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It had to be you / by Brazier, Eliza Jane,author.;
"Two contract killers, each with a hit out on the other, must fight their growing attraction as they face off in an epic game of love and murder across Western Europe. When Eva and Jonathan hook up on the sleeper train from Florence to Paris, they think they'll never see each other again. Which is too bad, because neither has ever felt a spark like this for another person. But love isn't on the agenda in their line of work. Six months later, they run into each other in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. This meeting is not by chance, because Eva has been hired to kill Jonathan. She's a contract killer, but what she doesn't know is that he is too. Their meeting kicks off a high-stakes cross-continent adventure across Western Europe. There will be tourism. People will die. Eva and Jonathan might even fall in love. As the two get closer to completing their assignments, it becomes clear that they are also being hunted--by something even more dangerous than their feelings for each other ... "--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Man-woman relationships;
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A botanist's guide to society and secrets / by Khavari, Kate,author.;
London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton's brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder. A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned, and expired in Adrian's train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for Adrian with Inspector Green. Despite her unresolved feelings for Alexander, Saffron begins to unravel mysteries surrounding the dead scientist. As if a murder case weren't enough, her best friend Elizabeth's war-hero brother, Nick, arrives in town and takes an immediate interest in Saffron. Saffron learns Alexander has been keeping secrets from her, including a connection to Nick, who Saffron and Elizabeth begin to suspect is more than he seems. When another scientist is found dead, Saffron agrees to go undercover at the government laboratory. Risking her career and her safety, she learns there are many more interested parties and dangerous secrets to uncover than she'd realized. But some secrets, Saffron will find, are better left undiscovered.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; University College, London; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Poisoning; Secrecy; Women botanists;
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Speak, silence / by Echlin, Kim,author.;
It's been eleven years since Gota has seen Kosmos, yet she still finds herself fantasizing about their intimate year together in Paris. Now it's 1999 and, working as a journalist, she hears about a film festival in Sarajevo, where she knows Kosmos will be with his theatre company. She takes the assignment to investigate the fallout of the Bosnian war--and to reconnect with the love of her life. But when they are reunited, she finds a man, and a country, altered beyond recognition. Kosmos introduces Gota to Edina, the woman he has always loved. While Gota treads the precarious terrain of her evolving connection to Kosmos, she and Edina forge an unexpected bond. A lawyer and a force to be reckoned with, Edina exposes the sexual violence that she and thousands of others survived in the war. Before long, Gota finds her life entwined with the community of women and travels with them to The Hague to confront their abusers. The events she covers--and the stories she hears--will change her life forever.
Subjects: Historical ficition.; International Court of Justice; Female friendship; Women journalists; Man-woman relationships; Sex crimes; War crimes; Women;
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Let's not do that again : a novel / by Ginder, Grant,author.;
"Nancy Harrison is running for Senate, and she's going to win, goddamnit. Not that that's her slogan, although it could be. She's said all the right things. Passed all the right legislation. Chapped her lips kissing babies. There's just one problem: her grown children. Greta and Nick Harrison are adrift. Nick is floundering in his attempts to write a musical about the life of Joan Didion (called Hello to All That!). And then there's his little sister Greta. Smart, pretty, and completely unmotivated, allowing her life to pass her by like the shoppers at the Apple store where she works. One morning the world wakes up not to Nancy making headlines, but her daughter, Greta. She's in Paris. With extremist protestors. Throwing a bottle of champagne through a beloved bistro's front window. In order to save her campaign, not to mention her daughter, Nancy and Nick must find Greta before it's too late. Smart, funny and tear-jerking, Let's Not Do That Again proves that, like democracy, family is a messy, fragile thing"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Political fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Mothers; Political campaigns; Political candidates;
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Parade / by Cusk, Rachel,1967-author.;
Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down. Eventually, he paints his wife upside down. He also makes her ugly. The paintings are a great success. In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street. The attacker flees, but not before turning around to contemplate her victim, like an artist stepping back from a canvas. When a woman dies, her children confront her legacy: the stories she told, the roles she assigned to them, the ways she withheld her love. Her death is a kind of freedom. An artist takes on a series of pseudonyms to conceal his work from his mother and father. His brother does the opposite. They share the same parents, but they have inherited different things. Parade is a story that confronts and demolishes the conventions of storytelling. It surges past the limits of identity, character and plot to tell a true story--about art, family, morality, gender and how we compose ourselves. A writer and a visionary like no other, Rachel Cusk turns language upside down to show us our world as it really is.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Artists; Families; Identity (Psychology); Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Your second life begins when you realize you only have one / by Giordano, Raphaëlle,1974-author.; Caistor, Nick,translator.; translation of:Giordano, Raphaëlle,1974-Ta deuxième vie commence quand tu comprends que tu n'en as qu'une.English.;
