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The Devil to Pay in the Backlands by João Guimarães Rosa
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLively reminiscences of bandit warfare in the sertao, the still primitive Brazilian back country, told by a wise, retired outlaw chief. ~Worldcat.orgGrande Sertão: Veredas (Portuguese for "Great Backlands: Tracks"; English translation: The Devil to Pay in the Backlands) is a novel published in 1956 by the Brazilian writer João Guimarães Rosa...Categorized as:
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![Pride and Prejudice by Beth Johnson, Jane Austen]()
Pride and Prejudice by Beth Johnson, Jane Austen
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe five Bennet girls need husbands.And now a rich, handsome bachelor has moved in next door. He falls in love with Jane, the oldest Bennet girl. Everything goes well—for a while. Then the handsome bachelor’s proud best friend, Mr. Darcy, ruins everything.Elizabeth Bennet has never hated anyone as much as she hates Mr. Darcy...Categorized as:
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![The Complete Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare]()
The Complete Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death) in one volume. A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to the plays, and detailed notes explain the language and allusions... -
![Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare]()
Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThe Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship... -
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![Christmas at Applemore by Rachael Lucas]()
Christmas at Applemore by Rachael Lucas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHarry Robertson is determined to make the Applemore Hotel a success. As the busy season ends, the builders are ready to get to work. He’s closing the doors on the final guests of the year when a chance encounter changes everything. Capricious media star Ivy Winter causes a stir when she arrives in the tiny Highland village with her fiancé Ben... -
![My Voice Because of You, by Pedro Salinas, Jorge Guillén]()
My Voice Because of You, by Pedro Salinas, Jorge Guillén
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEnglish, Spanish... -
![Love Poems and Sonnets by William Shakespeare]()
Love Poems and Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe greatest sonnets ever written, by the greatest poet and playwright in the English...Categorized as:
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![You're So Vain by Whitney Dineen]()
You're So Vain by Whitney Dineen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFamily drama is something Lutéce Choate struggles to avoid. With a mother who’s an award-winning country western song writer, an aunt who’s a Country Music Hall of Famer, and a brother who’s a rock star, it hasn’t exactly been a low-key kind of life, and she’s ready for a break... -
![Defining Us by Karen Deen]()
Defining Us by Karen Deen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's my brother's best friend.No one can know he visits my dreams each night.In the naughtiest of ways. But they are just fantasies.They'll never be anything else. Until that accidental kiss, changes everything.His eyes now roam my body.I can't ignore the heat he arouses in me.I'm just longing for his touch. But he's about to leave, and I need to stay...Categorized as:
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![Nuntă în cer by Mircea Eliade]()
Nuntă în cer by Mircea Eliade
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNeîndoielnic, scriind această carte, autorul ei evadează: în trecut, în imaginaţie, în mit. Nuntă în Cer nu este, desigur, un roman fantastic, deşi misterul nu lipseşte, dar este, cu siguranţă, un roman realist-simbolic, axat pe un mit al iubirii. Un roman de idei, mai puţin livresc decât celelalte, şi un roman liric... -
![Three Last First Dates by Kate O'Keeffe]()
Three Last First Dates by Kate O'Keeffe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new title in the Amazon bestselling Cozy Cottage Café series.When it comes to men, Marissa Jones is totally committed to not being committed. One major heartbreak is enough for her.Against her better judgment, Marissa agrees to a pact with her friends to marry the next guy she dates. But she isn't going to take any chances. For her, it's a numbers game, and one last first date just isn't enough...Categorized as:
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![The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare]()
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWilliam Shakespeare is a global icon for his plays such as Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet, but his poetic meditations on love are among the most powerful and evocative poems ever written. This Penguin Classics edition of Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint is edited by John Kerrigan...Categorized as:
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![Music in the Hills by D. E. Stevenson]()
Music in the Hills by D. E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter spending time combatting terrorists in Malaya, James Dering returns to Scotland. He starts a new life at Mureth House, the home of his aunt and uncle, Mamie and Jock Johnstone, where he hopes to learn to be a farmer. But he soon learns that picking up farming isn’t an easy task, and is made even more complicated by the unexpected ups and down of rural village life...Categorized as:
