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Bel of the Brawl: A Belfast Mcgrath Mystery (Bel McGrath Mysteries #2)

Bel McGrath loves her work as a wedding chef. But with her latest event set to take place at Shamrock Manor, she just can’t seem to catch a break. The Casey wedding has left her with ten thousand greenbacks in the hole, a missing staff member, and a dead groom. Now, in between Guinness beers and pub brawls, Bel must find a way to crack the case—even though what she should be cracking are eggs into the batter of the wedding cake. A good Irish girl’s work is never done. . . What begins as local town fodder for an episode of “Wedding Gone Wild” is turning into “Gangsters with Guns.” With the Casey family spiraling out of control, and billable McGrath hours being lost by the minute, Bel is definitely in too deep. With all these shenanigans, she barely has time to obsess over her new boyfriend and her own unsolved mystery from years ago! Time is running out on getting the next couple down the aisle before the so-called luck of the Irish takes a deadly turn… Bel of the Brawl will keep Maggie McConnon's fans, new and old, guessing.

Bel Ria: Dog of War

Sheila Burnford, the author of The Incredible Journey, offers the spellbinding tale of a small dog caught up in the Second World War, and of the extraordinary life-transforming attachments he forms with the people he encounters in the course of a perilous passage from occupied France to besieged England. Nameless, Burnford’s hero first turns up as a performing dog, a poodle mix earning his keep as part of a gypsy caravan that is desperately fleeing the Nazi advance. Taken on ship by the Royal Navy, he is given the name of Ria and serves as the scruffy mascot to a boatload of sailors. Marooned in England in the midst of the Blitz, Ria rescues an old woman from the rubble of her bombed house, and finds himself unexpectedly transformed into Bel, the coiffed and pampered companion of her old age. Bel Ria is an exciting story about a compellingly real, completely believable dog. Readers of all sorts and ages will find in Bel Ria a companion to take to heart.

Belabored Professions

According to nineteenth-century racial uplift ideology, African American women served their race best as reformers and activists, or as "doers of the word." In Belabored Professions, Xiomara Santamarina examines the autobiographies of four women who diverged from that ideal and defended the legitimacy of their self-supporting wage labor.Santamarina focuses on The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Eliza Potter's A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life, Harriet Wilson's Our Nig, and Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the Scenes. She argues that beyond black reformers' calls for abolitionist work, these former slaves and freeborn black women wrote about their own overlooked or disparaged work as socially and culturally valuable to the nation. They promoted the status of wage labor as a mark of self-reliance and civic virtue when many viewed African American working women as "drudges." As Santamarina demonstrates, these texts offer modern readers new perspectives on the emergence of the vital African American autobiographical tradition, dramatizing the degree to which black working women participated in and shaped American rhetorics of labor, race, and femininity.

A Belated Bride (Abduction/Seduction #2)

She'd Never Marry Him!The last man Arabella Hadley ever wishes to see again is Lucien Deveraux, the handsome, dissolute Duke of Wexford -- who broke her innocent heart years ago and disappeared to London. So when she finds an unconscious man on her deserted country road and sees that it's Lucien, she's tempted to leave him there. But even more appalling than his presence is the brazen kiss he plants on her shocked lips and her response! So it would be totally insane to take him home to recover -- wouldn't it?Except For One Small Thing...Lucien dares not reveal why he's returned to his country estate -- or why he abandoned the strong-willed beauty years ago. Especially since Arabella clearly has secrets of her own. But when her scheming, marriage-minded aunts successfully compromise them, the two are forced to become man and wife. Which makes it ever harder for both to battle the passion that never disappeared...

Belated Bride

He'd Left Her For Another Woman...World traveler Karen Haig was finally home, forced to face everything she'd run from years before. So much had changed-most of all, Seth Bjorson.The boy who'd shattered her dreams and broken his promises were now muscled, manly...and the father of three. His soul-stirring kisses almost persuaded Karen to forgive all. Yet Seth's loving little brood made it impossible to forget his betrayal.Now He Wanted Her For His WifeStill, something about Seth bespoke honor, not deceit. And his motherless children tugged at Karen's heart. Had she judged Seth for crimes he'd never committed? Was she woman enough to dream again?

