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Rags to riches and a second chance of love on the journey of a lifetime. Mila de Romanin has lived in genteel poverty since she had a choice of two suitors—and chose the wrong one. But an invitation to chaperone her spurned lover’s niece on a trip to find the ... more >
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: International bestselling children’s author Cornelia Funke has long been inspired and fascinated by fairy tales. This wonderful anthology is Funke’s personal selection of fairy tales from all around the world – not just from her native Germany but from Russia, Japan and the Native American tradition. It’s the perfect ... more >
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From a preeminent historian of Eastern Europe, the definitive history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. Dozens died of radiation poisoning, fallout ... more >