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![Two Last First Dates by Kate O'Keeffe]()
Two Last First Dates by Kate O'Keeffe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPaige Miller has given up on love. She might have agreed to a pact with her best friends to go on her One Last First Date, but she's done it and it ended in total disaster—for Paige. She always chooses the wrong guys, and they don't choose her. So, what's the point in trying? Her friends disagree. They offer to take the difficulty out of the search and find Mr. Right for her...Categorized as:
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![Four Last First Dates by Kate O'Keeffe]()
Four Last First Dates by Kate O'Keeffe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBailey De Luca may have agreed to a pact to marry the next guy she dates, but so far it's all come to nothing. She doesn't want to admit it but she's desperate and dateless. Everywhere Bailey looks people are in love, one of her friends is even getting married...Categorized as:
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![Tennyson: Poems by Alfred Tennyson]()
Tennyson: Poems by Alfred Tennyson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlfred, Lord Tennyson was a more complex writer than his status as Queen Victoria’s favorite poet might suggest. Though capable of rendering rapture and delight in the most exquisite verse, in another mode Tennyson is brother in spirit to Poe and Baudelaire, the author of dark, passionate reveries... -
![Anna Karenina Volume 2 by Leo Tolstoy]()
Anna Karenina Volume 2 by Leo Tolstoy
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: .. -
![The Complete English Poems by John Donne, A.J. Smith]()
The Complete English Poems by John Donne, A.J. Smith
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsYet it is only this century that Donne has been indisputably established as a great poet—and even, many feel, the greatest love poet of them all...Categorized as:
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![Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning]()
Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett . . . I love you too", Robert Browning wrote in January 1845, thus initiating the most celebrated literary correspondence of the 19th century. For the next 12 months, he and Elizabeth Barrett exchanged letters and confidences. In this elegant format, the delicate interplay between the poems and the lovers' letters become vividly apparent... -
![Lord Byron: Selected Poems by Lord Byron, Jane Stabler]()
Lord Byron: Selected Poems by Lord Byron, Jane Stabler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShe walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes... --From "She Walks in Beauty"Satirical, shocking, romantic and dramatic, Lord Byron remains a stellar figure as a poet and as a man...Categorized as:
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![La Traviata [With 2 CDs] by Giuseppe Verdi, William Berger]()
La Traviata [With 2 CDs] by Giuseppe Verdi, William Berger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Black Dog Opera Library is one of the most popular, informative, and budget-friendly ways to enjoy all thegreat operas. Each book in the series includes a historyof the opera, a synopsis of the story, a complete libretto inits original language as well as in English, and dozens ofphotographs and drawings depicting great scenes, singers, performances, and more... -
![A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich]()
A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbbie Deal, the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, has died at the beginning of A White Bird Flying, leaving her china and heavy furniture to others and to her granddaughter Laura the secret of her dream of finer things...Categorized as:
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![She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron]()
She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"She walks in Beauty, like the nightOr cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes..." She Walks in Beauty is a short lyrical poem in iambic tetrameter written in 1814 by Lord Byron, and is one of his most famous works.It is said to have been inspired by an event in Byron's life. On June 11, 1814, Byron attended a party in London... -
![De onheilskomeet by Ahmad Tohari]()
De onheilskomeet by Ahmad Tohari
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSrintil is een ronggeng, een dansmeisje dat door haar optredens en haar werk als prostituee geld voor haar dorp verdient. Als Srintils grote liefde, Rasus, het dorp onverwachts verlaat, is het meisje zo teleurgesteld dat ze niet langer aan de seksuele verplichtingen van de ronggeng wil voldoen. Met dat besluit brengt ze haar begeleiders in grote verlegenheid... -
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![Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin]()
Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA romantic comedy of the very highest order: the story of an affair between two improbable lovers, from the acclaimed author of Home Cooking.Billy Delielle and Francis Clemens are both happily married, just not to each other. Another Marvelous Thing is the story of their affair--told from their alternating perspectives across eight short stories--from beginning to end...Categorized as:
