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Having fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other young Yugoslav exiles, most of whom earn meager wages assembling leather and rubber S&M clothing at a sweatshop they call the "Ministry." Abandoning literature, Tanja encourages her students to indulge their "Yugonostalgia" in essays about their personal experiences during their homeland's...
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As the Celtic pirate, Anwen, presses her hard iron dagger against a Roman's throat, memories of fated lovers, druids, and sacrifice, stay her hand.Kaeso is captivated by dreams of the woman he loved in a previous life, the mirror image of Anwen. In this lifetime they are foes, Roman and Celt. Can Anwen and Kaeso steer their timeless voyage to a happy destiny or will they be robbed of love once more?
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Many devoted couples began as foes, so why not lay down the sword and conquer your enemy with a rose-like you'd entice a lover?
Tryffin is a fearless champion when it comes to battling Saxons but fighting for Aelfrida's love proves a greater challenge. Can he trust a Saxon?
The Welsh Prince, Tryffin, will do anything to make the Saxon maiden, Aelfrida, his bride.
But to her, he's a sworn enemy. She can never give her heart to him.
To save her...
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"Wiener has rescued an intimate story from the family archive, a story that is also the infamous history of our continent, with her trademark intelligence and irreverent humor. Her prose, sober and forward, is fresh air; her view allows us to be testimonies of Latin America's cycles of plundering and looting."-Valeria Luiselli, author of The Lost Children Archive and Tell Me How It Ends
An award-winning Peruvian journalist and writer delivers her...
5) Fortuné
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Élevé par ses grands-parents, à la mort de sa mère, "Fortuné", chanteur baroque, ne sait rien de son père et s'interroge sur ce prénom qui évoque l'Afrique. Nadia est substitute du Procureur de La Rochelle, en charge des mineurs. Improbable rencontre. Entre la naissance d'un amour, la quête des origines, le partage des blessures de l'enfance, de Paris à Bamako, la musique irradie. Surviennent les drames de l'année 2012…
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"Des bruits fugaces" est un recueil de sept nouvelles qui plongent dans des vies hors du commun de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Elles explorent les conséquences des guerres, les remous de mai 1968, les tourments de l'amour, et des histoires passionnantes. Entre cauchemars, tragédies, quête spirituelle jusqu'à Calcutta et Bénarès, et souvenirs d'une époque révolue, ces pages vous dévoilent un regard non conformiste et parfois empreint...
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From Welsh myth springs the tale of Rhiannon and Pwyll. Chief Pwyll's life is changed forever the day Goddess Rhiannon rides pass him on her magic horse. Forbidden romance smolders between the goddess and the chieftain. With the use of an enchanted bag, Rhiannon breaks free of an unwanted betrothal. Happily, she weds Pwyll, but a harrowing mystery tears them apart. Will Pwyll's suspicion and duty as chieftain prevail or will love win out?
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