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"“What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?”
In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor—but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue.
In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead.
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A colection of short stories covering varius ganres from historical, fantasy, distopian, sci fi.. Do you enjoy reading, but cant find the time to read long form stories? Do you find yourself with time on your hands between activaties? This book will satisfy to fill your Idle moments.
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Ellis Island novels (Kate Kerrigan) volume 3
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Set in 1940s Los Angeles, the compelling final installment in New York Times bestselling author Kate Kerrigan's sweeping immigrant trilogy begun in Ellis Island and City of Hope-a story of family, love, danger, and ambition in Hollywood during World War II.
Irish immigrant Ellie Hogan has finally achieved the American Dream. But her comfortable bohemian life on Fire Island, New York, is shattered when her eldest adopted son, Leo, runs away, lured...
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WINNER OF THE JANET HEIGINGER KAFKA PRIZE FOR FICTION
"The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank. . . . The characters' interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book's denouement." -Entertainment Weekly
"Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the sentence and tension level rise to meet her ambition. She keeps us constantly on edge. . . . City...
5) Namaste
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For thousands of years, Bharatvarsh has been the centre of power for the entire world. It is also a source of knowledge for the global human community. This story is an extraordinary tale of power struggles that took place in Bharatvarsh at the end of the Dwaparyuga and the beginning of the Kaliyuga. The story begins with the Mahabharata war that occurred in Kurukshetra. After the war, Yudhishthira became the king of Bharatvarsh, and he was succeeded...
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Welcome to Arima, officially known as The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima-the easternmost and second-largest borough in Trinidad and Tobago.In 1887, the town, in a historic gesture celebrating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, petitioned for municipal status. Queen Victoria granted this request the following year, marking the official establishment of Arima as a Royal Borough on August 1, 1888.Nestled in the heart of Trinidad and Tobago, the Borough...
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Peculiar Version of Primitive Proverbs: A Modern Reimagining of Timeless WisdomUnveil the dust-laden scrolls of ancient wisdom and witness their vibrant reinterpretation for the modern world in Peculiar Version of Primitive Proverbs. This captivating collection transcends the limitations of traditional sayings, offering a unique blend of the old and the new that challenges your perceptions and sparks thought-provoking interpretations.Forget one-size-fits-all...
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Sexually abused as a young girl in a society that rendered children without a voice, Jawahara Saidullah drifted through life, certain the trauma she'd suffered as a child meant she wasn't worthy to take part in living. Through her identification of India's warrior queens, Jawahara eventually found the strength to face her trauma.Like these historical women who saved their thrones, lineage, and countries in male-dominated societies that considered...
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Caroline is seven years old when her family flees Pinochet's regime, leaving Chile for Montreal on Christmas Eve, 1986. She fears Santa won't find them on the plane but wakes to find a new doll at her side, her mother preserving the holiday even amidst persecution and turmoil. This symbol of care is repeated throughout their relocation as her parents work tirelessly to provide the family with a new vision of the future.
Once in Canada, Caroline accompanies...
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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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An unflinching portrayal of contemporary India that explores the tensions between modernity and tradition, urban and rural life, duty and free will. Madhav is a man with an engineering job that pays rather well. He also has a family that consists of a mother who doesn't understand why it is so wrong to demand dowry for her son when she paid out a generous dowry for her daughter; a father who feels so obligated to his beautiful wife for consenting...
12) Whispering Winds
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Tanzi Lone Wolf is a strong independent woman, at least on the surface. Part of her armor includes never letting anyone get close. But fate has other ideas. A chance meeting with a handsome stranger turns her world upside down, while increasing family struggles, including her brother's wrongful imprisonment, have her living on a knife's edge. Can she undo the shackles of her childhood trauma and allow love in?WHISPERING WINDS is the third book in...
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The AI Era & Humanities 2024 Bridgeing AI and Humans a delve into the deeps of today and essential tools and knowledge for the AI era 2024 Join us in embracing where AI meets humanities. Our innovative approach prepares people for the challenges and opportunities of the AI Era while nurturing their creativity and critical thinking. Building a great Moral Capacity. AI has no moral capacity. This is only implemented by humans.
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Il est coutume de dire que l'Histoire est écrite par les vainqueurs, mais c'est oublier la partie de l'humanité qui engendre ces hommes. L'effondrement de l'empire d'Alexandre Le Grand va donner naissance à de multiples royautés disséminées sur le monde méditerranéen. Ces nouveaux mondes seront dirigés par des volontés hégémoniques, et les femmes n'en seront pas absentes. Le présent ouvrage dresse le portrait holistique et sans concessions...
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No primeiro fim-de-semana foi para uma conhecida cidade pelo seu frio, localizada em Kashmir, Dras. Algumas pessoas chamam-na de Drass. Até recebeu turistas com um letreiro pintado a dizer "Bem-vindos à Drass – o segundo lugar habitado, mais frio do mundo". Era conhecido como a porta de entrada para Ladakh. Era um país de caminhada e com boas bases pelas boas caminhadas para Amarnath, Suru Valley e Saliskot. Também provou ser um bom treino para...
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"Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page."-Reese Witherspoon
"Powerful and evocative." -Kate Quinn
The Henna Artist
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Vivid and compelling, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel. Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There...
17) Timeless Voyage
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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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Histoire courtes écrites sur un bout de trottoir est un recueil de petits récits. Le lien qui les unit, et qui justifie cette compilation, est le monde fantastique.Qu'est le fantastique ? C'est ce qui commence au-delà du réel. Dès que le récit nous montre un fait qui ne peut pas exister, nous somme dans le monde fantastiqueLe monde fantastique peut être visible sans consistance réelle, une ombre existe, mais elle n'a aucune consistance, vous...
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Two Jewish brothers plan futures full of achievement and maybe fame. But Warsaw in the summer of 1939 is no place for dreamers.
Ian is thrown west to Paris. There, he unexpectedly falls in love with Alicia, a mysterious Frenchwoman, but then must leave her to race across France to safety in Casablanca. Daniel ends up in the Siberian Gulag, where he faces endless blizzards, starvation, and the often-lethal cruelties of guards and fellow prisoners....
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Ayant vécu une période nazie, Charles Boucaud a développé des sentiments peu nobles à l'endroit des Allemands. Plus tard, ctoyant ces derniers, notamment comme employeur et amis, l'auteur, enrichi d'une certaine philosophie et d'un humour certain, a reconsidéré sa vision de la vie. Ceux qui ont pratiqué l'esclavage sont morts et leurs familles n'en sont pas responsables. Dans ce monde nouveau, le dialogue a été instauré. Cet ouvrage est...