Patrice
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Series
Cameroon novels volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
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First American edition.
Language
English
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"In Cameroon, plum season is a highly anticipated time of year. But for the narrator of When the Plums Are Ripe, the poet Pouka, the season reminds him of the “time when our country had discovered the root not so much of its own violence as that of the worlds own, and, in response, had thrown its sons who at that time were called Senegalese infantrymen into the desert, just as in the evenings the sellers throw all their still-unsold plums into the...
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In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer's dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Will she give up what she loves
for who she loves?
Forced to return home to care for her ailing mother, veterinarian Abigail Mast must make an impossible choice—between her career and her Amish community. And handsome neighbor Benjamin Troyer isn't making the decision any easier for her. When an opportunity to stay in Montana presents itself, can Abigail come to a decision that will yield the greatest rewards?
From Love Inspired:...
for who she loves?
Forced to return home to care for her ailing mother, veterinarian Abigail Mast must make an impossible choice—between her career and her Amish community. And handsome neighbor Benjamin Troyer isn't making the decision any easier for her. When an opportunity to stay in Montana presents itself, can Abigail come to a decision that will yield the greatest rewards?
From Love Inspired:...
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English
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Patrice Gopo grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, the child of Jamaican immigrants who had little experience being black in America. From her white Sunday school classes as a child, to her early days of marriage in South Africa, to a new home in the American South with a husband from another land, Patrice's life is a testament to the challenges and beauty of the world we each live in, a world in which cultures overlap every day. In All the Colors We Will...
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English
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Can an Englisch city girl ever become one of the Plain People?
She needed a safe place to hide.
Instead she found a place to call home…
Television journalist Leah Porte never imagined her career would end with her witnessing a murder. Now she’s temporarily living among the Amish in witness protection. Instead of feeling alone and adrift, Leah is warmly welcomed by the close-knit community—and Amish bachelor Isaac Sommer. But caught between...
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Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"You've read Emma. You own Pride & Prejudice. You love Sense and Sensibility. But do you know all there is to know about Jane Austen? Find answers to questions such as: Who was the Irishman who stole her heart? Why was their affair doomed? Which Austen heroine most resembled Jane? Who were the real Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy? Why did Jane never marry? These fascinating secrets and much more are revealed in 101 Things You Didn't Know About Jane...
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eFitzgerald Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"One of the sharpest minds and clearest voices writing today." (Hugh Howey, NYTimes bestselling author of WOOL) Karma lives in the Silo, deep underground. She lives with a man whom she barely knows and with a name she doesn't remember choosing. When visions come to her about another husband, another way of life, and another world, Karma struggles to discover what came before. Outside, there is only the swirl of toxic clouds and an endless darkness...
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Publisher
Book View Cafe
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Cops drink coffee.They don't belong in Ellen Rosings's Victorian tearoom. But when her opening day thank-you tea ends in the murder of the president of the Santa Fe Preservation Trust, the police invade her haven.Enter Detective Tony Aragon: attractive and unsympathetic, with a chip on his shoulder that goes beyond the murder investigation, and Ellen's delicate bone china cup is full. Is the murderer one of her honored guests, or the ghost rumored...
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Book View Cafe
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Notorious for failed relationships. Ellen Rosings knows that's true of cops. Detective Tony Aragon has even said it about himself, or something like it. Despite her misgivings, she is drawn to him, but can he reach past a cop's cynicism to trust her? As summer surrounds her Wisteria Tearoom in the beauty of a lush rose garden, death overshadows the tearoom a second time. Maria Garcia--a venerable member of the Santa Fe Rose Guild--breathes her last...
11) Running
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Publisher
eFitzgerald Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"A contemporary tale about politics and passion by the author of the best-selling "Karma" series. Action, suspense, romance, laughs, and just enough sex... a campaign you'll never forget. The political thriller with heart. THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE A WOMAN... Catherine Young, Vice President and newly-anointed Democratic nominee, is surging in the polls. The race is on against opposition candidate Jerusha Hutchins, former stewardess and blonde...
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Publisher
Hmh Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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“Kindl inventively meshes classical myths, archeological findings and imaginative speculation in an intriguing tale full of mystery and emotion.” —Publishers Weekly
Last night I saw my sister, who is dead. She stood at the end of a long corridor, weeping. “Can it really be you, Ariadne, come back after all this time?” I whispered. She did not answer, but began slowly to sink through the floor.
Princess
...Last night I saw my sister, who is dead. She stood at the end of a long corridor, weeping. “Can it really be you, Ariadne, come back after all this time?” I whispered. She did not answer, but began slowly to sink through the floor.
Princess
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Publisher
Magic Cat
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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A sensitively told and vibrantly illustrated story of Black history from its very ancient origins to its dynamic future
When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn’t feel that she fits in. But Tante Janet has a story to tell her: An ancient story of warrior queens and talking drums, of treasures and tales that span thousands of years . . . a story that Paloma shares in, because her story, too, starts in Africa.
15) Counter Punch
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English
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Law Abiding Citizen meets The Brave One in this mother of all revenge stories with a twist ending.
What lengths would you go to if the unthinkable happened to your child?
Everyone is capable of murder.
Everest was not the perfect mom, but what she was was fierce. After her husband Anthony died at the hands of a drunk driver, it was up to her to raise their daughter Mo alone.
Her love for Mo was both unmistakable and unshakable.
But when Mo failed...
16) Sauvage, baby
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Français
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Sam a connu les horreurs du monde et de la guerre comme opérateur au sein des Forces spéciales.
Alexia, une jeune femme trans, tente d'échapper à la violence qu'est devenue sa vie.
La liberté a un prix.
Et cette liberté, parfois, se paie de chair et de sang.
17) Les chiens
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Français
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Deux ans après les événements de Sauvage, baby, alors qu'Alexia a enfin trouvé un sens à sa vie, Sam a de plus en plus d'épisodes de stress post-traumatique. Hanté par de vieux souvenirs de guerre et par les meurtres de Frank et Lebron, souffrant d'une relation conflictuelle avec sa fille, Clara, il n'arrive à garder la tête hors de l'eau que grâce à la présence d'Alexia à ses ctés. Un matin, son frère est froidement abattu dans les...
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English
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Animal control officer Gwen Revmore has no use for the gods. They've never answered any of her prayers-even after a tragic accident leaves her husband dead, and her young son gravely injured. But after her estranged grandfather shows up at the hospital to urge her to try one more time to save the boy, Gwen decides there's nothing left to lose. She asks Nathao, the powerful King of Dreams, for help, and he agrees to save Sam-but like most favors, the...
19) Pawn
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English
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Serving as courier to Nathao, the increasingly powerful King of Dreams, means Gwen Revmore gets a close-up look at the gods that most mortals can only imagine. Right now, it's not a position to be envied. This time, Gwen has landed in the middle of a dispute between mother and daughter when Persephone gives birth to a son outside the reach of her mother Demma, the goddess of knowledge and medicine. The child is supposed to be given to Demma to compensate...
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Homme de théâtre et figure familière du petit écran, Patrice Coquereau a souffert pendant de longues années de troubles anxieux, qui touchent environ 12% des Canadiens. Aujourd'hui serein, il dresse le bilan du chemin parcouru et, de crises de panique en fous rires, fait voler en éclats les tabous liés à la santé mentale.
Avec émotion, il nous présente son histoire, pimentée de coups de gueule et de coups de cœur, les facteurs qui l'ont...