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The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo Neruda
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe most comprehensive English-language collection of work ever by "the greatest poet of the twentieth century - in any language" - Gabriel García Márquez"In his work a continent awakens to consciousness... -
![The Long Road Back To You by Buck Turner]()
The Long Road Back To You by Buck Turner
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey say it only takes a moment to fall in love with someone, but a lifetime to forget them!From the author of Evergreen comes a stirring story that proves it is never too late for loveEighteen-year-old Charlie Ross, a shy, backward teen from Tennessee, does the one thing you should never do before going off to war - he falls in love...Categorized as:
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![Poems of Fernando Pessoa by Fernando Pessoa]()
Poems of Fernando Pessoa by Fernando Pessoa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"At last, at last, at last, Pessoa again! More Pessoa! One of the very great poets of the twentieth century, again and more! And one of the fascinating figures of all literature, with his manifold identities, his amazing audacities, his brilliance and his shyness... -
![The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda, Mark Eisner]()
The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda, Mark Eisner
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis collection of Neruda’s most essential poems will prove indispensable. Selected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the United States, this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda’s various styles and themes... -
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![Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda]()
Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, Pablo Neruda is regarded as the greatest Latin American poet of the twentieth century. This bilingual edition makes available a major selection of his poems, both in the original Spanish and impressively rendered into English by his most enduring translator, the poet Ben Belitt (Robert Creeley)... -
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Pygmalion / My Fair Lady by George Bernard Shaw, Alan Jay Lerner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride... -
![Αυτό το αστέρι είναι για όλους μας by Tasos Livaditis, Τάσος Λειβαδίτης]()
Αυτό το αστέρι είναι για όλους μας by Tasos Livaditis, Τάσος Λειβαδίτης
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΤώρα θα πέφτει απότομα το βράδι.Θα βιάζονται οι άνθρωποι στους δρόμους. Οι γυναίκεςθα κλείνουν τρομαγμένες την πόρτα τους και θ’ αγκαλιάζουν τα παιδιά τους.Μα τα πεινασμένα πρόσωπα των παιδιών ρίχνουν στον τοίχο έναν ίσκιο μαύροσαν τον ίσκιο ενός ψωμιού... -
![A Groom for Ruby by Laura Ashwood]()
A Groom for Ruby by Laura Ashwood
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when an abused woman, a broken little boy and an ex-convict come together?Ruby Fulton has had a tough life, and it isn’t getting any easier after her husband dies. Suffering under his abuse for years, all Ruby wants is independence, peace and a new chance at life. She is barely scraping by herself, and now she’s responsible for one of Last Chance’s orphaned children...Categorized as:
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![When Stars Fall at Midnight by Tess Thompson]()
When Stars Fall at Midnight by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1921EstelleCast out and alone, I lost everything weeks before my wedding—my betrothed, my family, my future. With nowhere to turn, I accept the help of a compassionate stranger, not knowing it may lead me towards a path I swore never to tread.PercivalAfter my wife succumbed to a psychotic break, I placed her in an asylum, a decision that haunts me as I raise our daughter alone...Categorized as:
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Our Eva by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe thought she could trust him . . . Eva Kershaw thought she would never marry, and is happy living a quiet life with her dear friend Alice. But Alice is ill, and her nephew, Gus, has thrust himself into their household. Alice's dearest wish is that Eva should not make the same mistakes she did, and she alters her will so that Eva and Gus are strongly compelled to marry... -
![The Spitfire Sisters by Margaret Dickinson]()
The Spitfire Sisters by Margaret Dickinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFamily and friendship mean everything under the darkening skies of wartime Britain, by Sunday Times bestselling author Margaret Dickinson.It is the 1930s and the Maitland family have spent the years following the Great War struggling to come to terms with its catastrophic aftermath, and their hopes now lie with the next generation... -
![Midnight by Beverly Jenkins]()
Midnight by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a time of peril, she fears nothing—except the forbidden passions of her heart. In Boston, revolution is in the wind—yet none would ever suspect Faith Kingston of treason. But under cover of darkness, the beautiful daughter of a Tory tavern owner becomes the notorious spy “Lady Midnight,” passing valuable secrets to the rebels... -
![Winning Through by Marcia Willett]()
Winning Through by Marcia Willett
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's nearly thirty years since the Chadwick siblings arrived from Kenya at The Keep in Devon to live with their grandmother Freddy. And while much has altered since in their lives, The Keep remains a sanctuary for the whole family; warm, unchanging, filled with love... -