"The feel-good #1 bestselling French novel about a woman whose mission to cure her "routine-itis" leads her to lasting joy and true fulfillment, for fans of The Alchemist and Hector and the Search for Happiness. At thirty-eight and a quarter years old, Paris native Camille has everything she needs to be happy, or so it seems: a good job, a loving husband, a wonderful son. Why then does she feel as if happiness has slipped through her fingers? All she wants is to find the path to joy. When Claude, a French Sean Connery look-alike and routinologist, offers his unique advice to help get her there, she seizes the opportunity with both hands. Camille's journey is full of surprising escapades, creative capers, and deep meaning, as she sets out to transform her life and realize her dreams one step at a time. A charming, feel-good, and universal story of one woman's journey from boredom and dissatisfaction to happiness and fulfilment."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Self-realization in women; Conduct of life;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Shadow of Doubt A Thriller [electronic resource] : by Thor, Brad.aut; cloudLibrary;
In a world shrouded in shadows, where doubt is the only weapon, can one spy expose the truth? #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor delivers his latest high-octane thriller. A mysterious cargo plane, flanked by a squadron of Russia’s most lethal fighters, has just taken off from a remote airbase. Closely monitored by the United States, no one inside the Pentagon has any idea where it’s going or what it’s carrying. A high-level Russian defector, a walking vault of secrets that could shatter the West, seeks asylum in Norway. Across the continent, in the heart of Paris, a lone French agent stumbles upon a conspiracy so explosive it could ignite a global firestorm. As alarm bells ring in Washington, the CIA’s most lethal weapon, Scot Harvath, is forced to choose between his conscience and his country. You’ll be left breathless as Harvath is swept into a whirlwind of double agents, international intrigue, and heart-stopping chases.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Espionage; Political; Suspense;
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Kate & Frida : a novel of friendship, food, and books / by Fay, Kim,author.;
"A buoyant, mouth-watering oasis of a novel, Kate & Frida is a love letter to bookshops and booksellers, to the way stories shape how we perceive ourselves, to the passion we bring to life in our twenties, and to the last precious years before the internet changed everything. Twenty-something Frida Rodriguez comes to Paris in 1991, relishing the city's butter-soaked cuisine and seeking her future as a war correspondent. But when she writes to a bookshop in Seattle, she receives more than just the book she requests. A friendship begins that will redefine the person she thought she wanted to become. Seattle bookseller Kate Fair is transformed by Frida's free spirit, spurred to kiss her handsome coworker, to believe in herself as a writer, and to find beauty even in loss. Through the most tumultuous years of their young lives-personally and globally-Kate and Frida's friendship sustains and nourishes them as they show each other how to overcome self-doubt and the necessity of embracing joy even through our darkest hours"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Recipes.; Novels.; Bookstore owners; Bookstores; Female friendship; Friendship; Women;
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Diala's kitchen : plant-forward and pescatarian recipes inspired by home and travel / by Canelo, Diala,author.;
"Food and travel writer Diala Canelo, shares 100 healthy, vegetable-forward recipes inspired by her international travel. On any given day, you'll find Diala Canelo travelling around the world, walking the streets of her favourite cities including Barcelona, Paris, Melbourne, Mexico City, Florence, and Santo Domingo, where she grew up near the sea--places that inspire her flavourful and nourishing cooking. Influenced by local flavours, fresh ingredients, and a passion for healthy meals made from scratch, Diala's recipes embrace the beauty in simply prepared, vegetable-forward, pescatarian-friendly cooking. Diala's Kitchen is a collection of bold and flavourful recipes inspired by home and travel, with stunning food and photography from afar, that food-lovers will want to cook and enjoy with family and friends. With over 100 recipes including Salmon Tacos with Chipotle Crema, Blackened Fish with Creamy Yucca Fries, Wild Mushrooms Over Creamy Polenta with Mascarpone, Coconut Flan, Salted Caramel and Vanilla Pots de Crème, and Caramelized Banana and Cinnamon Loaf, Diala will take you to all the corners of the world and animate your kitchen with lively flavours."--
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Vegetarian cooking.; Pescatarian cooking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dracul [sound recording] / by Stoker, Dacre,author.; Bradbury, Pete,narrator.; Adam, Vikas,narrator.; Barker, J. D.(Jonathan Dylan),1971-author.; Books on Tape, Inc.,publisher.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Pete Bradbury, Vikas Adam, and a full cast.It is 1868, and a twenty-one-year-old Bram Stoker waits in a desolate tower to face an indescribable evil. Armed only with crucifixes, holy water, and a rifle, he prays to survive a single night, the longest of his life. Desperate to record what he has witnessed, Bram scribbles down the events that led him here. A sickly child, Bram spent his early days bedridden in his parents' Dublin home, tended to by his caretaker, a young woman named Ellen Crone. When a string of strange deaths occur in a nearby town, Bram and his sister Matilda detect a pattern of bizarre behavior by Ellen--a mystery that deepens chillingly until Ellen vanishes suddenly from their lives. Years later, Matilda returns from studying in Paris to tell Bram the news that she has seen Ellen--and that the nightmare they've thought long ended is only beginning. A riveting novel of gothic suspense, Dracul reveals not only Dracula's true origin, but Bram Stoker's--and the tale of the enigmatic woman who connects them.
Subjects: Gothic fiction.; Vampire fiction.; Horror fiction.; Audiobooks.; Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912; Vampires;
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