A Prince of Bohemia

By :"Honore de Balzac"

Published on 2014-07-01 by The Floating Press

Category :"Fiction"

This short vignette from Honore de Balzac, a key figure in French realism, is a story within a story. The narrator, Nathan, regales a pair of aristocratic ladies with stories about the Rusticoli family and its most prominent member, La Palferine. At first, his audience is unappreciative, but over time, they become wrapped up in the multi-generational saga.

A Prince of Bohemia

Lenght : 50

Language : en

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A Prince of Bohemia

was ranked 35 by Google Books

To Catch A Dream

By :"Mary Wood"

Published on 2015-05-21 by Pan Macmillan

Category :"Fiction"

The stunning first instalment in The Breckton Novels, To Catch a Dream by Mary Wood tells the tragic tale of Bridie O'Hara, as she struggles to overcome her misfortune. Can she follow her dreams when she has lost everything? Young Bridie O'Hara is torn away from her native Ireland by her father - a freedom fighter, turned traitor - when he has to flee the wrath of the republicans. Violated by those who should protect her and betrayed by her dashing gypsy lover Seamus Finney, she struggles to find her way in Victorian England. Will Hadler is a kind, hard-working miner, whose love for Bridie knows no bounds. He rescues her from a life on the streets and offers her the chance of happiness, but the demons inside her never give her peace. When Will takes Bridie to Breckton in Yorkshire, she meets and befriends the young Issy. A strong young woman, she triumphs over adversity, but her quest to save Bridie, and Bridie's daughter Bridget from the consequences of her mother's actions, proves a step too far.

To Catch A Dream

Lenght :

Language : en

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To Catch A Dream

was ranked 18 by Google Books

To Catch a Prince

By :"Gillian McKnight"

Published on 2010-05-11 by Simon and Schuster

Category :"Juvenile Fiction"

Helene Masterson and Alexis Worth are stepsisters and best friends. When Helene lands a summer internship in London, Alexis tags along. To make their summer more interesting, the girls make a bet that one of them must hook Prince William by the end of the summer. When the girls meet Simon and Lazlo, they find their perfect matches, but will the boys get discouraged with the girls' royal distraction? In The Frog Prince, Helene and Alexis are off to Paris after Helene's estranged father invites her to stay for the summer. Helene and Alexis set out to catch the prince of Paris, chasing him all over town, but what if he turns out to be a toad? Now both novels are available in one bind up just in time for a Royal Wedding!

To Catch a Prince

Lenght : 240

Language : en

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To Catch a Prince

was ranked 8 by Google Books

Long Live the Knife

By :"Olivia Fortune"

Published on 2012-10-23 by Olivia Fortune

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Long Live the Knife

Lenght : 304

Language : en

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Long Live the Knife

was ranked 25 by Google Books

Chasing Vermeer

By :"Blue Balliett"

Published on 2012-12-01 by Scholastic Inc.

Category :"Juvenile Fiction"

This bewitching first novel is a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art. When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem solving skills, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has stumped even the FBI?

Chasing Vermeer

Lenght : 304

Language : en

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Chasing Vermeer

was ranked 33 by Google Books

All the Missing Girls

By :"Megan Miranda"

Published on 2016-06-28 by Simon and Schuster

Category :"Fiction"

Ten years after leaving Cooley Ridge, Nicolette Farrell returns to care for her ailing father. A decade ago, she, her brother Daniel, her boyfriend Tyler, and Corinne's boyfriend Jackson were suspects when Corinne--Nic's best friend-- disappeared without a trace. Within days of Nic's return, they are plunged into a shocking drama when Nic's neighbor Annaleise, who is dating Tyler and was the group's alibi ten years previously, goes missing. Told backwards from the time Annaleise disappears, the book follows Nic as she works to unravel the truth and, in the process, reveals shocking realities about her friends, her family, and what really happened to Corinne that night ten years ago.

All the Missing Girls

Lenght : 384

Language : en

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All the Missing Girls

was ranked 8 by Google Books

Gone Girl

By :"Gillian Flynn"

Published on 2014-08-26 by Broadway Books

Category :"Fiction"

When a woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage, while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred.

Gone Girl

Lenght : 560

Language : en

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Gone Girl

was ranked 5 by Google Books