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"Caroline Gray's third season in London society ends as badly as her first two--no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect. She suspects it's because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her forthright opinions, her eager intellect backed by a formal education, and her unconventional ideas about the future. She is far more daring than demure to suit the taste of her class. Besides, Caroline thinks there will always be next season to find a husband. However, her family's dwindling income leaves Caroline with only one choice to secure her future: a one-way ticket to sail with the Fishing Fleet to India, where the son of a family fr...
A laugh-out-loud funny monster picture book. Perfect for fans of There's a Monster in Your Book. Let me be your monster, I'm more fun than you'd think. Don't mind the grime, ignore the slime, you'll soon forget my stink! Slimy, greedy, yucky, cute . . . But who will make the perfect pet? Find out in this monstrously funny tale! With a simple, rhyming text and colourful illustrations, full of humorous details, this fun-packed picture book is just right for reading together.
Across Western Europe, the global financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath not only brought economic havoc but also, in turn, intense political upheaval. Many of the political manifestations of the crisis seen in other Western and especially Southern European countries also hit Spain, where challenger parties caused unprecedented parliamentary fragmentation, resulting in four general elections in under four years from 2015 onwards. Yet Spain, a decentralised state where extensive powers are devolved to 17 regions known as ‘autonomous communities’, also stood out from its neighbours due to the importance of the territorial dimension of politics in shaping the political expression of the...
Joanna, the ex-princess, millionairess and convicted murderess, is rescued from prison by her fourth husband and re-instated as owner of the Caribee Shipping Line. But Michael's sudden death unearths a life of which Joanna had known nothing.
Arranged alphabetically from "Alice of Dunk's Ferry" to "Jean Childs Young," this volume profiles 312 Black American women who have achieved national or international prominence.
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When their father is murdered in British Guiana, the three teenage Grain children journey back to England with their mother. Drawn into the swinging sixties, Matilda and her brother rapidly succumb to the intoxicating sense of freedom surrounding them. Only Joanna is determined to make a success of her life -- and when she marries a wealthy man, and eventually gains control of his company, it seems that nothing can stop her. But then she discovers how difficult it is to be a businesswoman at the top when one is very wealthy, very beautiful -- and very young.
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