A Belated Guest (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

It is doubtful whether the survivor of any order of things finds compensation in the privilege, however undisputed by his contemporaries, of recording his memories of it. <P> This is, in the first two or three instances, a pleasure. It is sweet to sit down, in the shade or by the fire, and recall names, looks, and tones from the past; and if the Absences thus entreated to become Presences are those of famous people, they lend to the fond historian a little of their lustre, in which he basks for the time with an agreeable sense of celebrity. But another time comes, and comes very soon, when the pensive pleasure changes to the pain of duty, and the precious privilege converts itself into a grievous obligation. You are unable to choose your company among those immortal shades; if one, why not another, where all seem to have a right to such gleams of this 'dolce lome' as your reminiscences can shed upon them? Then they gather so rapidly, as the years pass, in these pale realms, that one, if one continues to survive, is in danger of wearing out such welcome, great or small, as met ones recollections in the first two or three instances, if one does one's duty by each.

Belated love: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)

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Belated Love, Cherished No More: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)

In these three years of marriage everyone hated her especially her husband's sister She was humiliated in every way until she discovered this shocking secret Only then did she understand the reason

The Belburd

From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging and the precious fragility of a life. 'Mothers are experts at overflow . . . You may forget the words or kisses or gifts they give but that doesn't mean they didn't happen . . . We don't need to remember all the love poured into us. We need to be thankful that it makes us. When it comes to love, it's all about being. Not remembering so much.'Ginny Dilboong is a young poet, fierce and deadly. She's making sense of the world and her place in it, grappling with love, family and the spaces in which to create her art. Like powerful women before her, Ginny hugs the edges of waterways, and though she is a daughter of Country, the place that shapes her is not hers. Determined and brave, Ginny seeks to protect the truth of others while learning her own. The question is how? And, all the while, others are watching. Some old, some new. They are the sound of the belburd as it echoes through the world; the sound of cars and trucks and trains. They are in trees and paper and the shape of ideas. They are the builder and the built. Everything, even Ginny, is because of them.The Belburd is a powerful story that shows us we are all connected from before we began to long after we begin again.'The most beautiful montage of life and death . . . The Belburd will leave you with a lasting appreciation of place, nature and life itself' BOOKS+PUBLISHING'A lyrical and haunting exploration of the mystery of being' BRISBANE TIMES'Poetic. Profound . . . An astonishing read' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY'A tremendous feat of imagination . . . Indelible' THE GUARDIAN'With a lyrical mastery only further cultivated since her debut, Simpson finds the sublime in the quotidian, elevating experiences (as base as being born or dying, as complex as grief or motherhood) to an art form' READINGS'Braids a contemporary setting with cultural storytelling in a lyrical and aesthetic journey. The Belburd skilfully draws readers into its creative banquet' WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN'Simpson is a lyrical, magical weaver of words' ARTSHUBPraise for Nardi Simpson's Song of the Crocodile'Exquisite . . . Simpson explores the enduring legacy of violence and racism in a narrative enriched by beautiful descriptions of the landscape' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD'Simpson's writing attains a rare quality of grace, the prose lyrical and grounded at the same time . . . skilfully weaving the profound into the everyday' SATURDAY PAPER'Lyrical and evocative' SUNDAY AGE'A captivating saga from an astonishing Australian writer' WHO WEEKLY'Drips with evocative descriptions of the land' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY'A lightning debut' KILL YOUR DARLINGS'A moving, wise and deeply rewarding novel from an astonishing writer' EMILY MAGUIRE

Belchamber

In his remarkably interesting novel, Howard Sturgis, with a skilful touch, describes life in the rich and self-indulgent aristocratic society. It traces the career of a young man, Sainty, brought up in the midst of great luxury. Indecision of character is the weakness of Sainty. He allows himself to become the prey of a scheming mother and her worthless daughter, and, in spite of the tremendous advantage of his wealth and position, and a strong desire to benefit his fellow-men, he never accomplishes anything. Sainty is the victim of his surroundings; he makes a few ineffectual struggles before the waters of adverse circumstance close over him. Most of the men and women described in "Belchamber" are hard and grasping if not distinctly vicious, and yet the variety shown is endless. The book is extremely well written, showing marked skill in the delineation of character.—Mary K. Ford (The Critic)

The Beldonald Holbein

A Beleaguered City: And Other Tales of the Seen and the Unseen (Canongate Classics)