![Selected Poems by E.E. Cummings]()
Selected Poems by E.E. Cummings
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe one hundred and fifty-six poems here, arranged in twelve sections and introduced by E. E. Cummings's biographer, include his most popular poems, spanning his earliest creations, his vivacious linguistic acrobatics, up to his last valedictory sonnets. Also featured are thirteen drawings, oils, and watercolors by Cummings, most of them never before published... -
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![Antes do Baile Verde by Lygia Fagundes Telles]()
Antes do Baile Verde by Lygia Fagundes Telles
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReunião de narrativas escritas entre 1949 e 1969, Antes do baile verde é considerado por muitos críticos o livro de contos literariamente mais bem-sucedido de Lygia Fagundes Telles.As situações narradas são as mais diversas... -
![Sagarana: A Cycle of Stories by João Guimarães Rosa]()
Sagarana: A Cycle of Stories by João Guimarães Rosa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBy the author of The Devil to Pay in the Backlands... -
![The Prisoner by Marcel Proust]()
The Prisoner by Marcel Proust
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe long-awaited fifth volume — representing "the very summit of Proust's art" (Slate) — in the acclaimed Penguin translation of "the greatest literary work of the twentieth century" (The New York Times)Carol Clark's acclaimed translation of The Prisoner introduces a new generation of American readers to the literary riches of Marcel Proust...Categorized as:
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![RNWMP: Bride for Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne]()
RNWMP: Bride for Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadelyn White finds herself in a difficult position. She is living in a large city for the first time in her life, and her boss is showing a very inappropriate interest in her. When she meets Miss Hazel—matchmaker to the Mounties—she worries that she’s being too hasty by even talking to the woman... -
![RNWMP: Bride for Calvin by Amelia C. Adams]()
RNWMP: Bride for Calvin by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFaith Hansen is eager to head into the wilderness and take up residence at Reindeer Rock as the new wife of a Mountie. She can't imagine anything better than the chance to meet new people and learn about their ways... -
![The Dandelion Girl by Robert F. Young]()
The Dandelion Girl by Robert F. Young
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInspiration for the Japanese anime series RahXephon and is also referenced in CLANNAD and Portal 2."Day before yesterday I saw a rabbit, and yesterday a deer, and today, you... -
![Winter on the Mersey: A Heartwarming Christmas Saga by Annie Groves]()
Winter on the Mersey: A Heartwarming Christmas Saga by Annie Groves
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dramatic story of a young woman's war - full of heartache and triumph from the bestselling author of Christmas on the Mersey and London Belles Kitty has seen her fair share of tragedy and instead of thinking about romance, is determined to do her bit for King and country... -
![Welcome to Leo's by Rochelle Alers, Brenda Jackson]()
Welcome to Leo's by Rochelle Alers, Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Leo's--Where Anything Can Happen A proper lady lets loose on Open Mike Night--and opens her heart to a different kind of man... A Texas RAnger and a candy shop owner have a blind date--with a deliciously unexplected outcome... A widowed party planner meets a handsome doctor, but fears losing her heart for the second time.. -
![Katherine's Marriage by D.E. Stevenson]()
Katherine's Marriage by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReaders who discovered Katherine Wentworth and Alec MacLaren in Katherine Wentworth will be delighted to learn more about this lively pair. Those who are meeting them for the first time will find that this romantic story stands independently and beautifully on its own. The story opens with the honeymoon of Katherine and Alec at Ardfalloch in the idyllic Scottish Highlands... -
![Holding on by Marcia Willett]()
Holding on by Marcia Willett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOver the years, the magnificent Keep in Devon has provided a bolt hole for the Chadwick family. Now the five young cousins who grew up there have left home and their grandmother Freddie wonders anxiously whether she will live to see the arrival of the next generation. No matter what happens to them, she knows that The Keep must remain within the family, ready and waiting for their return... -
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![Aurélien by Louis Aragon]()
Aurélien by Louis Aragon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDans cette chronique parisienne de l'entre-deux guerres, Aragon décrit la toute nouvelle société surréaliste. Aurélien, jeune homme sensible et oisif, fréquente les salons parisiens d'avant-garde, y côtoie les poètes, les actrices, les peintres qui ne sont autres que Picabia ou Cocteau... -
![Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig]()
Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStefan's Zweig's Letter from an Unknown Woman and other stories contains a new translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell of one of his most celebrated novellas, Letter from an Unknown Woman , the inspiration for a classic 1948 Hollywood film by Max Ophüls, as well as three new stories, appearing in English for the first time.A famous author receives a letter on his forty-first birthday... -
![My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe]()
My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride... -
![Battles in the Desert by José Emilio Pacheco]()
Battles in the Desert by José Emilio Pacheco
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThis landmark novella—one of the central texts of Mexican literature, is eerily relevant to our current dark times—offers a child’s-eye view of a society beset by dictators, disease, and natural disasters, set in “the year of polio, foot-and-mouth disease, floods...Categorized as:
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![RNWMP: Bride for Wesley by Kirsten Osbourne]()
RNWMP: Bride for Wesley by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLisa Allen has spent her entire life being different, and being different was perfectly fine with her as long as her two best friends were at her side. But now both of her friends have gone West to marry Mounties, leaving Lisa without their constant companionship... -
![Mail Order Bride Box Set - Sun River Brides - 9 Mail Order Brides Story Collection: Clean and Wholesome Historical Western Romance Box Set Bundle by Karla Gracey]()
Mail Order Bride Box Set - Sun River Brides - 9 Mail Order Brides Story Collection: Clean and Wholesome Historical Western Romance Box Set Bundle by Karla Gracey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLimited time offer, 9 Mail Order Bride Romances, sweet, clean & inspirational just 0.99 Come along for the ride to meet feisty Boston city girls who know what they want, and rugged Montana men who just need to be loved. It's 1900, and things are changing fast in sleepy Sun River. As the town begins to expand, its inhabitants are getting restless, looking for love and adventure...Categorized as:
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![Love and Honor by Leslie Arlen]()
Love and Honor by Leslie Arlen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSaga of the Borodins, one of the families who for centuries steered the golden destiny of Russia, amid the fabled Court of the Tsars. The dynasty that rode high to the crest of power-only to reach the brink of a rebel-torn New Age. Prince Peter: the unbending heir to the tempest of change. Ilona: the heartstrong Princess, slave to a renegade passion... -
![The Hungry Hills by Janet MacLeod Trotter]()
The Hungry Hills by Janet MacLeod Trotter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the Great War still raw in the memory and life in the 1920s mining village of Whitton Grange hard and dangerous, Louie Kirkup dreams of a better future. But with a sick mother and a large family of pitman brothers and father, the daily burdens fall heavily on her young shoulders... -
![Beyond McCarron's Corner: Sassy's Story by Sharon K. Middleton]()
Beyond McCarron's Corner: Sassy's Story by Sharon K. Middleton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSassy and Owen Winslow were historical experts on the Revolutionary War and the Culpers, Washington’s spy ring. After her husband dies unexpectedly, Sassy struggles to find new meaning in her life. When she goes exploring in the Cohutta Wilderness, she falls through a hole in time, and finds herself in the Indian Territory in 1778, falling in love with Big Sexy Will Selk...Categorized as:
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![Das letzte Versprechen by Hera Lind]()
Das letzte Versprechen by Hera Lind
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestseller-Autorin Hera Lind erzählt in »Das letzte Versprechen« die wahre Geschichte von Anni aus Siebenbürgen, die im Deutschland der Nachkriegszeit vergeblich auf Mitgefühl hofft und schließlich ein zweites Mal durch die Hölle gehen muss... -
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![The Narrowboat Girl by Annie Murray]()
The Narrowboat Girl by Annie Murray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYoung Maryann Nelson is devastated at the loss of her beloved father. But worse is to come when her mother, Flo, sees an opportunity to better herself and her family in a marriage to the local undertaker, Norman Griffin. Though on the surface a caring family man, Norman is not at all what he seems, as Maryann and her sister Sal soon discover... -
![The Tall Stranger by D.E. Stevenson]()
The Tall Stranger by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs her childhood sweetheart who he seems? Barbie France has known Edward Steyne all her life – indeed they were childhood sweethearts. Charming, spirited, debonair, he is the ideal companion. Everyone, especially Edward, assumes they will marry one day. But Barbie is uneasy. Edward sometimes behaves very oddly... -
![Sins of the Flesh by Fern Michaels]()
Sins of the Flesh by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this stunning novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels conjures an unforgettable story of love, betrayal, and redemption… When Reuben Tarz and Daniel Bishop met, they were hardly more than boys, brought together by their connection to beautiful, worldly Marchioness Michelene Fonsard, known to all as Madame Mickey... -
![Where Treetops Glisten: Three Stories of Heartwarming Courage and Christmas Romance During World War II by Tricia Goyer, Cara C. Putman]()
