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Love Finds the Duke at Last
Love Finds the Duke at Last
Barbara Cartland
¥42.02
The Duke of Lavenham learns from a letter that the beautiful Lady Penelope who he finds fun and amusing, is telling her friends that she is going to marry him. The Duke is horrified as he has no intention of marrying anyone for many years to come and he hurries to visit Penelope to discuss the matter with her and tell her that he has no intention of marrying anybody. As he is leaving the house, a young girl sobbing hysterically jumps into his carriage and begs him to take her away. The girl, Devinia, who is a cousin of Penelope’s, tells the Duke that Penelope has had her dog killed and she wants to die too. She is terribly unhappy and he thinks that she has been very badly treated by Penelope and her family. The Duke takes her to his Castle in the country and it is then that he has the idea that, if he and Devinia pretend to become engaged to each other, Penelope’s father cannot accuse him of breach of promise. But the Duke is quite certain if Penelope has told so many people of their intended marriage that her father will consider that he has damaged her reputation and will insist on him marrying her. All this could be prevented if Devinia would become engaged to him and they could break it off as soon as it is safe to do so. Devinia is very happy at the Duke’s Castle in the country and loves riding his horses. How Penelope’s revenge on him is to have her kidnapped by a foreign nation and carried away to become the concubine to a ruler of their country. And how the Duke desperately sets out to find her, is told in this exciting and romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND.
The Kiss of Paris
The Kiss of Paris
Barbara Cartland
¥52.32
Orphaned as a young child, the beautiful young Sheena knows little of the English side of her family and has been brought up by her Irish uncle, Patrick O’Donovan, who never liked her father and who is passionate in his dislike of the English and everything to do with the English And there is nothing that Sheena would not do for him as he is all the family she has ever really known. So when he asks her to journey to the Embassy of Mariposa in Paris to take up a job as a Governess to two small children and to pose as a widow several years older than her age of twenty-one, she complies with Patrick O’Donovan’s wishes despite quite a few misgivings. Once she has arrived in the exciting City of Paris she even begins to enjoy the strange adventure, particularly as there are two handsome gentlemen constantly in the Embassy who begin to show their interest in her. But soon she is trapped by her own web of deceit. Expected to spy on her employers and elicit sensitive information for her uncle’s shady associates, she finds herself falling hopelessly in love. But how can he ever love her when he discovers how she has deliberately deceived him?
Love Under Fire
Love Under Fire
Barbara Cartland
¥52.32
Waif-like beauty Elvina is tiny and immature after years of malnourishment and indeed she looks far younger than her seventeen years. Weak, however, she is not. Hardened by years of beatings and abuse at the hands of her half-crazed Portuguese stepmother and sickened by her father’s constant drunken behaviour, Elvina is determined to escape Lisbon and flee to her native England. Despite the dangers of the Napoleonic War, which is raging in Spain and Portugal, she dyes her skin to make herself look Portuguese and stows away aboard the yacht of the handsome and heroic Lord Wye, bound for London with urgent dispatches from the Duke of Wellington to the Prime Minister. When she is discovered on board, the kindly Lord Wye believes her story that she is a thirteen-year-old fleeing the War to join her English sister and takes pity on her. He agrees that he will take her to England in his yacht, but first he must call in to Spain for more intelligence to show the Prime Minister and the weather suddenly becomes increasing tempestuous. And amid a terrible storm at sea and captured by the French only to fight their way free, a deep friendship under fire is kindled between Elvina and Lord Wye ?and soon becomes an all-consuming love when they arrive back in England. And then other dangers to their love for each other begin to emerge. ?
The Dream and the Glory
The Dream and the Glory
Barbara Cartland
¥40.79
Staying at the British Ambassador’s exquisite Bay of Naples Villa, beautiful young Cordelia and her brother David, the Earl of Hunstanton, are far from the Berkshire estate that is their home. But since the death of their parents there has been nothing to stop David realising his dream – to go to Malta and become a Knight of St. John. Except, that is, the money to finance a ship to take him there. So when, out of the blue, a handsome, English buccaneer appears, who turns out to be none other than their cousin, Mark Stanton, he seems Heaven-sent. As Captain of a ship en route to Malta, he is in position to offer them passage to the island. To their chagrin, however, he attempts to dissuade David from his Pilgrimage and Cordelia from her notion of joining a Convent. But, when the siblings resist his appeals and press ahead, Mark vows to protect them both from the perils not only of David’s Maltese Crusade but also of the Napoleonic War, Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean and the scheming snobbery of Neapolitan Society. Valiant Mark saves Cordelia from the lecherous clutches of the Duca di Belina and from the terrors or war against the French, but he cannot protect David from a noble death in battle protecting Malta, nor his own heart from falling hopelessly in love.