A haunting collection of short stories of the living and the dead by the Victorian Era Scottish author of Hester and Miss Marjoribanks. Margaret Oliphant&’s stories &“of the seen and the unseen&” are now considered some of the most remarkable explorations of the supernatural to appear in Victorian times. A prolific novelist, Oliphant said she could produce her supernatural tales &“only when they came to me.&” And indeed, they carry the eerie power of a visitation. Twilight uncertainties mingle with philosophical depth in &‘The Library Window&’; an extraordinary vision of purgatory is presented as modern city life mixed with metaphysical terror in &‘The Land of Darkness&’; and the visitations come en masse in A Beleaguered City, Oliphant&’s short novel of the returning dead. Like the old Scottish ballads where the dead and the living rub shoulders, these remarkable tales are among Oliphant&’s finest work, mixing the subtlety of Henry James with the uncanny strangeness of George MacDonald or David Lindsay. This edition of A Beleaguered City and Other Tales . . . is edited and introduced by Jenni Calder.

A Beleaguered City: Being A Narrative Of Certain Recent Events In The City Of Semur, In The Department Of The Haute Bourgogne. A Story Of The Seen And The Unseen (Classics To Go)

Excerpt: "‘The dead rise out of their graves!’ These words, though one has heard them before, took possession of my imagination. I saw the rude fellow go along the street as I went on, tossing the coin in his hand. One time it fell to the ground and rang upon the pavement, and he laughed more loudly as he picked it up. He was walking towards the sunset, and I too, at a distance after. The sky was full of rose-tinted clouds floating across the blue, floating high over the grey pinnacles of the Cathedral, and filling the long open line of the Rue St. Etienne down which he was going. As I crossed to my own house I caught him full against the light, in his blue blouse, tossing the big silver piece in the air, and heard him laugh and shout ‘Vive l'argent! This is the only bon Dieu.’ Though there are many people who live as if this were their sentiment, there are few who give it such brutal expression; but some of the people at the corner of the street laughed too. ‘Bravo, Jacques!’ they cried; and one said, ‘You are right, mon ami, the only god to trust in nowadays.’ ‘It is a short credo, M. le Maire,’ said another, who caught my eye. He saw I was displeased, this one, and his countenance changed at once..."

The Beleaguered Lord Bourne

Harlequin's Readers Choice program brings back four of Michael's editorially-connected Regency romances. Kit Wilde, Earl of Bourne, pledged to return home from the war and flirt with every well-financed London lady. He did not intend to marry the first country lass he kissed. Being bound forever to Miss Jane Maitland should have sent the Earl scurrying--but he soon sees blatant desire in his bride's eyes. Reissue.

Beleza Confusa

Sinclair Jeffries pensou que sabia no que estava se metendo quando seu amigo gay Jesse Eddington a convenceu a representar sua namorada na festa de aniversário de casamento dos pais dele em Huntington Beach. Isto é, até que ela conheceu Reed, o irmão super sexy de Jesser, e acabou ganhando muito mais do que esperava. Reed Eddington achava que seu destino estava selado, até que conheceu Sinclair, a "namorada" de seu irmão, mas a tensão sexual intensa entre eles é difícil de ignorar. Enquanto observa o esquema deles, ele se descobre querendo descobrir mais do que eles mostram em seu pequeno teatrinho.

A Beleza da Guerra

A Vicky achava que sabia quem ela era - uma jovem de Devon, Inglaterra com uma paixão pelo desenho. No entanto, uma viagem a Roma revela que há forças antigas em acção, que ela nunca soube que existiam. A beleza no seu mundo está a morrer. Um belo estranho pode salvá-la da escuridão invasora e permitir que ela encontre o seu verdadeiro eu antes que seja tarde demais? Marte é o Deus da Guerra e da masculinidade. Se ele quer algo, ele pega, essa é a força que ele exerce em um mundo cego para a sua existência. O inimigo chegou e uma guerra está a chegar. Ele pode encontrar o controlo de que precisa para vencer o mal ou os seus sentimentos em relação a uma mulher que o deixará de joelhos? O poder dos deuses e a sua batalha eterna do bem contra o mal está prestes a ser desencadeada em um mundo desavisado. É possível que Marte desperte Vénus antes que o Deus do Submundo os capture em sua armadilha mortal? A Guerra da Beleza é um romance paranormal de fantasia e moderno sombrio baseado na mitologia romana.

