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Quidditch through the Ages - Whisp, Kennilworthy
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Persuasion - Jane Austen
SUMMARY: The romance between Captain Wentworth and Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, seems doomed because of the young man's family connections and lack of wealth. -
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
SUMMARY: If you are either learning Italian, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a Italian speaker, this book is for you. There are many editions of Northanger Abbey.... -
Naked Pictures of Famous People - Jon Stewart
Amazon.com ReviewSometimes it seems like every standup comedian worth his or her salt just has to do the book thing, and you might feel that yet another warmed-over stage routine .... -
My Darling Caroline - Adele Ashworth
SUMMARY: No man's darling . . . One by one, Lady Caroline Grayson watched her four sisters celebrate their betrothals, truly sure that marriage was not in her future—and perfectly ... -
Miss Silver Deals with Death - Patricia Wentworth
Miss Silver investigates a case of blackmail in an apartment houseVandeleur House was great once. The home of a prominent court painter, its ballroom and parlors hosted the brighte... -
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rom
Amazon.com ReviewOne measure, perhaps, of a book's worth, is its intergenerational pliancy: do new readers acquire it and interpret it afresh down through the ages? The Meditation.... -
Layover in Dubai - Dan Fesperman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The newest thriller from the author of *The Amateur Spy* and* The Prisoner of Guantánamo* (“Worthy of sharing shelf space with the novels of John le Carré and Ken... -
Land of Marvels - Barry Unsworth
SUMMARY: Barry Unsworth, a writer with an “almost magical capacity for literary time travel” (New York Times Book Review) has the extraordinary ability to re-create the past and ma... -
Key - Patricia Wentworth; Diana Bisho
Review'Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller' -- Daily Telegraph Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot' -- Manchester...