Im Zeichen der Liebe
Im Zeichen der Liebe
Barbara Cartland
¥52.32
Sir Charles Charlwood, ein enger Freund des Prinzen von Wales, wird eingeladen, mit einer Gesellschaft der Er?ffnung des Suezkanals beizuwohnen. Seine Tochter Bettina ist gerade aus Frankreich zurückgekehrt, wo sie die Schule besucht hatte. Begeistert von der Gelegenheit, bei einer solch historischen Festivit?t dabei sein zu k?nnen, begleitet sie ihren Vater. An Bord der Jacht kommt es zu vielen Eifersüchteleien, nicht zuletzt zwischen dem strengen Lord Eustace Veston und seinem gutaussehenden Halbbruder. Auf der Rückreise kommt es zur Auseinandersetzung…
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Conan Doyle
¥40.79
The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in which detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural beast that may have been trained to murder Sir Henry Baskerville on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
Love in the Moon
Love in the Moon
Barbara Cartland
¥52.32
Times have been tough for young Lady Canèda Lang and her brother Harry and they neither seek not expect help from the aristocratic French family that ostracised their mother Clémentine de Bant?me in their outrage at her running away to marry their father, Gerald Lang, whom they considered beneath her. Worse still, the couple incurred the wrath of the much older and powerful Duc de Saumac, to whom Clémentine was betrothed and so a bitter vendetta began. Then, overnight, Harry discovers that he is now an Earl! He has unexpectedly inherited the Earldom of Langstone with an ancestral Castle and a large and prosperous estate. Hearing the news, their French grandmother invites them to stay – evidently the de Bant?mes have fallen on hard times themselves and now have the nerve to ask for help. Apparently their vines have contracted the deadly phylloxera disease that is ravaging vineyards all over Europe and has badly damaged the family’s finances. Harry is determined to refuse the invitation, but Canèda is set on journeying to the Dordogne to meet the family and the Duc de Saumac – and to wreak her revenge on them for all the years of misery they have caused.. But on arrival it is not hatred but love that she finds in beautiful Périgord!
Love Danced in
Love Danced in
Barbara Cartland
¥41.86
The beautiful Joanna West’s parents had been killed in a very nasty road accident and as she is the only child she inherits her father and mother’s house in the County of Huntingdonshire. ???????? When she sees the condition of her house, she realises at once that it will need a great deal of money to be spent on it to make it as warm and cosy as her mother had done. ???????? Wondering what she could do to acquire the money that she so badly needs, Joanna remembers the big and impressive Castle nearby and wonders if she could use the spacious ballroom to give dancing lessons to earn her some money. ???????? When she approaches the charming and handsome Earl of Hollington, who has recently inherited the ancient Castle as well as his title, he too is desperately in need of money as The Castle had been badly neglected by his predecessors and is looking decidedly dilapidated and shoddy. ???????? He agrees to hire out the ballroom to Joanna for her dancing lessons after she has redecorated it and at her suggestion to let other members of the County rent rooms from him, providing that they pay to have those rooms restored. ???????? It is then that Lady Carisford, who the Earl only met on board the Liner when he was returning to England, arrives at The Castle unexpectedly. ???????? She is determined to capture the Earl as she realises that by marrying him she will own an important title and this will open wide the doors of High Society which she longs to shine in ???????? What happens when Lady Carisford tells Joanna that the Earl has asked her to marry him and how she and the Earl finds true happiness is all told in this romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND.
Liebe im Hochland
Liebe im Hochland
Barbara Cartland
¥52.57
Vollkommen isoliert von der Au?enwelt, lebt Alita Lang auf dem Schlo? ihres Onkels, des Duke of Langstone. Doch Alita führt nicht das Leben einer jungen Dame, sondern widmet sich vor allem der Dressur der Pferde. Clint Wilbur, ein Amerikaner, der das Nachbargut erworben hat, begegnet Alita auf einem Ausritt. Fasziniert von der eigenwilligen jungen Frau, beschlie?t er, ihr Geheimnis zu lüften...