Belfast Noir (Akashic Noir)

"Belfast, with its bleak, murderous history, at last gets an entry in Akashic's acclaimed noir series."--Publishers WeeklyLaunched with the summer '04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Reflecting a city still divided, Belfast Noir serves as a record of a city transitioning to normalcy, or perhaps as a warning that underneath the fragile peace darker forces still lurk.Featuring brand-new stories by: Glenn Patterson, Eoin McNamee, Garbhan Downey, Lee Child, Alex Barclay, Brian McGilloway, Ian McDonald, Arlene Hunt, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Claire McGowan, Steve Cavanagh, Lucy Caldwell, Sam Millar, and Gerard Brennan.From the introduction by Adrian McKinty & Stuart Neville:"Few European cities have had as disturbed and violent a history as Belfast over the last half-century. For much of that time the Troubles (1968-1998) dominated life in Ireland's second-biggest population centre, and during the darkest days of the conflict--in the 1970s and 1980s--riots, bombings, and indiscriminate shootings were tragically commonplace. The British army patrolled the streets in armoured vehicles and civilians were searched for guns and explosives before they were allowed entry into the shopping district of the city centre...Belfast is still a city divided...You can see Belfast's bloodstains up close and personal. This is the city that gave the world its worst ever maritime disaster, and turned it into a tourist attraction; similarly, we are perversely proud of our thousands of murders, our wounds constantly on display. You want noir? How about a painting the size of a house, a portrait of a man known to have murdered at least a dozen human beings in cold blood? Or a similar house-sized gable painting of a zombie marching across a postapocalyptic wasteland with an AK-47 over the legend UVF: Prepared for Peace--Ready for War. As Lee Child has said, Belfast is still 'the most noir place on earth.'"

Belgarath the Sorcerer (The Belgariad, Book #6)

Herein lies the life story of Belgarath the Sorcerer, and his account of the great struggle that went on before The Belgariad and The Malloreon.

Belgian Journal

Greetings with kisses, shoes in hallways, and Sunday morning markets—the joys of living in Belgium!

The Belgian Twins

Belgrade Noir (Akashic Noir #0)

Belgrade, with all of its historical complexity, joins Zagreb and Prague in representing the Eastern European dimension of the Akashic Noir Series. “Intensely magnetic.” —Exclusive Magazine Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: Oto Oltvanji, Misha Glenny, Kati Hiekkapelto, Vesna Goldsworthy, Mirjana Ðurdevic, Vladan Matijevic, Muharem Bazdulj, Vladimir Arsenijevic, Dejan Stojiljkovic, Miljenko Jergovic, Aleksandar Gatalica, Vule Žuric, Verica Vincent Cole, and Goran Skrobonja.

Belgrave Square (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Mystery #12)

12th in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series.

Belgrave Square: A gripping mystery of blackmail and murder on the streets of Victorian London (Thomas Pitt Mystery #12)

Will the hidden layers of conspiracy triumph before Pitt can solve the case? A grisly murder of a moneylender draws Inspector Pitt once more into a world of power and greed in Anne Perry's Belgrave Square. Perfect for fans of C. J. Samson and Sherlock Holmes. '[Anne] Perry's characters are vivid and well-drawn... If you want to be privy to the romance, politics, and scandal of Victorian London, this descriptive, leisurely paced mystery may well be your cup of Earl Grey tea' - Houston Chronicle The murder in Clerkenwell of an obscure moneylender named William Weems brings discreet rejoicing among those whose meagre earnings he so mercilessly devoured. Yet when Inspector Thomas Pitt finds a list including some of London's most distinguished gentlemen in Weems' office, he begins to realize this was no common usurer but a vicious blackmailer. Charlotte Pitt has connections to this distinguished London society, and, at glittering balls and over gossipy tea tables, she begins to perceive a world of passion, power, and greed that the police are seldom permitted to see... What readers are saying about Belgrave Square: 'Brilliant set of books. Will carry on reading them as fast as Anne Perry writes them, they are simply the best''I love all Anne Perry books, this was no exception, [was] sorry when I got to the end''Five stars'

