Nazi-occupied Prague, 1941: On a foggy winter's day, a solider called Charlie is ordered to murder an elderly Jewish woman. He refuses, but that doesn't stop another Nazi shooting her. As the woman's daughter cries out, "Mama, no, please don't leave me!" Charlie knows that he is not a killer. He vows to save as many lives as he can. In Theresienstadt concentration camp, he sees the same sapphire-eyed girl with beautiful auburn hair. Her name is Amelia....
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