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Holly Golightly is a carefree New York playgirl who is scouring Manhattan looking for a suitable millionaire to marry. However, when Paul Varjak, a struggling young writer, moves into her apartment building, she becomes interested in him. Paul gets swept into Holly's dizzying, delightfully unstructured lifestyle.
44) War and peace
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The personal stories, love affairs and philosophies of the major characters are told against the backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of Russia at the turn of the 19th century.
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His girl Friday: Ace reporter Hilde Parks is ready to quit journalism and get married, but events--and her ex-husband editor--conspire to prevent it.
Charade: Comedy-mystery set in Paris about a young widow who, with the help of a handsome stranger, is trying to find the fortune her dead husband secreted away while being pursued by a trio of thugs.
Amazing adventure: Upon inheriting a fortune, a man begins to feel guilty and decides to earn his...
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Splendor in the grass: Two 1920s Kansas teenagers find their intense sexual feelings for each other are putting them at odds with their families and the regid respectability of the town they live in.
Love in the afternoon: A middle-aged playboy, Frank Flannagan, who is smitten by Ariane, the daughter of a detective hired by a man who believes Frank is having an affair with his wife.
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The last time I saw Paris: Tragedy strikes an American WWII veteran with literary ambitions who falls in love in Paris.
Charade: "Reggie Lambert returns to her home in Paris after a vacation in the French Alps only to find that her husband has been murdered! Reggie discovers that her husband had many secret identities. With the help of Peter and the CIA, Reggie unravels the truth about her husband's death. As the mystery is being solved, a flame...
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Charade: Reggie Lambert returns from a ski trip to find her husband murdered and several strangers after he. One of them offers to help her, but is he hero, spy or murderer?
Penny serenade: The story of a couple who seem to have everything, but must overcome a great tragedy to learn the value of true love.
His girl Friday: A comedy about a big city newspaper editor and his star reporter.
The amazing adventure: Upon inheriting a fortune, a man begins...
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Wreck of the Mary Deare: The freighter Mary Dear is adrift in stormy seas. All have abandoned ship except for one man-- exhausted first officer Gideon Patch who has taken command. Appearances indicate he's a madman, but Patch isn't a man who relies on appearances.
The Fountainhead: An architect unwilling to change his design takes matters into his own hands after learning the plans for one of his buildings has been changed.
Friendly persuasion:...
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Near the end of 1939, ten-year-old Audrey Hepburn flew from boarding school in England into the Netherlands, which would soon become a war zone. What she experienced in five years of Nazi occupation has never been explored until now. Dutch Girl sets the story straight, revealing the Nazi past of Audrey's parents and how their daughter dealt with this information. The book examines her career as an acclaimed young ballerina, her involvement with the...
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While her name is synonymous with elegance, style and grace, this poignant, funny and deeply moving biography, reveals the private Audrey Hepburn and invites readers to fall in love with her all over again.
Over the course of her extraordinary life and career, Audrey captured hearts around the world and created a public image that stands as one of the most recognizable and beloved in recent memory. But despite her international...
Over the course of her extraordinary life and career, Audrey captured hearts around the world and created a public image that stands as one of the most recognizable and beloved in recent memory. But despite her international...
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After her retirement from film and raising her two sons, actress Audrey Hepburn used her fame and influence to capture the media's attention as she charged into the most dangerous places on earth to save children and mothers in dangerous situations.
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