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41) Dom orchidei
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Polish
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"Julia Forrester, słynna pianistka, zrozpaczona po śmierci męża i ukochanego syna, szuka spokoju na angielskiej prowincji. Jednak przewrotny los i przypadkowa wizyta w wiekowym dworze Wharton Park sprawiają, że zamiast ukojenia odnajduje miłość i natrafia na trop rodzinnej tajemnicy. Kiedy do rąk Julii trafia pamiętnik z okresu drugiej wojny światowej, napisany przez lorda Harry'ego Crawforda, syna ówczesnego właściciela majątku, kobieta...
45) Mansfield Park
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English
Description
Fanny's arrival at her wealthy relatives' estate creates a conflict of class and virtue.
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Helen Lightholder murder mysteries volume 1
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English
Description
"When Helen Lightholder's world is shattered by the death of her husband during the London Blitz, she escapes to the countryside, hoping to leave the war behind her. But managing an inherited property in a quaint Gloucestershire village turns out to be more perilous than she expects"--cover, page 4.
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Helen Lightholder murder mysteries volume 2
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English
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"A quiet country life continues to elude Helen Lightholder, as she wrestles with her recent bereavement. When the grisly murder of a nameless vagabond shocks the local community, Helen sets out to unearth the truth behid the inexplicalbe killing"--cover, page 4.
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English
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In her notes and introduction to this final volume in Harvard's annotated Austen series, Deidre Shauna Lynch outlines the critical disagreements Mansfield Park has sparked and suggests that Austen's design in writing the novel was to highlight, not downplay, the conflicted feelings its plot and heroine can inspire.--
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Helen Lightholder murder mysteries volume 4
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English
Description
All the secrets Helen Lightholder has been working to uncover are about to be revealed, as Helen travels to London. Seeking out a colleague of her late husband's, she delves into a murky world of spies and treason, becoming entangled in a web of danger and intrigue. Meanwhile, dark happenings back in Bookminster end with the murder of a local man. Once again, Helen is called upon to assist Inspector Graves in an investigation, but can she focus on...
50) Detskai͡a kniga
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Russian
Description
A tale spanning the end of the Victorian era through World War I finds famous children's book author Olive Wellwood taking in a runaway and exposing the boy to dark truths about her family's summer bacchanals at their rambling country house.
51) A cunning death
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Series
Rose Beckingham murder mystery volume 3
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English
Description
"When Rose Beckingham receives a threatening message from a shadowy figure of the criminal underworld, she's forced to face her greatest fear--the exposure of all her secrets. Forced to do the bidding of the man who calls himself the Chess Master, Rose accompanies Lord and Lady Ashton to their country estate and tries to thwart a murder before it happens. With the Chess Master watching her every move and the brilliant French detective, Achilles Prideaux,...
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