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![One Last First Date by Kate O'Keeffe]()
One Last First Date by Kate O'Keeffe
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCassie Dunhill and her friends make a pact to marry the next guy they each date. What could possibly go wrong? Cassie Dunhill is sick of dating. It’s been ten years and it’s time, time to find The One. It’s either that or buy a fetching habit and veil and abandon the whole thing. But Cassie believes in love, and she’s not ready to give up yet... -
![Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy]()
Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe effortless virtuosity, drama, and humanity of Carol Ann Duffy's verse have made her much-admired among contemporary poets. Her seventh collection, winner of the T.S... -
![The Erotic Poems by Ovid]()
The Erotic Poems by Ovid
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis collection of Ovid’s poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress...Categorized as:
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![Tūla by Jurgis Kunčinas]()
Tūla by Jurgis Kunčinas
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe unnamed narrator of Jurgis Kuncinas's Tula is our tour guide through the infamous poverty-stricken bohemian quarter of Vilnius known as Uzupis (literally, "beyond the river"), living his life on the fringes of society, including his journeys through various institutions for alcohol treatment... -
![First Love and Other Stories by Ivan Turgenev]()
First Love and Other Stories by Ivan Turgenev
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis collection brings together six of Turgenev's best-known `long' short stories, in which he turns his skills of psychological observation and black comedy to subjects as diverse as the tyranny of serfdom, love, and revenge on the Russian steppes. These stories all display the elegance and clarity of Turgenev's finest writing... -
![Donde da la vuelta el aire by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester]()
Donde da la vuelta el aire by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEl enfrentamiento entre la Galicia feudal, atenazada por la decadencia y representada por la familia de los Churruchaos, y la sociedad moderna que comienza su irresistible ascenso, encarnada en el arrogante y decidido Cayetano Salgado, dueño de los astilleros de Pueblanueva del Conde, prosigue por sus pasos contados en «Donde da la vuelta el aire», segunda parte de las trilogía Los gozos y las... -
![The Erotic Poems by Ovid]()
The Erotic Poems by Ovid
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis collection of Ovid’s poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress...Categorized as:
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![Closer (Methuen Modern Plays) by Patrick Marber]()
Closer (Methuen Modern Plays) by Patrick Marber
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Closer, Patrick Marber has created a brilliant exploration into the brutal anatomy of modern romance, where a quartet of strangers meet, fall in love, and become caught up in a web of sexual desire and betrayal... -
![A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill]()
A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEugene O’Neill’s last completed play, A Moon for the Misbegotten is a sequel to his autobiographical Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Moon picks up eleven years after the events described in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, as Jim Tyrone (based on O’Neill’s older brother Jamie) grasps at a last chance at love under the full moonlight... -
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![Wuthering Heights, Agnès Grey & Villette by Emily Brontë]()
Wuthering Heights, Agnès Grey & Villette by Emily Brontë
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDans le froid et sombre presbytère du petit village de Haworth (Angleterre), il y avait vers le milieu du siècle dernier trois jeunes filles et un garçon privés de mère et tous promis à une existence brève. Comme pour prendre de vitesse l'ange de la mort qui allait les saisir en quelques années, ces enfants doués écrivirent au sortir de l'adolescence quelques chefs-d'œuvre... -
![Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan]()
Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsComplete and Unabridged... -
![Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff]()
Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChildren of a Lesser God... -
![Falling Stars: A Thompson Sisters Novella by Charles Sheehan-Miles]()
Falling Stars: A Thompson Sisters Novella by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCrank Wilson and Julia Thompson love each other madly. But after Crank’s huge mistake during the summer, on the road with Crank’s rock band Morbid Obesity, they aren’t getting along. Sean Wilson and Carrie Thompson are the seventeen year old younger siblings of Julia and Crank. Carrie is on her way to New York to start college at Columbia University and Sean is on his way home to Boston... -
![The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus by Henry Miller]()
The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus by Henry Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHenry Miller's Rosy Crucifixion, his second major trilogy, took more than 10 years for the author to complete... -
