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Get the Summary of Gaston Dorren's Lingo in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Lingo" delves into the rich tapestry of European languages, tracing their origins, evolution, and interconnections. It explores the ancient Proto-Indo-European language, the foundation of many modern European and Indian languages, and the efforts of linguists to reconstruct it. The book examines the peculiarities of Finnish and Hungarian,...
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Podría ser una segunda oportunidad...
El capitán Gabriel Deane había sufrido toda clase de horrores en la guerra, pero no hay peor tortura que ser rechazado por la mujer que se ama.
Para Emmaline Mableau no hubo decisión más dolorosa que negarse a ser la esposa de Gabriel. Como su anterior matrimonio con otro soldado había tenido trágicas consecuencias no estaba dispuesta a cometer el mismo error.
Dos años después, Emmaline volvía en busca...
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Lady Wexin, once the Ton's foremost beauty, has been abandoned by her family and friends, and creditors hound her. Her husband's scandalous death has left her impoverished, and the gossip-mongering press is whipped into a frenzy of speculation when it becomes clear the widow is with child. Who is the father?
Only one man knows: Adrian Pomroy, Viscount Cavanley. He has cultivated the reputation of a rake, but in truth yearns for something useful...
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El deber era su única pasión, hasta que la conoció a ella...
En el caos de Waterloo, el capitán Allan Landon se tropezó con un joven indefenso y acudió en su ayuda, pero cuando por accidente perdió el sombrero con el que se cubría y una larga melena rubia quedó al descubierto, Allan se encontró frente a la más hermosa criatura que había visto en toda su vida. Desde entonces, se prometió a sí mismo proteger a la señorita Marian Pallant...
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Él iba a odiarla...
Cuando la bella y desventurada Dafne, lady Faville, fue rescatada de un devastador incendio, se quedó horrorizada al descubrir que su salvador era Hugh Westleigh... ¡un hombre que tenía todos los motivos del mundo para despreciarla!
Pero Hugh se había quedado ciego y Dafne debía cuidarlo y devolverle la salud. Incapaz de ver, Hugh se vio inmediatamente seducido por su tentador aroma y por la dulzura de su contacto.
Por primera...
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Los rumores decían que no él no era trigo limpio...
Lord Brentmore, hijo de un aristócrata inglés y una campesina irlandesa, había crecido perseguido por el escándalo. Ni siquiera su título y sus riquezas habían bastado para contener las lenguas afiladas de la alta sociedad. Por ello juró que sus hijos jamás tendrían que soportar las mismas humillaciones que él.
Tras la muerte de su esposa en circunstancias comprometedoras, necesitaba...
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A most unlikely governess...
...with a shocking secret
Part of The Governess Swap: Lady Rebecca Pierce escapes her forced betrothal when the ship she's on wrecks. Assuming the identity of a governess she believes has drowned, she enters the employ of brooding Lord Brookmore, who's selflessly caring for his orphaned nieces. Inconveniently, she's extremely attracted to the viscount, with her only chance of happiness tied to the biggest risk: revealing...
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« Le "S" a tracé le chemin sur lequel j'ai navigué sans relâche. Salomon a été le socle sur lequel j'ai bâti ma vie. Le logo de Salomon est gravé de manière indélébile sur ma cheville. Un tatouage est bien plus qu'une simple marque sur la peau ; c'est une identité, un symbole de ce qui nous définit et qui restera à jamais avec nous. Avec cette entreprise, j'ai érigé mon temple intérieur tout en contribuant, humblement, à l'essor...
9) Uvas del mar
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Uvas del mar es una geografía que nos remire a la tierra del autor. Animada por la imaginación, sus recuerdos rozan lo onírico, sueños casi realistas donde confluyen los amores iniciáticos, la playa primordial, el río y sus riberas rebosantes de criaturas y personajes. Sus versos, donde resuenan ecos del trópico, logran tocar profundamente el espíritu de lo humano, los amigos, la familia, las estaciones, y acaso su música. Mundo raro y cercano...
