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Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands, and goes on to work in some of the grandest homes in England. His brother never reappears. Olivia White has given ten...
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My Man Jeeves by P.G Wodehouse is a collection of comedic work featuring three of Wodehouse's famous characters. Bertie is an idle rich man, who is always ready to help his friends. However, he would never be able to do so without the help of his odd but intelligent valet, Jeeves. Said to be the prototype for Bertie, Reggie Pepper is also rich Englishman dedicated to assisting his friends, however, unlike Bertie, he often has to act as the brains...
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Bertie must deal with the Market Snodsbury Grammar School prize giving, the broken engagement of his cousin Angela, the wooing of Madeline Bassett by Gussie Fink-Nottle, and the resignation of Anatole, the genius chef. Will he prevail? Only with the aid of Jeeves!
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Jeeves belongs to a club for butlers, and one of the rules is that every member must contribute to the club book everything about the fellow he's working for. Jeeves is so taken with his employer, Bertie Wooster, that he writes eighteen pages about him--and Bertie, quite naturally, is perturbed. Suppose the book falls into the wrong hands ...
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"Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic short story collections in the English language. This classic collection of linked stories feature some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman--in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages, seeking whom she may devour, while Bertie's...
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Black butler volume 19
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Ciel and his butler Sebastian travel to Germany to investigate a string of deaths and wind up in a cursed forest, finding themselves face-to-face with a witch.
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Splendid collection features Bertie Wooster, the deliciously dim aristocrat, and Jeeves, his brainy manservant. Included are the first 8 Jeeves stories as well as the complete Reggie Pepper (Bertie's prototype) series. "Extricating Young Gussie," "The Aunt and the Sluggard," "Leave It to Jeeves," "Absent Treatment," "Rallying Round Clarence," 10 more tales.
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Black butler volume 16
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"Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his invincible butler Sebastian may have succeeded in sneaking their way into the elite Weston College, but their investigation quickly hits a wall. To earn an audience with the headmaster, Ciel's only option is to attend the "Midnight Tea Party," an exclusive gathering hosted by the elusive head of the school. And the only way a lowly first-former like Ciel, earl or no, can land a seat at that table is by being elected...
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When Bertie Wooster goes to stay with his Aunt Dahlia at Brinkley Court and unexpectedly becomes engaged to the imperious Lady Florence Craye, disaster threatens from all sides.While Florence tries to cultivate Bertie's mind, her former fiancé, hefty ex-policeman "Stilton" Cheesewright, threatens to beat his body to a pulp, and her new admirer, the bleating poet Percy Gorringe, tries to borrow a thousand pounds.To cap it all, there's a jewelry heist;...
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Jeeves and Wooster volume 15
(Pelham Grenville),Collector's Wodehouse
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Perennial Library volume P 668
(Pelham Grenville),Collector's Wodehouse
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Perennial Library volume P 668
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With help from Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman, Bertie Wooster contrives to help a friend escape from a designing woman.
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Jeeves and Wooster volume 14
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The famous gentleman's gentleman again to the rescue - after Bertie becomes desperately tangled up in maneuvers to separate Phyllis and an American playboy.
14) Quick service
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"When imperious American widow Beatrice Chavender eats a forkful of inferior ham at her sister's country house near London, it affects the lives of everyone around her-- her sister, her brother-in-law, her sister's butler, her sister's poor relation, Sally, Sally's fiancé Lord Holbeton, and, most of all, Mrs. Chavender's own one-time fiancé, 'Ham King' J.B. Duff, whose rotten product spoils her breakfast"--Page 4 of cover.
15) Kamerdyner
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"Kamerdyner" opowiada o życiu dwóch osób pochodzących z odmiennych światów. Olivia całe swoje życie poświęciła karierze. Gdy okoliczności zmusiły ją do zamknięcia ukochanej firmy, podjęła decyzję o przeprowadzce do Paryża, o czym od dawna marzyła. Teraz potrzebuje kogoś do pomocy w urządzeniu nowego domu. Los stawia na jej drodze Joachima. Joachim pochodzi z Argentyny, jako nastolatek przeniósł się do Europy. Ma brata bliźniaka,...
18) Something fishy
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While staying in suburban Valley Fields with Lord Uffenham, Keggs, Uffenham's former butler, decides to try to cash in on the "Tontine Stakes, " which has a millon-dollar award in the wings, based on what Keggs knows from a conversation that he overheard during his earlier butler days.