Jonah Hauer-King
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Summer 1939. Harry, a translator at the British Embassy in Warsaw, is falling in love with Polish waitress Kasia. When German tanks roll into Poland, and Britain declares war on Germany, Harry and Kasia face terrible choices. With her life in grave danger, can Harry help her, and if he can, how will he ever explain himself to Lois Bennett, the girl he left behind in Manchester?
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In Tom Hammond's briefcase was the last photograph taken of him and his son Luke. A moment of happiness caught on camera: father and son at a dinner together days before Christmas. The photo was to become Tom's most treasured possession, for the day after, his son Luke boarded Pan Am flight 103 to New York. Tom decides to hunt down the thieves and to find the last photograph.
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An artistic sixteen-year-old is forcefully separated from her family by Soviet soldiers and sent to one of Stalin's work camps in Siberia. Despite suffering through cruel and harsh conditions, Lina finds refuge in the connections she makes with other deportees and in the art she continues to create to document her experiences.
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Ariel is a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid who is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues Prince Eric, the man of her dreams. Determined to be human, she strikes a bargain with the devious sea witch, Ursula, and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend Flounder, and her reluctant chaperon Sebastian...
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Agatha and the Truth of Murder: "In 1926, with her writing in crisis and her personal life in tatters, a young Agatha Christie decides to solve a real-life murder." --container
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar: "1928: It has been two years since the sensation caused by her eleven-day disappearance and Agatha Christie arrives in Baghdad seeking culture and peace. What she finds is Max--an attractive young archaeologist with a bullet wound." --container
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8) Howards End
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"Howards End is the story of two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world....Margaret Schlegel is an intellignet, idealistic young woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox, a self-made conservative businessman, after his wife Ruth Wilcox dies unexpectedly and he becomes owner of Howards End. Meanwhile Margaret's passionate and capricious younger sister...
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Benji the hunted: Lost at sea and washed ashore in the rugged backwoods of North America, Benji inadvertently becomes the guardian to an orphaned litter of cougar cubs. Together, they dodge untold perils from man and beast in an amazing odyssey to reach safety.
A dog's purpose: It shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.
A dog's...