Opfer der Gefühle
Opfer der Gefühle
Barbara Cartland
¥52.40
Sorildas lebt bei ihrem Onkel und der Stieftante, die kaum ?lter ist als sie selbst und m?chtig eifersüchtig auf Sorildas Sch?nheit. Obwohl sie verheiratet ist, stellt sie heimlich dem benachbarten Graf von Winsford nach und l?dt ihn zu einem Stelldichein ein als der Herzog nach London reist. Doch einem Hinweis folgend kehrt er unerwartet zurück – und findet den Grafen in Sorildas Schlafzimmer wieder, wo er sich vor dem Gatten der Geliebten versteckte. Um die Ehre beider Namen zu wahren, muss er Sorilda heiraten, doch kann daraus Glück erwachsen?
George Eliot’s Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot
George Eliot’s Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot
George Eliot
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘George Eliot’s Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of George Eliot’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Eliot includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘George Eliot’s Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Eliot’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Ivan Turgenev
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Ivan Turgenev’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Turgenev includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Turgenev’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Ivan Turgenev
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Ivan Turgenev’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Turgenev includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Turgenev’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Oeuvres complètes de Marcel Proust
Oeuvres complètes de Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
¥24.44
Cet eBook énorme offre aux lecteurs l'occasion unique d'explorer des ?uvres de Marcel Proust en fran?ais. Caractéristiques: * '? la recherche du temps perdu' en sept tomes - complétes! * Introductions détaillées pour les romans et autres textes * Toutes les nouvelles * Illustré avec de nombreuses images relatives à la vie de Proust et ses oeuvres * Textes rares disponibles nulle part ailleurs * Images des première publications donnant un avant go?t des textes originaux * Comprend aussi des poèmes et des traductions * Bonus texte: MARCEL PROUST par PAUL SOUDAY - une étude détaillée de l'auteur. * Mis à jour avec le texte bonus MARCEL PROUST, SA VIE, SON ?UVRE PAR LEON PIERRE-QUINT - la première biographie sur Proust * Mis à jour avec le texte rare CHRONIQUES Veuillez aller sur www.delphiclassics.com pour parcourir nos autres titres TABLE DES MATIERES ? la recherche du temps perdu DU C?TE DE CHEZ SWANN ? L'OMBRE DES JEUNES FILLES EN FLEURS LE C?TE DE GUERMANTES SODOME ET GOMORRHE LA PRISONNIERE ALBERTINE DISPARUE (LA FUGITIVE) LE TEMPS RETROUV? Autres oeuvres LES PLAISIRS ET LES JOURS PASTICHES ET MELANGES ARTICLES DE ‘LA NOUVELLE REVUE FRAN?AISE’ CHRONIQUES Traductions LA BIBLE D'AMIENS SESAME ET LES LYS Critique littéraire MARCEL PROUST PAR PAUL SOUDAY Biographie MARCEL PROUST, SA VIE, SON ?UVRE par LEON PIERRE-QUINT Notice: ces oeuvres publiées bien après la mort de Proust sont encore soumises aux droits d’auteur et ne figurent donc pas dans cette collection. Cependant, une fois tombées dans le domaine public, elles seront ajoutées à cette intégrale sous la forme d’une mise à jour gratuite pour tous nos lecteurs. ? JEAN SANTEUIL ? CONTRE SAINTE-BEUVE ? CHARDIN ET REMBRANDT Visitez www.delphiclassics.com pour consulter nos autres collections, notamment ?mile Zola, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Moliére et Victor Hugo.
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde
¥40.79
Wilde's dramatic masterpiece set in London. Many of the themes of An Ideal Husband were influenced by the situation Oscar Wilde found himself in during the early 1890s. 'Sooner or later we shall all have to pay for what we do. But no one should be entirely judged by their past.'
