![]() When the two defy convention and run away together, they discover that the ties of respectability are not so easily severed, and pleasure can ensnare you when you least expect it. A prize that eluded him before, she is all the more irresistible to him now although he is surprised to discover that she is as eager now for the excitement he offers as he is himself. ![]() Viola caught his eye when she herself was a young mother, but she evaded his seduction at the time. Marcel Lamarr has been a notorious womanizer since the death of his wife nearly twenty years earlier. Love blossoms for an unlikely couple who were unlucky in their first marriages and never thought to find romance in their 40s. Their adult children alternately worry and then root for the wary pair. With her children grown and herself no longer part of the social whirl of the ton, she is uncertain where to look for happiness-until quite by accident her path crosses once again with that of the Marquess of Dorchester, Marcel Lamarr. SOMEONE TO CARE by Mary Balogh RELEASE DATE: A second chance at love catches a jaded aristocrat and a disgraced gentlewoman off guard. ![]() Two years after the death of the Earl of Riverdale, his family has overcome the shame of being stripped of their titles and fortune-except for his onetime countess, Viola. ![]() A former teacher, she grew up in Wales and now lives in Canada. Once the Countess of Riverdale, Viola Kingsley throws all caution to the wind when adventure calls in the form of a handsome aristocrat. Mary Balogh is a New York Times bestselling author. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I would almost say to a fault, but that’s part of Wow, No Thank You’s charm. Right away, Irby’s essays drew me in with their humor, which is hilarious, REAL, and totally, brutally honest. The second I saw it, I could hear one of my friends saying the phrase, particularly to her children when they try to give her something she really doesn’t want: a bug, a half-eaten piece of food, or whatever else it is that children bring their parents that we childless people know nothing about: “Wow! Um, no thank you.” ![]() The reason I originally decided to read Wow, No Thank You is the title. ![]() Obviously, Irby and I are kindred spirits. My level of enchantment only increased when I saw that she dedicated this book of essays to Wellbutrin, to which I, too, owe many a debt of gratitude. 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He is perhaps best known as the author of Solaris, which has twice been made into a feature film. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. Stanisław Lem (staˈɲiswaf lɛm) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer of Jewish descent. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the few writers who can make history feel immediate and exciting without losing a grasp of the period." - Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of the Royal Spyness series "Veronica Speedwell is sure to join the greats of mystery fiction." - Alan Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce series ![]() "I love this series! Veronica Speedwell is utterly unique." - Amanda Quick, New York Timesbestselling author of The Other Lady Vanishes "A ruthlessly intelligent heroine." - NPR ![]() A real find."-Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River series "I love this book! 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In Albert Camus‘ The Stranger, we get to see a rather extreme case of indifference, that of Mr. The degree of indifference varies from person to person, but we all exhibit in our daily lives because after all, we would be real emotional wrecks if we really tried to care about everything happening around us it is in our nature to only care for a certain number of things and commit ourselves to them. ![]() We’ve all more or less had bouts of indifference in life, periods during which we felt down and didn’t care one way or the other for the world around us. ![]() ![]() ![]() "I had to have someone who'd play the latter part of the life of someone we'd recognize, Kate Winslet, so it couldn't be someone like Katharine Hepburn. In "Gloria Stuart: I Just Kept Hoping," her 1999 autobiography, Stuart said that after reading the script, "I knew the role I had wanted and waited for all these many years had arrived! 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