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61) The Last waltz
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Set in New England at the turn of the century, this is the story of two women's turbulent lives. Marian marries to gain social position, but loves another man she cannot have. Her friend, Isabel, jilted by her fiance, never stops yearning for him.
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Polish
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"Kultowa powieść o miłości, która okazuje się silniejsza od samotności, od fatum i od śmierci. Florentino Ariza, nie catkiem urodziwy i nie całkiem utalentowany poeta, zakochuje się od pierwszego wejrzenia w Ferminie Dazie, być może najpiękniejszej dziewczynie w Cartagena de Indias. Przychylność panny zdaje się dobrze wróżyć miłosnym podchodom Florentina, ale na drodze do miłosnego spełnienia romansu staje ojciec Ferminy, który...
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"In this graphically bold re-telling of Andersen's tale, Yoon renders the journey of the one-legged tin soldier from moment of creation to his untimely end. Foregrounding the random and the accidental, Yoon's version captures life as the struggle between the inner spirit and fate."--back cover.
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"Nurse Nanase has striven to once again meet the prince of her dreams, so how is it he's become such an aggravating doctor?! After witnessing a handsome and charming young doctor saving a stranger's life five years ago, Nanase Sakura trained to become a nurse. But when she meets the doctor again and they start working together, she finds Kairi Tendo to be nothing like the man she imagined him to be!... The mean Dark Lord has turned into a kindly Knight!...
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The Long way home. History stands poised to repeat itself as Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are besieged by walking corpses atop the Burial Mounds. It is here fate offers them a second chance to protect their loved ones and unmask the true instigator of this grisly onslaught. As shocking revelations shake the cultivation world to its very core, the unlikely couple becomes preoccupied with other matters--like an evening of drunken impulse that may push...
71) November
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Estonian
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In a 19th century Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
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Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are headed for a showdown at Guanyin Temple, where their path converges with Jin Guangyao and Nie Mingjue's reassembled fierce corpse. With decades-long schemes finally unveiled, and terrible secrets unearthed, the events of this rain-battered night will decide not just the future of the entire cultivation world...but also that of a love story two lifetimes in the making. Also included in this final volume are eight short...
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"Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none" Helena is convinced that she and wealthy Bertram are #CoupleGoals. He's not so sure. After engineering their betrothal, Helena will go to any length to bring her idealized version of romance to life. But what happens when the reality of their relationship doesn't match up to the fantasy? And do the ends always justify the means? Director Blanche McIntyre's offbeat anti-romcom explores the modern resonance...
75) Home to you
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'I didn’t want to love Jake Johnson. He was the boy I fell in love with, my brother’s best friend, the man who took my heart. But sometimes love doesn’t listen. Sometimes your heart makes its own choices, pushes boundaries, and picks the exact wrong moment to show its vulnerable head. The night we first kissed was my slap back to reality. The moment I realized he would never see me as more than a little sister. I did the only thing I could think...
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Français
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Nelly, 25, is stuck in a loveless marriage while barely making ends meet. A friend introduces her to the wealthy and much older Arnaud in order to help him write his memoirs. Thus begins a playful, tentative flirtation that is forever threatening to bloom into a romance. But instead Nelly gets involved with Arnaud's charming editor. Arnaud and Nelly get stuck in a silent dance of sideways glances and off-hand gestures, the secret choreography of unrequited...