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A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic story. When she was just 19, Anne Elliot followed the wishes of her father and turned down the proposal of the man she loved - a naval officer called Frederick Wentworth. Years later, Captain Wentworth returns from his time at sea, and Anne dares to hope that their paths might cross once more. But the course of true love is bumpy at best - will Anne and Frederick ever be reunited?
263) Little women (DVD)
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Dramatisation of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the lives of the four March sisters during the American Civil War as they learn to navigate love, loss and the trials of growing up.
264) Mansfield Park
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A young, impoverished woman arrives at her uncle's country estate, and is snubbed by everyone except her cousin, whom she soon grows to love.
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The Twentieth-Anniversary Edition of the First Novel of the Acclaimed Mary Russell Series by Edgar Award–Winning Author Laurie R. King.
An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee
In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees in Sussex when a young woman literally stumbles onto him on the Sussex
267) Caminos cruzados
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Con su amor, Cassia y Ky han quebrantado las inflexibles normas de la Sociedad y ahora deben asumir las consecuencias. El castigo para ella es olvidar todo lo sucedido y empezar de nuevo en otra ciudad, donde ha sido reubicada junto con su familia. Ky, sin embargo, no ha tenido tanta suerte: las autoridades lo han deportado a las Provincias Exteriores para que act�ue como escudo humano en una guerra que quiz�a ni exista. Lo �unico seguro es...
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Pride and Prejudice volume 1
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Elizabeth Bennet is a strong-willed yet sensible young woman, the second of five sisters. She has a long-suffering but loving clerical father, and a scatterbrained mother anxious to marry them off as soon as possible--to wealthy young gentlemen. At a local ball, she encounters one such, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, whom she finds arrogant, cold, and rude. Her older sister Jane falls in love with Darcy's best friend Mr. Bingley, while youngest sister Lydia...
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Due to her parents' promise at her birth, Lady Rosemarie has been prepared to become a nun on the day she turns eighteen. Then, shortly before her birthday, a friend of her father's enters the kingdom and proclaims her parents' will left a second choice -- if Rosemarie can marry before the eve of her eighteenth year, she will be exempt from the ancient vow. Before long, Rosemarie is presented with the three most handsome and brave knights in the land....
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A fading English finishing school is about to get a twenty-first-century makeover thanks to business-savvy Betsy Phillimore. But Betsy may have bitten off more than she can chew for she must first win over the school's snobby headmistress and its handsome but risk-averse treasurer. Returning to London also means facing her own unfinished business, as she crosses paths with her sexy girlhood crush ... and blowing the dust off clues to a lifelong mystery:...
274) The Q
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"Can Quincy St. Claire keep the Q? A dying man with a scheme. A charming smuggler one step ahead of the law. A former foundling with a mangled hand. A family of kingmakers. A printing tycoon. A constable on the trail of justice. An idealistic solicitor with secrets of his own. And the genius at the center of it all, Quincy St. Claire" -- page [4] of cover.
275) I Am The Beast
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Introduces the beast and describes how he became enchanted and had his life changed by Belle.
276) Mortal Queens
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Fae Dynasty volume 1
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"They vanish without a trace. Disappear into the night... Each year on the center island, one girl is chosen to be the next Mortal Queen of the idolized fae. The mortals praise these lucky girls, but their daughters are never seen again. The fae realm is eternal night, where disputes are settled by chess matches, power is acquired through the most devious kinds of trickery, and seven illusive kings roam. The fae hide their faces behind masks and guard...
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"He's taken her as his prisoner. But she's holding his heart captive. In gaining their freedom, will they lose what matters most? When Lady Olivia's castle is besieged, she and her sister are taken captive and held for ransom by her father's enemy, Lord Pitt. Loyalty to family means everything to Olivia. She'll save her sister at any cost and do whatever her father asks--even if that means obeying his order to steal a sacred relic from her captor....
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Chicas de Nueva York volume 1
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Él puede resolver cualquier problema... Al servir a los ricos agentes de poder de la sociedad de Nueva York, Frank Tripp finalmente ha ganado la respetabilidad y la seguridad que le faltaron a su propia educación. No hay problema que no pueda solucionar... excepto uno: la hermosa e imprudente hija de un cliente importante que no parece entender la palabra peligro. Ella no está buscando un héroe... La emoción se encuentra justo debajo de la calle...
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Catherine Morland loves nothing more than reading a romantic novel, but as one of ten children she doesn't have much time for reading or for romance. When she is seventeen, her wealthy neighbours invite her to spend the winter season with them in Bath - to experience balls, the theatre and other social delights for the first time. Catherine makes friends with the passionate Isabella, and dances with a handsome man called Henry, and it seems that all...
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Andie is a spunky young women who is from one of Baltimore's grittiest neighborhoods. Her dance ability, which has been forged in fire on the streets, lands her in a prestigious performing arts school. There, she struggles to fit in. Her classmates are in awe of her talent and catches the eye of Chase, a guy from a privileged family. He becomes captivated by Andie's street dance moves and genuine heart.
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