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Rita Hayworth's Shoes

Author : Francine LaSala

Publisher : Diversion Books

Page : 327 pages

File Size : 37,8 MB

Release : 2012-01-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1938120183

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"What fun! This novel has it all–romance, laughs, a dollop of mystery. I was entertained from start to finish… And I want those shoes!" –NY Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge "Like hanging out with your funniest friend over a glass of champagne, Rita Hayworth’s Shoes is both hilarious and thought-provoking. LaSala knows how to combine humor and romance for a story the reader can jump inside and enjoy." –NY Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry Amy Miller gets dumped on her wedding day and everyone knows it's for the best, as her relationship with David had eaten away at her for years. Except for Amy... When her best friend, Jane Austen-Rabinowitz, and Jane's sagacious six-year-old daughter, Zoe, convince Amy to treat herself to an extravagantly priced, super-cute pair of shoes, which purportedly once belonged to a siren of the silver screen, she balks at first, but their allure soon wears her down. Once they are hers, her life turns around. She gets refocused on her career and meets a true kindred spirit, the also-jilted English professor, Decklin Thomas. She's not attracted to Deck at first. But when circumstances lead to them spending more time together, they bond, and Amy starts to believe she may have found her soul mate. But when Deck's former wife goes missing, again, the perfect romance may not be what it seems... Sparkly and witty as a 1940s screwball comedy, and filled with quirky characters and lots of delightful surprises, Rita Hayworth's Shoes is a story of bouncing back, a heartwarming and potentially heartbreaking romance, and even a mystery rolled into one fun, hilarious page-turner.



Your Self-Sabotage Survival Guide

Author : Karen Berg

Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 10,46 MB

Release : 2015-01-19

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1601634099

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Do you feel like everyone around you is getting ahead while you’re stuck in the same old rut? And do you blame everyone and everything for your situation—except yourself? Many of us walk around engaging in negative behaviors and mindsets, and don’t even realize we’re doing it. Every day, people work harder and harder to get—nowhere. It’s time to stop being second-rate; it’s time to be great! With more than 25 years in the trenches, motivational expert Karen Berg shows you how to transcend the ordinary and become extraordinary with this firm, tough-love program about getting to the point, getting what you want, and getting ahead. Your Self-Sabotage Survival Guide will help you refocus your energy and get back on track, first by helping you identify the elements of self-sabotage, then by providing sound advice for reinventing yourself and eliminating sabotage from your life. This essential guide will help you get rid of the “buts,” banish the “if onlys,” and break the cycle of playing it safe. Complete with anecdotes and expert panel interviews, Your Self-Sabotage Survival Guide features checklists, worksheets, quizzes, and more to help you finally get the success you deserve—because you earned it.



The Girl Detective Megapack

Author : Mildred A. Wirt

Publisher : Wildside Press LLC

Page : 2954 pages

File Size : 36,2 MB

Release : 2013-09-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1434443361

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This volume features 25 novels by some of the top writers of young adult mystery fiction from the 20th century. With more than 2,900 pages of classic crimes, here are the complete Mary Louis Gay series, the complete Madge Sterling series, the complete Penny Nichols series, and many more! Included are: THE MYSTERY OF THE SECRET BAND, by Edith Lavell THE MYSTERY AT DARK CEDARS, by Edith Lavell THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRES, by Edith Lavell THE BLUE ENVELOPE, by Roy Snell THE CRUISE OF THE O MOO, by Roy Snell THE SECRET MARK, by Roy Snell PURPLE FLAME, by Roy Snell THE CRIMSON THREAD, by Roy Snell THE SILENT ALARM, by Roy Snell WITCHES COVE, by Roy Snell THE MAGIC CURTAIN , by Roy Snell THE ORCHARD SECRET, by Cleo F. Garis MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW, by Cleo F. Garis MISSING AT MARSHLANDS, by Cleo F. Garis PENNY NICHOLS FINDS A CLUE, by Mildred A. Wirt PENNY NICHOLS AND THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST KEY, by Mildred A. Wirt PENNY NICHOLS AND THE BLACK IMP, by Mildred A. Wirt PENNY NICHOLS AND THE KNOB HILL MYSTERY, by Mildred A. Wirt THE MISSING FORMULA, by Mildred A. Wirt THE DESERTED YACHT, by Mildred A. Wirt THE SECRET OF THE SUNDIAL, by Mildred A. Wirt BOBS, A GIRL DETECTIVE, by Grace May North THE PHANTOM TOWN MYSTERY, by Carol Norton THE SEVEN SLEUTHS CLUB, by Carol Norton THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS SOLVE A MYSTERY, by Hildegard G. Frey And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in this series, covering classic authors and subjects like mysteries, science fiction, westerns, ghost stories -- and much, much more!





