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Lucy Drake's mastery of Morse code has made her a valuable asset to the American news agencies as a telegrapher. But the sudden arrival of Sir Colin Beckwith at rival British news agency Reuters puts her hard-earned livelihood at risk. Newly arrived from London, Colin is talented, handsome, and insufferably charming. Despite their rivalry, Lucy realizes Colin's connections could be just what her family needs to turn the tide of their long legal battle...
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In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has worse fears than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest-scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori--a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a new world...
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When Nellie and her brother Jackson are unexpectedly orphaned by their father's suicide on his new and unprosperous ranch, they make their way to the nearby town of Rita Blanca, where Jackson manages to secure a job as a sheriff's deputy, while Nellie, ever resourceful, becomes the town's telegrapher. Together, they inadvertently put Rita Blanca on the map when young Jackson succeeds in shooting down all six of the ferocious Yazee brothers in a gunfight...
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Love along the wires volume 1
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"Alice McNeil resolved to travel through life unencumbered by love or marriage, free to make her own decisions. She's recently acquired a position at an important trading firm, but when the company's ambitious junior director returns to London, things change in ways Alice could never have imagined. For Douglas Shaw, years of hard work and ingenuity enabled him to escape a life of grinding poverty. He's also determined to marry into high society--to...
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In a loving tribute to her father, who worked his own lifelong magic as a telegraph operator, the bestselling author of "Like Water for Chocolate" pens an enchanting, bittersweet story touched with graphic earthiness and wit. It is the tale of Jublio, who has a gift for hearing what is in people's hearts, and what happens when he puts that gift aside as an old man. Spanish-language events.
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It's July 4, 1861, and the featured speaker at this year's Independence Day celebration at Concord, MA, is high-spirited and fiercely patriotic Eloise Edwards. She rails against the South's attack on Fort Sumter and the injustice of slavery. A newspaper article recounting the speech inspires her brother Edward to enlist. The siblings' father, a War of Independence veteran, dies, and Edward decides he doesn't want to join the Union army after all and...
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En espanol: "Laura Esquivel regresa con una novela de gran belleza y compasión. Mientras 'Como agua para chocolate' se basó en la vida de su madre, en 'Tan veloz como el deseo' Esquivel hace un trabajo de ficción acerca de la vida de su padre en México. Nacido con la curiosa habilidad de entender los mensajes ocultos en los sentimientos humanos, Don Júbilo se convierte en un traductor que ayuda a otros a solucionar problemas de comunicación...
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"Telegrafistka Lucy Drake biegle włada alfabetem Morse’a i jest cenioną pracownicą agencji informacyjnej Associated Press. Jednak gdy w konkurencyjnej Agencji Reutera niespodziewanie pojawia się sir Colin Beckwith, jej kariera staje pod znakiem zapytania. Ten zdolny, przystojny i nieznośnie uroczy mężczyzna skrywa tajemnicę, która może zagrozić jego reputacji. Mimo rywalizacji pomiędzy nimi Lucy nie może zaprzeczyć, że Colin posiada...
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En espanol: "Laura Esquivel regresa con una novela de gran belleza y compasión. Mientras 'Como agua para chocolate' se basó en la vida de su madre, en 'Tan veloz como el deseo' Esquivel hace un trabajo de ficción acerca de la vida de su padre en México. Nacido con la curiosa habilidad de entender los mensajes ocultos en los sentimientos humanos, Don Júbilo se convierte en un traductor que ayuda a otros a solucionar problemas de comunicación...
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