![The Marriage Fix by Sandra Edwards]()
The Marriage Fix by Sandra Edwards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContemporary Romance Lecie de Laurent is dying to cut the apron strings and strike out on her own. With the house and the money she’s inherited from Edouard Renault, she finally has her chance without financial repercussions from Papa. California is an intoxicating place for the sheltered, high society girl from France, and she’s not ready to leave when her father insists she return home... -
![Because of Stephen by Grace Livingston Hill]()
Because of Stephen by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's all wrapped and ready for you to open, this beautiful collection of three novels by the famed Grace Livingston Hill and one extra surprise from Grace's aunt, the inspiring novelist Isabella Alden. It's the gift you've always wanted - stories of strength and wisdom that will encourage you and enhance your own life today... -
![Cousin Bazilio by Eça de Queirós, Roy Campbell]()
Cousin Bazilio by Eça de Queirós, Roy Campbell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsReturning from Brazil, Bazilio tells his cousin Louisa of the brave new world. His revelation leads to a evastating conclusion. "O Primo Bazilio has a far deeper tragedy than Madame Bovary" wrote Roy Campbell, "because the girl involved is . . . a most loveable character. One of the most tragic novels of the nineteenth century... -
![La Regenta by Leopoldo Alas]()
La Regenta by Leopoldo Alas
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMarried to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the monotony of her life in the shabby and conservative provincial town. And when she embarks on a quest for fulfillment through religion and even adultery, a bitter struggle begins between a powerful priest and a would-be Don Juan for the passionate young woman's body and soul... -
![The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard]()
The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe play begins with Max and Charlotte, a couple whose marriage seems about to rupture. But nothing one sees on a stage is the real thing, and some things are less real than others. Charlotte is an actress who has been appearing in a play about marriage written by her husband Henry. Max, her leading man, is also married to an actress, Annie... -
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![Classic Love Poems by Richard Armitage, Elizabeth Barrett Browning]()
Classic Love Poems by Richard Armitage, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor anyone who's in love - or hopes to be - what greater celebration could there be than to hear the world's greatest love poetry read lovingly by Richard Armitage? With 15 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day... -
![পরিণীতা by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]()
পরিণীতা by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA timeless love story from the master storyteller of Bengal Set in early twentieth century Kolkata, Parineeta (Espoused) is the unforgettable story of a child-woman’s intense and bittersweet romance. Lalita, an orphaned girl who lives with her uncle, considers herself betrothed to Shekhar, her benefactor and guardian... -
![On Deck by Kimberly Readnour]()
On Deck by Kimberly Readnour
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn Deck is the prequel to Caught Looking, Book Four in the Cessna U Wildcat Series and does not end in an HEA. Look for the exciting conclusion in the sequel Caught Looking.Will good girl Cassie break the rules to be with the guy from the wrong side of the tracks?There are two types of people in Bellow Bay.The rich. And me, Dalton Boyd...Categorized as:
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![Fool for Love by Sam Shepard]()
Fool for Love by Sam Shepard
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThrough searing truth and dark humor, Fool for Love shows the story of two people who just can't live without each other whether they like it or not. May is hiding out at an old motel in the Mojave Desert. Eddie, an old flame and childhood friend, finds her there and threatens to drag her back into the life from which she had fled... -
![Canzoniere: Selected Poems by Francesco Petrarca, Anthony Mortimer]()
Canzoniere: Selected Poems by Francesco Petrarca, Anthony Mortimer
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 'Canzoniere', a sequence of sonnets and other verse forms, were written over a period of about 40 years. They describe Petrarch's intense love for Laura, whom he first met in Avignon in 1327, and her effect on him after she died in 1348... -
![The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers by Eça de Queirós]()
The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers by Eça de Queirós
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Tragedy of the Street of Flowers was discovered amongst the author's papers after his death, and was only published in Portugal in 1980. This is the first English translation, and its publication is timed to coincide with the centenary of Eca's death." "One night at the theatre, Vitor da Silva, a young law graduate, sees a strikingly beautiful woman: Genoveva de Molineux...
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