Colleen McCullough
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Carmine Delmonico mysteries volume 2
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English
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On a beautiful spring day in the little city of Holloman, Connecticut, home to prestigious Chubb University and armaments giant Cornucopia, chief of detectives Captain Carmine Delmonico has more pressing concerns than finding a name for his infant son: twelve murders have taken place in one day, and Delmonico is drawn into a gruesome web of secrets and lies.
3) THE TOUCH
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Scottish-born Alexander Kinross writes home from the gold fields of 1860s Sydney for a bride and marries young cousin Elizabeth, who struggles with Alexander's rowdy ex-madam mistress and illegitimate son.
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America in 1968 is in turmoil and the leafy Holloman, Connecticut, suburb of Carew is being silently terrorized by a series of vicious and systematic rapes. When finally one victim finds the courage to speak out and go to the police, the rapist escalates to murder. For Captain Carmine Delmonico, it seems to be a case with no clues.
8) Agridulce
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"Con Agridulce, Colleen McCullough vuelve al terreno de la novela épica y romántica ambientada en Australia, escenario de la que quizá sea su obra más famosa: El pájaro espino. Las cuatro hermanas Latimer--dos parejas de mellizas--son conocidas en Nueva Gales del Sur por su belleza y su ingenio. Pese a que mantienen una relación muy estrecha entre ellas, cada una alberga sus propios sueños: Edda quiere ser médica, Tufts se empeña en organizarlo...
14) The thorn birds
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The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback.
15) El hijo pródigo
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When his cousin reports the theft of a lethal, untraceable toxin, Captain Carmine Delmonico investigates a series of sudden deaths implicating a scientist who Delmonico believes is being framed by a killer in the academic community.
16) El pajaro espino
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En esta inolvidable novela, McCullough narra una historia que comienza en 1915 y está llena de sueños, secretos, pasiones oscuras y amor prohibido en el interior de Australia. En ella asistimos a la gesta de tres generaciones de la familia Cleary, pero sobre todo, somos testigos de la relación sentimental de Meggie con el sacerdote Ralph de Bricassart, un párroco cuya ambición lo lleva a formar parte de los círculos influyentes del Vaticano....
18) Tim
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Tim is an Australian film which tells the story of the relationship between a handsome young man and an attractive businesswoman in her mid-40s. Tim is developmentally disabled but, thanks to his understanding and loving home life, he is able to move through life almost with a child's gentleness and content.
20) Tim
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Tim is an Australian film which tells the story of the relationship between a handsome young man and an attractive businesswoman in her mid-40s. Tim is mentally retarded but, thanks to his understanding and loving home life, he is able to move through life almost with a child's gentleness and content.