Φλο?φλα η Ατ?θαση Γουρο?να
Φλο?φλα η Ατ?θαση Γουρο?να
Γιώργης Νομικός
¥52.65
Κ?ποτε ζο?σε μια γουρο?να που βρ?θηκε με την παρ?α τη? στο χοιροτρ?φειο. Στο χοιροτροφε?ο συζητ?γε με τα αλλ? ζω?κια για το προκαθορισμ?νο μελλ?ν τη?. ?Ηρθε η μ?ρα που ηταν η σειρ? τη? για το σφαγε?ο. Σφαγ?α? και γιο? τη μεταφ?ρουν στο σπ?τι ζωντ?νη. Τη δ?νουν στο κ?πο και η οικογ?νεια πα?ι στο σουπερμαρκετ για να ψων?σει τα υλικ? που χρει?ζονται για να τη μαγειρ?ψουν, Η γουρο?να κ?νει ?κκληση βοηθε?α? σε δι?φορα περαστικ? ?ντομα που συναντ?ει μπροστ? τη? Η πασχαλ?τσα, η ακρ?δα τη? θ?τουν ?ρου? για να τη βοηθ?σουν, τα μυρμ?γκια δεν σηκ?νουν κουβ?ντα για βο?θεια. Η πεταλο?δα ε?ναι βιαστικι? γιατ? την απειλο?ν τα παιδι? με απ?χη και το λυκ?σκυλο λιγουρ?υεται τα κοκκ?λα τη?. Κανε?? φα?νεται δεν μπορε? να σ?σει την ατ?θαση γουρο?να. Μια μ?λισσα γεμ?τη αισθημ?τα ε?ναι η τελευτα?α περαστικι? στο κ?πο. Η γουρο?να Φλο?φλα προειδοποιε? τη μ?λισσα οτ? πρ?κειται να γ?νει ?να λαχταριστ? οικογενειακ? γε?μα. Η μ?λισσ? ταρ?χτηκε και βλ?ποντα? το μελλ?ν τη? γουρο?να? Φλο?φλα?, τρ?χει στην κυψ?λ? τη? να ενημερ?σει τη βασ?λισσα για το συμβ?ν. Η βασ?λισσα διακοπτει τη λειτουργε?α τη? κυψ?λη? και συγκαλε? ?κτακτο συμβο?λιο. Στο συμβο?λιο αποφασ?ζεται εργ?τριε? και κηφ?νε? να βοηθ?σουν τη γουρο?να Φλο?φλα υπ? τι? οδηγ?ε? τη? βασ?λισσα?. Οι εργατρι?? μ?λισσε? πειθαρχημ?νε? και υπ?κουε? τσιμπ?νε με το κεντρ? του? , του? ανθρ?που? και θυσι?ζονται για χ?ρη τη? γουρο?να? Φλο?φλα?. Οι ?νθρωποι χοροπηδ?νε απ? τα ενοχλητικ? τσιμπ?ματα και πασαλε?βονται με αμμωνι?? και αλοιφ??. Η γουρο?να Φλ?υφλα καταλ?γει για βοσκ? στο λιβ?δι και η βασ?λισσα την συμβουλε?ει να παρατηρε? του? γυρ? τη? και να σ?βεται τη διαφορετικ?τητα του?.
The Clash of Images
The Clash of Images
Abdelfattah Kilito, Robyn Creswell
¥57.14
The Clash of Images is a sweet, Borgesian mix of bildungsroman memoir, family history, short-story collection, fable, and literary criticism. Written in a graceful and charming style, Kilito’s story takes place in an unnamed coastal city of memories where a child experiences first-hand the cultural clash of text and image in a changing, modern society. It is a time when the old Arabic world of texts and oral traditions is making way for something new: the era of the image, the comic book, photo IDs, and the cinema. The stories form a kaleidoscopic memoir of growing up in two worlds, a brilliant mixture of cultural and family history. Here are tales of first kisses and first reads, Tintin and the Prophet Muhammad, fantasies of the Wild West, the inferno of the bathhouse, and the lost paradises of childhood. The Clash of Images is a celebration of the pleasures of storytelling, a magic lantern that delicately reveals how the world of books intimately connects with the world outside their pages.
From Docks to Desktops
From Docks to Desktops
Simon Startin
¥40.79
London's recent history captured in dramatic form. Created from dozens of personal testimonies, this is the story of the changing face of work today. Surrey Docks in South-East London was once a thriving commercial hub, hosting some of the UK’s leading commercial brands, including Crosse & Blackwell, Sarson’s, Peek Freans and Lipton’s. These huge organisations created a myriad of jobs for local people, and the community prospered. But, with the decline of the docks in the 1970s, factories closed down or relocated, work patterns changed and redevelopment began. ‘From Docks to Desktops’ explores the fascinating story of how one community has survived the 21st-century challenges of urban change and renewal.
Publish Your Way to More Clients
Publish Your Way to More Clients
Alexa Whitten
¥54.10
This book explains how to plan, write and publish a book so that you are seen as 'the one' in the eyes of your potential clients. One of the best ways to show off your expertise, is to write a book - you can then use this as a fantastic marketing tool to get people into your sales funnel and attract higher paying clients. This book takes you through the entire process, from getting your plan into place, to writing and publishing your book. It may seem like a complicated process, but when you know how, it's actually quite simple. With a step by step plan, plus handy resources to help you along the way, you'll have your book written in no time.
The Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Ivan Turgenev
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Ivan Turgenev’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Turgenev includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Turgenev’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illu
The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illu
L. Frank Baum
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of L. Frank Baum’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Baum includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Baum’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles