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'Haunting and enchanting by turns. This book will stay with me for a long time. Utterly magnificent' Jenni Keer? Can the truth about her family's past unlock her future? Normandy, 1937. Sixteen-year-old Elise embarks on a whirlwind romance with a young American man, which transports her from the drudgery of her everyday life caring for her mother. But neither she nor William is prepared for the war that will threaten to tear them apart... Boston, 2009. Lucy has been left reeling by the death of her beloved grandfather. They had always planned to visit France together after her college graduation; now, still aching from his loss, Lucy decides to take the trip alone. As Lucy traces the steps of her grandfather through the French countryside where he once served as a GI, a powerful story of love, loss and destiny emerges – but can the truth about her family's past unlock her future? Or are some scars too deep to heal? Readers love The Time Between Us: 'Poignant, haunting story took my breath away. A simply stunning debut' Clare Marchant 'Emotional story of love and loss, beautifully woven' Liz Fenwick 'Left me breathless. My emotions were crushed and revived and tangled... I cried and felt heartbreak for the characters. Time stood still and supper cooled while I finished living it... Unmissable... I cannot stop thinking about it' Goodreads 5* Review 'Emotional rollercoaster of love and loss... An excellent read which kept my interest right through to the last page' Jo Lambert 'Fabulous, emotional... This is a beautifully written story of war, love and loss... Pulled me in from the first page and I loved the story of Elise' NetGalley 5* Review 'Emotional and heart-breaking... If you like WWII books then you will love this one' NetGalley 5* Review 'Fantastic... Hooked me and kept me invested... McCarron was able to capture the sights, smells, sounds, touch and tastes to the extent that I felt I was in the soldier's boots. It was phenomenal!... I was emotionally wrung out by the end of the book... This is the best book out there... Spectacular... Magnificently written, five-star historical fiction must be on your radar' NetGalley 5* Review 'Very beautiful read. I highly recommend this one. I really like the writer's style and look forward to her future books' @IslaRoseReads, 5* Review 'Heart-breaking dual timeline story of love, loss and the reality of life' NetGalley Reviewer 'Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres and this one did not disappoint... I recommend this book if you like to read historical fiction' NetGalley Reviewer 'Poignant and emotionally complex. Loved it' NetGalley Reviewer

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Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The New YorkerThe Boy from Kyiv is the life story of Alexei Ratmansky, the most celebrated ballet choreographer of our time.A revelatory book about how [Ratmansky] evolved into the internationally sought-after choreographer of the moment . . . A must-read. Martha Anne Toll, NPRAlexei Ratmansky is transforming ballet for the twenty-first century. An artist of daring imagination, the choreographer has created breathtakingly original works for the world's most revered companies. He has fashioned a singular approach to balletic storytelling that bridges the space between narrative and abstraction and heightens ambiguity and surprise on the stage. He has boldly restored great centuries-old ballets to their former glory, combining archival research with his own choreographic genius to retrieve detail and color once lost to the ages. And above all, he is renowned for fusing the Weste

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You've devoured The Fifty Shades Trilogy. . . now it's time to embrace the forbidden pleasures of The Discipline.Young innocent nun Chloe Reynolds is collecting money for Brazilian orphans when she meets sophisticated playboy Carlos. When Carlos opens Chloe's eyes to the corruption behind the charity she is working for, she leaves the Church and heads home to England, thoroughly disillusioned.Even an Ocean can't keep Carlos away from Chloe and she is equally desperate to again be in his dominating presence. Carlos's new mission is to seduce Chloe and to teach her that submitting to his sexual desires will bring her untold pleasures. But is Chloe ready to become a slave to 'the discipline'...?

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You've devoured The Fifty Shades Trilogy . . . Now prepare yourself for incredible sensual revelations in a... Dark Secret.Harriet Radcliffe is bored with her life. At twenty-three, her steady job and safe engagement seem very dull. If she is to inject a little excitement into her life, she realises, now is the time to do it.But the excitement lying in wait for Harriet is beyond even her wildest ambitions. Answering a job advertisement to assist a world-famous actress, Harriet finds herself plunged into an intense and secret world of sexual obsession - playing an unwitting part in a very private drama, but discovering in the process more about her own desires than she had ever dreamed possible . . .The prequel to Forbidden Desires.

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You are invited to the Dining Club. If you pass the challenges we set, a world of pleasure awaits you.He is everything she never wanted: brooding, secretive, rich - and far-removed from her care-free artistic lifestyle. Yet David has a power over Grace that she cannot resist, a power that comes from his darker, passionate side.And now he is ready to truly reveal himself. Inviting Grace to a weekend at the Dining Club, David offers her the opportunity to discover his deepest desires and to find pleasures far beyond her wildest imagination - but only if she if willing to play a series of sensual games. Grace faces a choice: give in to her doubts and retreat to her quiet life, or truly embrace happiness with David and win over her mesmerising lover forever.Indulge yourself in this seductive tale, perfect for true lovers of EL James and Sylvia Day.

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Rome has had an enormous influence on European art and art history for over 2,000 years. Indeed, the city was the birthplace of the foundations of western architecture. This architectural guide en-courages visitors to go beyond the most frequently visited historical landmarks to explore the hidden architectural pearls of Rome. The focus is on unusual – yet less-known – buildings that were built from the second half of the 20th century onwards. From cultural and educational institutes, sport facilities, and residen-tial buildings to sacred and mixed-use buildings through to transport infra-structure: this book presents 140 pro-jects that cover a wide range of architec-tural styles and typologies.

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The day Hadley discovers the lone glass eye in the empty attic of her new house is the day her life changes forever. As she settles into her new beautiful but creepy house with her new stepfather (who's just a little dull) and her new stepbrother (who's just a little annoying), she soon discovers that things aren't as they seem. For one thing, the old woman renting the room above the garage has a strange obsession with baking and making life-like dolls of her neighbours. Soon she discovers a doll house - an exact replica of her new house - that both fascinates her and gives her the creeps. Holding the glass eye one night, she makes a wish that changes everything she knows to be true.

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La presente publicación reúne las intervenciones que diversos especialistas y expertos en el ámbito de la protección del patrimonio cultural subacuático presentaron en el Curso 'Patrimonio arqueológico sumergido: una realidad desconocida'. Con el propósito de avanzar en la reflexión y análisis de las cuestiones que plantea el patrimonio cultural subacuático y de hacerlo en un escenario interdisciplinar que contara con expertos de los diferentes sectores, aprovechamos la oportunidad que cada verano nos brinda la Fundación Observatorio de la Universidad de Málaga, para organizar este primer Curso sobre el Patrimonio Arqueológico Subacuático.

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LOS LÍMITES AL DERECHO DE PROPIEDAD Y LAS PROHIBICIONES DE DISPONER TESTAMENTARIAS: El derecho de propiedad en el ordenamiento jurídico español. Las prohibiciones de disponer como obstáculo al principio de libre comercio y al sistema de economía de merca

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Khoedi, unha nena de dez anos, ten que deixar a súa casa de Casamence, unha rexión ao sur do Senegal, para instalarse en Vigo, a cidade onde o seu pai xa leva varios anos emigrado. Na nova terra, a vida é dura para Khoedi: non coñece a ninguén e todo lle resulta diferente. Está en Europa, mais a súa cabeza e o seu corazón continúan en África. O único lazo entre a nova realidade e o mundo que deixou atrás é a Lúa que brilla no ceo polas noites, que serve, ademais, para marcar o paso do tempo. Lúa do Senegal, a primeira novela que Agustín Fernández Paz publica tras a obtención do Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil, aborda o tema da emigración, ese drama que supón abandonar o propio país e marchar a outro para poder traballar e vivir con dignidade. E para falar do desarraigamento e do conflito emocional que supón ter que comezar desde cero nun lugar do que nada se coñece, Fernández Paz decidiu facelo a través dunha nena que conta en primeira persoa as dificultades que atopa e a súa lo

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Toda manifestación vanguardista tiene una finalidad evidentemente estética; sin embargo, brota de un sentimiento de alienación que genera una rebeldía frente a la realidad: el arte siempre surge a partir de la relación del autor con el mundo. Esto sugiere leer la Vanguardia histórica como epílogo del idealismo moderno y la Neovanguardia como una de las manifestaciones estéticas del espíritu postmoderno, a pesar del debate surgido en torno a dichos conceptos.El volumen reúne estudios sobre obras que, por sus innovaciones en distintos géneros textuales, reafirman su filiación vanguardista o neovanguardista y abarcan un período de casi cien años, desde las primeras décadas del siglo XX hasta hoy. A los nueve últimos capítulos cuyo planteamiento es eminentemente hermenéutico, se añade el enfoque teórico del primero, que aclara el marco metodológico y explica el nexo entre los cuatro componentes del título del libro.La sección inicial es inédita, mientras que las demás proceden de r

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The study deals with the Eurasian representations of political unity and their reflection in Russian literature of the post-Soviet period. The ideas of a unified Eurasian space are considered on the basis of the classic Eurasism of the 1920s and 1930s and its contemporary version using the example of Aleksandr Dugin, Aleksandr Panarin and Mikhail Titarenko. Furthermore, it is analyzed how the literature of the post-Soviet period relates to the Eurasian imperial discourse and which designs and counter-designs of a Eurasian empire it produces. Alternative Eurasian empires are examined using the example of the works of Pavel Krusanov, Chol'm van Zajčik and Vladimir Sorokin. In literary alternative histories and future versions of the Russian state, the diverse contradictions of Eurasian ideology are revealed, even in originally affirmative works.

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Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie die Einzelnen den Übergang in die Elternschaft durchlaufen. Insbesondere beim ersten Kind birgt der Übergang diverse krisenhaft besetzte Veränderungen, zu denen sich die Eltern irgendwie verhalten müssen. Auf diese unterschiedlichen Lernherausforderungen wird mit Lern- und Bildungsprozessen reagiert, mit deren Themenkomplex sich dieses Buch beschäftigt. Interessant ist dabei, wie die Personen sich in die neue Rolle als Eltern hineinfinden und wie die gesamte (Lern-)Entwicklung beziehungswiese Lerngeschichte der Person in ihrer Spezifik, aber auch in ihrer Gesamtheit abläuft. Dafür werden narrativ-biographische Interviews mit Eltern, deren erstes Kind zum Zeitpunkt des Interviews zwei Jahre alt ist, analysiert. Dabei wird mit einem biographieanalytischen Verfahren gearbeitet und ein Vorschlag zur theoretischen Weiterentwicklung und zur Veralltäglichung von Lern- und Bildungsprozessen entwickelt.

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