Nina: 1774 books

In the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and Jodi Picoult comes a novel from critically-acclaimed author Nina Darnton about a woman who'll go to any lengths to become a mother. When Marcia, a driven, successful editor in New York with a loving husband, finds she can’t conceive a child, it rips...

Though she had inherited a fashionable town house on St. James's Square, Fancy Harper loved the theater and was determined to be an actress. Marriage didn't interest her; no man was going to own her. Though three men pursued her, it was the Earl of Morgane she watched. He wanted her, and he always...

Nynke 'Skip' Nauta is al zeven jaar op zee als het verleden plotseling voor haar neus staat, zomaar, in de jachthaven van Cannes: het echtpaar Zeno en hun briljante puberzoon, Juda. De enthousiaste Zeno's hebben al eens eerder goed gezorgd voor Skip en ze nodigen haar uit om een zomer door te brengen...

The telling of the everyday life of a slave on a plantation in Tennessee by one of the family she had served lends a charm to Aunt Dice: The Story of a Faithful Slave, by Nina Hill Robinson. The characters are drawn with a firmness that gives them photographic quality; a charming picture of life on...

Diani, a coastal town on the Indian Ocean, is significantly defined by a large European presence that has spurred economic development and is also supported by close relationships between Kenyans and European immigrants and tourists. Nina Berman looks carefully at the repercussions that these economic...

Een ongeval verandert op een ingrijpende manier het leven van drie mensen Henri Skinner ligt in coma. Hij kreeg een ongeluk toen hij op weg was naar de school van Sam, zijn dertienjarige zoon die hij nog nooit ontmoet heeft. Eddie Tomlin, succesvol uitgeefster van fantastische literatuur, is Henri’s...

Een prachtige, sensuele roman over twee vrouwen die zichzelf opnieuw uitvinden tijdens een lange zomer aan de Bretonse kust. Voor lezers van Jessie Burton en Rachel Joyce. In Zomerwind van Nina George brengt de intellectuele Parisienne Claire Cousteau net als ieder jaar met haar gezin de zomer door...

Le voisinage étroit et ancien du monde arménien et de l’Empire byzantin a multiplié entre eux les liens, et il y a longtemps déjà que les divers domaines où se sont manifestés ces contacts font l’objet d’études. Si les Arméniens étaient attentifs à leur indépendance religieuse, ils...

A new approach in commons theory to understand the interactions of technology, society, and nature, supported by case studies of new transnational European commons. With the advent of modernity, the sharing of resources and infrastructures rapidly expanded beyond local communities into regional,...

The Handbook of Pediatric Otolaryngology will provide the most up-to-date information on the clinical management of children with otolaryngologic disorders. It is ideal for medical students, house officers, and practicing physicians. Systems-based sections include information which is applicable in...

Vanessa never expected that a year after her sister Caroline's violent death, Richard, Duke of Greyden would ask her to marry him. Her dream became a nightmare when she learned that Richard had an identical twin who hated him, a mother who shunned Vanessa, and a sister who might be certifiably mad. And...

Set in the early 1990s on a British army base, 4 AM tells the story of Cal and Manny, soldiers posted to Germany as army chefs. Bored and institutionalized, the pair soon succumb to the neon temptations of Hamburg's red-light district, where they dive into a seedy world of recreational drugs and all-night...

“A long and happy marriage.” It sounds like the end of a fairy tale—an illusion that modern times have exposed. And it is, if marriage depends on a constant stream of romantic emotion, or even on copious amounts of time or money. Thank the Lord, none of those are necessary. Two thousand...

Intense media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict does not necessarily enhance one's knowledge or understanding of the Palestinians; on the contrary they are more often than not reduced to either victims or perpetrators. Similarly, while many academic studies devote considerable effort to...