The Shattered Mirror

Author : María Elena de Valdés

Publisher : University of Texas Press

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 46,13 MB

Release : 2010-07-05

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0292786824

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Popular images of women in Mexico—conveyed through literature and, more recently, film and television—were long restricted to either the stereotypically submissive wife and mother or the demonized fallen woman. But new representations of women and their roles in Mexican society have shattered the ideological mirrors that reflected these images. This book explores this major change in the literary representation of women in Mexico. María Elena de Valdés enters into a selective and hard-hitting examination of literary representation in its social context and a contestatory engagement of both the literary text and its place in the social reality of Mexico. Some of the topics she considers are Carlos Fuentes and the subversion of the social codes for women; the poetic ties between Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Octavio Paz; questions of female identity in the writings of Rosario Castellanos, Luisa Josefina Hernández, María Luisa Puga, and Elena Poniatowska; the Chicana writing of Sandra Cisneros; and the postmodern celebration—without reprobation—of being a woman in Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate.



The Dark Wild

Author : Piers Torday

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 39,73 MB

Release : 2015-01-22

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1101626917

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Twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong. Below the sparkling city of Premium, deep underground, a dark wild remains: animals who believe the time is right to rise up against their human enemies. And soon Kester realizes: he is the only one who can stop them. Kester Jaynes saved the animals. Can he save the humans too? The sequel to Piers Torday's The Last Wild takes the adventure from country to city, with all of the first book's excitement, humor, and heart.



All the Birds, Singing

Author : Evie Wyld

Publisher : Pantheon

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 30,51 MB

Release : 2014-04-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307907775

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From one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists, a stunningly insightful, emotionally powerful new novel about an outsider haunted by an inescapable past: a story of loneliness and survival, guilt and loss, and the power of forgiveness. Jake Whyte is living on her own in an old farmhouse on a craggy British island, a place of ceaseless rain and battering wind. Her disobedient collie, Dog, and a flock of sheep are her sole companions, which is how she wants it to be. But every few nights something—or someone—picks off one of the sheep and sounds a new deep pulse of terror. There are foxes in the woods, a strange boy and a strange man, and rumors of an obscure, formidable beast. And there is also Jake’s past, hidden thousands of miles away and years ago, held in the silences about her family and the scars that stripe her back—a past that threatens to break into the present. With exceptional artistry and empathy, All the Birds, Singing reveals an isolated life in all its struggles and stubborn hopes, unexpected beauty, and hard-won redemption. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.



Hobbies

Author : Otto C. Lightner

Publisher :

Page : 946 pages

File Size : 38,6 MB

Release : 1947

Category : Collectors and collecting

ISBN :

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About Amanda

Author : June Kurzon

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 40,99 MB

Release : 2010-11-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1450258573

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Two girls from different social and economic backgrounds meet one day in first grade. Sarah Stewart feels very ordinary beside Amanda Wharton. Amanda is the new kid at school, and she looks like a porcelain doll. There is something about her that Sarah finds enchanting, and, despite their differences, the two young girls become best of friends. As they grow up, their connection does not fade. Nothing can come between them as they traverse the unfamiliar grounds of puberty, dating, and high school, sharing each others secrets, dreams, and far-off desires. But their relationship is not only about laughter; their young lives are fraught with difficulty, broken dreams, and even death. An unexpected tragedy occurs, and the best friends are forced to wander divergent paths. Yet, across the vast distances and long years, they remain close ... all the way to lifes end. About Amanda offers a look into the lives of two very different women, linked together by a chance meeting as children. For the entirety of their lives, they depend on each other, knowing that friendship and love are the most important things in the world.



The Gillette Blade

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Publisher :

Page : 536 pages

File Size : 46,97 MB

Release : 1919

Category : Razor industry

ISBN :

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