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Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp of two identities. On paper, he seems to have it all: He's beloved by his students, popular with his coworkers, and the pride and joy of a mother who emigrated from the Congo to the UK in search of a better life. But behind closed doors, he's been struggling with the overwhelming sense that he can't address the injustices he sees raging before him--from his relentless efforts...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In a world similar to Victorian London, Thaniel, a seventeen-year-old hunter of deadly, demonic creatures called the wych-kin, takes in a lost, possessed girl, and becomes embroiled in a plot to unleash evil on the world
963) The last bachelor
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
In 19th Century London, a wealthy young widow likes to play matchmaker, arranging evenings between widows and eligible men, then exposing the men so they have to marry. A certain bachelor decides to play a trick by seducing her, then proposing, knowing well she will say no, thus showing up her to ridicule: one rule for men, another for women. It happens too, but there's a twist
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
As Ariana Forsythe plans her wedding to Philip Mornay, she must adjust to the realization that she will soon be the wife of an extremely wealthy man. Wondering if it's wrong to rejoice, she vows to use her new position to aid the street waifs she sees in London. Then, during a tour of her future home, some expensive items go missing. Moreover, each time Ariana visits, another item disappears. Shortly thereafter Ariana is abducted, leaving Philip to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Aurelia Farnham believes she is happy living in London's stylish Cavendish Square. But with her friends Livia and Cornelia both married now, Aurelia is the only one still husbandless, and sometimes she longs for more. Then Colonel Sir Greville Falconer storms into her life, delivering a letter from her late husband, a war hero, which reveals he was a spy -- the colonel's spy. Now Greville needs Aurelia to continue the patriotic mission and partner...
Author
Series
New Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
While traveling from London to Kingfisher Hill to discretely investigate murder allegations against a wealthy client's wife, Hercule Poirot swaps seats with a nervous train passenger before a second killing is complicated by a series of impossible confessions.
Author
Language
English
Description
London, 1958. When Juliet Montague's husband disappears, so does she. As far as her Jewish community is concerned, she is invisible. Until, on her thirtieth birthday, she does something unexpected. Instead of buying a fridge, she impulsively spends her savings on a portrait of herself. The painting leads Juliet out of suburbia and into the heady art scene of London, where she proves an astute spotter of talent. Yet she remains an outsider in both...
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