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  • VICEROY OF OUIDAH, THE
    CHATWIN, BRUCE
    In 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade. Armed with nothing but an iron will, he became a man of substance in Ouidah and the founder of a remarkable dynasty. His one remaining ambition is to return to Brazil in triumph, but his friendship with the mad, m...
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  • THE WAGER
    GRANN, DAVID
    On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s ship The Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While chasing a Spanis...
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  • THE BOOK OF FIRE
    LEFTERI, CHRISTY
    In a tiny, beautiful Greek village, deep in an ancient forest, live a family - Irini, Tasso and their daughter, sweet Chara. One day their world is rocked when a forest fire consumes the village, leaving houses burned and lives irreparably damaged. ...
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  • WEIRDO
    PASCOE, SARA
    Deep in Essex and her own thoughts, Sophie had a feeling something was going to happen and then it did. Chris has entered the pub and re-entered her life. Just as she's finally stopped thinking about him. Now Sophie has a chance at creating a happier ending and paying off her emotional debts (if not her financial ones). All she has to do is act exactly like a normal person and ...
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  • CLEANER
    WELLS, BRANDI
    'I clean the offices and bathrooms and lobby five nights a week, but my actual job is to take care of everyone. They need so much help.'At night, in a corporate office block in an unnamed metropolitan city, the cleaner begins her shift. If she didn't leave everything so spotless you'd never even know she'd been there - but she knows all about you.She knows about the self-help b...
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  • THE GENTLEMAN FROM PERU
    ACIMAN, ANDRÉ
    We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasising, we call it dreaming. . . but we're all crawling back, each in his or her own way.A group of college friends find themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. While their boat is being repaired, they can't help but observe the daily routine of a fellow hotel guest - a mysterious,...
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  • HOLA, PRECIOSA
    NAPOLITANO, ANN
    FINALISTA DEL PREMIO GOODREADS DE FICCIÓN 2023Todo el mundo considera inseparables a las hermanas Padavano, que parecen complementarse mutuamente. Julia, la mayor, es el cohete de la familia: siempre tiene un objetivo en mente y un plan para alcanzarlo. Sylvie, la soñadora, es feliz con sus libros, soñando con ese tipo de amor que solo existe en las novelas. Cecelia se dedica a...
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  • SAVE WHAT'S LEFT
    CASTELLANO, ELIZABETH
    When Kathleen Deane’s husband, Tom, tells her he's no longer happy with his life and their marriage, Kathleen is confused. They live in Kansas. They’ve been married thirty years. Who said anything about being happy? But with Tom off finding himself, Kathleen starts to think about what she wants. And her thoughts lead her to a small beach community on the east coast, a town call...
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  • UNTIL AUGUST
    GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, GABRIEL
    Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.Amid sultry days and tropical downpours, lotha...
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  • HAPPY PLACE
    HENRY, EMILY
    The hottest book of the summer' JOSIE SILVER'A great love story' JODI PICOULT'The perfect escapist romp' LAURA JANE WILLIAMSBOOKTOK SENSATION AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2020Binge-read The Love Hypothesis and The Hating Game and now looking to escape into another suitably steamy love story? Look no further...______________________________TWO WRITERS, ONE HOLIDAY. A ROMCOM WAI...
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    14,75 €

  • TEACHER, THE
    MCFADDEN, FREIDA
    A mind-bending, psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!Lesson #1: trust no oneEve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except... Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal, with one student, Addie, at i...
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    12,25 €

  • GREEK LESSONS
    KANG, HAN
    In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight.Soon they discover a deeper pain binds them. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine...
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    14,75 €