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41) Rebecca's Choice
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Rebecca's Choice: A compelling, historical Victorian romance
'Can Rebecca find the love and passion she craves within a Victorian world that seems to be conspiring against her?'
It is 1887 and Queen Victoria is on the throne. Businessman and meteorologist Geoffrey de Roussier is passionate about his weather station and railways, yet little of his passion seems to filter through to his shy, naïve young wife, Rebecca.
Following his tragic demise,...
42) Rebecca's World
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"It was the eleventh day of the school holidays and Rebecca was bored. Bored. Bored. Bored." But events take a dramatic turn for the better (or worse) when she finds herself transported to a distant planet, whose people are terrorized by jelly-like monsters called Ghosts. Rebecca resolves to sort out their problems. With the help of Grisby, a sore-footed misery-boots, Kovak, an out-of-work spy, and Captain 'K', a rather puny superhero, she sets out...
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This three-book bundle presents all three novels in the Rebecca Temple Mystery series in a complete and authoritative edition. A must-read for fans of Sylvia Maultash Warsh and mystery lovers everywhere. Includes: To Die in Spring; Find Me Again; Season of Iron.
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"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is the children's classic novel loved the world over. It is the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall, a chatty ten year old girl who goes to live with her spinster aunts in the town of Riverboro. There she spends the next seven years of her life. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is a classic coming of age story in which Rebecca, a rambunctious youth, yields to the pressures of her aunts to grow up and become a proper young lady....
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Those themes are explored through the character of Rebecca Landon, who appears as an innocent girl in Lehmann's bestselling The Ballad and the Source, and as an emotionally wounded woman in her sequel, A Sea-Grape Tree, written over thirty years later.
The Ballad and the Source: In this New York Times bestseller, when the former best friend of Rebecca Landon's grandmother returns home to England, the ten-year-old girl is enchanted by the elderly...
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Read five sizzling stories from the New York Times bestselling Inside Out series by Lisa Renee Jones. Kept under lock and key, discovered by chance, dangerous new secrets and scintillating adventures lie within Rebecca's private diaries - searing scenes from a passionate journey inside a world where pain is pleasure, pleasure is pain, and where every limit she once had is no more.
The Seduction: Rebecca's daring first encounter with the Master...
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Rebecca is turning six years old and is excited to be having a birthday party with all her family, especially her cousins. But to her dismay, her party may not happen because of the fog that covers everything, making it hard for people to see while driving. Will she get to celebrate and have a party?
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Rebecca Harding Davis's Social Realism is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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With this astounding fourth novel in her ongoing series of contemporary masterpieces (These Festive Nights, Thunder and Light, Augustino and the Choir of Destruction, and Rebecca, Born in the Maelstrom), Marie-Claire Blais invites us again to enter a complex circle of unforgettable characters. But this time, the tone is different: Blais' writing has acquired a new, buoyant, electrifying rhythm -- a rhythm some critics have described as the heartbeat...
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The Forces of Evil are poised to invade not only the Land of the White Sun, but also the Elysian Fields, home of the Gods - and now they have the power to throw human civilization back into the Dark Ages. Princess Rebecca and her family face monumental battles in their attempts to defeat the massed forces of Evil, and the only way she can save mankind is by revealing herself to them. Her daughter, the young Oracle Leylah, is in love with Prince Alexander,...
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An anthology of Amish life and romance starting with "Rebecca's Amish Life". Rebecca is a widowed single mother whose life of loneliness takes a sudden turn when her lost love returns. Years ago, Daniel did the unexpected: he left the Amish-and Rebecca-to pursue a dream of playing professional baseball. Now the prodigal hero wants seeks forgiveness from his family and from Rebecca. But did the Englisch world change him too much for Rebecca's liking?...
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After completing his biography of Rebecca West in 1995, Carl Rollyson felt bereft. As his wife said, "Rebecca was such good company." He had already embarked on another biography, but Rebecca kept beckoning him. He felt there was more to say about her politics-a misunderstood part of her repertoire as reporter and novelist. And had he done justice to her enormous sense of fun and humor? He regretted excising the portrait of her he wanted to put at...
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The Epic tale continues and Rebecca's limits are tested to the max! Princess Leylah, daughter of Rebecca Newton and King Turgoth, is growing up and so is her power to foresee future events as she has the greatest gift imaginable: She is the Oracle! While trying to come to terms with her unique powers, she finds herself nurturing deep feelings for Alexander, Lady Felicia and Lord Leiko's son. But how does he feel about her? Meanwhile, Cronus and the...
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Go tell the Rascals Rebecca Stone isn't just any ordinary detective; she's been almost mystically finding stuff (lost dogs and boyfriends) for people since she was a kid. Now in her early twenties she finds out a couple of important things about this gift of hers.First, all the women in her family have had this gift, too, to one degree or another. That includes her mother and her great Aunt Nancy (really her cousin) who was Nancy Drew (who happens...
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I KISSED A GIRL Rebecca Stone is a twenty-something girl sleuth, with a special gift, she has second sight. Its a curse and gift passed down through the females in her extended family. Her most famous is one Nancy Drew who is now dead and a ghost that Becky talks to. Together they get mysteries solved and property returned back to the true owners. Becky lives in a trailer park with many, odd ball characters including a motorcycle club and an over...
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two stern aunts in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca. Eric Wiggin, a great nephew of the author, wrote updated versions of...
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Housekeeper For The Holidays During the Christmas season, Rebecca Yoder agrees to help new preacher Caleb Wittnerwith his mischievous daughter. Amelia's turned the community of Seven Poplars upside down. Only Rebecca can see the pain hidden beneath the little girl's antics-and her father's brusque manner. After losing his wife in a fire, Caleb's physical scars may be healing, but his emotions have not. Yet Rebecca's sweet manner soon has him smiling...