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1) Dubliners
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English
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Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany:...
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English
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"By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend's sister--the lovely and almost-on-the-shelf--Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of the know the truth--it's all an elaborate ruse to keep Simon free from marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable"--Back cover.
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Publisher
Harlequin
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English
Description
When an eligible earl
Meets a plain music teacher...
Max Fenton, Earl of Burnham, needs someone to attend a house party with him to keep an eye on his willful, romantically inclined stepsister. Though he must have taken leave of his senses when he persuades his sister's prickly piano teacher, Miss Lucy Lambert, into the job! Especially when they are inadvertently compromised together...and his only option is...
Meets a plain music teacher...
Max Fenton, Earl of Burnham, needs someone to attend a house party with him to keep an eye on his willful, romantically inclined stepsister. Though he must have taken leave of his senses when he persuades his sister's prickly piano teacher, Miss Lucy Lambert, into the job! Especially when they are inadvertently compromised together...and his only option is...
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Publisher
Kuperard
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (200 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Don't just see the sights -- get to know the people. The people who inhabit the diverse landscapes of this beautiful land are proud, friendly, hospitable, and hardworking, but to understand the culture in any depth, you need to know the complex historical divisions between the highlands and the coast, and the rigid class and racial discrimination that has dominated the country's history. This updated edition of the award-winning Culture Smart! Ecuador...
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English
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The best source of authentic recipes for the traditional comfort foods of Texas.
Just remembering the crispy fried chicken and luscious peach cobblers a grandmother or aunt used to make can set your mouth watering. And since remembering is no substitute for eating, cooks across the country have turned to Cooking Texas Style to find recipes for the comfort foods we love best. Thirty years after its first publication, popular acclaim has made this collection...
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English
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"In this travelogue/cookbook, the James Beard Award-winning author of Yucat n takes you on a tour of Mexico's most colorful destinations -- its markets. David Sterling's passion for Mexican food has attracted followers from around the globe. Just as Yucat n earned him praise for his "meticulously researched knowledge" ( Saveur ) and for producing "a labor of love that well documents place, people and, yes, food" ( Booklist ), Mercados now invites...
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Publisher
The Lilliput Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
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English
Description
"Cowslips and Chainies is a poignant memoir of childhood in 1930s and early '40s Dublin. Best-selling novelist Elaine Crowley's account of tenement life is by turns hilarious and intensely sad. Her beloved, consumptive father -- generous, handsome and fickle -- works at the local undertakers. Her proud, resourceful mother, struggling with privation, alternates slaps with kisses in a turbulent relationship with young Nella. Through the eyes of a natural...
11) Red Line
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (217 pages)
Language
English
Description
"At its best, Red Line can read like an original synthesis of Peter Matthiessen and William Burroughs... a brave and interesting book." -- David Rieff, Los Angeles Times Book Review"Charles Bowden's Red Line is a look at America through the window of the southwest. His vision is as nasty, peculiar, brutal, as it is intriguing and, perhaps, accurate. Bowden offers consciousness rather than consolation, but in order to do anything about our nightmares...
12) The Brass Queen
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English
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"She knows a liar when she sees one. He knows a fraud when he meets one. In a steam-powered world, Miss Constance Haltwhistle is the last in a line of blue-blooded rogues. Selling firearms under her alias, the "Brass Queen," she has kept her baronial estate's coffers full. But when US spy J. F. Trusdale saves her from assassins, she's pulled into a search for a scientist with an invisibility serum. As royal foes create an invisible army to start a...
Author
Publisher
The Lilliput Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
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English
Description
"Edward Synge wrote 221 letters to Alicia, his daughter, betweeen May and October of 1746 to 1752. He was an adoring though not uncritical father, advising, gossiping and instructing her from his country estate. Synge was a wealthy man and Alicia a considerable heiress; his concern about her need to marry well and her motherless condition is a running, if tacit, theme of the letters.While writing of his life in the diocese, he counsels Alicia on her...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (288 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! A RANCH TO CALL HOME by Carol Arens (Western) Laura Lee is devastated when Jesse Creed claims her new house doesn't belong to her, but to him! Until he can prove it, Laura isn't moving. But living with the alluring rancher is surprisingly tempting... BEGUILED BY...
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