Where Treetops Glisten: Three Stories of Heartwarming Courage and Christmas Romance During World War II by Tricia Goyer, Cara C. Putman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe crunch of newly fallen snow, the weight of wartime Three siblings forging new paths and finding love in three stories, filled with the wonder of Christmas Turn back the clock to a different time, listen to Bing Crosby sing of sleigh bells in the snow, as the realities of America’s involvement in the Second World War change the lives of the Turner family in Lafayette, Indiana... -
![The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje]()
The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMichael Ondaatje’s new selected poems, The Cinnamon Peeler, brings together poems written between 1963 and 1990, including work from his most recent collection, Secular Love. These poems bear witness to the extraordinary gifts that have won high praise for this truly original poet and novelist...Categorized as:
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![5-B Poppy Lane by Debbie Macomber]()
5-B Poppy Lane by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJoin #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber in Cedar Cove this Christmas! Come to 5-B Poppy Lane, where you’ll meet Helen Shelton, her granddaughter Ruth, and Ruth’s husband, Paul. They’ll offer you a cup of mulled cider and tell you the story of how Ruth and Paul met. And you’ll hear about Helen’s breathtaking adventures during the Second World War! Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove... -
![Shadowed Paths by Ivan Bunin]()
Shadowed Paths by Ivan Bunin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe collection consists of the best of his early works - Sukhodol, The Last Rendezvous, Apple Fragrance, The Gentleman from San Francisco - and stories written in his last years - Leka, Sunstroke, Shadowed Paths, and others. They may be called stories about love and about the unforgettable Russian landscape. For here, Bunin writes about himself, in the hushed stillness of the fields..Categorized as:
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![The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills by Charles Bukowski]()
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills by Charles Bukowski
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA book of poems written by Charles Bukowski for Jane, his first love. These poems explore a more emotional side of Bukowski... -
![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... -
![Battles in the Desert & Other Stories by José Emilio Pacheco]()
Battles in the Desert & Other Stories by José Emilio Pacheco
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSeven stories depict harsh realities of life in urban Mexico and the tragedies of childhood innocence betrayed... -
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![Moonlight Over Mayfair by Anton du Beke]()
Moonlight Over Mayfair by Anton du Beke
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPrepare to be swept off your feet by Du Beke's second romantic and irresistible novel of 1930s London'Welcome to the Grand Ballroom of the Buckingham Hotel, a place of music and magic, of magnificence and splendor... -
![More Than Memory by Dorothy Garlock]()
More Than Memory by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEight years have passed since their passionate young love went wrong. Now Nelda returns to her Iowa farmland home, only to rediscover her teenage love who was, for a few brief months, her husband...Categorized as:
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![Beginnings: by Lori King]()
Beginnings: by Lori King
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*This title will be listed as free after July 29, 2015 as a thank you gift to my readers for three years of publishing. Abraham and Seraphina Crawley have loved each other since they were fifteen years old. Abe has never doubted the strength of their bond, and together they’ve planted roots and built a successful ranch...Categorized as:
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![Stealing the Show by Christina Jones]()
Stealing the Show by Christina Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNell Bradley’s family all work flat-out to keep Bradleys’ Mammoth Fun Fair in business. They’re expecting her to take the traditional showman’s route and make a suitable match with Ross Percival, who, with his state-of-the-art hydraulic touring rides, will bring traditional Bradleys into the twenty-first century... -
![A Lawman's Christmas\Daring Moves by Linda Lael Miller]()
A Lawman's Christmas\Daring Moves by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sudden death of the town marshal leaves Blue River, Texas, without a lawman…and twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan without a husband. As winter approaches and her meager seamstress income dwindles, she has three options. Yet she won't give up her two young daughters, refuses to join the fallen women of the Bitter Gulch Saloon and can't fathom condemning herself to another loveless marriage... -
![Mail Order Brides Anthology: Leah and Tess Books 1-2 (Montana Mail Order Brides Series) by Rose Jenster]()
Mail Order Brides Anthology: Leah and Tess Books 1-2 (Montana Mail Order Brides Series) by Rose Jenster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis clean, sweet romance anthology includes the novellas Mail Order Bride Leah and Mail Order Bride Tess, books 1 and 2 of the series. Enjoy each of their journeys in overcoming their challenging situations in New York. Note that each is a sweet stand-alone book, but they also are the first two books in the Montana Mail Order Brides Series...
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