Belgravia

La nueva novela del creador de Downton Abbey. Muy cerca de Buckingham Palace, tras las puertas de las grandes mansiones del Londres victoriano, reinan el escándalo y la intriga. Bienvenidos a Belgravia. La noche del 15 de junio de 1815 la flor y nata de la sociedad británica se reúne en Bruselas para celebrar una fiesta que se convertirá en una de las más trágicas de la historia: el baile de gala de la duquesa de Richmond en honor del duque de Wellington. Al día siguiente, muchos de los apuestos jóvenes que han acudido a la recepción se encontrarán luchando, y muriendo, en el campo de batalla de Waterloo. Para la joven Sophia Trenchard, la bella hija de un próspero comerciante, esta es la noche que lo cambiará todo. Pero solo veinticinco años más tarde, cuando los ambiciosos Trenchard se muden al nuevo barrio de moda en Londres, Belgravia, comenzarán a conocerse las repercusiones de ese momento. Porque en este incipiente mundo, en el que los emergentes nuevos ricos se codean con la más arraigada aristocracia, hay quienes prefieren que los secretos del pasado sigan enterrados# Reseñas:«Simplemente una lectura maravillosa. Un clásico moderno que llenará el hueco que dejó Downton Abbey.»Daily Express «Una trama repleta de sorpresas, diálogos frescos y una ambientación fascinante.»The New York Times «El arranque es estupendo, con un romance que desafía las clases sociales.»Mail on Sunday «Escrita con agilidad, esta novela te hace pasar las páginas a toda velocidad con el suspense de un thriller... Una lectura inteligente y envolvente que refleja de forma brillante un mundo que ya no existe.»Woman & Home «Belgravia es una entretenida y fascinante historia sobre el tema favorito de Fellowes: las clases sociales. Hará las delicias de muchos lectores.»Sunday Times. L@s bloguer@s han dicho... «Su ambientación es espectacular y su prosa directa y sencilla hacen que sea una lectura que se devora en pocos días.»Blog Libros y literatura «Déjate seducir por una propuesta que no te va a defraudar, una historia de enredos, secretos, amor y escándalos que nos va sorprendiendo y manteniendo en vilo a lo largo de toda la lectura. No se puede pedir más.»Blog Me gustan los libros

Belgravia

La novela en la que se basa la exitosa serie de televisión. Por el creador de Downton Abbey. Muy cerca de Buckingham Palace, tras las puertas de las grandes mansiones del Londres victoriano, reinan el escándalo y la intriga. Bienvenidos a Belgravia. La noche del 15 de junio de 1815 la flor y nata de la sociedad británica se reúne en Bruselas para celebrar una fiesta que se convertirá en una de las más trágicas de la historia: el baile de gala de la duquesa de Richmond en honor del duque de Wellington. Al día siguiente, muchos de los apuestos jóvenes que han acudido a la recepción se encontrarán luchando, y muriendo, en el campo de batalla de Waterloo. Para la joven Sophia Trenchard, la bella hija de un próspero comerciante, esta es la noche que lo cambiará todo. Pero solo veinticinco años más tarde, cuando los ambiciosos Trenchard se muden al nuevo barrio de moda en Londres, Belgravia, comenzarán a conocerse las repercusiones de ese momento. Porque en este incipiente mundo, en el que los emergentes nuevos ricos se codean con la más arraigada aristocracia, hay quienes prefieren que los secretos del pasado sigan enterrados... Reseñas:«Simplemente una lectura maravillosa. Un clásico moderno que llenará el hueco que dejó Downton Abbey.»Daily Express «Una trama repleta de sorpresas, diálogos frescos y una ambientación fascinante.»The New York Times «El arranque es estupendo, con un romance que desafía las clases sociales.»Mail on Sunday «Escrita con agilidad, esta novela te hace pasar las páginas a toda velocidad con el suspense de un thriller... Una lectura inteligente y envolvente que refleja de forma brillante unmundo que ya no existe.»Woman & Home «Belgravia es una entretenida y fascinante historia sobre el tema favorito de Fellowes: las clases sociales. Hará las delicias de muchos lectores.»Sunday Times En los blogs...«Su ambientación es espectacular y su prosa directa y sencilla hacen que sea una lectura que se devora en pocos días.»Blog Libros y literatura «Déjate seducir por una propuesta que no te va a defraudar, una historia de enredos, secretos, amor y escándalos que nos va sorprendiendo y manteniendo en vilo a lo largo de toda la lectura. No se puede pedir más.»Blog Me gustan los libros