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Au hasard d'un arrêt d'autobus, Anna retrouve Christopher, « l'être de son cœur qu'elle croyait perdu. » Ils reprennent les choses là o ils les avaient laissées, sauf que cette fois, c'est un voyage de vie aux ramifications socio-politico-religieuses qui
va être tout le contraire d'un long fleuve tranquille pour le couple recomposé qui a décidé de lier son destin. Bien qu'inspiré d'événements réels, Le déchirement : l'office funèbre...
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Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family's history, this masterful story follows the Cassars over seven decades (from 1940-2010), starting with patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them, and ending with Chloe, who believes telling her family's buried stories will bring them all peace.
12) Bluz
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No one cooks like Gaston, and I'm hungry like a wolf. Eight years ago, I missed my chance to be with the love of my life. Now, Gaston is back in town to rescue his pack's troubled bar and grill, Bluz. He's keen to rekindle things between us, but I've still got the blues over how it all went down before.Gaston's got a whole life out west full of fast cars, fancy dinners, and famous friends. He claims he's ready to settle down, and that his wolf has...
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Guilty of a terrible crime and dogged by a sense of obligation he can't shake, Gaston Mosier hopes to find a little peace by getting himself hitched. Maybe his new wife can help him feel human again.Aimee Prentice is seeking a life far away from the trouble she left behind, and becoming a mail-order bride is the only way out of a bad situation. So, when she arrives in Dry Bayou to marry the mysterious man from the ad, she's surprised to find a man...
14) Intersigno
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"Intersigno" de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam es una novela corta que invita a la reflexión y que profundiza en las complejidades de la conciencia humana y la naturaleza de la realidad. La historia sigue al protagonista, Gaston de Vérac, un joven que se obsesiona con desentrañar los misterios del universo. A través de una serie de discusiones filosóficas y reflexiones introspectivas, Gaston aborda profundas preguntas sobre la existencia, la identidad...
15) Bluebeard
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A killer of young women, dubbed Bluebeard, is loose in Paris. Lucille and her friends meet Gaston a puppeteer. played by John Carradine. He invites them to a show the next night; they go. Afterwards, he walks with Lucille; she offers to make costumes for his next show, he accepts, and feelings develop that may lead to love. She suspects he has a tragic past... John Carradine's favorite role.
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This is a story about Gaston and Senefreya, two lost souls, each living in a country divided by the Atlantic Ocean, each encountering inexplicable, chaotic, even death-defying phenomena on their separate adventures in their space and time to finally find each other and fall in love. They continue their adventures in another world, beyond their existing perception, searching for meaning in their journey. A mysterious world where they both find themselves...
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"The World's Greatest Books: Ancient and Medieval History" immerses readers in the captivating tales of ancient civilizations. From Gaston Maspero's exploration of Egypt to Flavius Josephus and Henry Milman's insights into Jewish history, the journey continues through the glory of Greece and Rome. Edward Gibbon's epic on the decline of Rome and insights into the Holy Roman Empire are complemented by F.P.G. Guizot's European civilization history. The...
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A long poem in six sections, Dream House takes its cue from Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space in its investigation of female embodiment, calling up such feral, liminal spaces as the pregnant body, the aging mind, snail shells, broom closets, low-ceilinged pubs and abandoned pizza boxes. Part Tardis, part townhouse, part Howl's Moving Castle, this wry, surreal and many-peopled narrative interrogates what metaphor might hold of history, both personal...
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Verminaard, el dragón que asola el Reino de Pigotry, ha raptado a la Princesa Loreley, hija del Rey Novak. Antes del secuestro de la princesa a plena luz del día, ya casi no quedaban vacas en el reino, tal era el apetito del dragón.Gastón el "Cucharón", bardo de profesión, llega a la plaza principal del palacio cuando Novak está ofreciendo una recompensa por salvar a su hija. Remorak, un mercader que quiere la destitución del monarca engaña...
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South Texas Sheriff Brick Hamilton and the county's Forensic Pathologist Doctor Gaston Daniel Preston uncovered so much following an autopsy done on the body of a young boy murdered on dark isolated county road. The medical examination reveals that the teen was infected with a usual illness that could identify the killer. Yet after almost 16 months, investigators can't even identify the victim. However, the predator remains hidden and kills several...
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