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    Us
    Of Women and Salt
    Park Avenue Summer
    And the Mountains Echoed
    Wages of sin
    Silent Scream
    • For fans of American Dirt, a sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born. Of Women and Salt is a story of shared heritage, populated by magnetic, fascinating, flawed women whose voices demand to be heard.

      Of Women and Salt2022
      3.9
    • Park Avenue Summer

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      “‘Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada,’ which might as well be saying ‘put me in your cart immediately.’”—PopSugar It’s 1965 and Cosmopolitan magazine’s brazen new editor in chief—Helen Gurley Brown—shocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women about all things off-limits... New York City is filled with opportunities for single girls like Alice Weiss, who leaves her small Midwestern town to chase her big-city dreams and unexpectedly lands a job working for the first female editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown. For Alice, who wants to be a photographer, it seems like the perfect foot in the door, but nothing could have prepared her for the world she enters. Editors and writers resign on the spot, refusing to work for the woman who wrote the scandalous bestseller Sex and the Single Girl, and confidential memos, article ideas, and cover designs keep finding their way into the wrong hands. When someone tries to pull Alice into a scheme to sabotage her boss, she is more determined than ever to help Helen succeed. While pressure mounts at the magazine, Alice struggles not to lose sight of her own dreams as she’s swept up into a glamorous world of five-star dinners, lavish parties, and men who are certainly no good. Because if Helen Gurley Brown has taught her anything, it’s that a woman can demand to have it all.

      Park Avenue Summer2021
      3.9
    • Silent Scream

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      "First published in eBook in 2015 by Bookouture"--Copyright page.

      Silent Scream2017
      4.3
    • Us

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      "The highly anticipated new novel from David Nicholls, author of the mega-bestselling fiction sensation One Day, which follows one man's efforts to salvage his marriage--and repair his troubled relationship with his teenaged son--during the course of a trip around Europe"--

      Us2015
      3.7
    • And the Mountains Echoed

      • 468 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one... Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live in the small village of Shadbagh. To Abdullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything. More like a parent than a brother, Abdullah will do anything for her, even trading his only pair of shoes for a feather for her treasured collection. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their skulls touching, their limbs tangled. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father. Pari and Abdullah have no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart; sometimes a finger must be cut to save the hand. Crossing generations and continents, moving from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos, Khaled Hosseini writes about the bonds that define us and shape our lives, and how the choices we make resonate through history.

      And the Mountains Echoed2013
      4.1
    • La clé du bonheur

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The restoration of a majestic old home provides the exhilarating backdrop for Danielle Steel’s 66th bestselling novel, the story of a young woman’s dream, an old man’s gift, and the surprises that await us behind every closed door... Perched on a hill overlooking San Francisco, the house was magnificent, built in 1923 by a wealthy man for the woman he adored. For her and for this house, he would spare no expense and overlook no detail, from the endless marble floors to the glittering chandeliers. Almost a century later, with the once-grand house now in disrepair, a young woman walks through its empty rooms. Sarah Anderson, a perfectly sensible estate lawyer, is about to do something utterly out of character. An elderly client has died and left her two gifts. One is a generous inheritance. The other, a priceless message: to use his money for something wonderful, something daring. And in this old house, surrounded by crumbling grandeur, Sarah knows just what it is. A respected attorney and self-described workaholic, Sarah had always lived life by the book. With a steady, if sputtering, relationship and a tiny apartment that has suited her just fine, Sarah cannot explain the force that draws her to the mansion and its history–to the story of a woman who once lived in the house, then mysteriously left it, to a child who grew up there, and a drama that unfolded in war-torn France...and to a history she never knew she had. Taking the biggest risk of her life, Sarah enlists the help of architect Jeff Parker, who shares Sarah’s passion for bringing the exquisite old house back to life. As she and Jeff work to restore the home’s every detail, as one relationship shatters and another begins, Sarah makes a series of powerful discoveries: about the true meaning of a dying man’s last gift...about the extraordinary legacies that are passed from generation to generation...and about a future she’s only just beginning to imagine.&lt; In a novel of daring and hope, of embracing life and taking chances, Danielle Steel brilliantly captures one woman’s courageous choice to pour herself into a dream–and receive its gifts in return. <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>

      La clé du bonheur2010
    • When the body of a local priest is discovered in an abandoned waterfront warehouse, Damon Rourke investigates and soon discovers that the priest was really a woman whose long-standing masquerade may have contributed to her murder.

      Wages of sin2004
      4.1
    • Mars et Vénus au travail

      Pour améliorer les relations professionnelles entre les hommes et les femmes

      • 327 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Ils ronchonnent, elles se croient visées, il n'en est rien. Elles expriment leurs doléances, ils se sentent jugés, c'est faux. Pas de doute, dans le travail comme en amour, les hommes et les femmes ne réagissent pas de la même manière et leurs différences provoquent souvent de fâcheux malentendus. EN DÉCODANT LES ATTITUDES DE L'UN ET L'AUTRE SEXE CE LIVRE VA TRANSFORMER VOS RELATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES ! Tous les aspects délicats de l'interaction au bureau y sont abordés, exemples précis à l'appui : communication, demandes de promotion, gestion du stress, résolution des crises, affirmation de soi et respect mutuel. Après avoir révolutionné l'approche des relations amoureuses avec son best-seller international Les hommes viennent de Mars, les femmes viennent de Vénus, John Gray propose ici un manuel indispensable à tous ceux et celles qui veulent travailler en bonne intelligence. De quoi éliminer les principales sources de conflit, faire régner l'harmonie, favoriser la créativité commune et accroître les chances de succès de chacun.

      Mars et Vénus au travail2002