Catalog Search Results
12982) Belye zuby
Author
Publisher
Izdatelʹstvo "Ėksmo"
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Russian
Description
At the centre of this novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England's irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn't quite match her name (Jamaican for...
12983) Contemporary musical theatre for teens: Young women's edition.Volume 1 :31 songs from 25 musicals
Publisher
Hal Leonard
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Vandalia Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The nine stories in My Pulse Is an Earthquake take place in the clutches of grief. Characters struggle to make sense of sudden losses of life, love, and community. From 1970 to the present day, children and young adults from the Rockies to the Appalachian Mountains guide readers through the valleys of their lives as dog breeders, immigrants, Catholic school delinquents, rookie policewomen, drummers, ballerinas, teenage brides, and even an accountant...
12985) Verführt von einer Lady
Author
Series
Historical gold volume 225
Publisher
CORA Verlag
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Deutsch
Description
Engaged to the future Duke of Wyndham since she was just six months old, Amelia Willoughby is beginning to get tired of waiting for Thomas Cavendish. Thomas rather likes having a fiancee, all the better to keep the husband-hunters at bay. But just when he begins to realise that his bride might be something more than convenient, Thomas's world is rocked by the arrival of his long-lost cousin, who may or may not be the true Duke of Wyndham. And if Thomas...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
This richly raucous history traverses the notoriously licentious British Regency era in the company of its most celebrated courtesan. Following a simple Edinburgh girlhood, Grace Dalrymple came of age in the sin city of London. As an impressionable bride of seventeen who married a man more than twice her age, Grace's remarkable beauty soon attracted the attentions of other men, and a disastrous liaison provoked her philandering husband to pursue a...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
"In 1846, Edgar Allan Poe wrote that "the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetic topic in the world'. The conjunction of death, art and femininity forms a rich and disturbing strata of Western culture, explored here in fascinating detail by Elisabeth Bronfen. Her examples range from Carmen to Little Nell, from Wuthering Height6s to Vertigo, from Snow White to Frankenstein. The text is richly illustrated throughout with thirty-seven...
Author
Publisher
Sterling, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Experience the heartwarming tale of how the dashing playboy prince fell in love with the beautiful American actress. Meghan Markle becomes the second American and the first mixed-race person to marry into the royal family, bringing with her a breath of fresh air as the House of Windsor navigates the twenty-first century. This deluxe souvenir celebrates their truly modern love story and their special day, from their wildly different childhoods and...
Author
Publisher
al-Dār al-ʻArabīyah lil-ʻUlūm Nāshirūn
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Arabic
Description
Suraya's beautiful life, living modestly in Istanbul, is reversed when she receives a marriage proposal from a wealthy, handsome businessman who has fallen in love with her and moves to live with him on the family estate. But Lama Esma, who runs the house with her three other daughters-in-law, has other ideas for a proper wife for her son. So begins Soraya's new, miserable life, trying hard to endure her harsh, stubborn mother-in-law, who would not...
12993) The king's deryni
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Alaric Morgan always knew his purpose in life--to stand alongside the king of Gwynedd. The old king knew that whichever of his sons succeeded to the throne would benefit from having a Deryni at his side. Alaric and the young Prince Brion Haldane were bound together by magic--a magic to be called upon when Brion was most in need. Now eighteen, Brion has ascended to the throne and seven-year-old Alaric has come to court. Through the coming years, both...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A menagerie of monstrously cute creatures is about to invade your world! Unleash your creativity by crocheting 16 thrilling amigurumi patterns inspired by classic horror literature, film, and folklore. Create an army of cuddly yet fiendishly creepy sinister characters, including Frankenstein and his brilliant bride, Cthulhu, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Headless Horseman and his steed, a werewolf, and a zombie -- as treasured handmade keepsakes...
12996) A woman's place: a novel
Author
Series
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It is 1968 and everything about being a Black woman in America is changing. A society once walled off has begun opening doors. Against this backdrop, three young women meet at a New England college and form a friendship that endures, heals, and dramatically shapes their lives. With backgrounds and temperaments symbolic of the many questions around attaining selfhood in the aftermath of freedom movements, Faith, Crystal and Serena struggle to exercise...
13000) Esposa en la sombra
Author
Series
Harlequin Bianca volume 1274
Publisher
Harlequin Ibérica, una división de HarperCollins Ibérica, S.A
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Las maquinaciones de la importante familia Manzini habían obligado a Elena Blake a casarse. El reacio novio, el conde Angelo Manzini, era el mujeriego con peor fama de Italia. En sociedad, Angelo besaba por obligación a su nueva y tímida esposa. Pero, en su mansión, la condesa se negó a seguir en la sombra. Ante el desafío de Elena, Angelo se sintió cautivado por el reto de poseerla"--Page 4 of cover
The manipulative machinations of the great...
Didn't find it?
Didn't find it in the Minuteman Library Network? Request it from other Massachusetts library systems.
Can't find what you are looking for? Recommend it to your local library as a future purchase. Suggest a Purchase